OT: Has anyone here NEVER colored their hair?

mykneesareback · 06-27-2009, 06:35 PM

I've colored my hair most of my life. My hubby didn't even know I was not a "REAL BLONDE" until after we married, and went shopping for groceries for the first time, and I picked out a box of hair color. He asked me "What color is your hair really?" And I told him "almost as dark brown as yours"......but we stayed married, lol lol lol

What is your story my friends??

Doris

Kenwyn · 06-27-2009, 07:03 PM

I've never colored my hair.
It's a medium brown and had auburn highlights when I was younger. Still mostly brown with silvery highlights along the sides. I take after my Dad who's hair was mostly dark when he passed away at 74. Mom on the other hand said she started coloring her hair when we kids started pulling it out of her head.

Loretta V · 06-27-2009, 07:07 PM

One time only to please my ex husband. Red

No way am I ever going there again with red, black, brown or any other.

Su11 · 06-27-2009, 07:08 PM

Thank you for bumping this. Gotta go do the color soon!

mykneesareback · 06-27-2009, 07:30 PM

Well that is worth noting then ladies..... Kathy, I have no friends personally that have never colored their hair!!! Loretta, oh my, and RED yet too!!!

We had a lady down the street who used to do her hair red, but a bright, violet shade of red, you could see her coming down the road when she walked, from way far away by the corner the red stood out like a sore thumb. She worked for the post office, and finally some supervisor made her "subdue her Do". I don't think they can do that anymore. Well, her husband and she broke up, and she moved back to the city from here, and I understand she had lots of boyfriends there.

My my...........

Gee, even two of my friends who are natural, really light blondes still colored their blonde hair to change the shade of it. One still does, the other let it go white now, but we are all 62, went to Kindergarten together.

Have a pleasant evening.

Doris

birdlady · 06-27-2009, 08:55 PM

Never colored my hair,too much trouble.I have been every shade of blonde/brownish without it.Now I'm gray,DH is white,we match.lol

mykneesareback · 06-27-2009, 09:01 PM

lol lol

pandagramy · 06-28-2009, 06:17 AM

I've been coloring my hair since I was 14. Both of my grandmothers had pure white hair so I actually looked forward to it. However, when I let it grow out I was not white, it was just plain ugly. My hubby complained I looked so old. So, now that I am "old" I'm looking pretty washed out with my light brown hair, so I think I'm going redder.

jezzie · 06-28-2009, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Has anyone here NEVER colored their hair?

More answers to this question than I would have thought.

Ailuros · 06-28-2009, 06:20 AM

I've never coloured mine. It was a sort of sand/honey colour when I was younger but has faded to soft brown most of the time, just lightening up to gold in full sunlight these days (I'm 48).

Loretta V · 06-28-2009, 06:25 AM

We have a gal at church in her 80s that has colored her hair for years. She has worn her hair out and doesn't have hardly any left. She is always perming or coloring. Her hair is just tired of it.

Kenwyn · 06-28-2009, 06:45 AM

I was reading an interesting article recently. I think it was In Science News.
Hair turns gray when the stem cells in the hair stopped working.

"following exposure to high doses of radiation, hair on mice as young as 7 to 8 weeks grew in gray, while control mice remained brown, the team found. Other DNA-damaging agents, including hydrogen peroxide, had the same graying effect."

So it's possible that people that have colored their hair for years have hastened the graying if it....

Here's the link if anyone is interested: Stressed-out DNA Turns Mousy Brown Hair Gray / Science News

Portia · 06-28-2009, 06:54 AM

Never. My hairdresser says I am his only "virgin hair."

I've always like my natural color and never saw a reason to change it.

mykneesareback · 06-28-2009, 11:14 AM

Well, many modern haircolors haven't used peroxide, there are other things they switched to. Back in the 1970's that Summer Blonde stuff still used peroxide though. It is hard to find peroxide even just for household use these days. But vanity does crazy things to we humans. Just think of all the money spent on our looks, fed by the Media and our culture. How many businesses would go under suddenly if we all just kept on looking the way we look, period?? This country would go under, most of the Western World would go under. They say Spa's are having trouble staying open during this bad economy, especially here in California.

