tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129559055667641398.post7487785971648569760..comments2024-01-09T23:37:09.122-05:00Comments on L'age Moyen: Vain AND Lazy - Going awryL'age moyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03297717031402619963noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129559055667641398.post-51169291165135489262011-06-24T19:20:52.573-04:002011-06-24T19:20:52.573-04:00I'm with Parthenope. Your hair looks good but...I'm with Parthenope. Your hair looks good but I think warm brown and blonde hightlights flatter the face xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129559055667641398.post-53368038186646463272011-06-06T18:18:13.467-04:002011-06-06T18:18:13.467-04:00Mater: I like the long view on the greying. Good...Mater: I like the long view on the greying. Good planning because, let's face it, it's inevitable. I envy your curly, low maintenance abundance. Mine's either dead flat (winter - no humidity) or fluffy and out of control (summer - humidity galore).<br /><br />Hostess: Brassy is the problem with dark hair. The blonds are so lucky here. Nothing worse than brassy hair - at least on me.<br /><br />Tiffany: I hear you. All grey is what you want. Anything below 70% just looks like a decision hasn't been made!<br /><br />Parthenope: Excellent point on the frizzy grey look. I'm constantly battling that and so far it's just at the front. I'm going to pay more attention to toning thanks to your comment. There is nothing more stunning than a woman in l'age with full-on grey hair.<br /><br />Chicatanyage: Nice solution and not dissimilar to mine. My grey has inched its way back and now I'm just telling it like it is. Or will, as the grey comes in.L'age moyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297717031402619963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129559055667641398.post-60679394259655851492011-06-04T13:42:06.556-04:002011-06-04T13:42:06.556-04:00After adding blond highlights to my rapidly turnin...After adding blond highlights to my rapidly turning mousey/dirty blond hair for more years than I care to remember about 5 or 6 years ago I realised that I was turning a very flattering silver grey at the front. This is now gathering momentum and as my blond highlights were beginning to look brassy I decided to go with it. After much trial and error I now get my colourist to leave the silver grey and blend it in with my still darkish hair at the back by adding some peroxide streaks. This seems to work well as I aspire to grow gracefully grey. I find it very soft and flattering to the skin. <br />I agree a good modern cut is essential<br />Good luck with yours.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902418849121978821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129559055667641398.post-87826537214185492492011-06-04T11:00:54.027-04:002011-06-04T11:00:54.027-04:00I'm longing to hear how it turned out. I'm...I'm longing to hear how it turned out. I'm not quite ready to make the decisive move yet. I have a lot of grey at the front, and my back hair is now drab dark brown with grey creeping backwards, so I have warm brown highlights at the back and wide blonde stripes at the front - a sort of modified Daphne G ! I am feeling my way towards turning grey, but still saying 'not yet'. But I find myself staring enviously at women with gorgeous grey.In Stockholm last week I saw so many women in their 50s, 60s and older with beautiful grey or silver hair.<br /> These are my thoughts on it. I don't think it's always a low-maintenance option. Cut and condition are key. Frizzy greying unkempt hair IS ageing, and you risk the batty old bag-lady look.(There were some of those too). Silver and white hair need a toning rinse to stop yellowing. Sleek and very well-groomed is the look to go for.<br /> I noticed three styles which looked particularly good -<br />1) A short, sharp cut, showing the nape of the neck, which is still very pretty in older women or<br />2) A straight bob, chin length or just above the shoulder, with a fringe; all sleek and shiny. or<br />3) Longer hair pinned up with combs or in a soft chignon with loose wisps. This looks particularly good with hair which is white or grey at the front and dark at the back.<br />I'm going to aim for the second , which is the length and style it is now; to let more grey grow in, and to have the highlights a more ash-blonde and then, as it goes more grey, to grow it a little longer to give more of the options in 3).<br /> I think it's easier for natural blondes, as the transition isn't so noticeable, and many swedish women are lightly tanned, so grey/silver looks right, but I don't think all the women I admired were swedish or blonde. Just fabulous.Parthenopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144352776302880388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129559055667641398.post-38052147726845101452011-06-03T23:31:17.885-04:002011-06-03T23:31:17.885-04:00I'm looking forward to going sufficiently grey...I'm looking forward to going sufficiently grey to grow it out - right now I'm that awkward salt and pepper stage which just looks sort of dirty and unkempt, so I colour, sometimes blonde, sometimes darker.Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536212906241844509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129559055667641398.post-82140580792763335462011-06-03T21:32:46.322-04:002011-06-03T21:32:46.322-04:00I used to have highlights to blend in the gray but...I used to have highlights to blend in the gray but my hair is naturally dark brown and it got a bit too brassy<br />so I have gone back to the original colour by having a demi-permanent and I am much happier...when I have enough gray not just tinsel strands I will be embracing that shade.<br /><br />I look forward to your next installment...hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129559055667641398.post-69993434302160207682011-06-03T20:48:06.854-04:002011-06-03T20:48:06.854-04:00Waiting with bated breath here for the rest of the...Waiting with bated breath here for the rest of the story and -- please tell me it's so -- the happy ending. And I remind myself yet again how very, very lucky I am in my stylist -- and how vulnerable in my high-low maintenace hair (high in that I visit Ronae every 7 weeks for cut/colour, with highlights touched up every second visit; low in that my daily styling requires nothing more than wetting my hair, adding a small dollop of product, working that in and scrunching, then letting it air-dry). So much depends on that colour and cut being right.<br /><br />We've been watching for a certain percentage beyond which Ronae will guide me through to my grey. Meanwhile, over the past year and a half, we've gradually moved lighter and lighter so the contrast between grey roots and hair colour is much less noticeable (and the lighter colour seems to work better with my also-aging complexion)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.com