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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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 Posted - May 15 2012 : 10:53:03 AM
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I started going gray in my 30's. I've been coloring ever since. Now I color every 4 weeks. It is the only "pampering" I do for myself...no fancy nails, not much makeup, etc. I'm glad that hair color is safer than it used to be, or I'd be in a heap of trouble.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - May 15 2012 : 11:05:44 AM
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I was getting sensitive to the color I was using and sometimes my scalp just felt like it was on fire while I was processing so I quit about 10 years (?) ago. I'm so glad I did. I like my "arctic blonds"! I've earned every dang one of them! And if someone wants to give me the senior discount because of them, who am I to argue!
Audrey
http://prairiecairncottage.blogspot.com/
.jpg) Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
14020 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2012 : 6:29:54 PM
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Ceejay you can color your hair if you perm it too. Just perm it before you color. The perm actually, the neutralizer has peroxide in it. And it will fade the color. And if you have alot of different colors in your hair you can get one color to blend all the colors together. As I have said before I am a master Cosmetologist and I do this ALL the time. I have grey hair and I color my hair dark red..now that my hair grows so fast I have to color my roots every 3 weeks. So I have decided to hi-light the crown of my hair so it will blend netter and I wont have to color so much...
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2012 : 09:20:48 AM
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Melody, I guess because of thyroid problems, my hair turned a kind of golden white (I call it platinum because it sounds expensive!) within a year! My hairdresser said she'd never seen anything like it. But I decided that I was going to enjoy it anyway (I'd always wanted to be a blonde!! Yuk Yuk!!) About 8 years ago, my daughter competed in the Miss America organization and I was having to add sequins and crystals to her ballet costume. I stopped at Hobby Lobby and was looking along the craft isle when this lady with very short, gun metal blue/gray hair stopped me and said, "Excuse me. But who does your hair?! That is exactly the color I was aiming for and look what I got!! Who does your hair?" I said, "Well. Actually, God does my hair," and laughed. She looked at me like I was a nut. Anyway, I've decided that I love it. I'm the grandmother with the pretty, white hair! (I sitll call it platinum) :-)
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3341 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3341 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2012 : 1:58:25 PM
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Mary Beth...I suffer from hypothyroidism and honestly I don't think I've colored since the problem was diagnosed-Never had this kind of reaction from a hair color product before-Wondering if that has anything to do with it? Everyone around me claims they "love" the color, but I know they "love" me and just don't want to hurt my feelings. I still get a shock walking by the hall mirror but in time... as with just about everything... "this too shall pass!"
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2012 : 3:30:40 PM
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Hypo and Hyperthyroidism affect the hair. They even cause the hair to fall out. So it wouldn't surprise me a bit if that had something to do with it. And yes, you are right. This will go away and you will look back with a giggle. Good luck!!
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2012 : 06:40:54 AM
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Mary Beth, you have beautiful hair!
By His Grace, For His Glory
~Sharon
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Madelena
True Blue Farmgirl
1919 Posts
Mary
Central
TX
USA
1919 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2012 : 5:17:21 PM
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Lisa, Lisa.. I want to go to your spa.. even though I am 1200 miles away. I wonder if we have anything like it in Cen-Tex !???? Sooo jealous !
And I used to perm and color my hair myself. Never had a problem with it.. Only when a beauty shop did it.. Talk about STRAW ! I used a whole bottle of Aussie Mud to soften the hair shafts! Took a month... Could have hired out as a living scarecrow LOL.
I keep my hair short now because it is so soft textured and had a mind of its own. I think schizophrenia describes my hair's tendencies. Waves, cowlick, natural parts that shift periodically - all make me crazy. Most people compliment me on the short hair. My hubby.. well men usually go for the Godiva hair look. I personally go for the G - chocolate.
Well, keep on keeping on girls. Kuddos to you all who have lovely natural colors. Meanwhile, I'll be looking for the lovely Spa Lisa talked about !! Have a Happy, Girls !!! |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts |
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sweettea
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Candace
St Cloud
MN
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2012 : 7:58:55 PM
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I love topics such as this one...to color or not to color! I stopped coloring my hair over 10 years ago because my hair was resistant to the hair coloring. I was frying it out on permanent color with 30 volume peroxide and it still didn't cover the gray. I stopped coloring it cold-turkey and have since received many compliments on my hair. I'm still waiting to turn totally white; I'm shades of salt and pepper gray although I would rather call it silver. Gray is an ugly word. I like silver much better. I believe I've earned every silver hair and intend to challenge everyone who thinks I have to act old because I have silver hair. I'm having way too much fun with life to act old! My recent major decision with my hair was to stop blow-drying it, curling and flat-ironing the curl out of it. I am now letting my curl take over again. Golly, it sure is an adjustment to try to remember how to take care of curly/wavy/frizzy hair!
"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein |
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To Color or Not to Color THAT is the question!
