What Can Brown Do For You?

Mother Nature gave me brown hair. Now, Father Time is taking it; my beautiful sable locks are being replaced by a color of gray that's as dull as a Presidential Debate.

Luckily I don't have a ton of gray hair - yet.  But I have too much gray hair for a woman in her mid-thirties, which is how old I am...trying to look.

I first noticed the strands of silver in my hair a few years ago. I didn’t mind, because there were only a few.  But their numbers keep growing, and I’m afraid soon I'll have so much silver someone will try to polish it.

There’s a solution, of course. Unfortunately the solution contains harsh chemicals, is a pain-in-the-butt, and costs an arm and a leg. It’s easy to see why some women say, “no way” to hair color. As for me, I'm vain; I firmly support the right-to-dye.

Every six weeks I go to my hairdresser, Stefanie, to get my locks changed. She mixes a combination of noxious chemicals into a goopy potion and smears it on my head. She slaps on a shower cap. Then we wait.

At this point, I avoid glimpsing myself in shiny surfaces, because I look ridiculous. When it comes to getting your hair colored, it’s the Destination, not the Journey; on the way to the land of the Beautiful, you travel through the town of Ugly.

Guys are lucky. They don’t worry as much about having gray hair. My husband, Steve, has gray hair, and he only covers it up once in awhile. Even then, he eventually ends up taking off his hat.

Most women feel differently. If someone asked me, “What Can Brown Do for You?” I’d answer: Make me look younger.  Yesterday I felt fantastic when I walked out of Stefanie’s as a shiny brunette.

I’ll be back in six weeks to do it again. Because for me, dyeing is just part of getting older.

Comments

[Suzette Martinez Standring]

Guys are not lucky. At least we "maturing" ladies HAVE hair.
I just colored my hair black after a bout of highlights. Even gray is better than orange!
Suzette (http://www.readsuzette.com) PS: You're very photogenic. Your hair looks great.

[Kay Miller]

Thanks, Suzette!