Reminds me to make my hair appt. for July this coming week though, lol. I do feel younger when I color my hair, so at the moment, that's my bottom line I guess. At some point, that will change too.

Doris

mamagiff · 06-28-2009, 02:08 PM

I started coloring it in High School and have been ever since....I take after the relatives in my family that have mostly or all gray hair. A few were totally white by the age of 25...not me but in my late 30's/early 40's I noticed it was a lot more gray and was just going to let it go but I look awful with gray hair so back to brown in a box! I had it auburn for a few years till DH asked me when I was going back to brown....he likes plain brown so that's mostly what I do.

mykneesareback · 06-28-2009, 07:37 PM

My girlfriend's husband has that in his family too, where they get white hair at a young age. There is a name for it, but it beats me as to what it is......but he came to our wedding and looked so "distinguished" we thought he was years older than she was, but he was my husband's age.

Thanks for all the responses friends.

Doris

LoveMontana · 06-28-2009, 08:26 PM

I've colored my gray for years. I was naturally black, but now it's dark brown. Once I went red, but my husband refused to go anyplace with me. It was really ugly.

MamaLiga · 06-30-2009, 09:24 PM

Are you kidding me? I've been dying my hair for so long, I don't even know what my real color would look like at this point.

KrisA · 07-01-2009, 11:39 AM

I had my hair frosted ONCE when I was about 18. God never meant for me to be a blond. It looked terrible.

I have medium brown hair with lots of gray coming in, especially around my ears. I have to decide to dye or not pretty soon but I'm leaning toward not. I just don't want to have to worry about one more thing.

k

SuSUN · 07-01-2009, 05:51 PM

I have mine coloured every 6 weeks or so, it is coloured medium brown roots with blonde highlites, 2-3 different shades of blonde. I really like it and enjoy having my hair done.

ladyinlove56 · 07-01-2009, 10:20 PM

My hairdresser would scream if I didnt color my hair....She thinks I am too young for gray...WELL...I had to agree..lol even if I am 58....I look alot better with it than without it....and it makes me feel good to look good as I am losing my weight ...

Wifey · 07-01-2009, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladyinlove56

My hairdresser would scream if I didnt color my hair....She thinks I am too young for gray...WELL...I had to agree..lol even if I am 58....I look alot better with it than without it....and it makes me feel good to look good as I am losing my weight ...

My grandma would be sooo much younger looking if she colored her hair!

Arcie · 07-05-2009, 11:39 AM

Yes, I color...but, I use only "non-permanent" hair color. Permanent is way too harsh and causes a horrible, red, itchy reaction on my scalp. I am even allergic to certain non-permanent brands. Finally found one that doesn't bother me at all and looks perfectly natural.
Arcie

PaleoRainy · 07-05-2009, 12:11 PM

Lol, I've NEVER colored my hair!!

I see no reason to do it, but I promised as my hair will be white I'll color them green.

06-27-2009, 06:35 PM	#1
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,060 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	OT: Has anyone here NEVER colored their hair? I've colored my hair most of my life. My hubby didn't even know I was not a "REAL BLONDE" until after we married, and went shopping for groceries for the first time, and I picked out a box of hair color. He asked me "What color is your hair really?" And I told him "almost as dark brown as yours"......but we stayed married, lol lol lol What is your story my friends?? Doris

06-27-2009, 07:30 PM	#5
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,060 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	Well that is worth noting then ladies..... Kathy, I have no friends personally that have never colored their hair!!! Loretta, oh my, and RED yet too!!! We had a lady down the street who used to do her hair red, but a bright, violet shade of red, you could see her coming down the road when she walked, from way far away by the corner the red stood out like a sore thumb. She worked for the post office, and finally some supervisor made her "subdue her Do". I don't think they can do that anymore. Well, her husband and she broke up, and she moved back to the city from here, and I understand she had lots of boyfriends there. My my........... Gee, even two of my friends who are natural, really light blondes still colored their blonde hair to change the shade of it. One still does, the other let it go white now, but we are all 62, went to Kindergarten together. Have a pleasant evening. Doris __________________ One FAT Gram= 9 calories One Carb Gram= 4 calories

