How do you wear your Hair?

Chemo therapy really does change people’s hair after the initial fallout.
I’ve heard this from a few different people.
Like yourself I ‘loved’ red hair and used natural henna to colour mine red but like you also, once I saw my shiny silvers there was no turning back. I wanted my silver hair.
 

I wear my hair in a slightly layered bob now, with big bangs and a poufed crown. It used to be about shoulder length and I got so tired of the dragged down look. I feel perky now.

If I can't have Keesha's hair, then I ain't even playin'.☺
 

Keesha. I admire you for embracing the gray. :)

I'm 56, with no gray, and have thick, naturally wavy, medium length dark hair (brunette), so for me allowing mine to grow as naturally as possible, enables me to enjoy carefree styling and maintenance. It lays beautifully with nothing in it and no help, but I do like wearing a hair-band and wear one often, because it suits me and keeps my hair looking neater... not so wavy and curly.

Put the hair-band in, and I'm good to go! Never have been one to fuss with my appearance.
 
RadishRose said:
I wear my hair in a slightly layered bob now, with big bangs and a poufed crown. It used to be about shoulder length and I got so tired of the dragged down look. I feel perky now.

If I can't have Keesha's hair, then I ain't even playin'.☺
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Well that’s the hairstyle in your avatar so yes it’s real cute and suites you. Besides with the heat shorter hairs much cooler. That must have felt so liberating.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Keesha. I admire you for embracing the gray. :)

I'm 56, with no gray, and have thick, naturally wavy, medium length dark hair (brunette), so for me allowing mine to grow as naturally as possible, enables me to enjoy carefree styling and maintenance. It lays beautifully with nothing in it and no help, but I do like wearing a hair-band and wear one often, because it suits me and keeps my hair looking neater... not so wavy and curly.

Put the hair-band in, and I'm good to go! Never have been one to fuss with my appearance.
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I’m 60 with lots of grey but I have lots of auburn too which is natural red and the two toned look I think is attractive. Besides silver/grey is fashionable.

At a certain length ( bra strap length ) I enjoyed wearing it down but now I only wear it down after washing it like now. Most days my hairs in a braid or two together. It makes me feel safer.

Occasionally I wear a fancy bun for a sophisticated look but I love hair bands. That’s an attractive way to keep hair away from the face.

What colour is your hair?
Natural wavy curly hair is pretty
 
I've been wearing mine short for like a year now. I have been unable and wary of going to the hairdresser so the other night I took the clippers to it. Different than what that gal did in the video on post #157. It didn't come out too bad. I can wear it in public and I got a couple compliments on it today. I'd post a picture but, it looks awful now cuz of the hairnet I had on all day.

Oh yeah, I do not color it. It is going grey. Debating on coloring it but, it's a pain.
 
It IS a pain to colour especially when you have a lot of grey. I had to henna my hair every 10 days and it got to be too much work and giving it up was so liberating. I was no longer a prisoner to being pretentious and embraced it gratefully
 
Keesha said:
I’m 60 with lots of grey but I have lots of auburn two with is natural red and the two toned look I think is attractive. Besides silver/grey is fashionable.

At a certain length ( bra strap length ) I enjoyed wearing it down but now I only wear it down after washing it like now. Most days my hairs in a braid or two together. It makes me feel safer.

Occasionally I wear a fancy bun for a sophisticated look but I love hair bands. That’s an attractive way to keep hair away from the face.

What colour is your hair?
Natural wavy curly hair is pretty
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Love fancy buns and braids and hair bands.

The two-toned look you speak of sounds very pretty! Love auburn highlighted hair!

My hair is dark brown, not chocolate brown but more dark chocolate brown, and if I put hair product in such as curl enhancing gel or style, my hair looks almost black.

I used to wear my hair much longer when I was in my teens, but have slowly moved to shorter styles in the last 20 years. I'd love to go short, not spikey short, just shorter, but I don't have the courage, at least not yet, and with dear husband being dead-set against it, it does me no justice in finding the confidence to try something new.
 
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Keesha said:
It IS a pain to colour especially when you have a lot of grey. I had to henna my hair every 10 days and it got to be too much work and giving it up was so liberating. I was no longer a prisoner to being pretentious and embraced it gratefully
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The most common cause of hair loss related to hair-dyeing is physical weakening of the hair shaft by disruption of the protein backbone. Hair dyes that lighten hair from its natural colour are the most disruptive, as they contain high volumes of peroxide.

