I was in a coffee shop today and once more have seen yet another woman over 60 with fucking black dyed hair. All it did was accentuate her prune face and wrinkles. You can’t stay young, woman, get over it and allow your hair to turn natural instead of that shoepolish colour you insist on having. You look like shit.
—Old Enough to Know Better and Embarrassed By Dyed Hair Boomers
This article appears in Apr 23-29, 2009.
How exactly does this affect you? If it makes her happy to have her hair black then big fucking woop. Of course I’m sure your choices of style are always magnificent.
That is just plain rude. Who cares some people don’t want to go gray and some people can pull if off. A nurse at a hospital though my grandmother was my dads sister not her son! and I will admit some of the colors get screwed up but dying your hair is a personal choice. Sure it might not look great but maybe grandma is 65 and doesn’t want people babying her because she is getting older. If I tried that with my grandma I’d probally get chewed out SHOW SOME RESPECT
You should respect you elders. maby it is a wig because she has cancer, perhaps her husband loves it? maby she died it because she is an actress playing a role in a play. Your Intolerance is what really looks like shit. ps. does grey hair look any better?
NGF will take a mature, older woman with dyed-black hair over:
-Young, dumb girls who dye their hair silver/grey
-Brunettes that have bleached or streaked or even fully-blonde hair (plus the roots sticking out)
-A chick with no hair
An woman (or anybody) may not be able to stay young, but manners, elegance, grace, class and maturity is stuff that you cannot put in your hair or on your back.
Rather see an older woman with dark hair rather than some young dumbass with greys/silvers, whether natural or dyed.
wow, NGF I think your point was completely lost in your criteria of woman you would “take”. I would “take” a man with manners, elegance, grace, class and maturity regardless of his hair colour.
Hahaha. How is a young woman with natural grey hairs a dumbass? Fuck your comments annoy me.
Nice goin’ Nice Goin’ Fat, you pissed off Mole rat.
OP, what are you, the Seniors Division of the Fashion Police?Who gives a flying fuck what colour some old lady, or anyone for that matter, dyes their hair. If “Grandma” wants to wear an evening gown and a watermelon helmet to the store to buy cat food, good for her! She’s old and she’s earned the right to do pretty much whatever the hell she wants, regardless of what some judgmental twit like you might think. I personally love old ladies with a bit of sass, style- or otherwise. I plan on being a spunky old dame myself someday. I’ll wear six shades of purple at the same time, while I stand on my front porch with my 50 cats and yell obscenities and gibberish at passersby, and if anyone asks me why, I’ll say, “Because I’m old, motherfucker!!!”
At least this woman made it to old age. The OP, if he or she continues may not make it to their next birthday. I’d say what a douchebag but douchebags are useful.
Ok, where can I get a watermelon helmet? Seriously.
PAS, I’ll make you one, so long as you have something equally ridiculous to trade 🙂
Fuck off, Mole Rat. Most young girls in this city are dumbasses. Don’t see what the issue about stating the obvious
I don’t give a rats behind if my comments annoy you or not. Get used to them, because I’ll be here for a while. 😀
I’d like to dye mine plaid.
I tried that once with a waffle iron and some blondissimo. Let’s just say the results were less than satisfactory.
“Most young girls in this city are dumbasses.” ouch…. 🙁
At least she’s not horrifyingly ugly on the inside like you are, OP.
Did someone barf down your throat this morning miss? If a saggy grandmas hair problem is the bane of your existence then I suggest you take up a rubix cube and discover the joys in life.
I dye my (what my friend calls) “natural highlights” just because I want to.
I think lighter colours look much nicer and flattering than darker colours. My Jebus, if that gets yer knickers in a twist, then maybe you should unwind ’em. My mother dyed her hair strawberry blonde until she was 85.
TTFN – Your mom is adorable! I agree with darker colours being unflattering.
I used to have blonde highlights with my brown hair….then some “stylist” fucked it up and I went back to dark brown (nat hair colour) and my eyes and complexion have never been so stunning (my eyes went from a steel blue to a rich sapphire and my complexion isn’t washed out anymore). So don’t hate on the darker colours, guys!
And as much as I love ya, NGF, hatin’ on younger ladies with natural grey hair is lame. They can’t help it!
