by nevadatear » Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:00 pm
Never have colored my hair (I know, I am rare!) and never plan to. I come from a long line of early/premature grayers, So always thought I would spent more of my life coloring my hair than having natural hair if I ever started. I have two great aunts who were completely white by 18 and I had quite a bit of gray by 30. I am wayyyy grayer than my husband, and he is 6 years older than me. But I'm ok with it, and so is he.
I like my gray hair. Read a great book not too long ago about women and gray/white hair and choosing to keep/embrace the gray. The most interesting thing in the book is that MEN don't think women look older when they are gray, but WOMEN do! We are only hurting ourselves! It is called: Going Gray: What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters and I highly recommend it! Power to the gray and white!
The funny thing is your point of reference changes. After you "embrace your gray" you start looking at folks who have colored hair that doesn't match the experience on their face, and realize how very strange they look at age 50 and 60 to have no gray hair. To me, it just doesn't look right. I got way better things to spend my money and time on, like new stuff for my teardrop![/u]