Hairstyles

[Gemini]

Do you change your hairstyle and/or colour regularly, or do you stick with the same style?

I haven't changed mine much!
As a child I yearned for long hair. Once I was at secondary school and deemed old enough to take care of it myself I was allowed to grow it. I have never had a short style from that day onwards.
I had waist length hair with centre parting and no fringe throughout my teens, 20's and early 30's. I had it cut to roughly where it is now (touching my shoulders) in my mid 30's. In my early teens I grew out my fringe because I looked too young (LOL!) In my 30's I grew it back to look younger
Apart from those changes, my hair stays the same, it may be an inch or 2 shorter depending on how much my hairdresser takes off.
I colour it myself at home. I have never been blond and never wanted to be, so have never experimented with lighter colours. I would have loved to have red hair, and chose reddish shades when I first coloured my hair.
I can't imagine ever having my hair short, but never say never I suppose!

[Plantaholic]

I used to have my hair longer than it is now but haven't changed it for years. My hair is straight so I have a light perm every 3 months. I have never coloured my hair.

[Clover]

I’ve stuck to the samish short style most of my adult life. When I was at school we weren’t allowed to have hair touching our collar so it had to be short or tied up .Similar when I was nursing.How things have changed. I did have it collar length when I first got married but as it’s rather fine it never hung right. I’ve never coloured my hair ever.

[Gemini]

Much healthier to have never coloured your hair Plant and Clover, these colours can't do us any good.
if I my hair were fairer I wouldn't have. I started with those wash in and out colours at 38, when the first greys were showing.

[Daisy]

Clover - I think we had the same rule at school - I had mine very short because I was swimming several times a week.

My hair is in a constant state of flux - short, long, short long, somewhere in between, back to short or long ....

Basically I hate it and to me it never looks nice so I'm on an endless quest to find the perfect style which is probably a compromise between what my hair will do and what I'm able to do in terms of styling it! The most successful was a Mary Quant style bob in the 60s, and the 80s Purdy cut wasn't too bad. With good cutting I could just wash and leave both styles.

The only thing I have ever been happy with is the colour. From dark brown (which I dyed sometimes, just wash in, wear out over a few shampoos) it went grey very quickly and very young. I was young enough for it to be a novelty. But of course, the face eventually catches up, and the novelty factor disappears.

At the moment it's long and relatively easy - just wash, comb and tidy up a bit with a hot brush.

[Glammanana]

Mine has not really changed much over the years in the 60s I had the long hair with the thick Cathy McGowan fringe and stayed with that for a long time.
I have always been blonde from a baby but as I got older it went a sort of dirty blonde and since I was in my mid 20s I have had a wash in colour every couple of months to brighten it up.
Now it is just above waist length (am due a cut soon)with a fringe I put it up with a schrunchy or bull dog clip during the day and plait it when I go to bed,I have had many thoughts about going short but am frightened as to how I would manage it short its just so easy to tie up.

[Oma]

Had mine short for over 40+ years apart from growing it a few years ago ,
Basically the same style too ,
Had it the same way for so long that I can wash it let it dry naturally and it will go into that style itself

I have been Blonde for a very short time the first time I dyed my hair , I liked it so did everyone else but I thought I looked like Pat Butcher on East enders at the time so it went back to Brown ,
Its now quite light with all the Grey

[Glammanana]

I would love to have the nerve to try one of the pastel colours that are all the rage with some 60 somethings I know,one lady is pale pink and another is a very bright purple I have to admit that they do look good but I do not have the confidence to do it.

[Plantaholic]

Go for it Glamm, I like the pink, if my hair was white I would try one, they wash out don't they?

[Daisy]

I think those pastel colour wash out over a few washes. I was really keen to have a few different coloured streaks - or sort of rainbow effect, but OH was so horrified I didn't go ahead.

Glamm - do it for both of us.

[Gemini]

If I had white to pale blond hair I would love to try pastel colours. I have tried to persuade OH to have some, but she doesn't seem keen!!

[Nanto2girls]

I used to have long hair,up until my mid 40's.
It's short now. I never alter the style.
My hair has alway been fine,but seemed to get finer as i got older.
From being in my teens i have had my hair many different colours.
My hair is grey now,i haven't coloured it for many years.
For the last few years i coloured my hair,i did it blonde. I used to vary shades though.

[Grauntie Mag]

Since I was 14 I have experimented with every colour under the sun and every style and I’m still at it! I treat it like a hat, if I get fed up, I change it. It grows.
Luckily it’s quite good tempered stuff.

[Daisy]

Grauntie - you're a girl after my own heart - but it sounds as though your hair is better tempered than mine!