Hi everyone! I hope your Sunday is going well! In less than a month, I’ll be 35! Guess what? I’m kind of freaked out by it! I don’t think I’ve accomplished everything I’ve wanted to in life yet. I have a list of goals I hope to accomplish by the time I’m 40. I still want to write a book, get married, travel a lot more, keep writing, take my son to more places, etc.
In recent months, I’ve noticed more gray hair mixed in with my dark brown almost black hair! Yikes! I’m thinking of dyeing my hair my natural color. A good friend tells you the truth, even if you don’t want to hear it. I didn’t want to hear that I have gray hair at work the other day but I did! My friend said something like “Oh look you have more gray hair on the back and side of your head.” I couldn’t believe it so I just said yea I know, this job does it to me…and you’re adding to it (just kidding I didn’t say you’re adding to it but I was kind of thinking it). My hair stylist even told me you’re getting more gray hairs, you should add color to it. Ugh, I never thought these days would ever come!
Even though I’ve dyed my hair before, I don’t want to dye it another color like light brown or red. It’s such a pain dyeing hair a different color, especially when the roots start growing back. I know they sell all kinds of junk to touch up your roots but it just seems like such a burden! My hair grows really fast! I usually get a haircut once a month because I have bangs. My hair starts coming back wavy. I’ve heard the old wives tale… the one that says you shouldn’t pluck them out because three more gray hairs will grow in its place. It’s not true! Guess what I spent my Saturday night doing? Hey, that’s actually another sign of getting older…when you don’t go out or do anything on a Saturday night! Who knows? I might just dye my hair gray but then there’s my damn dark brown roots! Decisions, decisions!
Photo from Pinterest
Will do, thanks!
LikeLike
Great Post! CHeck out my blog
https://saulceculture.com/
LikeLike
❤❤
LikeLiked by 2 people
Don’t hope my friend, believe!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Sharon! Hopefully it happens then! 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
The up side Lisa is that you have plenty of time. Age is just a number. I don’t think Maya Angelou had her first book published until she was in her 40’s. You have all kinds of time!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Lol! Ok;)
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m not ready to embrace it yet. Lol.
LikeLike
I have a lot of gray hair and I’m only 33. I got my first couple of gray hairs when I was 23. I’ve never really worried about it. I’ve learned to embrace getting older. I’ve also noticed that the older I get the more personal insights I stumble onto about the world.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Good point Tikeetha! 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
It’s part of life, but I die my hair. No shame in not wanting it to be gray before you’re 60.
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂 Thanks Nena but not yet! Lol.
LikeLiked by 1 person
To be honest, I think gray hair looks nice:) If you end up feeling comfortable with it, I say rock it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh, well! That is the destiny of us women… lol! But I don’t want to be a man anyway… haha!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Keith! I’ll most likely dye it my natural color, which is dark brown, almost black. I don’t think I can pull off the crazy colors anymore. Congratulations to your middle child starting college. It will be a new beginning for him or her.
LikeLike
Uh oh! Yea, I have some parts that are gray and some dark brown parts. I only have gray hair on certain parts of my head. Lol. It’s pretty annoying! I guess this is why I keep plucking them out with the eye brow plucker. I hate plucking my eye brows too! Lol. That’s another dilemma right there. I sometimes just get them waxed.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thirty five years. Pending congratulations for later in the month. Don’t sweat the gray hair. I just want more hair, the color is less important. I used to describe myself when meeting someone at coffee shop for the first time as I will be the tall guy with salt and pepper hair. But, looking in the mirror, I need to go find that pepper mill. And, I need to find more hair.
Color your hair the way that suits you. I was dropping my middle child off at an eclectic college yesterday and I saw all colors of hair and highlights. Greens, purples, oranges, etc. We are as young as we feel. All the best, Keith
LikeLiked by 2 people
I hear you, Lisa! I only have single parts where my hair turns grey, so dying grey would make it more complicated. I might not even ever be fully grey… so what? I would never dye my hair anyway but rather try to keep up my natural color (colored of course.. lol) until it might make sense to switch to a nice artificial grey. Because my hair might be kind of a yellowish grey… urgh…! So it is a little dilemma indeed!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Lol. Damn! What’s semi-permanent? My grandma said she would do it for me. She’s been dying her own hair for years so I trust her.
LikeLike
I have a couple of gray hairs (that I can see, I’m sure there are more) that I named after my husband. Haha! As for coloring, you can do a semi-permanent at home. Box colors are actually pretty good. They begin to fade as the time comes for a touch up, so you don’t get that same drastic growth line at the roots. Plus, it’s a whole lot cheaper. Something to think about!
LikeLiked by 2 people
I plan on dyeing mine pretty soon here. Maybe when I get older I’ll just let the grays stay. Lol. Maybe there’s still hope for me to have one more. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I remember having to dye my hair the first time, I was mortified, so I know what you’re going through. It was after I had my son (who I had when I was almost 38). I’ve kept it as close to my natural color as I possibly can, and I have no intention of showing my gray, like ever. 😀
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you, Anna! 🙂
LikeLike
Happy upcoming birthday!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Lol. I don’t dance unless I’m intoxicated. Who knows, living long kind of runs in my family. My Grandma’s parents lived to 98 and 100. My grandma is 81.
LikeLiked by 1 person
oh you’ll be dancing and kicking up a storm long after I’m worm food.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Happy belated birthday! 🎂 🙂 Maybe when I get older I’ll just leave it alone.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I just turned 36 Wednesday and so much of my hair underneath is gray. I have no plans to dye, it is what it is. I understand that everyone feels different. Do what makes you feel beautiful!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha ha! Let’s see if I make another 40 years.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I say colour your hair. you can be an exotic older Latina in like 40 years or so.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Right!
LikeLiked by 2 people
I know….. it’s depressing…but at least we can do something about it!!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Would you dye your hair or leave them alone at 26??
LikeLiked by 1 person
My grey hairs started at age 26. Forty years later, I think they are a sign of a life well lived.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ohh wow! It’s funny because my mom doesn’t even have that many at 60 and I’m starting to get them at 34! Wtf? Lol.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I never started that….too many…. I’d be bald!
But I found them in my eyebrows and eyelashes too!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reblogging! 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha ha! I feel the same way, Roberta!
LikeLike
I can’t just yet. 😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lol. I think I’m going to do the same, Ritu. I’ve been plucking them out lately. It hurts! Lol.
LikeLiked by 2 people
That’s really cool, Laurel! 🙂 I really like what your friend said.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You are not alone if that can comfort you haha.. I start to get gray hair when I was just 27 years old. I think when I’m 55 I will let my gray hair grow, for now I think i’m to young for that haha..
LikeLiked by 2 people
Embrace the gray
LikeLiked by 3 people
I understand this dilemma Lisa! I ended up growing old disgracefully and colouring mine Brown!!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
I’ve seen some grey/silver haired women who are just beautiful. My hair has been naturally blonde all my life and when it turned, it turned white, which blended in with the blonde. I have had people ask me what color I use. I was with a friend once and when a women asked that, my friend said “the good Lord colors her hair.” LOL
LikeLiked by 3 people
Ha ha ha! Maybe!
LikeLiked by 2 people
How about highlights of blue to cover the gray?
LikeLiked by 2 people
Hell no to both! Lol. I was thinking blue at one time.
LikeLiked by 2 people
If you shaved your head, you wouldn’t have all these problems. But if I was your hairdresser, I would suggest coloring it pink. 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people