06-28-2009, 06:45 AM	#12
Kenwyn Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: MN Posts: 327 Gallery: Kenwyn WOE: South Beach Start Date: 2/2009	I was reading an interesting article recently. I think it was In Science News. Hair turns gray when the stem cells in the hair stopped working. "following exposure to high doses of radiation, hair on mice as young as 7 to 8 weeks grew in gray, while control mice remained brown, the team found. Other DNA-damaging agents, including hydrogen peroxide, had the same graying effect." So it's possible that people that have colored their hair for years have hastened the graying if it.... Here's the link if anyone is interested: Stressed-out DNA Turns Mousy Brown Hair Gray / Science News __________________ Kenwyn (cuz Kathy was taken) www.whitepinesfarm.net Last edited by Kenwyn; 06-28-2009 at 06:54 AM..

06-28-2009, 02:08 PM	#15
mamagiff Bike Tart Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: right down the road from Bong Recreation Area! Posts: 38,796 Gallery: mamagiff WOE: Switched to Atkins Start Date: 3/24/08	I started coloring it in High School and have been ever since....I take after the relatives in my family that have mostly or all gray hair. A few were totally white by the age of 25...not me but in my late 30's/early 40's I noticed it was a lot more gray and was just going to let it go but I look awful with gray hair so back to brown in a box! I had it auburn for a few years till DH asked me when I was going back to brown....he likes plain brown so that's mostly what I do. __________________ Linda We gladly feast on those who would subdue us! - Addams Family Creed My Facebook

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06-27-2009, 07:03 PM	#2
Kenwyn Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: MN Posts: 327 Gallery: Kenwyn WOE: South Beach Start Date: 2/2009	I've never colored my hair. It's a medium brown and had auburn highlights when I was younger. Still mostly brown with silvery highlights along the sides. I take after my Dad who's hair was mostly dark when he passed away at 74. Mom on the other hand said she started coloring her hair when we kids started pulling it out of her head.

06-27-2009, 07:07 PM	#3
Loretta V Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 15,314 Gallery: Loretta V Stats: 140/123/120 WOE: Low Carb & Low Fat Start Date: July 2001/ Low Carb Friends 9/2001	One time only to please my ex husband. Red No way am I ever going there again with red, black, brown or any other.

06-27-2009, 07:08 PM	#4
Su11 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Outside Perimeter Atlanta Georgia Posts: 12,919 Gallery: Su11 Stats: Total loss- 54 (since Sept 05) WOE: General lower carb	Thank you for bumping this. Gotta go do the color soon!

06-27-2009, 08:55 PM	#6
birdlady Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: south louisiana Posts: 3,232 Gallery: birdlady Start Date: june03	Never colored my hair,too much trouble.I have been every shade of blonde/brownish without it.Now I'm gray,DH is white,we match.lol

06-27-2009, 09:01 PM	#7
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,060 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	lol lol

06-28-2009, 06:17 AM	#8
pandagramy Junior LCF Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 32 Gallery: pandagramy Stats: 223/184/155 WOE: modified low carb	I've been coloring my hair since I was 14. Both of my grandmothers had pure white hair so I actually looked forward to it. However, when I let it grow out I was not white, it was just plain ugly. My hubby complained I looked so old. So, now that I am "old" I'm looking pretty washed out with my light brown hair, so I think I'm going redder.

06-28-2009, 06:20 AM	#10
Ailuros Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,609 Gallery: Ailuros Stats: Maintenance (since 2003) WOE: Controlled carb, real food Start Date: 2003	I've never coloured mine. It was a sort of sand/honey colour when I was younger but has faded to soft brown most of the time, just lightening up to gold in full sunlight these days (I'm 48).

