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Coloured hair at 70

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hazel93 Tue 24-Oct-23 15:59:36

Why would her opinion matter one jot ? Do whatever is good for you ! Sounds to me she is simply parroting what so called friends have supposedly said ! Peer pressure not a good look after a certain age .

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Visgir1 Tue 24-Oct-23 15:56:17

You do what you want, the only one who can give you constructed suggestions is your Hairdressers.
Mine changes my highlight colour frequently.

Your friends might be doing these changes for financial reasons, not because they wants to go grey.
Ignore them, be proud to be Blonde.

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Germanshepherdsmum Tue 24-Oct-23 15:55:14

I felt like your friend and grew my blonde highlights out. My hair no longer seemed to suit my face, it was obviously coloured. Somehow grey hair seems more appropriate now at 72, though my hair is still just below my shoulders, I still wear eye makeup every day and I don’t wear old lady clothes.

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SynchroSwimmer Tue 24-Oct-23 15:48:52

My 90 year old DM still proudly colours her own hair (and does her eyebrows with an old school crayon!).

I don’t just want to fade away into oblivion, hope I can do the same…

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AreWeThereYet Tue 24-Oct-23 15:45:30

Do what suits you and makes you happy. Maybe your friends will revert again after trying out grey hair, who knows. My friends don't tell me how to dress or do my hair, and I don't tell them.

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DollyD Tue 24-Oct-23 15:40:00

This has been preying on my mind since I spoke to a friend recently who has decided to grow out her blonde highlights and go grey.
It was just how she said it that I thought was a bit insensitive, as I am older and have a subtle caramel colour with a few highlights.
She said she’d made her mind up to grow her colour out as she’d been thinking that blonde hair at 70 was…..
she screwed her face up with a look of disgust. She then stated that two of our friends were doing the same.
I told her that I thought her hair colour suited her but she was adamant.
I don’t feel the same way, I love my visits to the hairdresser, I alway feel a boost after I’ve revived my cut and colour.
To me, it’s just making the most of myself, the same as putting a little makeup on and wearing stylish clothes.
It’s part of who I am.
What do others think about coloured hair at 70?

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