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Anyone afraid of dyeing? (Original Post) Ron Obvious Sep 2013 OP
I dyed some leather this weekend OriginalGeek Sep 2013 #1
Grey can be sexy. In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #2
I'm afraid of dyeing... RevStPatrick Sep 2013 #3
Nope. I do it once a month to stay blonde. n/t RebelOne Sep 2013 #4
Absolutely not. Today I colored my hair with henna LiberalEsto Sep 2013 #5
I dye my hair often laundry_queen Sep 2013 #6
Nothing but grey hair walkerbait41 Sep 2013 #7

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
1. I dyed some leather this weekend
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 04:13 PM
Sep 2013

Made an ID badge holder for my wife. Dyed it saddle tan. I don't foresee dying my hair - I've kinda been looking forward to some salt and pepper.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
2. Grey can be sexy.
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 04:23 PM
Sep 2013

Like a fool I wanted to be blonder at the age of 17.
That started a lifetime of color changes. My hair was strawberry blond way back then.
I'm taking a break from the bottle for a while. I have lots of shades grey coming in nicely.

 

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)
3. I'm afraid of dyeing...
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 04:35 PM
Sep 2013

...but I'm not afraid of being dyed.

When you're dyed, you're dyed.
But dyeing can be ugly and painful and take a long time.
I want it to go fast.
Once I'm dyed, no problem...






(see what I did there?)

 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
5. Absolutely not. Today I colored my hair with henna
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 09:13 PM
Sep 2013

I do it every 3 or 4 months. It's messy as hell -- great green globs of goo smeared all over the scalp and hair. Mud pies! I cover it with a cheap clear plastic shower cap and let it soak in for a couple of hours, then rinse it out.

Unfortunately today I was also trying to see if it would darken my eyebrows (no such luck) so I looked really bizarre. I was scrubbing a bathtub when somebody rang the doorbell. The dogs immediately started howling like little wolves. I had to yell over them, "Can't come to the door" and they left. That person doesn't know how lucky he or she was, because I looked like a cross between a space alien and a bag lady.

Now that it's done and dry, I think the result looks fine.

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
6. I dye my hair often
Tue Sep 10, 2013, 02:18 AM
Sep 2013

but not to hide grey. At 38, I still can count my greys on 2 hands. I like to have colorful hair, although currently I'm back to a color that's close to my natural color, as I had a major dye disaster last year (at a salon, no less. I never screwed my own hair up, instead I had to pay someone to fuck it up that bad) and am trying to get my hair healthy again. That said, if I was a man, I'd probably not bother. Unless I wanted to go colorful.

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