Dear
Ones,
We
may eschew needle pointy Manolos. We may
not wear bandage wide skirts or teeny brief shorts anymore, but when it comes to our hair;
we still have much in common with our younger counterparts for women of all
ages obsess over hair. Too curly, too straight,
too thin, too, just too too. From the
time we start peering into the mirror, we begin to adjust and cut and blower
and spray and later perhaps bleach, rinse, highlight, dye. You name it, females have done it to their
tresses. A memory I have is doing my
mom’s hair. Every Saturday morning I
would shampoo her hair and then open a small packet of bluing and mix with
water and pour it over her head. After
rinsing, I’d set her hair in small pin curls.
Anyone remember pin curls or that blue rinse?
Any
doubt in my mind about how much females ponder their hairdos and it was put to
rest by a google search of ‘dying
hair’ More sites to check out than
there are hairs on a head. Yes, this is
a topic close to our hearts…err I mean heads. The long list of subjects covered
everything from how to dye your hair with kool-aid to (and I quote) “Does dying
your hair kill lice?” Ah, the magic of
the internet!
So
should BOB’s highlight, dye or alter their hair or embrace the gray? Should they imitate Emmylou Harris (yes she’s
68) and revel in the beauty of silver.
Or the opposite end of the spectrum was Joan Rivers with her blinding gold
head. Truly, there are fifty shades of
grey from ash and platinum to titian to cool blonde. No more blue
thankfully.
Go
for it. If it pleases an older woman to
lighten, darken or highlight, then do it.
At our age we should follow our instincts. By now we know what’s best for
ourselves. And at the bottom line if it makes
you smile and you’re happy--do it. After
all, we are hair today…gone tomorrow.
“Everything you see, I
owe to spaghetti.” Sophia Loren
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