So, I had my hair done this week and I asked my hairdresser if I was ready for that fabulous grey hair that I see on gorgeous models on TV and in magazines that are around my age...He said no. I was interested to learn that I still had lots of darks..."salt and pepper" he said...not enough greys to look anything but old...ouch!Did he mean that if I let my hair go natural I wouldn't look as sophisticated as George Clooney,Harrison Ford, or my husband? What the hell...women lose again...salt and pepper just does not work for us!
I remember when I got pregnant at 41 years old and thought ALOT about how I was way too old to be having a baby. One day, for whatever reason, I looked at my vijayjay and saw that it was "salt and pepper"...Jesus, how embarrassing...it wasn't bad enough that I would be 42 when I delivered this child...i was going into the delivery room with a grey vijayjay. I cannot tell you how uncomfortable I was with that...and I was determined to dye it...just for the delivery.
So i asked a couple of girlfriends if they would dye my greys and first they said yes but when I explained my predicament they immediately and vehemently denied my request...imagine that...first, they said they thought is was a really bad, unhealthy idea and second, they wanted no parts of that particular part of mine!
So I approached my ob/gyn nurse...told her I would pay her extra...she put the kaboosh on it by saying it was INDEED unhealthy for the baby so I had to stop wishing for it. I immediately requested a Cesarean birth so the entire delivery room would not see my salt and pepper...but of course, she squashed that too!
As it happens I had an emergency section...a story for another day...and did not think about it again until I had my first shower helped by my KT who upon seeing me naked almost fainted...not a good look for a 17 year old girl hoping to have a family some day!
Back to the grey hair on my head...I have gone from that stuff that just colors the grey....to Clariol #45 sunset brown to having my very own card and mix at my hairdresser's...that is where i am. My hair color looks fabulous, I must say, at least the hair on my head...and my husband does not think I should be grey...my Mother always told me to NEVER let my hair turn grey...and it really doesn't matter that much as far as my looks go...even with dyed hair no one ever mistakes me for KT, Michaeljohn or Jake's sister...never happens...so what the hell...
