Heck, I'd be happy to look like Heloise! She's got awesome hair. But, nooo, I've got that muddy, dull looking gray. Still too much of the natural brown in there and it's just not flattering. And box color just looks flat on my hair. It's like the color fades so quickly, that even if the gray doesn't show, the color goes really dull. And I use shampoos meant for colored hair. Frustrating, which is why I have my daughter color it. I can be absolutely sure of the color lasting for the 5 weeks between color and cut.

ita, can I ask a personal question that I hope isn't too invasive?

Why the blonde?

amych, what's your natural color? What's your grey percentage? Target color, if you decide to dye?

Usually, as I recall, covering grey works best if you do a neutral brown followed by an overlay of the color you want or something like that.

I haven't had to try that, yet. When we were doing Paul's hair still, we dyed it black, avoiding many of the issues one finds with reds.

I've been getting a few grey hairs. Nothing really too noticable, but they've been there since I was about 19.

I'm really not sure where my genetics are going with this. My mom had significant grey by 35. My dad, at 59, is getting kind of salt-and-peppery.

Why the blonde?

I've always wanted hair lighter than my skin. And with my skin, I've gotta go blonde. I have nothing against my natural hair colour, but I find blonde a great distractor. You're less likely to notice any flaws in my self-administered haircut, I wager, and it looks like I've actually given a fuck. It sure beats actually styling or combing my hair, which I avoid strenuously.

I was told to go with lowlights if I wanted a more natural look with less maintenance look. it doesn't cover everything - so the root thing is n't as noticable. the ony reason Ididn't was that my neighbor does my hair in my house. I lose her - and I will look into it.

and yes all my greys are in the front

I've always wanted hair lighter than my skin. And with my skin, I've gotta go blonde. I have nothing against my natural hair colour, but I find blonde a great distractor. You're less likely to notice any flaws in my self-administered haircut, I wager, and it looks like I've actually given a fuck. It sure beats actually styling or combing my hair, which I avoid strenuously.

Cool.

Aims!! Check this out!

SMALL WORLD.

Ack! Worlds collide! I mean, not really *my* worlds, but I still feel all wigginsed by it.

Oh, and wigginsed should be a word. Or I need sleep. It's debatable.

Cass, I mean, it was wigginsy enough that we visited the same schools on the same weekends (he and another guy, actually...I wonder if the other guy randomly knows someone I know!). And now this!