beejay
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Is it better for ladies with white hair to dye it or should they be proud of it?
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karalady1
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Reged: 05/10/2007
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Don't know still trying to decide - as one who originated with gypsy black hair which very quickly went white from early 30's -I have done both - dyed and then went au naturalle - the hair has to suit the complexion and much as I loved being dark time marches on and I am now gloriously white although I now tint with champange blonde from time to time .
Kate
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LadyGodiva
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I too am still trying to decide. In my childhood I was a white blond which went darker in my 20's and now in my late 40's has returned to white blond but darker blond at the back. Everyone seems to think I have gone to great lengths to colour it that way and that blending the colours in has been a huge success so I have decided for now it can't look that bad and have left it alone for the last 2 yrs. When I was highlighting it prior to this the colours would only stay in for about 3 weeks becasue my hair just won't hold the colour anymore so I reckon good or bad I will live with it the way it is for now
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susieblue
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Loc: Devon
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It all depends on the colour of white, which sounds daft I know but is true. Many people who have black hair, go grey early but go that startling bright white colour and it looks sensational. And yes, definitely keep it, many would pay a fortune for a colour like that. However, the rest of us go a dull, grey colour which is just ageing and that definitely needs to be covered over. I have one or two grey hairs only but my natural colour is boring donkey brown mousey, which is extremely dull. So I have it highlighted once or twice a year which lifts it. However I don't want people to think I am colouring it because it is grey!
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Chatelaine
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If it is sparkling silver white, it is truly WOW! And anyone would be daft to dye that... unless of course it makes you look like 98 and a half when you are in reality only 48 and a quarter.....   But seriously, it depends so much on the individual. On some women silver white looks stunning, and on others it looks horrid, much like pepper and salt grey, which is soooooo aging!
Black, but also (dark) brown hair looks a bit stark on me.... stunning but stark. All light(er) colours age me terribly and make me look like a corpse with it. So, I stick to that which keeps on suiting me - bright autumnal red hair 
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PLASMO
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Beejay,
I started to get streaks of white hair when I was just eighteen, so I started dyeing my h air pretty soon after that.
When I was last at the hairdressers, she said she couldnt understand why the front part of my hair was quite grey, but the back wasnt as bad. Both my sisters had grey hair, and I have to be honest, I dont want to offend anyone, but I never liked it and swore I would never let the natural grey show.
However, I am 64 now, still dye my hair, but cant foresee dying it in say ten years time, its a personal dilemma with me, because I have always been really fussy about my hair.
I think if you have grey hair and are happy with it then that is great, its upto the individual, but I think you have to remember a good cut is adviseable, and good conditioning to prevent the colour looking dull, and also makeup has to be just the right shade.
I know this much, I would be a lot richer if I didnt dye my hair, but just cant bring myself not to have it coloured.
Plasmo x
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kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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I think, however attractive white hair is, and on some people it is, it is ALWAYS ageing.
That's my definitive view!
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Jane2008
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I agree that white hair can look absolutely stunning, especially if it's that kind of bight white hair that looks almost blonde. The women that I’ve particularly admired have all had bright blue eyes and a high colour complexion.
Personally I don’t tend to like white hair on women with brown eyes and a sallow complexion; I think that can be very draining and unflattering. Thick hair also helps. I don’t think thin wispy white hair is a good look on anyone.
I'd love to have that thick white hair that some women have, but it's never going to happen. So I'll stick with the blonde hightlights until my dying day!
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PLASMO
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Kate and Jane,
Agree with both of your opinions, I always think that Judy Dench's grey hair really suits her dont you?
Plasmo x
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kate1
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Yers, but she's Judy Dench and I'm Kate!
I read somewhere that after a certain age most women become invisible.......and it's never going to happen to us, is it???
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PLASMO
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Kate,
Im sure you have your own style, and look just as good, and you couldnt have said a truer word, we will always have our say on everything on our forum.
Plasmo x
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Jane2008
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Plasmo, yes, JD looks great! Also liked Helen Mirren when she went grey/white, but I think she's recently gone back to being a bit more blonde again but I'm not sure. There is also a famous fashion designer I'm trying to think of who looks fantastic with white hair, but her name escapes me.
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kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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It's interesting you mention having your own style.I suppose I have in a way, but always envy those women who are certain what their style is, and wear things that absolutely define them in a way that i don't feel I have achieved.Do you know what i mean?
I love the look of long skirts with boots, and I like camisole tops with a fitted cardigan, and I love jackets.
What sort of clothes do you like?
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kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Mm...think the above may be better as a post.So will try it!
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PLASMO
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Kate,
I love clothes, but because Im a bigger lady over a size 16, I have to think very carefully when choosing clothes.
Sometimes I get carried away, but generally, I think by now I know what suits me. I dont like anything fitted, to exascerbate my size, although the fashionistics tell us differently, I can never understand designers, who design dresses for example with no sleeves for larger ladies, where most of us just want to cover them up. They constantly make things in clingy fabrics, its ridiculous.
I go for a kind of hippy style, but not as obvious, I to, like long skirts with boots, and dont laugh, but I wear short cowboy boots with trousers. I like to be smart, and fashionable, but not the mutton dressed up as lamb kind.
Plasmo x
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neonate
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Reged: 07/09/2008
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Loc: Wiltshire
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When someone seems to think you are your husbands mother, then the choice of whether to colour or not to colour becomes an easy one!
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kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Plasmo,
We should shop together!
I am a size 18, sometimes push into a 20, but I always say, I have a waist, am not a snowball on legs!
I have never succumbed to the Erin Pizzey dresses ( you know the frocks with the tent shape!)
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PLASMO
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Kate,
We might just be doing that shortly. Your descriptions do make me laugh.
I have never ever liked those tents either, but I dont like to wear anything that draws attention to my tummy. It must be great to have a personal dresser, especially when we go away, as I never know what to take most of the time.
Plasmo x
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kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Yes, will pm you later today when I know which days OH will be going back to work.
I have said, having just bought three jumpers, two jackets and a skirt, that I am NOT buying anything else this winter, but I will come and be your personal shopper!!
But I am 60 in December (ssh!) and I will need fab new outfit ( shall go to CC) for party!
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PLASMO
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Kate,
Will look forward to that, I have always wanted my very own personal shopper, I will repay you with a huge cream cake and coffee.
Plasmo x
You are not dieting are you?
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