Hair Color

[graceanne]

My big girl has her hair died a deep red right now. (It's naturally a dark blond/light brown.) It looks so good on her people keep asking me if it's natural. The biggest issue is that since her natural color is so much lighter we REALLY gotta keep up on her roots.

 

[FurryFury]

My kids have had many, many colors. Soooo kewl!

 

[graceanne]

My kids have had many, many colors. Soooo kewl!

I get so much shit from my inlaws about it. My mother in law said 'don't you think she's a bit young for that?' I said 'obviously I don't', what I wanted to say was 'what? do you think hair dye will make her a slut?'

I think some things are too old for children, but only if it's going to mess up their mind or draw inappropriate attention. Hair dye?

FYI My big girl is 9.

 

[FurryFury]

I get so much shit from my inlaws about it. My mother in law said 'don't you think she's a bit young for that?' I said 'obviously I don't', what I wanted to say was 'what? do you think hair dye will make her a slut?'

I think some things are too old for children, but only if it's going to mess up their mind or draw inappropriate attention. Hair dye?

FYI My big girl is 9.

My in laws would like to give me shit about it but for some reason they don't. They try to play my husband instead. He's not playing either.

However hair dye can draw attention inappropriate or otherwise. I've seen mothers pull their kids to cross on the other side of the street rather that risk walking near us before. What funny people they are.

"Yes, Ma'am, your child will instantly turn gay, punk, rebellious or whatever if they accidentally brush up against a child with blue, red, purple or other "strangely" dyed hair, that's absolutely true.

 

[graceanne]

My in laws would like to give me shit about it but for some reason they don't. They try to play my husband instead. He's not playing either.

However hair dye can draw attention inappropriate or otherwise. I've seen mothers pull their kids to cross on the other side of the street rather that risk walking near us before. What funny people they are.

"Yes, Ma'am, your child will instantly turn gay, punk, rebellious or whatever if they accidentally brush up against a child with blue, red, purple or other "strangely" dyed hair, that's absolutely true.

Exactly. I really don't see the issue. It's like my mom freaking out that I put blush on the kids when they're getting their picture taken. OF COURSE I DO - they have my whitewhite skin, and the flash makes them TOO pale. It's not like I'm making her up like a prostitute here. And all they do is roll their eyes. If someone could explain to me how dying my kids hair and putting makeup on them for pictures is going to turn them down the wrong road, I might change my mind. But most people don't know why they believe that, they just do.

Heck, when I was a little girl I wasn't allowed to wear nylons with shorts, cause only sluts did that. Don't get me started on the other stupid rules my parents had.

 

[FurryFury]

LOL!

I know what you mean.

I have this idea that kids should be kids while they are kids. If the most "rebellious" thing they do is dye their hair, I'll be surprised.

 

[graceanne]

LOL!

I know what you mean.

I have this idea that kids should be kids while they are kids. If the most "rebellious" thing they do is dye their hair, I'll be surprised.

Yeah, that's sorta my feeling. I'm not worried about how rebellious they're gonna be - I'll worry about that when it's happening. But I'm not gonna make rules just for the sake of making rules. If I don't have a good reason for the rule, I'm gonna re-think it. (I might not explain why that's the rule to my kids, but I will know why.) And if I don't see a direct corrolation to . . . whatever, I'm also gonna rethink it. My mom let my 13 year old sister get another hole in her ear recently. Something she would never let me and my sister, cause our step dad said it would make us easy. She was rather embarrassed when she told me she was gonna allow it, but she was like 'i just thought it over and I don't think another hole in the ear is going to turn her into a slut'.

DUH!

But she's a much better mom with L than she ever was with me and miss, so I didn't give her a hard time about it.

 

[madetotakeit]

Mine is naturally deep brown and it's going back that way today. Yeah, I'm going to have to go bake myself at the suntan center because I have spent the better part of three years inside behind a desk. While I loved my former Goth days, I would rather emphasize my Cherokee genes. (Plus have you been in the stand up tanning units? You have to put your hands through straps that hang from the ceiling! Sweet! That's going to be a short 7 minutes...dread that sunburn though.)

 

[chauderlos]

Light brown here, with more and more grey, which is OK. Only thing, the "other" hair is greying too

 

[Homburg]

Far. Too. Important.

