From: gailmclendon <gailmclendon@...>
Subject: [deciding_to_go_gray] What was I thinking?
To: deciding_to_go_gray@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 1:01 PM

 

Hi Ladies,

My name is Gail and I'm 52yo. I let my hair "go natural" (no color for 12 months)which truly was a pretty silver-gray, up to 1 week ago when I had a melt-downand hit the bottle again :-(

It was about 9pm and I was feeling old and fat and looking at before and after pictures when I decided on a whim that coloring my hair would make me look and feel better. As soon as I started squirting the color on I felt regret but keep going. I colored it dark blonde which made me look like a middle aged lady who obviously colors her hair. So 2 days later I had my daughter highlight it which lightened it up quite a bit. I had told myself from the beginning of going natural I'd give it a year and if I didn't like it, I'd simply start coloring again.

Today I was looking at pictures from a wedding I was at 2 weeks ago and my silver hair was absolutely gorgeous! It looked like icicles from a Christmas tree the way 1/2 of it glittered (mostly around my face). The back of my head was more mousy-gray but still nice. I've been offered senior discounts since going natural and I guess I got a bit too vain. I realized that with make-up and the right colors that silver still may age me some but it also made me look confident of who I had become. As someone stated earlier, I too had gotten compliments from both men and women. Now I'm like the majority of ladies out there who would do anything to try to keep looking young.

All this to say I'm seriously thinking about doing it again. It took less than 12 months keeping my hair short but now its grown out to an angle cut at the chin.

Oh, if I could only go back to a week ago!