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If you could choose your natural color.... (Read 28090 times)
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Re: If you could choose your natural color....
Reply #15 - Jul 11th, 2007 at 12:59pm
 
To add a little bit of science to the conversation all hair color is the result of the pigment located with the hair's cortex, which is called melanin. There are two types of melanin: Eumelanin which provides brown and black color and Pheomelanin which provides red and ginger to yellow/blonde tones. All natural hair color is a ratio of these two types of melanin. Grey hair is the loss of melanin in the hair and isn't actually grey it is white, but most hair does not lose all of its melanin giving it a grey apperance because of the white mixed with the melanin that is still left in the hair strand.  Oh and I would keep my natural color, that nice firey Irish red color, but I would like it better if it was not so thick
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Reply #16 - Jul 11th, 2007 at 3:34pm
 
Hmm.. I wonder if there's anything I can do, short of dye or giving myself a case of malnutrition, to encourage loss of pigment( IE getting white hairs) ...

yes, a 19 year old asking for tips on how to GET grey hair.  Shocked*points out that I never said I was normal*
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Reply #17 - Jul 11th, 2007 at 4:58pm
 
lol K  Grin

I think gray hair is pretty awesome too.
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Reply #18 - Jul 11th, 2007 at 9:53pm
 
Honestly, I hope I got the family gene for going grey unnaturally early. My aunt was fully grey by the time my brother was born, so she would have been roughly 30 then. My grandmother was also grey very early, and mom found her first greys around the time steve was born... around 27 or so. She's still got salt and pepper... but it's good cajun red pepper, I guess... Actually she matches a red roan horse I knew, back when I used to take riding lessons...  ( well, back then she matched the horse I usually rode, a chestnut mare, perfectly.. but... time marches on)

Oddly enough, she doesn't appreciate that compliment... I guess not everyone enjoys having their appearance compared to that of a horse, even if it is a very pretty, elegant, and well bred horse. *sigh*
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Reply #19 - Jul 12th, 2007 at 6:51pm
 
K,

Be careful what you wish for.  I started going gray when I was 20, and was completely gray by 30.  Now I spend a fortune coloring it professionally.  Gray hair is nice...but there is lots of time for that latter in life.  Enjoy having the beautiful color you have while you have it.

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Reply #20 - Jul 12th, 2007 at 9:12pm
 
I suppose you have a point, JDog.. I guess I should enjoy the nice color that's growing in for a while, before I even think about wishing it away. Although I am going to have to start covering it with a hat or scarf when I go outside at night... the dark brown is so shiny that june bugs think it's a light source and attack my head. Kiraela does NOT like june bugs.
Viscious, pretentious little things. yes, pretentious. they waltz in your house as if they belong there.. as if they're saying "hello, the june bugs are here.. where's our cup of tea?" not to mention they're pretending to be wasps, what with all that buzzing and such. *snort* uppity little things.
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Reply #21 - Jul 13th, 2007 at 9:55am
 
I think I'd choose my current color, which is sort of medium blonde (looks very different depending on light source).
I have always liked my haircolor. Smiley Some gray/white might be nice though...
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Reply #22 - Oct 29th, 2007 at 10:24pm
 
i have naturally dark hair. however, im lucky. i have 4 differnent colors in my hair. red from my dad(he had brown hair w/red highlights) blond from my mother(natural blond) black from my grandmother. and brown from all sides. im pretty content with this color scheme and wouldnt mind having it again.

if i were to have chosen a different natural color i suppose i would choose mariah carey's hair color back in 1990. i liked that brown color. i like all her colors actually.

red hair. i like it on other people just not myself. i dont mind the highlights but i dont think with my skin tone and eye color i could pull it off with just red hair. i would clash lol.

oh yes, i just remembered, i would also choose holly marie combs for her hair style. i love the color and the sheek look. her length is amazing and it suits her well.

well i guess that all i have to say. this was fun. Smiley
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Re: If you could choose your natural color....
Reply #23 - Dec 17th, 2007 at 4:29pm
 
I like my own colour (sort of golden brown) but I would love to have deep red or black hair as long as my complexion could match them. But I'm very pale and rosy  Tongue and on top of that I have dark hazel eyes so nuuuuh.   Wink
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Reply #24 - Feb 18th, 2008 at 6:34pm
 
i had strawberry blond hair as a baby, which turned to a golden blond as a child and now its a dark blond/light brown with just a bit of red i am also from Irish decent with a splash of Spanish thrown in! i have the olive skin but blue/green eyes but would love to have a rich red coloured hair with emerald green eyes, i also love dark hair with blue eyes and also brown eyes with blond-totally stuuning
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Re: If you could choose your natural color....
Reply #25 - Apr 18th, 2008 at 6:58am
 
The grass is always greener...

I have an obsession with natural hair colors  especially every color except my own.  My biggest obsession is every shade of natural red hair.  I would've loved to have been a natural bright copper/carrot top but that would require a different complexion and eye color too.  I wish I looked like Siobhan Donaghy. 

My husband's blond locks and the change of shades all depending of the time of the year and how sunny the summer, is really fascinating to me.  My hair just doesn't go through those dramatic changes.  He turns 40 this summer and maybe his hair is actually mostly grey now but it's just not as visible as it is in darker hair.  I'm kind of envious of the change from blond/blonde to whitish "grey" some people go through almost unnoticably.
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Re: If you could choose your natural color....
Reply #26 - Apr 19th, 2008 at 1:20am
 
When I was really little my hair was white blonde...then is started getting darker. I really, really wish I had blonde hair again. Now it's a kinda dingy, brown color. I so wish I had  a nice, shiny pretty blonde!!!

Some brunettes can be quite beautiful, but mine is just kinda blah.

I would also appreciate black hair. Just a nice shock of pure black would be lovely!!(if it didn't make me look like a ghost!)
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Re: If you could choose your natural color....
Reply #27 - May 17th, 2008 at 12:25pm
 
I'd get dark brown chocolate colored hair. Cos my eyes are really bright green-gold, and when I am tan they really stick out. I have really light brown hair now, and I wish i had darker Sad
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Reply #28 - Jun 8th, 2008 at 12:36pm
 
My hair was golden blonde when I was little, but has darkened.  I think I would like it to  be just a bit darker, since I have VERY pale skin (about as pale as most redheads, except I have darkish brown hair).  When my hair is wet it is very striking. 

Both my parents have dark hair and green-grey eyes but mine are a funny shade of hazel that look like gold unless I have been crying or you are about 4 inches away from my face.
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Reply #29 - Jul 22nd, 2008 at 7:33pm
 
     If I could pick any coloring in the world, I would go with rich, chocolate brown hair and creamy skin, like so many other people here! I think that Liv Tyler, especially in The Lord of the Rings, has the most beautiful hair and skin.
     I'm very pale, but my skin has a yellow undertone to it, which is quite annoying because so many fun colors make me look jaundice. I have always loved my sister's long, wavy, brown hair, and she looks so sophisticated when she dresses up. I look like a firecracker just waiting to go off, which I'm really not. People assume I'm this crazy, unpredictable girl because of my red hair, and I'm really not. I'm pretty bookish and organized.  Wink
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