Coloured hair at 70

I wonder what DollyD decided to do its now 19 months on since the op

I have greys all over the place and very much some white but I am lucky that my skin and eyes look young...like literally there are young women who make their hair completely grey on purpose. So I don't care about what the colour turns to.

I had my hair all kinds all over the years, short and black, bob and very blonde, mid length and red, brown and orange, down to the waist and in highlights. Still the same me. It is the face and the skin which make the hair looks nice not the other way round

I’m nearly 72. Have my hair regularly coloured and highlights . Have a lovely hairdresser who does my hair exactly as I like it , he’s brilliant!

I’m never going grey can’t think of anything worse. My trips to the hairdressers I really enjoy and I’m not giving them up any time soon. I would economise on a lot of other things first. Definitely don’t worry about anyone else’s opinion

Honestly, I'd say you should go for it, if that's what you want. Society tells us we should look and act a certain way when we get older, but whatever floats your boat is best. If you want coloured hair at 70, go for it! I was blonde-dyed (naturally blonde went white) until 80, then I cut it short in a white pixie cut.
I say don't give a f about what anyone thinks. As my granddaughter would say "Slay queen!"

The choice to color your face, your nails, your eyelids, your eyebrows, your hair is not a public debate. You can have tummy tuck, boob job, reductions, lip inflation, facelift, use gray hair dye, white silver, black, green, purple. Get curls, have it straightened, cut, tucked, lengthened. Sprout tattoos or piercings. Wear polka dots, stripes, baggy or spandex for as long as you like. Society tells ladies that looking younger is always better. That same society tells little girls that they should put on face paint at thirteen because they are flawed or not beautiful enough or they are unappealing to the boys or men.

Im not a listener.

Honestly Dolly don't let it bother you. Do what you like. The only reason I stopped colouring my hair was I took a terrible allergy to the hair dye. I was actually getting rather frightened with how my head felt after colouring, so stopped. If it makes you feel better , colour your hair.

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?

I haven’t gone grey either with the exception of a few grey hairs in front of my ears which often can’t be seen. However so many people over the years have thought I must dye it. I will be 84 in a few weeks time. My eyebrows are grey. Strange! My hairdresser thinks I must just have a lot of pigment in my hair.However, it is much thinner than it used to be.

My dad went "multi-coloured in his 20s with a lot of grey of various shades plus a bit of ginger - his workmates referred to him as "the old fella". His older sister was totally grey in her 30s. By the time he was 70 he was still the same colour and all his workmates were grey!

I was a blonde child, becoming darker with ginger bits which I liked, but around 50 I developed grey as well so rather like my dad. When the grey became a bit more prominent I started using Nice-n-Easy home colour (can't recall the shade name but it is a mid-brown which goes a tad gingery on me) and have used it ever since. I did have highlights for my DDs wedding and it was wonderful, but like another poster I was so BORED having it done.

When COVID hit so many friends went grey that I joined them but my shade was dull and dirty-looking so I went back to Nice-n-Easy and will stay with it as long as I can. I have it quite short with subtle layers. I wouldn't say it's my crowning glory but it's fine for me.

That said, I have lots of grey-haired friends who look very smart, providing the grey is a nice shade. Another friend went grey in her 30s after contracting some kind of infection. Previously she had been a glorious auburn, but the grey suited her well.

Re when ladies had a shampoo and set, my dad used to call them "cauliflower heads"!

Just turned 80, and still have a colour and highlights every 6 weeks. I have no intention of going au naturel!

Nearly 85 and still have mine coloured. So what?

AreWeThereYet

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.

I'm 72 and grey at the moment but thinking very seriously of going back to colouring.
Do what you want. No-one's business but your own.

I turn 70 next month, so this topic is of great interest to me ! In my mid-20's I sometimes had blonde sreaks put into my mid-brown hair and this colour suited me very well, but after the last session at a salon where the plastic cap and crochet hook method was so excrusiatingly painful I swore never to have strakes put in my hair again and have let my hair go naturally grey.

I suppose if you don't go for a drastic colour change from what is natural, then streaks in grey hair could look very nice - but it depends on your hairdresser and of course the colour.

My own hair still has some mid-brown in it but is definitely more grey that brown - and I've been thinking of having the whole lot either dyed white/silver or to have streaks that colour put in (with fouls, not the cap & hook method !) as white hair can look very striking.

I am 70 this October and feeling old and passed it. HELP

I've always told myself that as long as i can afford it I will colour my hair! I 'was' a redhead and we go white - I would look awful with white hair and fair skin! So now I am coloured auburn, 80, and it looks good. Each to his own.

I am 68 and I have bright pink hair, will I stop colouring it pink when I am 70 NO sorry

Over 80, happy with shortish silver hair. However last week my DGD offered to turn my hair purple. Why not? It will gradually wash out and I have had several compliments..

I have noticed in both Spain and Portugal all the very elderly ladies dye their hair a conker brown colour. Some of the old men do too. Everybody has the same colour.

It doesn’t suit their skin colouring at all, but hey if they’re happy.😉

I have highlights, my hair my choice

I’m 71 and have my roots done every 6 weeks at the hairdressers. Have been having highlights and colour since age of 20. Will continue indefinitely- sorry but I find most grey hair aging and dreary except for the occasional head of hair that works. Also conditioning treatments essential as texture of hair changes.

I'm 57 and grey. Well, sort of white with the I'd black bit in. I think it looks OK but, due to pressure I gave in and bought a light purple hair dye a couple of months back. It's still waiting to be used as I'm not sure I actually want to start dyeing again!
Anyway, I'm happy with my colour and my short cut.
Choose what YOU want, OP, and go with it, because it's you that has to brush it every morning and look in the mirror!

Do what suits you and what you're happy with and by all means tell your friend if it comes up again that you’re happy as you are and enjoy your colours and your visits to the hairdressers

I have never coloured my hair, I ve been lucky I think, I ve gone from dark blonde to white/ash blonde and that suits me and my purse just fine but it’s no one else’s business

I colour my hair with pink, purple, blue etc streaks. I'm 64. Although if my hair was white like my Grams was I would probably leave it alone. Mine is dark brown with distinguished silver at the temples when I leave it alone.

My DM was 'blonde' with a Margaret Thatcher hairstyle and was mistaken for her more than once till she died aged 75. I think she would be horrified that I am grey and wear my hair up, but I've always been a minimalist when to comes to beautifying. When I worked as a nursing assistant in a psychiatric hospital the staff all vied with each other to help the older patients who had long hair with their 'up dos' and I think that may have influenced me.... I do love colour and pattern in my clothing though.... the more vibrant the better!

Do what makes you feel happy; self care is not vanity. Let your friend make her decision how to age well but keep your own lovely sounding colour.

brazenp75

Im 78 and my hair is falling out so is horrible. It has gone almost white but it's really difficult to give it any lift or body with the thin-ness. I hate it; it makes me feel so old....

Hair is very important to many of us. Mine is thinner than it was, I colour it and when it needs doing I have a hair topper that I pop on which hides the grey regrowth. It's brilliant and no-one knows I am wearing it. I'd happily wear a wig if it got very thin, they are really good now and not always very expensive. Have a look on line, I have a Jon Renau.