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Old 01-03-2010, 14:27
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My OH and I both have black hair, he is five years younger than me and now has a lot of grey streaks and it really suits him! I have a few, they actually look okay and I am not too fussed about dyeing it. I'll see how it goes. I would hate for him to dye his though, thankfully he wouldn't even consider it.
sounds lovely, even if it went a steel grey, it would be great..

article in the DM today... about an eastender actress going grey, and it's not Dot.. lol lol

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...ar-Awards.html

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Old 01-03-2010, 14:33
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Got a bunch of greys at 13 (am now 25). Not obvious, around 10-15% are white, hasn't increased since. I dyed my hair a couple of times aged 16-19 but can't really be arsed since. I like my hair short, and gel often (couple of times a week) which covers it nicely.

Ps I have black hair, so whites () are more outstanding!
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:35
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I'm 46 and don't consider it a waste of time. I love a visit to the hairdresser and a bit of pampering.
It's all about vanity isn't it? Desperately clinging on to what you've lost, your youth.
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:36
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Got a bunch of greys at 13 (am now 25). Not obvious, around 10-15% are white, hasn't increased since. I dyed my hair a couple of times aged 16-19 but can't really be arsed since. I like my hair short, and gel often (couple of times a week) which covers it nicely.

Ps I have black hair, so whites () are more outstanding!
Thats the problem I have, the whites are staring back at me in the mirror
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:39
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It's all about vanity isn't it? Desperately clinging on to what you've lost, your youth.
I think its natural to want to cling on to your youth. It the same I guess like noticing you first wrinkle. You get used to it with time but initially it a reminder that you are getting old
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:41
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I'm nearly 37 and there is defnitely grey hairs in my hair, even started pulling long ones out too. What to do? My husband is 40 this year and he's like a bloody badger too.
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:44
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I would say embrace the grey but work on the tan. If you go grey it will make your face look paler and that's why most people are wary of going grey, because the combination of the grey hair and the pale face makes you look old. You can be hot with grey hair, just balance the advances out to get the right combination.
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:44
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Late teens for me. I'm only 24 and have been dying my hair in full to hide the buggers for just under a decade
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:46
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i embrace the greys,since ive stopped worrying about them i tend to not notice them so much
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:48
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I would say embrace the grey but work on the tan. If you go grey it will make your face look paler and that's why most people are wary of going grey, because the combination of the grey hair and the pale face makes you look old. You can be hot with grey hair, just balance the advances out to get the right combination.

Don't need to work on the tan has I am black

The whites show up even moreso
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:50
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Don't need to work on the tan has I am black

The whites show up even moreso
haha Well.. you cudda told me!
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:52
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Do you get mistaken for older than you are or feel. eg you get mistaken for you childs grandparent or your partners father or mother
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:53
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haha Well.. you cudda told me!
Ha ha ha...

Didnt want the discussion to be about colour, so didnt mention it
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Old 01-03-2010, 14:56
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I've got a few in my sideburns and the beard is as white a Santa's now, but there are still remarkably few on my head. I say embrace the grey!
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Old 01-03-2010, 15:00
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I've got the sort of ash blond hair that fades, rather than goes grey really obviously, so I doubt I'll bother. Normally, if I dye, it's because I'm bored of my hair colour, and I expect that won't change.
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Old 01-03-2010, 15:07
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Late teens for me. I'm only 24 and have been dying my hair in full to hide the buggers for just under a decade
I was nearly 20 when I spotted my first gray hairs. So I have been dying my hair ever since. Tbh It wasn't suprised to me at all, because my mum and her mum started graying at age of 20 too.

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Old 01-03-2010, 15:10
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Do you get mistaken for older than you are or feel. eg you get mistaken for you childs grandparent or your partners father or mother
No many times when I am out with my husband and son, it is the other way around, people think my husband is out with his children. lol. No manage to hide those grey well by tying them back.
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Old 01-03-2010, 15:16
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I'm nearly 32 and am getting a few straggly greys appearing in my hairline. At the moment I am colouring my hair but I have noticed one or two of the greys seem very persistant and aren't taking the dye

If I greyed like George Lamb I would embrace them totally as he manages to be going grey beautifully (helped by a load of stylists etc I know!) whereas my greys are straggly and not all together!!
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Old 01-03-2010, 15:37
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I was nearly 20 when I spotted my first gray hairs. So I have been dying my hair ever since. Tbh It wasn't suprised to me at all, because my mum and her mum started graying at age of 20 too.
I get it from my Dad's side as all the people in his family went grey from about 17.

Thankfully it looks like I'm going to take after my Mum's family overall though and end up with the beautiful 'white' hair instead of grey by the time I'm in my late 60's/70's
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Old 01-03-2010, 15:42
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dye it- grey hair is so aging imo. Although maybe go a few shades lighter than your normal colour as very dark hair on older skin is not a good look. I am naturally dark brown but dye mid brown sometimes add a bit of red
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Old 01-03-2010, 15:57
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It's all about vanity isn't it? Desperately clinging on to what you've lost, your youth.
omg your such a bloke..
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Old 01-03-2010, 15:59
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there are specially formulated shampoo's designed for grey hair, making it shiney and glossy... it's doesn't automatically mean, shampoo and sets, and tweeny twink perms..

it's not a lost cause to go grey.. I'm all for it personally...lol lol lol
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Old 01-03-2010, 16:09
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I've decided to brace myself and give it go. Maybe will look more distinguished

I realise that I am no springchicken, and I am fan of growing old disgracefully.
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Old 01-03-2010, 16:11
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A man should always embrace grey,men that dye their hair to hide grey are weird, a woman maybe in her 70s or never.
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Old 01-03-2010, 16:20
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Don't need to work on the tan has I am black

The whites show up even moreso
That was funny
I have been on the dye for a looooong while and I think I'll be on it for some time to come. I have pasty white skin and with grey hair even my freckles disappear.
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