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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI'm going to become a silver fox!
I've got lots of grey hair that I want to brighten up and my hairdresser is going to try a "silver wash."
This is the effect I want (that's a model, not me btw)
I'm thrilled because I like my grey and wish I could just get grey all over!
WheelWalker
(8,956 posts)redwitch
(14,947 posts)Lots of my friends are ditching the dye. They all look good!
Ohiogal
(32,057 posts)Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)Not Trump orange, bit that brownish orange some women go to.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)Not sure I've seen that...
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)You've seen it, there's just no name for it.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)...it's called "UGLY."
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be in my genes... If you have the right complexion "coloring" it can be extremely flattering.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)And especially how they do it, please.
As an aside...I have about a 1 inch wide streak of hair on my forehead which started turning grey around age 35. Weird, huh? rest of my hair was basically light brown.
Weirder is, as I have gotten older and greyer, that patch now has been getting darker and darker brown.
wish I knew what the secret is.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)a dye. We both chose the former to see how we liked it but with less permanent results. If I like the wash we'll do that ever so often. It's $50 a shot but I might be able to transition to a product I can buy on line and just wash into my hair like a regular shampoo.
This is exciting. I'm investing in a few new clothes that the grey hair will look sensational with. Like deep purples and silver whites, black, and vivid blue.
I'll keep away from orange, yellow and brown.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I'm like you, the deep jewel tone palette works best for me.
Now I'm thinking of a trip to the beauty parlor....
tblue37
(65,487 posts)Appaloosa foal:
Appaloosa adult:
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tblue37
(65,487 posts)blond, but then as adults they are often brunette.
I am half Sicilian and half Anglo, but my siblings and I kept our childhood hair color as adults.
But one of my kids started off as a cornsilk blond, and then his hair turned medium brown by his mid teens. (My kids' dad is half French, half Swedish.)
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tblue37
(65,487 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)But out in the sun it shines like Silver.BEAUTIFUL.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)On a mature woman as obvious dye.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)I never wanted to look like the wrinkled face below the crayon black hair!!!!!
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Thing that kills me. Coal black hair and loads of make up.
I am lucky that I have curl but it is dry. I use a light squirt of oil. Really makes it shine.
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Down the middle of their scalp.
catbyte
(34,447 posts)ever since. I'm tempted to let myself just go gray, but don't know how to do it without looking ridiculous or shaving my head. Needless to say, I'm 100% gray. I'm over 1/2 Native American so my hair is dark brown but thin and fine. I'm getting so tired of dying my hair every 4-6 weeks and my grays are dye-resistant so I have to leave the dye on twice as long as recommended and even then it always comes out a little lighter than the rest of my hair. My mom had gorgeous silver hair and I've noticed that my roots look a lot like hers was.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Had died her hair for years. Went natural,s Snow White. Saw her at the grocery ,took a minute to recognize her. It is beautiful.
blogslut
(38,016 posts)The streaks of blond blend better with the gray and the line of demarcation between new growth and old growth is less visible.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)I have very dark brown hair and with a "halo" of gray only at the front. I get compliments all the time about my hair ever since I stopped tinting my hair to cover the gray. I love not having "roots" to deal with and not having the tint turn that ugly color of red-brown when it grew out while the roots after being colored were dark.
I love it and I think you will, too!
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)I never understood middle-aged men who start eyeing young ladies in their twenties. There's such a 'ew' factor there. I've always been more attracted to women my own age or older. Especially women who embrace their maturity instead of moving Heaven and Earth to look twenty again (usually with less-than-convincing results...)
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)Twenty years and counting...
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)My husband likes this transition (I married a "younger" man, he's 79 and I'm 80) and I'm having fun with it...
Aristus
(66,462 posts)(Silver hair and kick-ass boots... )
TexasTowelie
(112,417 posts)it's Emma Peel!
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)MuseRider
(34,119 posts)I have wanted grey hair since I was little, I have always loved it. I had dirty blonde hair all my life and now I am 65 and it is now dark brown. Maybe 6 strands of grey in the back. So I decided to make it grey.
After 3 years of trying my hair started to get really thin, I knew it was time to stop. It first turned kelly green, then the next time blue. My hairdresser is an expert at this stuff, I chose her for that reason. I think she was afraid I would sue her or something. She could never ever get it grey. The best we could do was an ashy platinum. So I am back to a base of dark brown hair with a little ashy blonde on top. I am ok with it but it is nothing close to what I wanted. My grandmother is the only person in my family to make it out of their 40's, 50's and 60's, she was 91, but she dyed her hair all her life so I have no clue. My mother died at my age and she barely had grey and my father died in his early 50's and his had a little but I guess I will not get it unless I outlive them all....I have now except for my grandmother.
SO hooray for you, it is a beautiful color!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)MuseRider
(34,119 posts)Good luck!
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)I have been there, but finally had a hairdresser who gave me Champagne Blond. Loved it but the day I retired was the day I went natural.
Just had it cut yesterday. Once a month, 15, 20 minutes, out the door!
Polly Hennessey
(6,804 posts)So glad I let it grow out. My hair dresser uses the silver highlight wash. Fabulous.
tblue37
(65,487 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)Tried a while back and wound up with Bozo orange! Seems one or more of my meds had something to do with that unfortunate outcome. At least it was at a time when I was mostly homebound. Sheesh. Hope yours turns out exactly as you want it!
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LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)People thought I was nuts.
My standard reply was, Its just hair. Never permanent. So.... chill.
Anyway mine is more like Chris Mathews.
Trying to be white. My dad had beautiful white hair.
I went silver last month and I love it.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Did not plan it
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)It was fun when I was the only one outside of Goths and clowns.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)are amazingly common in my town. Really, I see women of all ages, and young girls, with purple, kool-aid green, orange and lemon yellow when I go to the grocery or whatever. It's pretty normal... unless they all tried to color their hair with unanticipated results.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)for a long time, and my daughter currently has a coral-pink color going on. Back before nature stole my hair I often dyed it maroon or black.
It all grows out (or in my case falls out) so enjoy it and have fun!
dlk
(11,576 posts)Good luck with the new color
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)dlk
(11,576 posts)Hope the color works out great
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)And Golden Needles.
dlk
(11,576 posts)LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Blonde trying to be white but stuck in kinda yellow.
trueblue2007
(17,238 posts)dlk
(11,576 posts)They do the best blondes. They also do other colors well. They have a toll free number you can call with questions and for recommendations.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)The Silver Fox in Richard Sabbag's Snowblind.
Wolf
Aristus
(66,462 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)She has also posed for photos in a bikini. She has definitely taken care of herself. Her current amour is a younger, very lucky man...
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)he is, by one year....
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)How fun!
Iggo
(47,565 posts)I remember when my niece was about 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 and her grandma had this beautiful long-ish silver hair and my niece proclaimed, "I can't wait 'til I get witch hair!"