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To dye or not to dye...and why??

I've coloured my hair since i was 13. I used to enjoy experimenting with different shades. There were lots of great semi permenant products back then so i was never stuck with a shade for long. Over the years, i've found what i like and in general have stuck with the same colour for the last 20 years or so. Its a tad darkers and redder than my natural shade of mousey brown.
I bumped into a friend today. She said.....'ooh you've coloured yr hair?' 'Yes' i reply ' i only did it yesterday, it will take a day or two to calm down a bit...lol'
She then started to lecture me telling me I should stop colouring it and 'grow old gracefully...stop trying to look younger....it looks harsh and ages you more' she tuts.
Wohoa!! I say ' i colour it coz i like it this colour. I dont do it to look younger or even to hide the grey...i do it simply coz I like it'
'If you say so. You should just embrace the grey. Its incredebly freeing' she replies.

Well!!

Those of you who do colour your hair... what are your reasons for doing so?
Do you intend to stop at any point to 'embrace the grey?? '
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4meAndyouF
I used to bleach my hair, because I read some stupid magazine article which stated that the dark colors, (and my original color was dark brown), were aging. I was also SO stinking tired of having to color my roots.

Once I had bleached it, the ex threw a fit. Told me he ONLY liked brunettes. So of course, that made me angry and stubborn, and I wouldn't have changed it back if you had paid me. Silly me...didn't know that for 25 years the ONLY thing he liked about me was my hair color...馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ

Of course, I left the ex shortly after that, moved to Michigan, and it became very expensively un-doable for me to bleach my hair. I learned of a beauty school in Lansing that would do it cheaply, and I went there, and they FRIED my hair. Took two years for the damage to grow out a bit.

I still didn't want to deal with roots, and I found there were fewer and fewer dark roots among the white ones, so I just decided to color my OWN hair, with various shades of blonde. Gradually the blonde grew lighter and lighter to match my white roots, and then during Covid, I decided to let the white grow out completely. I cut my own damaged ends for three years, and now I have a very nice shoulder length blunt which is completely white...or...as one of my neighbors told me...platinum blonde!!! 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ
RubySoo56-60, F
@4meAndyou lovely! It loojs gorgeous when it all goes evenly white/ grey.

Sorry hour ex reacted that way.
Imagine you dumping him coz he'd lost his hair!! Sounds like yr well rid.
4meAndyouF
@RubySoo Yup. Life is a LOT better now.