I have a white hair.
Actually I have quite a few white hairs some on my head and others in more interesting places...like my eyelashes. But this white hair is standing up mischievously right in front of my head. This is a dilemma for me. You see I noticed the hair because I have selected yet another brand and shade of hair color. I was looking in the mirror strategically planning the color application and wondering with some nervousness how it might turn out. And there was the hair just about waving at me.
I actually like white hair. My grandfather had a headful of snowy white hair and my father definitely has more white than black. Gram also had spectacularly white hair. But you'd never know it because whenever she 'washed' her hair it would magically turn jet black. And I won't even mention all my white pigtail wearing great-aunts who were all full of sparks and fun times. White hair that is actually white is quite gorgeous. A headful actually looks timeless to me. You can't really tell how old someone with all-white hair is. They look cool without trying. At least to me.
So while I am not very enamored of my natural hair color...an almost forgotten shade of muddy brown, I don't necessarily want to cover the white. Ideally I'd like to color the brown and leave the white to grow in as it will. Have my cake and eat it too. But the nice consultants at Clairol say no to that. So until the white hairs really take charge I guess they will have to fall in line.
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I could loan you some of mine until you get enough...
you haven't seen me in a while, but for some reason, the white hairs (yes, they like to stand up), although truly peppered around my head, have decided to make a stand on my right temple...
and they do the same on my older sister... weird
When I had just a white streak, I would tell colorists to leave that out, and color the rest (and I did it that way myself, too). Unfortunately, that white streak has expanded to include the entire top of my head, and with a sprinkling elsewhere.
One of my issues with this hair, is that its white. Not gray, not pewter, not sterling, its stark, freakin white. And, at least to me, it doesn't look good with my skin color.
One of these days, Ill get over myself, lol.
L
Good Post. :)
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