On Jun 18, 2006, at 16:57, Dora Smith wrote:
PLEASE don't tell me noone on the lace chat list dyes their hair!
Though I suppose it's a natural place to find alot of people into
being sweet old ladies.
I take an exception to that! I'm a *sour* old lady... :)
This said, I'm like Jean Nathan -- blessed with (admittedly, undeserved
<g>) good genes in that particular area. My father was pepper-and-salt
(mostly salt) ever since I can remember, which means he was mostly grey
at 40. My Mother, OTOH, began to pick an odd, single grey hair off her
head when she was 55 or older (nobody really knew how old she was; long
sttory). I've always been curious which way I was gonna go, and now I
know: at 56.5, I still see only an odd flash of silver, and that in a
strong light...
I'm also like Jean in that I do not plan to do anything about it when
the time comes and my hair's colour gives me (the well-deserved, IMO.
Naturally <g>) "wise woman" status... Which nobody is willing to grant
me at this point, despite the facial wrinkles and the most tell-tale
witnesses of age: old hands (about either of which I'm doing nothing;
I'd rather spend my money on lace books and supplies).
But, if I were 20-25 yrs younger than I am, and began to turn grey, I
think I would have been with Dora -- battling it every inch of the way.
While I don't want to look like a sheep in lamb's clothing, neither do
I like the idea of looking old before my time.
Dora: it's not that nobody on Arachne dyes their hair; it's that very
few do. And most of those who do (dye) aren't on the chat, because they
don't have the time for "non-essentials"; they're "it's not what *I*
look like that counts; it's what my lace looks like that's important"
crowd...
Then, you have to factor in the international composition of the crowd:
not every country is familiar with the same products we have in the US.
Add to that the particulars (what the hair had been like before, what
you're ultimately aiming for, how much of the "startle factor" you're
willing to face off)... I'm not surprised you've had little "to the
point" response.
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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