I'm considering becoming a blond

[stlsaxman]

i just turned forty eight and never contemplated ANYTHING like this before....

here's a pic with my hair as it is now....



Should I do it?

[Kahuna]

1. It'll help to hide the gray. You could try...

lightening your hair a couple of shades and then steaking it with blonde highlights. That will really help to hide the gray. :thumbsup:

By the way, you're one fine looking 48 year old. Hubba hubba. :loveya:

[stlsaxman]

5. No grey hair to hide either...

just a "wild hair" i s'pose...

stlsaxman blushes from your "hubba hubba".... thanks!

:blush:

[Kahuna]

8. I didn't detect any grays from the photo. But be assured...

They're on their way. ;)

[Wetzelbill]

2. hell yeah, give it a shot...

wouldn't hurt to try something new, you know? Just as long as you're happy. :)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. What I would suggest

Your hair color is close to mine. What I used to do was use a "hair lightening" product that worked like the sun-it would just get a little lighter each time I shampooed. That way I could decide when I became as blonde as I liked. I did note that it dried out my scalp, which for me was a good thing, as I have very oily hair. But if you have a dry scalp, you might want to know about it.

Now that I'm older, I find I'm not "going grey" but rather my hair is going yellowish white-I'm calling it "going blonde naturally".

[stlsaxman]

6. It's more or less shock value, like one day WHAM! i'm blonde!

yeah i was thinking platinum blonde- roots and all...

heheheh

[JitterbugPerfume]

10. heck YES

do it
I did when I was bout your age

[Cobalt Violet]

4. Yes, via highlights.

Not an all over the head lightening unless you want to be a platinum blond.

With highlighting you can be as subtle or as bold as you want to be.You've got a really great base color to start with.

[stlsaxman]

9. If I don't like it I can always cut it and let it grow out again...

our family was blessed with good hair genes ;)

[Cobalt Violet]

11. You can do that.

Or you can tint it back to a shade close to your own.

Are you going to do it yourself?

[stlsaxman]

12. yeah, by myself, i think...

grab a bottle of Clorox and have at it!

any tips?

[Kahuna]

13. Naawww. Actually there are hair lightening product now that have...

the highlights built right in. Amazing, but true. Clairol makes one that's one step. I've used it. It's great. Cannot tell you the name right now. It's Herbal something or other. L'Oreal makes one that's two steps. I haven't tried that one. Why do two steps when you can do the same and look more natural with one step.

[Cobalt Violet]

16. The best tip I can give you is to have a professional do it.

There are things that aren't talked about on over the counter packages. The heat from your scalp can and will cause the root area to take faster than the shaft if you apply it all over at once. With a tint this may be minimized but with a bleach it will not. There are bleaches for off the scalp and ones that okay for use on the scalp. For a true platinum white blond you will need to tone your lightened hair or it will have that cooked spaghetti yellow color.


Clorox?

[Placebo]

7. as long as it's PURE blonde

hate fucking highlights

[stlsaxman]

14. Just had a horrific thought-

Wouldn't I end up looking like a fat Ann Coulter?!?!?!?

[Akoto]

18. Naw.

Ann Coulter has the skeletal figure that only a soul-based diet can achieve. :p

[caty]

15. No No No

If you want to color your hair to hide the grey, get a permanent hair color one shade lighter than your natural hair color (because they are usually a shade darker than it shows on the box). It will look more natural and I think you look better with the color you have rather than going blond.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

17. Bertie Higgins ("Key Largo")

(an old acquaintance) said they were easier to find in the dark.