OY! Those Gray Hairs Are Starting To Come In | armine's Blog

So I was brushing my hair before work the other day, getting ready to tie it back in the usual way (ponytail) when I noticed a few gray hairs sitting on the top of my head. Before (like a couple of months ago), I only had 3 or 4 strands sprouting up at one time - this time I counted 9 of them! Pluck, pluck, pluck - but one day I won't be able to pluck them out anymore, there will be too many. So now there is a new question on my mind: what color should my new, post-gray hair color be?

Truth be told, I have always somewhat envied naturally blond-headed chicks. When I was in high school there was this girl named Elaine; she had such gorgeous blond hair, and I often complained to my mom that I thought she was prettier than me (drove my mom crazy sometimes). But now that my natural brown (actually chestnut) is on its way out, I am free to pick any shade - so I want to 'go for the blond', though I plan on experimenting with different hair colors and shades. Maybe I'll be blond first; then when that wears off I'll go for a deep shade of red, followed by a light brown or tan. Who knows - maybe at some point I'll get a little 'daring in my old age' and go for something wild, like a cottoncandy pink or a purple. Or maybe I'll just leave it au naturel sometimes (like in between dye colorings) and let the world know I have been around a few years. I can remember when my mom started going gray - we used to (humorously) tease her about it and she would say things like 'I've worked hard for these gray hairs'... she didn't give a rat's behind.

I don't know quite what I'm going to do just yet, but I'm definitely leaning toward the blond (gotta try it, at least a couple of times). Blame it on Elaine - I would say that I'm still jealous, but she's got to be going gray too right about now! ;)