You definitely need to lighten as you age, especially if you started with very dark hair (like me). I do my own color but go in twice a year for highlights (“glints”) that brighten the look. My hair grows so slowly that I just need to do root touchup between those two salon visits.
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I’m thinking of becoming a redhead if I decide to color my hair. Should go well with my green eyes. Thankfully, even though I’m rapidly approaching big six-O, my hair hasn’t gone gray yet, but it will happen soon.
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A couple of years ago, I tried one of those apps that lets you test different hair colors with a photo. First I tested white hair - my roots come in silvery so that’s the shade I picked. I thought my face disappeared. Then I tried red - didn’t work with my skin tone. Then blond for fun - eek! Either I’m so used to my natural color that anything else looks funny to me, or my body knew what it was doing to grow this color. Either way, I will continue to get it colored for now. It’s dark brunette, but I may ask my hairdresser what she thinks about going a bit lighter.
Oh - thought green might be interesting but it turned out purple looked better. Either color would fit in fine in my neighborhood, but no.
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I’ve been transitioning my hair to gray for about 6 months now. We figure by this time next year it will be mostly gray with some dark streaks to give it some interest. It’s a process…the foils are pretty time-consuming, and the cost is up there.
But, the gray works in with my curls and the look seems to last longer
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I saw an older woman today (maybe late 70s/early 80s) with pretty obviously died dark auburn hair. It did not look good. BUT, I am lucky that I have very few grays at age 61 and my hair is 98% dark chestnut brown. I have one little patch of gray along the crown that I think might be related to the vitiligo I have and maybe a little aging. I have had that patch for 30 years, but very few other grays and I think my natural brunette hair is one of my best features – it’s for sure not the bags under my eyes. So dark hair can look good on an older woman. I suspect I will not get a ton of grays. My parents gave me copious eye bags and a turkey neck + double chin, but neither of them went completely gray.
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Just saw this article in our local paper that reprints NYT and was going to ask if anyone can gift a link. Thanks for sharing!
Maybe someone else has an extra gift link? I worry about running out before the end of the month.
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This is not surprising, has been going on for a long time.
Glad to hear that it’s finally being talked about.
There’s a reason for VIP suites, luxury hotels and international branches. Catering to the wealthy international or domestic patients who can pay and donate to hospitals.
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Apparently Harvard Medical School really does cost an arm and a leg
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Bah Humbug Mount Vernon! This irritates me.
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That’s inexcusable. They should be ashamed.
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A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage, and Shocked the Nation
Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.
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Wow—thanks for the link. I had never heard of Rhinelanders and feel sorry for Leonard and Alice.
So much hatred and division—then and now.
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No gift link but here’s the study on which findings are based in Taiwan
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5656231
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This makes me VERY angry but I want our Attorney Generals to do something about it! It’s how companies are using data to price fix what we are charged and charge each of us different amounts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxr7xSxsGo
I doubt they’ll do anything. American capitalism benefits corporations, not consumers.
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