Ahh Rosebear. Little Rosebear.

I continue to color my hair but the choice is yours. They have better color choices now so we don't get that one flat felt pen color.

Yee, look at my profile photo! I guess it didn't work!

Anyway, treat the decision lightly, like picking an outfit. We are women! We like pretty things! If the hair color makes you feel a certain way, do it. It's a woman's perogative and I love all our options.

Whoever said we should grow old gracefully should be drawn and quartered! Karensk is right, you wouldn't start wearing house coats in public just because you turn a certain age. Consider coloring your hair an accessory instead of sentence.

well of course i will comment, again, but i will try to be more articulate this time! lol

hair for women especially, has always been more than just hair. for many it represents who we are and how we feel about ourselves and life, etc. wanna go blonde? do it!!! people who make those idiot comments are creatively retarded or jealous. if you want to go back to a beautiful chestnut, go for Loreal's color in the red box with highlights. i think it is better than having it done in a salon and so i do it myself now. my stylist taught me how best to do it and the product is terrific. i was born a blond and it later darkened to a dark mousy blond that was just ugly and dull. so yes, since i've been a teen, i indulge my hair with color and highlights and a great haircut every few months.

just do it! i so agree with lola: would you start wearing mumu's like my nana everyday or a house coat? OMG! grow old gracefully to me has a different meaning and it doesn't include looking like my grandmother and her blue hair EVER!!!!!! whoo hoo!!! JUST GO FOR IT BABY!!!

RoseBear, rarely since the first time I colored my hair (17) has it ever been my own. I've had blonde streaks...almost totally blonde...red...red with blond streaks...copper...copper with streaks. That's me, I like change & my decisions about the 'color' usually are around my mood at the time. I think if family & friends were to see me without 'some' color they would think there's something wrong.

Wanting our physical to reflect our inner, whether through hair color or clothing, for me is important. Especially at the stages of life we all experience. I have a stylist that knows my 'moods' - been going to her for 17 years - I just say I want a change or let's do the same thing again and she gets it.

To me life is full of enough 'what will others think' without adding more. Do what feels good for you. Feeling good is what counts the most.

I'm one of the ones who doesn't have a clue how to 'age with dignity'. All I 'know' what to do these days is to gauge how I feel, and make the decision accordingly.

Most important, have fun

Deb

you have ALL made me feel so much better about this. thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the grey and white really does look like yuck and makes me sad. and that is the most important thing. it is a sad that i can fix.

you go ahead and do what makes you feel good. forgot about the others OPINION of YOU & your hair do with it what you will

I think, sweet RosieBear, that you should do whatever you want with your hair as long as it makes you happy. Dye it purple and orange if it makes you smile! And ignore the people who don't love you for you...they aren't worth a second thought anyway!

As for me...I am not very good about going to the salon. Touch-ups would be a major pain for me and I hate being at the mercy of someone else while sitting in the salon chair. I may change my mind...the gray I have is concealable if I don't pull my hair back (mostly gray on the sides and front) if I start to see someone I don't recognize staring at me in the mirror. Hopefully, it will be quite a while before I have to make the decision! When I do, I will probably just hack it all off and go short and sassy. Try to call me an old lady then!