gracefully grey
when you're still trying to figure out how to go a full week without breaking out... is it really fair to be getting grey hair? and wrinkles? and finding that your joints aren't what they used to be? it's not. it's not fair. and there is absolutely nothing "graceful" about going grey while propped pricariously on the bathroom counter, feet in the sink, tweezers in one hand and a handful of hair in the other, squinting in the mirror as i go on a safari for the dreaded grey hair hiding amongst the millions of dark ones. and i swear... i SWEAR that there's more everyday. and the stuff i pluck, just comes back for more. i'm sure you'd never notice (mostly because it's become an obsession, and i leave no prisoners), but it's there... mocking me as i near my final 366-day (leap year) descent towards 30.
thank heavens for hair color. do they sell an acne treatment anti-wrinkle cream? :)
Labels: getting older
posted by janaya at 12:05 AM
4 Comments:
I learned to just accept the greys (or shock whites in my case). They have been there for many years, and I used to pluck them out as I found them, but then I realized I would have a large bald patch if I kept it up. Embrace it -love the grey!! And 30 isn't so bad either.
October 31, 2007 8:42 AM
i think this stems from too many years at prosper!
October 31, 2007 4:48 PM
come on woman. we all have grey hair. but most of us don't know because our hair is not as beautifully dark as yours. i'm sure i have them. i'm sure of it. but i've always been blessed with..."what color do you call your hair?" not blonde enough to be blonde not dark enough to be dark. believe me, we all have greys. we all do (and we don't like them either.) don't embrace the greys. pluck yourself happy.
November 02, 2007 1:21 AM
melanie: ya... mine are more shock white too. gracefully shock white just didn't flow so well. :)
laura: definitely. way too many years.
rachel: my mom's hair actually used to be as dark as mine, and then she decided she would dye the grey hairs blonde, rather than fighting it... now she's a blonde. :) i think you're right... none of this embracing crap... i'm going down fighting! bring on the hair dye and the tweezers. i'm not afraid! (well maybe a little)
November 02, 2007 1:44 AM
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