Funky hair on Gransnet

Wow, I love that craicon!

soos, only one person has commented on my red streaks. they probably just think I have lost my marbles! I shall definitely be doing it again though.

This is me.

I have short thick hair that has gone white at the front and still dark grey at the back
I regularly have my hair purple or pink and my grandchildren love it and reckon I am a real cool gran
I use freedom colour from superdrug and it fades out in about 6 shampoos
People treat you differently when you show a bit of "attitude" .... Try it you will be amazed

I think it looks great Coolgran! You are living up to your name, you don't need to lessen it. My red streaks are just beginning to fade to pink after a month even though I use Head and Shoulders, only because it was on special offer, so I have 3 bottles to work through. I too think I might use less hair in each foil another time, but I am not sorry I went bold.
Does anyone watch The Voice on TV? Each week I have watched it I have noticed older ladies in contestant's families with very brightly coloured hair, perhaps done to stand out.

If you wanted to fade it, I understand using head and shoulders, leaving it on for half hour or so, sometimes works. But I think if you wear it with confidence, people just admire it.

Go with it. Coolgran. I think it looks fine. Lots of people are putting such colours in their hair.
Maybe you need the courage to enjoy and flaunt it proudly instead of worrying it looks out of character for you.

Thanks all for comments - I think it's not so much the colour as not making a couple of the foils a bit finer.

Today's options are - leave it, consider a colour fade out (thank you suzied) or have hairdresser put in a couple of blonde foils to break it up.

Glad I tried it.

Coolgran you'll get used to it....looks good to me. I wasn't as brave as you. Mine washes straight out.

Well done Anya and Coolgran for jazzing up your hair colour. I like it as it adds a bit of pazazz to life. My contribution is brightly coloured, usually deep purple, nails. We only live once.

You could get a colour fade out to tone down the colour.

It actually looks a bit stronger than this photo.

My original pink colour being very pale and barely noticable, today I bit the bullet and bought a temporary colour, tinting brush, cut up tin foil to do a few foils, got on the old dressing gown etc. This being the first time I used a colour such as this I had no idea how porous my hair would be. The instructions said to leave it on for 15 - 30 minutes so it was left on for 15 minutes.

Oh my, the colour was/is strong. So I took the scissors to it and cut out a lot of it. This picture is the final result. It's supposed to last about 8 washes.
I was upstairs, dh was downstairs. I knew it it was really awful I'd go to the hairdresser and get a lot of blonde foils put into it to soften it.

DH's comment was - Well, as long as it fades a bit !!

I'm tempted to have a look for the Pixie Lott product next time I'm in Superdrug ...

I went to an author talk by the wonderful Sci Fantasy writer Anne McCaffery some years ago. Her silver hair had pink, purple and blue/green at the front. Her explanation was: 'I'm 60 but didn't want to look like every other old lady on the plane!' Since I went silver I've often thought of something similar, maybe now is the time!

Funky!

Pretty much Coolgran but it'll wash out in the morning

Anya - is it done all over?

Photo by 7-year old!

GDs (5&7) did my hair just now

Post a pic Anya when you have done it?
Coolgran you hair looks, well....cool!

Oh yes, Teasy Weasy!
When you are sixteen tears come easily ( now I would just be in a rage!) but the money aspect was important too wasn't it, as you say, literally down the drain, as we had to wash it out.
I had my hair cut yesterday ( quite short....for me, anyway) and feel very cold around the neck today, must go and put on a scarf.

Oh Roses, you have brought back memories of an expensive hair do I had when roughly the same age. I went to Mr Teasy Weasy, remember him? and was back combed to within an inch of my life. I burst into tears when I got home, so washed it all out with Mum's help. Money down the drain.

Sorry, crossed threads. Good for you Anya enjoy your special day, you will look fantastic!

Looks great Coolgran! Your hair has a lovely shine to it too.
Anya was wanting to know how long these temporary colours last, well my red streaks are still bright after about 5 washes. I showed DD who was a bit non-committal (but she was a hairdresser!) and only one rather hippyish person has commented so far! Everyone else probably thinks I am a bit mad. I actually love it and will probably do a few more next time.
Anyone else been brave since reading this thread?

I've just ordered some hair chalks from a well known internet provider. Some were poorly rated but the ones I've chosen came out as easy to apply, non messy and washing out easily. There were four colours each in containers that looked like the kind you'd get eye shadow in - round and with lids.

Its my 70th next Monday so I'm going to go for it!!

Following my original post and all your great ideas and pics I feel that my pink is an easy start to "colour funkiness".

I was finding it difficult to actually see the colour effect and it took these photographs to give me a proper look.