OT – I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna grow out my grey!

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  • Claire
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    Christie you are beautiful regardless of your hair color!  It’s your spirit that shines.

    missceegee
    Participant

    Thanks for the encouragement ladies. I’ve only had one comment that I’ll look older, but I’m not worried. I think it will be a transition and one that will take some getting used to, but I’m looking forward to it!

    Benita
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    I hope you will share a picture as it grays. I am proud of your courage. I am curious.  I, too, began graying early.  I had a gray patch at 6 years old!  It eventually disappeared but the grays started in earnest in my 20s. It is becoming increasingly expensive to color. I have very dark hair and it grows quickly. My hair is longish and I want to keep it long.  That makes going gray a little more difficult.

     I don’t feel old, nor do I think I look old.  I am 44. That’s not old, right? But, I am afraid to go gray.  There.  I said it.  I just don’t know if I am ready.  My mother is 78 and still dyes her hair a pretty brown. She looks beautiful and no one ever thinks she’s over 60. Not that she really cares about that.  But, I always say that I can’t be gray if my mother is not! So, I may just have to wait for her to go gray!;)

    kerby
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    I need to finish my quote . . .

    “They are not grey hairs, they are my Wisdom Highlights!!  I just happen to be extremely Wise!”

     

     

     

    and, I saw another one yesterday . . .

     

    “No, they aren’t “grey” hairs.  I’m just so fabulous that even my hair sparkles.”

     

     

    Enjoy!

    K

    Sue
    Participant

    More on the “gray vs. grey” controversy….

    This is according to Grammarist.com:

    Gray vs. grey

    Gray and grey are different spellings of the same word, and both are used throughout the English-speaking world. But gray is more common in American English, while grey is more common in all the other main varieties of English. In the U.K., for instance, grey appears about twenty times for every instance of gray. In the U.S. the ratio is reversed.

    Both spellings, which have origins in the Old English grǽg, have existed hundreds of years.1Grey gained ascendancy in all varieties of English in the early 18th century, but its dominance as the preferred form was checked when American writers adopted gray about a century later. As the Ngram below shows, this change in American English came around 1825. Since then, both forms have remained fairly common throughout the English-speaking world, but the favoring of gray in the U.S. and grey everywhere else has remained consistent.

    And, yes, there is actually this website, http://www.greyorgray.com, which tells anyone who cares enough about the matter:

    When all else fails..

    grAy is how it’s spelled in America grEy is how it’s spelled in England

    That same site also mentions that, according to a trusted source for color swatches, “grey” is a much lighter (silver-like) shade, while “gray” is a darker hue, closer to a heavy pencil mark.

    Interesting, no? Or perhaps some people just have too much time on their hands, LOL!

    @Christie–you go, girl! I, too, have shiny, sparkly, silver-gray hairs, though mostly just here and there.

    Nina
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    My 4 yo red haired daughter has a huge patch of gray toward the nap of her neck under the top hair. I about freaked when I found it recently.

    amyjane
    Participant

    Christie I started letting my go greay about 2 years ago.  I have vitilage and it affects my hair as well.  So I would color it and in a few weeks it was coming back white.  I have jet black hair and so now it is salt and pepper.  I keep it short – pixi like and I LOVE it!! My husband loves it too and that is all that matters to me.  keeping it short will help the transition and then if you want to go long you can.  My friend suggested getting some lowlights to help the transition but i never did.  Good luck!!

    DawnD
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    I love this thread!!!! I have been debating with this one forever. I dye, I don’t dye and on and on it goes. My only problem with gray is that I think it makes me look tired. I don’t like that. And I’ve been brainwashed to think that you can’t have long hair if it’s gray. I want the white/gray long braid too. I’ve been using healthier products on my skin lately and hair dye isn’t one of them. But then I found a herbal dye product and bought it. Haven’t tried it yet though. Now I’m thinking……

    Monucram
    Member

    Good for you! Google pics and styles… they are great!

    Kayla
    Participant

    DawnD my mentor mom at church has lower back length grey hair, she is 55 and it looks amazing! She always laughs because when she goes walk/running she gets honked/whistled at because from a distance it looks blonde!

    missceegee
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    I just got home from 6 hours!!! At the salon. I’ve the short cut Again like my little picture, but I’m platinum blonde. ?? Long story how we arrived at that but in 2-3 months all of my natural gray will grow in. The blonde isn’t as horrible on me as expected, but it is weird. I will not have a skunk stripe this way so that’s something. That’s my update. Blond. weird.

    RobinP
    Participant

    That’s great! I think that’s why mine hasn’t seemed so drastic because I am blonde. And summertime in FL is the perfect time for blonde. 🙂

    kerby
    Participant

    That’s exactly what my mom is doing to get back to her grey – it’s currently in that same blond mode. 

    I just had a recent pic taken, and my grey is really showing.  I’m going to try and post it, but I’m not sure how it’ll show.  I’m w/ my new cousin and I think it would look funny if I crop the pic. 

     

    missceegee
    Participant

    Transition complete. I updated my little gravatar picture. I’m mostly silver with a few dark strands on top, silver on the sides, and dark with some silver strands in the back. It’s super short right now, but I love the color! I plan to eventually grow it long for dd7, but I do like a short pixie.

    RobinP
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    LOVE IT, Christie! Stunning!

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