I've gone over to the dark side

[eimarra]

In some ways, literally.

I always said I wouldn't dye my hair to cover the silver. I was going to age gracefully.

Then I looked in the mirror yesterday and realized how very much silver I have, especially obvious if I part my hair.

At the store today, I picked up a package of Nice 'N' Easy. I hope I chose the right tone of brown.

Comments

[bonniers.livejournal.com]

Now you've gone and upset T'chileg. He's gone looking for dragon scale dye to cover his silver...

[eimarra]

Oh! But it looks so much more distinguished on him! And no one would *ever* think of saying that a dragon's going gray!

[ca-bookwyrm.livejournal.com]

I won't tell. But I've had the start of a silver streak since high school. I joke about it being like Rogue from the X-Men, but I'm not looking forward to it being more than that.

[eimarra]

One of my friends in grad school had that kind of streak. She looked fabulous. So I'm sure you look great, too. :-D

And when I'm older, I probably won't mind so much being a nice distinguished silver all over. But . . . my baby's only six months old! I'd rather wait until she's at least in high school.

[ca-bookwyrm.livejournal.com]

It's not as big as Rogue's yet, but it's getting bigger every year... I must admit, I do rather like it.

[suelder.livejournal.com]

I'm with you, girl. Right now I'm considering adding caramel colored streaks to my medium-brown hair. Just because I hate being mousey brown.

Suelder

[eimarra]

If I use the warmer colors, I know my hair will go toward auburn pretty quickly. I spent years as a redhead. I *think* I've outgrown that.

Silver

[(Anonymous)]

Welcome to the club. :D I've been hiding the grey for about 12 years now, and I'm only 33 years old. It's a wonderfully refreshing feeling after the shampoo and blow dry to look at color crowning your temples again. I actually have a friend of mine do it at the salon where she works. It's really my only indulgence other than books and more books and pens and notebooks... *hugs*

~Dawn (katsincommand)

Re: Silver

[eimarra]

If I knew anyone nearby whose hair I really liked so I could ask them for a recommendation for a salon, I might indulge, too.

*hugs* back atcha

[temporus.livejournal.com]

Bah. I got my first greys at 14. My older sister quite gleefully pointed out that I was going grey before her.

Personally, I'm fond of bright pink, neon orange, and deep azure. :P

[eimarra]

An interesting combination. :-D I'm afraid I'm too conventional now to go for the "eccentric author" look.

And yes, my mom laughed at me when she realized my hair was fading before hers. What can I say? Silver shows up more against brown than against ash blonde.

[ca-bookwyrm.livejournal.com]

Aw, are you sure you don't want to try to match your Muse icon picture? The bright blue would be quite fetching.

[eimarra]

Heh. I've always thought of blue-haired ladies as looking even older than the gray-haired ones. You know the ones I mean--the ones who rinse their hair because they're afraid it's starting to yellow? I hadn't thought of going manga! Maybe this fall . . .

[temporus.livejournal.com]

My mom, at several years past retirement age still has less grey hair than I do. My dad, on the other hand, was basically all grey by somewhere around my age, so I'm hoping to shoot for the average between them. If my older siblings are an indication, there's some hope. :) (Of course, how do I know my sisters don't dye?)

[l-clausewitz.livejournal.com]

Why don't you just dye it all grey?

[eimarra]

1. As I said to ca_bookwyrm, I'd rather wait at least until my baby's in high school before I go for that more mature look.

2. Gray/white/silver hair is caused by the absence of pigment, not the presence of it. Any dye would have to be on the outside of the hair shaft, rather than internalized into the proteins, so it wouldn't last as long.

[chipmunk-planet.livejournal.com]

You can do that (I looked into that) but first you have to bleach it out with peroxide. Does icky things to the hair.

[saetter.livejournal.com]

My hair doesn't gray, it just commits suicide and jumps out first. :)

Well, it's graying at the temples, but being blond kind of hides that. My wife used to say "That's not gray, just really white. You're not old." Because If I was getting old, she would be only a few years behind. heh

[eimarra]

My hair doesn't gray, it just commits suicide and jumps out first

LOL!

Well, *of course* your wife's not getting old. :-D

[marfisk]

I started with white blond hair, but I don't spend enough time in the sun so now you can see my streaks. I have a white blond streak on either side of my face, from my temples down. It's more or less visible depending on how dark the rest of my hair gets. My older sis has the white skunk streak on dark dark brown hair. Me, I'm just hoping the true gray is wiry enough to give my hair some life :).

[eimarra]

Heh. You've got plenty of sun where you live. Well, if the fires aren't smoking up the sky. *rolls eyes* You can be blonde again. ;-)

[marfisk]

If I want more skin cancer scars. No thank you :). I absorb what warmth I can from the shadows.

[eimarra]

Well, there's always bleach. :P

[marfisk]

LOL! Did you notice how you brought the topic round full circle ;). Me, I just try to get enough sun so my hair isn't the color of pencil lead.

[eimarra]

What can I say? I believe in the journey cycle!

[chipmunk-planet.livejournal.com]

Well, my normal hair is about 40% white. I've been dyeing it for a couple of years now, but recently I went to a henna gel because I didn't like what the dye was doing to my hair texture. So it's not black anymore with auburn highlights, it's either dark brown or red with white roots, depending on how long it's been since I did it (henna fades after a while).

I started getting white hair when I was 18, so I know how big a change it is. :)

[eimarra]

I did henna in college, and dyed my hair red later when I decided that wasn't enough. Hmm. If I don't like these results, I might go with henna again.