Grey Hair Adventure

One of the side effects of having my sweet baby is that hair dye no longer sticks to my hair. Or at least it doesn't stick as well as it used to. I have dyed my hair twice since the baby was born and both times it seemed the dye just washed out. Within two weeks my hair was back to being the grey that it normally is. So on January 15, 2015 I dyed my hair for the last time.

I am about 5 1/2 months into my no dye / grey hair adventure. I love and loath the process. I found an excellent blog written by Lauren at http://howbourgeois.blogspot.ca/ where she chronicles her adventure with grey hair and gives a lot of good advice on growing it out. After Christmas 2014 and my second dye post baby I was looking for inspiration and Lauren's blog provided it.

I wish I could say that I had a grand reason for growing the grey out. The chemicals are bad for me, they are bad for the environment, the grey is more fashionable right now. But the truth is that my hair grows really fast, the home dye stopped sticking as well as it used to and I am too cheap to get my hair dyed at a salon every 6 weeks. Some might (and have) said that I am giving up in my upkeep department but it is a never ending fight that begins almost as soon as I have had my hair dyed. So au natural it is.

 I have had two haircuts since the process began. The first one cut my hair from beyond my shoulders to my chin and the second was from the chin to just below my ears. The hair cuts helped a lot. They restored my image to what I feel is the most 'me' and they have helped with the grey transition. I am not sure if it is because I see my minds eye image of myself when I look into the mirror with short hair or if it just makes it a bit less noticeable but it is helping. Most days I pin my 'bangs' away from my face which shows a lot of my grey. Its a challenge not to feel old with the grey but the reality is this is where I am at right now and that is ok. I think at the end of the summer I may look into getting a clear glaze done if the grey is changing color to a brassy tone.

Another side effect of having the grey hair is that people offer recommendations on how to deal with it, often at the strangest of times. I was getting a massage last week (so glorious) and the woman providing the massage said poor circulation causes grey hair. She recommended buying a wooden brush, it has to be wooden, and brushing my hair 300 times in the morning and 300 times at night with the brush. She says it will restore the circulation to my head. I believe it is an old wives tale but this week I will be buying a wooden brush because if anything it will provide me with shinny hair and the brushing will take my hair out rather than it falling out and causing tumble weeds in my hallway.

So this is my grey hair adventure. Most days I love it for its simplicity. Some days I loath it for its greyness. I am going to keep at it because there are other things to focus my attention on right now, hair battles are not that important.