So a while ago, when I was out and about with my sister, I was sitting in the car, full sun, looking at my hair. It was a day like any other. We were out shopping for a birthday present together. It was a day like any other, until I found a hair that looked like no other.
Grey?!?
I pulled that sucker from my head immediately. There was no way it was going to grow anymore in those nanoseconds - pluck - and it was out. Out for me to study it more closely.
I couldn't tell in the light if it was grey, but I remember feeling anxious. I took that hair, careful not to loose it, and found a spot in my wallet, popped it in safely so I could bring it home to Matt so he could study it further.
I am a nutter. I'll cheerfully admit it. But that grey, well it struck me for six, and fo' shiz, I wasn't going to go down without a fight.
So when I got home and remembered that lone 'grey' hair in my wallet, I pulled Matt aside. Thankfully Matt has a keen eye for colour and nipped my fears in the bud. It wasn't a grey, it was a stray blonde hiding in my brunette 'do.
Phew.
Weeks later and I told Matt that at first sign of grey, I'm colouring my hair. Terrible I know. I can take the wrinkles. Can't accept the greys.
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Guess what? My hair - ALL grey. For a loooong time. Can't even say it was the smalls that tipped me over the edge.
ReplyDeleteBut can this stay a secret between you, me and a tube of Indola 6.03 Dark Blonde?
Liesl and I can join the blue rinse anon - 100% since early 20s. Bloody genes! I couldn't take after Dad who went grey at 60 - oh freakin NOOO! As you can see - not bitter about it at all
ReplyDeletefirst - love the photo and i too am convinced that my first grey will finally make me colour my hair, don't think i can pull of the chic, grey bob...
ReplyDeleteI kept pulling the greys out till I realised that there would be nothing left if I kept going. So now I colour. But.... I keep finding whites in my eyebrows and pulling them out. What do I do. Keep pulling till I have no eyebrows. I have no answer but it sure is fulfilling to get them out. hehehe Cherrie
ReplyDeleteI've got a few greys here and there I'd love to colour them away but am way too scarred by a 1996 copper disaster to go near a hairdresser with gloves and a spatula.
ReplyDeleteRight there with you sister. I thought I have found some over the past year but zero conformations. Told mr hairdresser that full locks of new hair is a requirement if a grey is ever found.
ReplyDeleteMy mum rocked the grey.
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I've got greys for sure.
ReplyDeleteMy hair is super thin and fine, and the greys REALLY show too.
I should dye my hair more often... I love changing my look with colour, but always neglect it. Hmmmm
My husband is almost completely grey at 30. I tell him he looks distinguished ;)
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Really? I'm looking forward to it so I can add a lavender rinse. xxx
ReplyDeletei found my first grey at 20 and now i have them here there and everywhere.. they are scattered all over the scalp!!!
ReplyDeleteI go to the hairdressers every 6 - 8 weeks to get them re-dyed and it fixes them for a good 5-6 weeks!!
bloody expensive.. i feel way too grey for a 29 year old.. oh well!
embrace the grey but embrace the dye too! ;)
ruby rose pulled off the grey locks superbly.. oui?
had a similar experience when i thought i discovered a grey. had the hubby inspect it immediately. came to the conclusion it was a stray blonde in my brown-black hair. not sure what i'll do when i start going grey. but, have a sneaky suspicion i'll do the dye thing too.
ReplyDeleteI'm the opposite, I had been a bottle blonde for 6 years and didn't know what lurked beneath, blissfully unaware until I went back to my natural brunette. Now the little buggers are everywhere. Rob loves them (he has rather a lot himself) thinks it makes me respectable. I've tried pulling them out, but I'm starting to lose that battle. My 84 year old grandmother gave me some advice- cover them up with mascara! Priceless. Thanks Nanna. Perhaps one day when the house is built (and we're not saving like crazy) I'll be able to treat myself.
ReplyDeleteI find it looks shaggy and messy when it´s partly gray -or white- but a full head of white-gray-silvery hair is way cool!
ReplyDeleteI have been fighting the greys since I was 16! Hair dye is my weapon and I won't go down without a fight.
ReplyDeletegosh i actually DID find my first grey today, though it was an eyelash... i'm a little weirded out. like a LOT!
ReplyDelete22 year olds shouldn't have grey eyelashes, first thing monday morning i'm getting them tinted ha ha!