Pink hair??

I have talked with hairdresser and am slightly put off by the fact that she says the pink will fade out after about 2 months and I will be left with bleached streaks - so I will have to keep having it redone. She has suggested that I try some clip-in pink streaks for a while to see how I like it.

Has anyone on here ever used these clip-ins and might be able to tell me something about them? How long you keep them in? Do they fall out etc.?

Lots of thanks.

Yipee!!

I would like to go lilac

I am booked in! I will send photo when completed. All my DDs say Go For It - so that is what I will do.

Lucky girl if you want it go for it!! Why not.

Yay. Do it girl.

123kitty desperate for what?

You could also describe them as 'arty', 'bohemian' or 'fun'.
Personally I enjoy seeing people experimenting with hair colours. If it makes women feel good, there's nowt wrong with that.

Watching this thread with interest as I am seriously considering pale smokey mauve low lights. Mid 60's, with 80% white hair, I'm loathe to start a programme of dyeing which will need to be endlessly maintained, but do get very depressed by the aging effect of dead white ?

I think you should go for it, OP. Then post multiple pix to bolster MY confidence!

The only elderly women I've seen with pink, green or mauve hair just look scruffy and rather desperate.

Not me - that's for sure!

Humpty, I have a few darker streaks of my own, but my hairdresser put in some ash blonde highlights also. Not too noticeable but they do break up some of the white.

Lucky girl, I envy you still having dark hair, I’ve been grey since my 40s and always dyed it. I would say add some colour, even if your hair is dark, it would add warmth to your hair. There are lots of colours out there, purples, aubergines, etc. If you want to do it, go for it. Who cares at our age anyway!

Gherkin, I love your hair - but I'm assuming it also has at least two other highlights as well as pink?

Gherkin - those pink highlights look really lovely!

Thanks wot.

Balayage means to sweep/paint by hand. The idea is to give the hair a natural, subtle, sun-kissed looking highlight unlike the uniform effect you get from foils.
Ombré is where you have a gradual change of colour from dark roots to lighter ends, a reverse ombré is light to dark.
If there’s a visible line then it’s a dip-dye (or badly done ombré)
I’m in my fifties with lilac and purple hair at the moment. I get complimented on my hair all the time.

Direct dye pastel or neon colours can be easily removed, providing you use the correct products. Unfortunately, a lot of high street hairdressers aren’t good colourists and reach for the bleach as it’s an easy solution.
But it doesn’t work well on direct dyes.
Once you apply bleach to a direct dye, it just causes the product to stain the cuticle layer and then you have to cover it or cut it out.

I love your hair too, gherkin.
I doubt a salon could replicate such a pretty white colour as yours.

No 'shoulds', no 'not at your age', please. We can do what makes us feel good about ourselves, and what does it matter if someone else deems that being 'hippy' or any other term? I can't see the problem.

Gherkin your hair is lovely. Style, as well as colour. Compliments!

Melanie, it sure is. I’m surprised how much I like my white hair. Never thought I could live with it !

Willow thank you

Iam64 you're a woman after my own heart. Stand up for old age I say and live life to the full.

Gherkin your hair is beautiful! Luckygirl go for it - I love pink in hair. I've tried putting the spray in colour in my own blonde (dyed) hair but don't make a very good job of it. My hair has been so many different colours over my 64 years including red but it always faded after a few washes.

Gherkin If that's a picture of you, I think the pink highlights look lovely.

If you want to do it , do it.
A couple of months ago I mentioned to my 15 year old DGS that I thought I might have pink streaks in my hair. A look of horror crossed his face and the he said ‘please don’t Nan, that’s embarrassing . ‘Then added ‘ you look good as
you are.’ Back handed compliment maybe ?

After dyeing my hair blonde for years, after an illness earlier this year and being unable to look after my hair properly I let the colour grow out to discover my hair is almost pure white. So for my 70th birthday last month I decided on some pale pink highlights and I love it. They are very subtle but I’ve had lots of compliments.

It's your hair. Do what you wish!

Here we go - daft to have pink hair on older people, it looks awful.
Don't go naturally grey - it's ageing.

I've gone naturally grey, I love it. If its ageing, so be it - I'm ageing. I no longer care whether people think I'm in my 50's, I'm not in my 50's I'm almost 70 and can't tell you how relieved and happy I am to be within touching distance of that big birthday. Grey hair, wrinkles, and lots of other evidence of my age.
Go for it Luckygirl, if you've always promised yourself, go for that Pink Hair. Nothing wrong with being a bit daft.

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