Bow down.

(There's no option for bald. There's also no option for multi-coloured.)

 

[Safra]

Far. Too. Important.

Bow down.

(There's no option for bald. There's also no option for multi-coloured.)

LOLZ!

 

[graceanne]

Far. Too. Important.

Bow down.

(There's no option for bald. There's also no option for multi-coloured.)

That's cause no one wants to hear from a bald guy.

Actually, that's cause I asked what color your hair is orginally - if you shave what color was it BEFORE you shaved it. You gotta have at least ONE hair to remind you.

 

[Safra]

That's cause no one wants to hear from a bald guy.

Actually, that's cause I asked what color your hair is orginally - if you shave what color was it BEFORE you shaved it. You gotta have at least ONE hair to remind you.

LOL, as long as he has only one hair, its easy... but what if he has some, and they are multi coloured? In German, we would call it pepper and salt...

And, Grace, as you have also no option for "grey" or "white", for some, the question should be "What color WAS your hair naturally...
Poor ol' DaddyDoms and other older men....

 

[LadyAgie]

You know, you don't have an option for black with white/gray widow's peak

 

[Blushing Bottom]

Red on top and blonde below...well when not shaved that is.

 

[im_a_voyeur]

Part of the overwhelming majority: brunette.

 

[im_a_voyeur]

I get so much shit from my inlaws about it. My mother in law said 'don't you think she's a bit young for that?' I said 'obviously I don't', what I wanted to say was 'what? do you think hair dye will make her a slut?'

I think some things are too old for children, but only if it's going to mess up their mind or draw inappropriate attention. Hair dye?

FYI My big girl is 9.

I can't lie. I find it a bit shocking to hear that a 9 year old dyes their hair.

 

[Xantu]

wish there was a place to vote for gray

 

[Velvet Bubbles]

You didn't have an auburn option. <pouts> Mom's always called my hair dishwater blonde. It was very blonde when I was born, so faint you could hardly see it. It's darkened over the years into a medium brown, but it burns red in the sun. So it's always got lots of red in it. It's much milder during the winter. So don't ask me what color it is. It's just there. LOL

 

[graceanne]

Sorry about the gray - I totally spaced it. Just click the last option and specify.

 

[lilsubangel]

So the conversation between MIS and a few others made me curious. What's your natural hair color?

I am naturally a brunette, but many years ago in an "attempt" to go lighter, I ended up as a redhead and have been ever since.

 

[FurryFury]

I had brownish/reddish hair way back in seventh grade.I can see that in pictures now but back then, it looked as dull to me as could be. I couldn't stand it.

However I'm certain now that I'm at least 10%, possibly much more silver now.

 

[doveofserenity]

Mine is naturally black, but seem to have inherited my daddy's Cherokee silver streak. Saw that first silver hair at about 17.

And that silver streak is very distinguished looking, on a man. But forget that when it came to me.

That first one got yanked out! Since then, about every 6 months or so; touch up time.

 

[graceanne]

Mine is naturally black, but seem to have inherited my daddy's Cherokee silver streak. Saw that first silver hair at about 17.

And that silver streak is very distinguished looking, on a man. But forget that when it came to me.

That first one got yanked out! Since then, about every 6 months or so; touch up time.

The weird thing, for me, is that I don't get my black hair (or the silver that's showing up) from the side of my family that's cherokee. I get my hair from my mom's side of the family, which is almost completely German. Or, I think I do. My dad was blonde as a child - then it darked to a dark brown. To tell the truth I think my hair has gotten darker than my moms.

 

[doveofserenity]

The weird thing, for me, is that I don't get my black hair (or the silver that's showing up) from the side of my family that's cherokee. I get my hair from my mom's side of the family, which is almost completely German. Or, I think I do. My dad was blonde as a child - then it darked to a dark brown. To tell the truth I think my hair has gotten darker than my moms.

My dad was the only one of my parents that had the "silver streak". It ran from his forehead clear back to his neck; which if i go to long between touch ups, i can see mine as the same.

Moms hair is a dark brown with natural auburn lighter areas (now with grey also).

Except when i went thru a goth stage in college where i actually tiger striped my hair (boy was that strange looking) i have never seen even a bit of auburn in my hair. So i know the silver streak is from him.