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Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Burrell - Sep 08, 2011 8:32:02 am PDT #24797 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Kathy, you could try a neutral brown instead of a warm one.


Consuela - Sep 08, 2011 8:36:22 am PDT #24798 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

If I thought I could rock the grey streak I'd totally grow it out.

You could keep dying the rest of it and leave the grey streak alone...


Burrell - Sep 08, 2011 8:37:47 am PDT #24799 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

You could keep dying the rest of it and leave the grey streak alone...

Yeah, that could work. I'm not sure how much of a streak is there yet, but I definitely see a silvery halo in that corner.


Kathy A - Sep 08, 2011 8:40:42 am PDT #24800 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Thanks for the advice! I'll ask the person at Sally's about the hair color--my sister said that 4N would be the neutralizing brown to add to the reddish brown of the 4R (I'll just use 1 ounce of each added to the developer).

And I'll look for that brown-hair conditioner. I know that all of my swimming doesn't help the hair dye stick around longer than five weeks before fading tremendously (I hate using a swimcap, so the chlorine gets to the hair more than it would otherwise).

I'm letting my hair get longer, trying to grow it out to bob-length. Post-surgery, it's really curly, much more than before (it was wavy before), and I think a flapper-style bob would be really cute.


JenP - Sep 08, 2011 8:57:47 am PDT #24801 of 30001

I just dyed mine last night, brown, and this time the grey is a more natural looking golden/red than last time, when it was a really odd red that I did not like. I use the semi-perm.

Over the summer, I went for a long time without putting any color in. My friend's teenage daughter asked me if I had put a grey streak in. Ha! She thought it was cool. I don't think it's solid enough yet to be a cool grey streak, so it gets covered. There's a lot more grey now than last time I let it go. Ah, well. I think when I let it go, it will be pretty, but I'm not ready to let it go yet.


Atropa - Sep 08, 2011 8:59:06 am PDT #24802 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I am waiting, WAITING, I TELL YOU, for my hair to come in all white, instead of this scattered thing. I like the white hair (and there is more of it every time I look), but I do not like the ashy mouse brown natural color around it. So I'm not giving up my blue-black dye until I have ALL WHITE roots.

But I am pretty happy with the pink Bride of Frankenstein streaks I gave myself a few weeks ago.


lisah - Sep 08, 2011 9:05:04 am PDT #24803 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I am intrigued by the growing in the grey as I notice it more and more.

Me too! My grey is pretty silvery white so I have hopes that it will look cool with my slightly lighter than I currently dye it dark brown hair.

I doubt mine is completely silver based on my Mom and brother's hair even though it looks like there is a ton of silver in there now.


Zenkitty - Sep 08, 2011 9:06:50 am PDT #24804 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

My hair is about 50% grey now. It's a silvery-grey and I like it, but I'm not ready to have grey hair yet! Besides, with my skin being so fair, I feel like if my hair and brows aren't dark, I just fade away.


Kathy A - Sep 08, 2011 9:07:28 am PDT #24805 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I have fond hopes that my hair will eventually get all white, like both of my dad's parents did, and not iron grey, like my mom's mom.


Atropa - Sep 08, 2011 9:10:47 am PDT #24806 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Dad's hair is all white. I have no idea how much white hair Mom may have had, because she was even more vigilant than I was about hair dye upkeep.