I promised myself that when or if I ever do start going gray, I'm going au-naturel. No dyeing, no nothing. I'm going to embrace it.
 
I've been taking care of my own hair for the most part for some time now. I think it's stupid to pay $15 for them to trim off an inch. And if they gotta do anything more than blow it dry it's another $15 just to plug the curling iron in. Screw that. Five minutes of growing a pair and I had a new haircut. It's a little off but honestly doesn't look much worse than what the hairdresser does. I think if I get the new clipper with the 1 in. trimmer I can do this easily.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Love fancy buns and braids and hair bands.

The two-toned look you speak of sounds very pretty! Love auburn highlighted hair!

My hair is dark brown, not chocolate brown but more dark chocolate brown, and if I put hair product in such as curl enhancing gel or style, my hair looks almost black.

I used to wear my hair much longer when I was in my teens, but have slowly moved to shorter styles in the last 20 years. I'd love to go short, not spikey short, just shorter, but I don't have the courage, at least not yet., and my husband is dead against it, so that does me no justice in finding the confidence to try something new.
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Most guys like long hair. My husband didn’t want me trimming off an inch.
I actually love those short sassy spikey hair do’s look so cute on other people and I’m not one of them. I’ve got too many cow licks that stick out everywhere. And oddly enough I have an unusual curl pattern that needs length to curl. With longer hair i get ringlets but when my hair short my hair isn’t curly any more but only wavy.

I don’t have any recent pictures of my hair since I’m on my old phone but I have one which still shows some henna. I now have no henna colour.
Right now I can’t upload any pics but I’ll try tomorrow. I wish I could see your hair
 
Keesha said:
Most guys like long hair. My husband didn’t want me trimming off an inch.
I actually love those short sassy spikey hair do’s look so cute on other people and I’m not one of them. I’ve got too many cow licks that stick out everywhere. And oddly enough I have an unusual curl pattern that needs length to curl. With longer hair i get ringlets but when my hair short my hair isn’t curly any more but only wavy.

I don’t have any recent pictures of my hair since I’m on my old phone but I have one which still shows some henna. I now have no henna colour.
Right now I can’t upload any pics but I’ll try tomorrow. I wish I could see your hair
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I am trying so hard to climb out of my shell, so am hoping in due time I'll post one. :)

I admire and envy those like yourself who seem so comfortable with. :)

I have a friend who I've known since my high-school days, and she's always worn her hair shorter, with a little more length on top, and aside from her being super-duper pretty, her hair is dark with red highlights, and I just love it, yet my husband says she looks like a boy.
 
Aunt Marg said:
I am trying so hard to climb out of my shell, so am hoping in due time I'll post one. :)

I admire and envy those like yourself who seem so comfortable with. :)

I have a friend who I've known since my high-school days, and she's always worn her hair shorter, with a little more length on top, and aside from her being super-duper pretty, her hair is dark with red highlights, and I just love it, yet my husband says she looks like a boy.
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Oddly it’s one thing I like about myself.
My old neighbour who used to live down the road has natural blonde hair that’s going grey and it short and sassy and super cute. She washes it with purple shampoo so her blonde doesn’t go brassy and it leaves her hair a soft shade of lavender. I personally love it but my husband doesn’t. He likes long hair too. Men are funny. 😅😇
 
Keesha said:
Oddly it’s one thing I like about myself.
My old neighbour who used to live down the road has natural blonde hair that’s going grey and it short and sassy and super cute. She washes it with purple shampoo so her blonde doesn’t go brassy and it leaves her hair a soft shade of lavender. I personally love it but my husband doesn’t. He likes long hair too. Men are funny. 😅😇
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Yes, that's it, short and sassy! That's what I wanted to say in my last post but I couldn't spit the words out! LOL! :)
 
MarciKS said:
Mine is the same way Marie.
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Mine got damaged from way too many perms when I was younger. (Thanks, mom). My mom wanted her only girl to look like Shirly Temple. I came out with perfectly straight hair. She started perming it when I was still young. And I got regular perms until I was in my late 20s. Then When my hair started changing, I stopped the perms. To late. That is also why I won't color it.
 

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