I keep saying if I find just one more gray hair on my head, then I'm going to color it. But so far I've found three gray hairs this week and I haven't made a hair appointment to color it.
I'm timid when it comes to my hair. A ninny, if you will. I got just a basic trim the other day and I wanted to white knuckle the arm rests. You can't even tell that I got my hair trimmed... well, I can tell that it feels better, but no one else would notice it.
I used to do drastic things with my hair (never color-drastic, just with cutting it). Once, I came home from college on a weekend trip and I got about 6 or 7 inches cut off at one time. It took me forever to grow it back out. Why did I do that?
But that is my usual pattern. I will grow my hair out, and then chop it off... grow it out again, and then chop it off. Or, to spice things up, I will cut some bangs, and then grow them out. But this last time I got bangs I decided to keep them around for a while. I think I've actually been sporting bangs (side-swept) for over a year now! That's a new record. I think I look better with bangs anyway... they help to hide the funky widow's peak forehead I've got.
That's really the root of my problem. I am so overly-critical of myself.
-my forehead is funny looking
-my hair feels thinner than it used to
-I have to wear these dumb glasses (but I picked out a new pair this week! i'll post some new pictures when I get them)
-I am getting deeper forehead wrinkles (the bangs help disguise this!)
-the fine lines under my eyes are getting worse
-and the recent addition of some gray hairs...
But there are other reasons I'm nervous about coloring my hair:
-what if it after I get my hair colored it all falls out? I know this is highly unlikely, but these are the things that enter my mind...
-what if I hate the color?
-what if it doesn't work?
But everyone gets older and most people get gray hair... so the question is, do I choose to go gray gracefully, or hit the salon every 2 months and get a color job?
1 comment:
Well, we both know that I'm pretty much the opposite of you in this area! I had 6 inches of my hair cut off last night on a whim...I decided (while sitting in the chair for a trim) that I needed a new summer 'do!
I say you try a few caramel colored highlights -- just enough to cover the few grays... nothing drastic. It will blend in with your natural color and grow out gracefully if you don't like it.
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