06-28-2009, 06:25 AM	#11
Loretta V Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 15,314 Gallery: Loretta V Stats: 140/123/120 WOE: Low Carb & Low Fat Start Date: July 2001/ Low Carb Friends 9/2001	We have a gal at church in her 80s that has colored her hair for years. She has worn her hair out and doesn't have hardly any left. She is always perming or coloring. Her hair is just tired of it.

06-28-2009, 06:54 AM	#13
Portia Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 3,134 Blog Entries: 4 Gallery: Portia Stats: 244/240/199 WOE: LC Start Date: 9/1/09	Never. My hairdresser says I am his only "virgin hair." I've always like my natural color and never saw a reason to change it.

06-28-2009, 11:14 AM	#14
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,060 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	Well, many modern haircolors haven't used peroxide, there are other things they switched to. Back in the 1970's that Summer Blonde stuff still used peroxide though. It is hard to find peroxide even just for household use these days. But vanity does crazy things to we humans. Just think of all the money spent on our looks, fed by the Media and our culture. How many businesses would go under suddenly if we all just kept on looking the way we look, period?? This country would go under, most of the Western World would go under. They say Spa's are having trouble staying open during this bad economy, especially here in California. Reminds me to make my hair appt. for July this coming week though, lol. I do feel younger when I color my hair, so at the moment, that's my bottom line I guess. At some point, that will change too. Doris

06-28-2009, 07:37 PM	#16
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,060 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	My girlfriend's husband has that in his family too, where they get white hair at a young age. There is a name for it, but it beats me as to what it is......but he came to our wedding and looked so "distinguished" we thought he was years older than she was, but he was my husband's age. Thanks for all the responses friends. Doris

06-28-2009, 08:26 PM	#17
LoveMontana Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: NY/PA border Posts: 26,383 Gallery: LoveMontana Stats: 5'1" 155/100/110 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Dec.1997	I've colored my gray for years. I was naturally black, but now it's dark brown. Once I went red, but my husband refused to go anyplace with me. It was really ugly.

06-30-2009, 09:24 PM	#18
MamaLiga Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 12 Gallery: MamaLiga	Are you kidding me? I've been dying my hair for so long, I don't even know what my real color would look like at this point.

07-01-2009, 11:39 AM	#19
KrisA MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Posts: 2,558 Gallery: KrisA Stats: 160/143.2/130 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 2/21/08	I had my hair frosted ONCE when I was about 18. God never meant for me to be a blond. It looked terrible. I have medium brown hair with lots of gray coming in, especially around my ears. I have to decide to dye or not pretty soon but I'm leaning toward not. I just don't want to have to worry about one more thing. k

07-01-2009, 05:51 PM	#20
SuSUN Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 8,811 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: SuSUN Stats: 152/134.4/125 WOE: LC-Moderate - Atkins Start Date: LC since 02/2002	I have mine coloured every 6 weeks or so, it is coloured medium brown roots with blonde highlites, 2-3 different shades of blonde. I really like it and enjoy having my hair done.

07-01-2009, 10:20 PM	#21
ladyinlove56 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: AZ but always a Tex. gal. Posts: 105 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: ladyinlove56 Stats: 230/180/130 WOE: Atkins Start Date: July 2007	My hairdresser would scream if I didnt color my hair....She thinks I am too young for gray...WELL...I had to agree..lol even if I am 58....I look alot better with it than without it....and it makes me feel good to look good as I am losing my weight ...

07-05-2009, 11:39 AM	#23
Arcie Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 278 Gallery: Arcie WOE: Moderate carbs	Yes, I color...but, I use only "non-permanent" hair color. Permanent is way too harsh and causes a horrible, red, itchy reaction on my scalp. I am even allergic to certain non-permanent brands. Finally found one that doesn't bother me at all and looks perfectly natural. Arcie

07-05-2009, 12:11 PM	#24
PaleoRainy Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: it matters more where we go Posts: 272 Gallery: PaleoRainy Stats: Goal reached (33 lbs) - New goal: 182/175/165 WOE: Paleo Diet Start Date: First 24/09/08 - Restart to second goal 24/08/09	Lol, I've NEVER colored my hair!! I see no reason to do it, but I promised as my hair will be white I'll color them green.