Originally uploaded by zenia
Posted at State of Grace:
“Intentionally going grey is one of my everyday feminist actions. It’s my way of telling the beauty industry to *&^! off. Yeah, yeah, I hear you out there – going grey without complaint and with full intention is also within the ethics and principles of most men, the Amish, exceptionally chic French women and Barbara Bush. My deal is that I refuse to buy into yet another beauty trap. I’m 51 years old! I will go grey! That’s the way it is, dude! (Dude = Clairol, L’Oreal, Redken, Aveda, etc.)”
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“It’s my way of telling the beauty industry to *&^! off.”
I’m with you on that!
Here! Here!
HI,
I totally agree. Anytime I go to get my hair trimmed the stylist will always try to talk me into getting highlights or dying it. Even though I used to dye my hair for years. It is still damamged, but I’m trying to grow it out.
Also check this out. I am very lucky to look much younger than 51. But I do have a few lines on my forehead. So, some stylists try to tell me to comb my hair around my face instead of away from it! Well, it is summer & very hot in Chicago. So, if I want to keep it off my face, I will.
I was growing my silver/pepper hair out real good. I made the mistake of putting a clear glaze on it to brighten it. It lighted the top of my hair too much. Now I have to start all over again. Even if I wanted to dye my hair the colors never come out. I also use to go to a professional & never knew what would happen. From now on I will not put any more chemicals on my hair.
Good for the people who dont’ want to go along with what a few other people & $ making companies want us to do to our hair. I love this place because it offers alot of support. Have a wonderful day! Judy K. Chicago.
I am 54 and have not colored my hair in 4 months–I love the way it looks–it’s a shiny silver and much softer than it has been in years. I refuse to put any chemicals on my hair ever again! It feels good not to give in to the push from the beauty industry to color, highlight, etc. You get to a point in your life where you basically don’t care what anyone else thinks. I don’t know about you, but a person’s haircolor shouldn’t be the first thing you notice about someone!
Florence said “You get to a point in your life where you basically don’t care what anyone else thinks. ”
I absolutely agree. For the first time in my life I feel free of that need for approval and able to be myself at last.
Sharon
I decided to go gray (again!) after having resumed color when my twins started Pre-K and I felt a million years older than all of the other moms. By the end of Pre-K I had learned that I was no older than most of the moms, they just color their hair. And so I decided that having chosen to live a more authentic life while persuing more natural food and lifestyle products, I needed to also choose to accept my hair color change. Using organic hair coloring product was not an authentic choice.
My younger sister gasped when she saw me with short graying hair and then chuckled when she said, “You have much less gray than I have.”
The remaining question becomes, will I let it grow long again, or will I become another middle aged, short haired mom at the local PTA meeting
Christine, Wear it however you feel you look the most beautiful and sexy! Short can be very beautiful if done right. You don’t ever have to wear an “old” style no matter what the length!