I didn’t think NGF was picking on natural grey hair, just those who purposely bleach it to be so? I’ve had platinum highlights, but I wouldn’t do my whole head(it’s going that way anyway, why speed it up).
I like my natural grey streaks, I have no problem with letting it go grey ’cause I’m pretty comfy with who I am and all that shit – however, if somebody wants to colour their hair and it makes them feel good, what the fuck? Beats bobbing for french fries.
Hey, Dino, my mom wore her hair like Wilma Flintstone for over 60 years. We used to call her ‘Attila the Bun’.
Hah! I assume that’s a play on Attila the Hun. Wish my momma was that cool.
Thanks for the clarification NGF. You know I have often wondered whether most young girls in this city are dumbasses, and now I can rest my head with the knowledge that this is so. It’s not really what you said in the first place, but that’s ok. I’m glad you will be here for a while, with your insightful comments and referring to yourself in the third person. Please carry on.
Kitty figured it out. I wonder if the rest of the hair stylist world will catch on. All of us look our best in our natural state. If you’re dying your hair let me recommend the shade closest to your natural colour. Either that or hot pink so we know you’re not trying to pull one over on us.
Oh you bet I have something rediculous to trade, I have lots of rediculous things. Anything you currently need that I could find a silly version of?
That’s what I was referring to SwampDonkey.
Thanks, Mole Rat. NGF agrees that his comments are insightful and welcomed.
Oh, now you’ve gone and done it, Mole Rat.
I pray for us all.
If it weren’t white as a ghost, how are we to know the idiot driver in front of us isn’t actually drunk…. just older and has the reflexes of a snail that had a smoke @ 4:20.
Seriously… what are you doing out after lunch…. it’s almost bed time.
I happen to be a young woman in this city, NGF, and yet I actually look forward to the day my hair will all be silver! For the majority of people, the older they get, the more they have learned. I look at older people and see someone who has come through all the crap that life deals us. So when an older woman tries so hard to look young, it’s almost saying that they want to forget all they’ve learned, all they’ve accomplished, that they’re not proud of it! It doesn’t make me angry in the least, like it does the ranter, however I do feel sorry for them that they can’t appreciate what lessons life has given them and be proud to be old. If I hit 60, I’m gonna consider myself pretty lucky that I haven’t died in some horrible tragedy yet, so I’m gonna want to show it off!
What if she were spotting rainbow colored hair? or how about short micro mini skirt to show off her vericose veins? um, to top it off, see through tshirt that shows off her nippies?
I really don’t see if it’s any of your business. She’s a grandma and certainly deserves your respect. Did she come over to you to insult your staring and disgusted look? Would it be so awesome and cool if she were your age?
I think you are sorely in need of some RE-education
of ettiquette. Um, and mind your own business. If you don’t like how Grandma enjoys looking young, look elsewhere.
Two words for you – Tina Turner.
As a stylist, I try to persuade my older clientele from darker hair colors. I don’t tell them that it “accentuates their prune face”. But if they’re mostly grey or have a naturally light hair color, they’re better off sticking with lighter tones.
Also, the up-keep costs a fortunate, because if you’re coloring it black and you’ve got white roots coming through, you really need to get it touched up every three-four weeks.
And I’d rather have a client that looks nice and natural rather than make an extra buck.
Ahh theres nothing like new growth to give you that “skunk look”
There’s nothing like having that “skunk look” when you’re seventy.
**********
Fuck off, Mole Rat. Most young girls in this city are dumbasses. Don’t see what the issue about stating the obvious
I don’t give a rats behind if my comments annoy you or not. Get used to them, because I’ll be here for a while. 😀
Posted by Nice Goin’ Fat on April 24, 2009 at 6:58 PM
**********
Hmmmm… support for my NGF as Coast staff member theory…
Bump… it gets more and more obvious. I’m sorry Mod 4.0 but your claims of objectivity are looking pretty weak.
I don’t give a rats behind if my comments annoy you or not. Get used to them, because I’ll be here for a while. 😀
Posted by Donairious BIG on April 24, 2009 at 6:58 PM
—————————–
Such confidence, almost as if The Coast had already expressed their support for his hate propaganda. Pretty gutless.