Those of you who are regular readers of this blog will know about my journey to start to revert back to my natural hair colour… which is now salt’n’pepper grey. (here is the last update in the series) When I was at the hairdresser it almost felt like I was mad and off my rocker … Continue reading »
(For my previous witterings on the subject and journey to get to this point, then take a look at update 1 and update 2.) I think that there comes a point in every women’s life where you realise that there is little point in fighting it any more. Your hair is grey, and that’s that. … Continue reading »
Mary and I posed a question on this blog last week about whether you are ever too old for long hair… (Here is the original post) The question provoked a huge response, and varied opinions from my twitter and Facebook friends. Here are a selection of people’s thoughts: “when covering up the grey becomes too … Continue reading »
Ever since writing my series of ‘my journey to discover 50 Shades of grey’ (part 1 & part 2) I have been hearing about the amazing properties of ‘head & shoulders’ to strip out colour from your hair. Now, my personal experience was ‘head & shoulders’ probably didn’t strip out much more colour (if at … Continue reading »
This may seem a strange question, but I remember my mum saying something when she was probably in her late 40s about how she was too old to have long hair any more without risking looking like a witch. As you do when you’re a child, you take things your parents say (however flippantly) as … Continue reading »
About a month ago I blogged about my journey to aim to revert back to my natural hair colour of ‘salt and pepper’ grey. It was fair to say, a month ago, my hair had a definite red tint to it. The question is, after a month of religiously using head and shoulders, have I … Continue reading »
Superdrug has commissioned a survey of 2000 women, which came up with the top 25 beauty and make up bloopers of the 21st century. With my ‘things my mother taught me hat on’, of course I was duty bound to look into exactly what these top 25 beauty mistakes were, so I could avoid replicating … Continue reading »
I am the first female in my family to be born with curls. You may think that this should not be a problem. However, no-one ever taught me to manage my curls. Consequently, for 30+ years, I did as I was taught and brushed my hair every morning – particularly after I had washed it. … Continue reading »
I think I may have mentioned in my about me page that I started to go grey at the age of 17. I know, the injustice of it! Well, it’s nearly 20 years since I suffered the indignity of my first grey hair; and I think it is fair to say that underneath the dye … Continue reading »
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since we lost Amy Winehouse. Not only was she an amazing musical talent, but her look was iconic. Nobody championed the beehive and winged eyeliner quite like Amy! Tonight I’ll be raising a glass to her memory and in tribute I’ll be trying my own version of the … Continue reading »
