tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post2903397197751776244..comments2023-09-25T02:17:01.787-07:00Comments on Bar Mitzvahzilla: Graying at the EdgesLinda Pressmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-9345759888384156112010-04-07T23:38:24.211-07:002010-04-07T23:38:24.211-07:00How funny, the clerk at my mac counter was about 6...How funny, the clerk at my mac counter was about 60 and does aerobics...She also had a belt of brushes and knew what she waas about...the last time I hit up the lancome counter the lady wanted to make me look 'exotic'.<br />Must be the different locations..lol.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708815560712267698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-57886395182481914332010-04-05T23:06:28.321-07:002010-04-05T23:06:28.321-07:00Joely, now that you mention it, I remember also ha...Joely, now that you mention it, I remember also having teachers with crazy white brows, and, of course, they didn't become that way overnight! It happened one sneaky gray at a time!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-593403451333634472010-04-05T23:04:59.988-07:002010-04-05T23:04:59.988-07:00TKW - The eyebrow ones are disconcerting because t...TKW - The eyebrow ones are disconcerting because they're never in a place you want to tweeze, they're always in the middle of the brow. Get rid of ugly white hair or keep and look even older? Hmm. And you don't look distinguished with your graying sideburns? Me neither.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-62087698662771766032010-04-05T12:43:56.638-07:002010-04-05T12:43:56.638-07:00I have found a grey eyebrow hair. It is unruly an...I have found a grey eyebrow hair. It is unruly and seems to appear out of no where, long and crazy. I remember my high school German teacher has these crazy white brows and I cant help but comparing my unruly hair to his. I pluck it, but for now that is working. I think I will definitly dye my hair. I did enough already, with streaks of blonde, even purple and pink. I think I will just go with my mood, whatever that is at the time.Joelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892390407301976090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-23915151061904134832010-04-05T09:46:01.561-07:002010-04-05T09:46:01.561-07:00Gack! I have gray hair everywhere! I even found on...Gack! I have gray hair everywhere! I even found one in my eyebrow! Especially disturbing are the gray sideburns I'm sporting now--in desperate need of some hair dye! I look like Tom Brokaw!TKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409505008377005185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-83338077115831327502010-04-04T19:44:20.423-07:002010-04-04T19:44:20.423-07:00Lisa, so funny, trying to break up with our hairdr...Lisa, so funny, trying to break up with our hairdressers! And the never shutting up thing! I've been watching mine go in and out of a relationship with the same guy for the whole 5 years I've been with her. I'm her amateur psychologist, I think. (Boring Married Client). Does she love me for that or for my excellent tips and Christmas present?Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-82046903092720664062010-04-04T19:42:17.529-07:002010-04-04T19:42:17.529-07:00Privilege - sounds like my husband! The model thin...Privilege - sounds like my husband! The model thing for people getting their stylist license or, great idea, free haircut night at the ritzy salon. I used to go to a nice place but got sick of all the pretensions and how "cool" everyone had to be, especially me, and I'm not! Now my salon must double as a tattoo parlor, I swear.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-7900387246363178172010-04-04T19:25:42.233-07:002010-04-04T19:25:42.233-07:00I've been trying to break up with my hairdress...I've been trying to break up with my hairdresser for over two years, She's cheap, convenient and flexible, but oh so slow, not very bright and she never shuts up, but at least she's the only one out there that knows I'm over 50% gray!Lisahttp://www.athreedayweekend.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-82460551487312880762010-04-04T19:12:42.900-07:002010-04-04T19:12:42.900-07:00I know I have it easier because I'm a guy... a...I know I have it easier because I'm a guy... and what's left of my hair I keep short with a pair of clippers, I can remember the days of having a dedicated person who I was accountable to if I cheated by seeing another hair stylist. I started with him when I was too broke for haircuts and would show up on "model night" at the ritzy salon to be a guinea pig in exchange for free haircuts. I was adopted by one up-and-comer who was really cheap at first until he had his own salon and things got rather pricey (and I got tired of the being offered croissants, etc. when I just wanted a haircut). The only thing that got me out of the whole thing was the loss of my hair—a silver lining for what is fast growing rather grey where it still grows.www.privilegeofparenting.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645668995297703791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-53754909250627807002010-04-04T19:07:11.507-07:002010-04-04T19:07:11.507-07:00Hi David, thanks for visiting the blog! First, yes...Hi David, thanks for visiting the blog! First, yes - hair, no matter the color, is better than no hair! Second, it's funny how at one point we're "prematurely gray" and then suddenly, as we age, no one says that anymore!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-79143279020099682362010-04-04T19:03:34.227-07:002010-04-04T19:03:34.227-07:00Chris, 30 is young for grays but, hey, you already...Chris, 30 is young for grays but, hey, you already had a kid driving you crazy - oh, I mean, filling your life with uplifting joy... :)Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-81027998481225216462010-04-04T19:02:05.688-07:002010-04-04T19:02:05.688-07:00dll, I remember your inch-high hair and you dyeing...dll, I remember your inch-high hair and you dyeing it! You're right - we're just not au naturel kind of women! I do love seeing my chocolate brown hair. I would find it pretty disconcerting to see anything lighter, even blonde, much less gray!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-19859524814123195892010-04-04T19:00:19.926-07:002010-04-04T19:00:19.926-07:00Charlotte, I'd like to not be 80 and still dye...Charlotte, I'd like to not be 80 and still dyeing my hair like a nut. At some point it has to be okay to be gray, right?Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-17608687805770237522010-04-04T18:59:16.675-07:002010-04-04T18:59:16.675-07:00Kristen, I thought only babies hair falls out afte...Kristen, I thought only babies hair falls out after delivery? :) My second pregnancy did ruin my hair for all time, creating the huge, frizzy Jewfro about which I've spoken before. My daughter finds this pretty amusing. Me? Not so much.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-68038855443784211052010-04-04T18:57:22.435-07:002010-04-04T18:57:22.435-07:00Robin, I read your comment, then went immediately ...Robin, I read your comment, then went immediately to my makeup mirror, saw a white eyebrow hair, pulled out my tweezer and immediately took two good hairs along with it! Ack! You'd think my super, duper high powered magnifying mirror would stop that from happening, but I guess not! I used a makeup pencil to fill in my bald spot, just fyi!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-81143196483384536902010-04-04T18:55:42.935-07:002010-04-04T18:55:42.935-07:00BLW, Shoe polish - yes! I used to color myself but...BLW, Shoe polish - yes! I used to color myself but I ended up with quite a mess (and with the interesting Jewish bush of a head of hair, it was not a good look). I've never thought about cutting my own, though I've hacked at it. But your comment made me think about it. Hmmm.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-90887426520095687212010-04-04T18:53:44.091-07:002010-04-04T18:53:44.091-07:00Waisting Time - I'm always amazed at how well ...Waisting Time - I'm always amazed at how well hairstylists match red shades when people start dyeing. I get the same brown every time but I'm not sure it's the one I was born with. It's nicer!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-37413760900388411742010-04-04T18:52:08.925-07:002010-04-04T18:52:08.925-07:00Maria, hairstylists always know when we "chea...Maria, hairstylists always know when we "cheat" on them! Something's different, I guess. The cut, the color. Mine will know for sure. At least she won't think a professional did it because of the messiness!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-66099591884690224302010-04-04T18:50:30.237-07:002010-04-04T18:50:30.237-07:00Nicki, Whenever my gray starts coming in I get kin...Nicki, Whenever my gray starts coming in I get kind of enthralled with it, wondering what it would look like all in. Then I get to hear from the kid chorus and get the alarmed look from my husband - this is without even the six sisters chiming in - and I guess I'm not gutsy enough. I'll probably having dark brown hair till I die. Chicken, I know!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-84067932385774483472010-04-03T23:24:35.900-07:002010-04-03T23:24:35.900-07:00I started going gray during my college years in th...I started going gray during my college years in the early 70s. For a few decades,maybe, until my mid-forties, I qualified as prematurely gray. Then I became completely gray and there was no longer a "premature" qualifier. When I saw my younger sister last weekend for the first time in nearly a year, her comment was, "Your hair's gone white!" I can live with white, it's preferable to bald any day.David Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675294283702192926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-45500010390260843282010-04-03T21:25:55.552-07:002010-04-03T21:25:55.552-07:00I started getting greys around 30 years old.
I thi...I started getting greys around 30 years old.<br />I think this had more to do with my stress level than anything...at first I thought it was kind of cool...um yeah.<br />NOw I dye my hair and I don't want to know how much is grey. lol.<br />It will be a secret I take with me to my grave.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708815560712267698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-86087662722691015512010-04-03T19:23:06.329-07:002010-04-03T19:23:06.329-07:00I feel your pain! After I had chemo and all my hai...I feel your pain! After I had chemo and all my hair fell out it slowllllyyyyy started growing in again..and for a nanao-second I thought hmm is this the time to just let it grow in all grey..I mean my body went through so much do I want to put a chemical on it?? Um yes...Heck yes...so after it grew out about an inch I was coloring it again and have not stopped....It is the best antiaging cosmetic there is. Unless you are one of those women with that great skin coloring that can pull off greying hair..and I am not one of those!!dllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02677963151853729684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-58155206606501873852010-04-03T18:08:03.341-07:002010-04-03T18:08:03.341-07:00I don't have gray yet, but with my kids it is ...I don't have gray yet, but with my kids it is only a matter of time. I think I will color until it is mostly gray and then let it come in. Then again, I am terrible at making stylist appointments, so I'll probably just let it go.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349403417525132723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-59424508908756732992010-04-03T11:52:24.845-07:002010-04-03T11:52:24.845-07:00I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't go...I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't gotten a haircut in a year, since right before Tiny Baby was born. My hair, some of which fell out after I delivered - did this happen to anyone else - is now quite long, but not lovely at all.<br /><br />I think I need to make an appointment. Stat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-85782630939316368442010-04-03T09:37:51.073-07:002010-04-03T09:37:51.073-07:00My hair is fine. My eyebrows are giving me grief....My hair is fine. My eyebrows are giving me grief. I am finding white eyebrow hairs mixed in with my dark ones. The problem is plucking the miserable beast. I always end up getting at least three or four good brow hairs before I get the faulty white one. And then I have a little bald patch in the middle of my eyebrow. Egads. So far, I haven't found grays in my real hair. It's just a matter of time...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.com