Joanna Lumley on hair and other things

Rather my white hair than the repetitive messy business of home dying, which I was good at, but I could see regrowth all too soon. So no more of that blanket colour now.

I would go to a professional now for more subtle colour if I do get fed up with it.
Our local college of beauty have a really fabulous salon and it’s all fully supervised.

NotAGran55

Joanna Lumley has truly awful hair, only surpassed by Camilla’s.

Some folks seem to be lucky with older hair. Whatever I do, it looks like a bird's nest or very flat if I use tongs.

Colouring it does help a bit.

Allira

Luckygirl3

The trick with cutting a fringe is to only take off a couple of mms each time and do this often. You need to pick up your fringe between your index and middle fingers and raise it up and snip a tiny smidgeon off.

My hair is just below chin length and when it needs a trim I put it into two bunches, pull these round to the front, slide the bands down to the length I want and snip the little "paint brushes" from the bottom below the band - bingo! - job done!

I have never coloured my hair as it is dark brown - but in the event of me living long enough for it to go grey I have pink in mind .......

Oh, goodness! Mine is stubbornly brown too but I'd quite like purple 😂

I did purple - it had to grow out, it really didn't fade or take ny other colour at all. My hairdresser said it's the most persistent colour.
I quite liked it but I flush easily & purple hair & red cheeks ain't a good look!

How on earth do you cut the back of your hair? Or is self "styling" only for those with hair long enough to tip right over head in front of face so it can be seen to whack way at. Not something I would attempt.

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I cannot imagine Joanna with a professional haircut - she has her own style and oozes confidence.

As a yorkshire woman, I dont like waste!! What money I have is to be able to do or go somewhere I want to. My hair is totally white and can stay that way. For me, if you are going to colour your hair or paint y our nails, fine, so long as you dont have chipped nails or hair colour coming through from the roots.
So long as I am clean and get a decent hair cut at some point that will do me .

I must admit I’ve gone off Joanna Lumley a bit as she’s aged (though she’s still a few months behind me). I think the brassy look at her age doesn’t display confidence, but rather the opposite. And my personal bugbear is eyebrows that no longer follow their natural trajectory. Hers look like she’s drawn them on, in the wrong place. With me it’s a case of nice hair, shame about the face (and especially the throat)! But despite pushing 80, at least I still have naturally mid-brown hair, in pretty good nick.

Joanna's hair looks dry and flyaway as if she needs a good conditioner. I love her to bits but a good hairdresser would work wonders.

I love Joanna Lumley! Her hair really suits her....wish it suited me!

Not to offend anybody, but I think it does age you. If you have white or grey hair you’re instantly recognisable as an older person. What you all describe with suiting your skin is down to the tone of the colour you apply, not the actual colour, so other similarly toned colours would look just as good with your skin, but wouldn’t age you as much. Of course that doesn’t matter at all if you don’t mind, but Joanna has understood that’s the case, which is why her hair is not grey or white.

Granmarderby10

I disagree that grey hair or in my case majority white hair necessarily ages a woman. I Had very dark brown hair but am very very pale skinned with just a few freckles but now compared to my white hair my face looks more alive or at least less “day old corps” …sorry

Absolutely with you on that one. With previously narurally dark hair and very fair skin I was always being asked if I was ill if not wearing make up to give me a bit of colour. Now that I've 'embraced the grey' I look much healthier and go without make up except for special occasions or just when I feel like it.

I've been colouring mine chestnutty for a while, though the shade card says "dark blonde". However it is a nuisance to have to keep doing it and I'm in the process of letting it go grey, it looks terrible but my friendly visit-at-home hair dresser puts some highlights through it to soften the look a bit. I wish now that I'd let it go grey years ago, but it can look so ageing.

Dyed my hair for decades then as soon as I retired I went cold turkey. I knew, from my white parting, that I had a LOT of white. So went to the hairdresser and using highlights over 6 months went from dark auburn to white. I love it, as it is white and not salt & pepper. I couldn't care if it's ageing, but then I get no joy in being told I don't look 76.

I enjoyed earlier messages. I am older than JL but younger than JC - met them both and enjoyed a joke (I'm still working in press world). I also cut and style my own white hair and love it - simple 'bob' and obviously save huge costsnts and time spent in getting to hairdressers. BTW interviewing famous people very close up cures spectator of envy - heavy make-up and lighting really makes huge difference!

I really like Joanna Lumley but her hair is dreadful, I didn't realise she cuts and colours it herself - it shows. She is great in so many ways and let's face it each to their own!

What has she got away with Welbeck? Do enlighten us.

JL gets away with a lot of things because she has a posh voice.
We are still a residually class ridden society.

Jennifer Saunders has a simple, unfussy hairstyle which looks great because she has lovely cheekbones. She wore a wig when she was having chemo but I think it’s her own hair now.

Joan Collins not only a wig, she has a whole wig collection!

Their money must help.

Joanna Lumley looks very good for her age. Her hair suits her. Joan Collins likewise although some say she wears wigs.
It’s ’their Look’ and they are instantly recognisable as they are. Liz Hurley is another. Forever glam, forever young.
Priscilla Presley has gone too far.

I love JL I could listen to her beauty tips all day and if I did them I still wouldn't look as good as her.

Allira

Luckygirl3

The trick with cutting a fringe is to only take off a couple of mms each time and do this often. You need to pick up your fringe between your index and middle fingers and raise it up and snip a tiny smidgeon off.

My hair is just below chin length and when it needs a trim I put it into two bunches, pull these round to the front, slide the bands down to the length I want and snip the little "paint brushes" from the bottom below the band - bingo! - job done!

I have never coloured my hair as it is dark brown - but in the event of me living long enough for it to go grey I have pink in mind .......

Oh, goodness! Mine is stubbornly brown too but I'd quite like purple 😂

I always said if I became a granny I'd dye my hair purple - and I did, during lockdown. I went pastel pink first, then a slightly deeper pink, then a pale lilac and then a proper purple! My GS absolutely loved it and often asks now why I don't have purple hair. Who knows, I might just take the notion and dye it again some day.

Appreciate your hair ladies whether it be curly, straight, wiry, frizzy or whatever. Losing it takes away your feminity and ultimately your sense of who you are.