January 10th, 2025

It's very likely that you already saw this photo of me that was taken at Joy and Bob's wedding last month.  It is a rare thing: a photo of me that I actually like.  I admit that it is exceptionally flattering.  I don't know if the photographer did some clever editing or if it was just exceptional lighting or a particularly good angle or some combination of all of those elements but it's a decent picture.

The thing you really do not see in this picture tho is how dang grey/silver/white my hair is finally getting!  It's been quite some time since I did a hair update so perhaps today shall be the day!

I'd say that the best description of the current colour of most of my hair would be brown, specifically mouse brown. Very ordinary, very boring.  Not a pretty colour really but my hair is healthy so I suppose that's something. For now it's enough. 

Especially since, as every day passes, I see more and more, of the pretty grey/silver/white all the time.  Well grey isn't pretty. It really isn't. It's a flat, dull cold colour. Bah.  The silver and white, however is gorgeous, shiny, bright and light reflecting!  I love it and am eager for it to completely take over.  Seriously, I am so excited thinking ahead to the day when I am sporting a full head of silvery white disco ball hair!  My hair however, seems to have other plans.

Here, you can see what I mean:  (these photos were taken yesterday)

There is most definitely some salt and pepper going on at the top but mostly it's just boring rodent brown, ho hum.   It 's not all that much different than the last time I posted a hair update.  Or at least that's what it seems at first glance.

But if you look underneath my hair, if I part it differently,  an entirely different story emerges . Especially on the right half of my scalp. Check this out:

Isn't that gorgeous?  Shiny, silky sparkly silver and white!!!  It's looks like Christmas Decorations!  Tinsel Hair!  I honestly love it!  I try now and again, to specifically part my hair so that this is what shows, but my hair resists. My head insists upon a center part and gives me tremendous pushback when I try to do anything else.

The left side of my head, underneath, is not as pretty. And isn't that strange that the right side and the left side would be different?  Gosh I'm strange! Here is the underneath part of the left side by comparison:

The sparklies are in there, you can see them quite clearly, but it's not nearly as densely populated as the right side.  Bizarre.  Is that normal?  Is that how it works for everybody?  I don't know much about hair.

I do know that as my hair becomes more grey/silver/white, some colours no longer suit me.  There was a time, specifically when I was very blonde, that very dark colours such a black, burgandy, grey and navy blue were dynamite on me.  A huge portion of my wardrobe were these sort of wintry dark colours, particularly navy and black.  Of course I really struggle to see the difference between the two colours anyway so to me, it's pretty much the same thing. Black absolutely washes me out, makes me look grey.  Grey makes me look nearly invisible. Which on occasion suits me, to be fair.

All of this leaves me starting over at my advanced age, trying to find out what colours do look good on me now.  It's certainly not the old jewel toned colour palate.  Yikes!  This is gonna take some time and some trial and error.  I will refer to it as research and I think I am going to have to do a great deal of it to figure it all out. I suppose we are never too old to learn new things, try new things, change things up!

Still, for me anyway, there is a certain lack of confidence while clothes shopping now.  Before, for a zillion or so years, I could practically sleepwalk through a shopping trip.  I knew the shape, the general size (women's clothes are woefully inconsistent size-wise) and absofreakinlutely knew the colours to grab.  Nowadays, nope.  The colour thing has me stymied.

I know that lighter and brighter serves me better now but it's the specific shade of lighter and brighter.  For example, I was never really a "pink" girlie but now I find that certain shades of pink do  seem to flatter me.  But not every shade of pink. And unfortunately the one that is most common out there, the Barbie sort of pink, is not a good one.

But I'll  keep looking and trying and learning and hopefully, by the time my hair is completely silver/white I will have figured it out.  In the meantime, of course I am still wearing the clothes I already have. I'm far too practical to get rid of perfectly good clothes that fit just because the colour is no longer flattering on me.  Hopefully by the time the hair is completely turned, I will have worn those old clothes out entirely and I can start fresh.

Something else to look forward to.  It's good to have a goal.

​In the meantime, have a great weekend everybody!