Graying hair makes a woman invisible.That's my observation. But you know, what, I don't care anymore!
I colored my hair since I was about 35. Kept it an auburn. I do have a reddish tint to the brown anyway. Had some blonde highlights a couple of times over the years. Never could get used to seeing myself in the mirror with those highlights. Always went back to a darker tint. But the past few years,I got tired of the coloring bit. I decided when I turned 50 this March, that was it! No more coloring. My hair is going to be what it's going to be. It's actually a feeling of release. It's not that I don't care about how I look, it's that I do care about how I feel and I am tired of the hair coloring upkeep. I'm not a celebrity who can get her hair touched up every four weeks so why keep fighting it?
Some women color their hair after fifty because they feel it makes them look younger. Honestly, it depends on the hair color, depends on the hair style, it depends on the woman's coloring, and it depends on the woman. Who am I to say they're wrong? If it makes them feel younger, then maybe in the process they do look younger.
I take the other road. I've been low maintenance all my life and hair coloring was probably the most extensive thing I did for myself. That, and a little mascara. I've never been into make-up. I have good skin due to genetics. That aside, giving up the hair coloring this year makes me feel good because it helps me feel free. Unconfined. Non-conformist! I'm not dictated by my graying roots anymore. Life after fifty should be about more freedom and that's my statement with my graying hair.
