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

[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?)