Coloured hair at 70

I firmly believe that we should do what we want (as long as it doesn't hurt others). So have your hair whatever colour you want and ignore your friend's comments.

Indeed I don’t crazyH.

A good haircut is most important I think. When I was in my 20s and 30s I used to go to Daniel Galvin and always had a beautiful hair cut. After one such visit I was walking down Orchard Street to Oxford Street, admiring myself in the shop windows and walked straight into a lamppost. Luckily I didn't knock myself out.

Nowadays we have a French hairdresser who comes to the house and cuts my own and my DH's hair for 39 euros. My DH has silky white hair but none on top and so it takes her about 5 minutes. She cuts mine wet and doesn't use any product. We also get a free French lesson because we don't speak English to her.

My hair has changed recently - it's quite wiry now and curly. It maybe the meds I take every day, or the extreme heat this summer.

Dinahmo 😂😂😂
Although it wasn't funny at the time!

I have the "works" and have just passed eighty. I dislike grey in any form; hair, clothes and soft furnishings. It depresses me. Now white hair is a different matter and I think it is lovely.
If you want to go au naturel best to keep it short. Don't go all Mary Beard fgs.

Callistemon21

^What do others think about coloured hair at 70?^

Mine hasn't gone grey yet - should I have it dyed grey as I'm over 70?

Absolutely 😆

I got asked last week what hair dye I used as it looks so natural - haven't been near hair dye for over thirty years. I'll be 68 soon and still dark brown so I guess I'll be joining you at the hairdressers in a year or two for a dye session. My hair is a few inches short of my waist and usually curly so I suppose I had better get it cut short at the same time.

Have you never seen stylish, shiny, well-cut grey hair just below the shoulders Boz?

I have just had mine cut today - not too short, I hope as it looks like my username if it's chopped off too short.
But I am quite a lot older than you, so you've got a few years yet before 💇‍♀️

Sorry, that post was for AreWeThereYet

It’s amazing how some people keep their natural hair colour.
My friends husband is 84 and still has very dark hair with hardly any grey.

Boz

I have the "works" and have just passed eighty. I dislike grey in any form; hair, clothes and soft furnishings. It depresses me. Now white hair is a different matter and I think it is lovely.
If you want to go au naturel best to keep it short. Don't go all Mary Beard fgs.

Who knew there were so many rules about what we should and shouldn’t do? At our age we really shouldn’t be worrying about what others think, I’m growing my lovely thick silver hair.

I’m owning up to purple hair!
I’m 72 and my hair is quite a nice shade of light grey, but I buy a coloured mousse from Amazon to jazz it up.
I often get compliments from complete strangers about it.
It’s my hair and I don’t give a monkey’s if others don’t like it.

My mom still had some brown hair mixed in with her silver grey all natural when she died aged 90.

I started going silver grey in my late 40's and my hair was shoulder length. I am now 65 got lot of silver grey mixed in my brown hair. I especially like the silver grey at the front. Because of disability had it cut to an inch below my ears. As I can only shower once a week and wash and condition my hair. Having the shorter length means it looks good all week. And I can't wait until it all goes silver grey.

Especially for a woman our hair reflex's how we feel. Woman who have a hair colour that suits them no matter what age they are look lovely . Whether it's a blend of natural colours or purple or other colour.

But I hate woman who are in there 70's ,80's and 90's who have it jet black. It looks so false .

Hair to a woman is very important that's why those who loose it due to chemo or alopecia it hits them hard. Especially when it starts to come out. But they can have nice wigs. but lot find them uncomfortable and would wear a pretty scarf or some people I have met embrace their baldness as a badge of their survival.

Hair has always been referred to as your crowning glory.

But I think it's just being happy with who you are.

Everyone has a choice, it is a luxury to have a choice so don't worry about the small stuff

Sometimes people do not realise that the colour hair that suited them at 30 does not look good at 70. A dear friend of mine colours her hair almost black and has a very pale complexion. With such dark hair it is not a good look especially with thinning hair.

I've no idea what my natural colour is. It was dark brown when I decided to go blonde about 25 yrs ago. I'm not planning on growing it out anytime soon. I briefly went dark again about 10 yrs ago but it made me feel very drab and was soon back to blonde. I've definitely no plans to go grey.

DollyD, do your own thing and ignore your 'friends' potty, sad and ageist thinking. Good luck!

It’s your hair , your choice . Don’t listen to your friends . Ask your hairdresser if you’re concerned.
I’ve had blonde highlights since I was 20 , I was mousy brown .
I’m now 64 and still have blonde highlights. I have 3 shades and it looks very natural, the ashy shades blend with any grey . I have it coloured every 3 months and cut every 6-7 weeks . I have a layered bob and I think a good cut is very flattering.

Gin

Sometimes people do not realise that the colour hair that suited them at 30 does not look good at 70. A dear friend of mine colours her hair almost black and has a very pale complexion. With such dark hair it is not a good look especially with thinning hair.

Oh dear!

Although I must say mine has gone darker, it was blonde when I was little, then reddish brown (with a few shades out of a bottle in between, some more successful than others!) now dark brown.

I use blusher 🙂

men don't have these discussions or judgement about each other, do they?

Do whatever makes YOU happy. I actually think that grey hair is very aging at any age but that is just my opinion.

well, unless one of their mates has a mullet

I'm mid 70's and have a colour every six weeks, I would be silver if I let it grow out but it looks awful against my skin tone. I've actually gone darker as I've aged so it's now a dark brown with lighter highlights and I hide regrowth with either Wow colour powder or something by L'Oreal (think it's called touch up and go!) tbh I don't give a fig what anyone else thinks, I love my hair colour and it suits me. I've discussed with my hairdresser how I would grow it out without it looking hideous and we have a plan but that time is not for a few years!

I have a chin length Bob. I will dye till I die! I’m 63 and hopefully look ok on it! So I’m told!

Neighbour of mine is in her mid 70s but dyes her hair a magenta colour. She does not do it often enough because her grey roots come through really quickly so she has a big tramline down her head about 4” wide.

Another neighbour is in her 60s and was naturally black haired. In recent years she had been dyeing it black but the sides near her ears just turn white within a couple of weeks and they look most odd.