About forty years ago when those little bothersome, but obvious, gray hairs started showing up in my coiffure, my son would gladly pull them out. There may have been a twofold benefit to the process, because, for me, my gray hairs disappeared and my son was probably happy to yank some hairs from his mother’s head! Even though I have a rather full head of hair it became apparent that this couldn’t continue or he would have a bald mother.

So I began investigating the various hair coloring products on the market to see what would be good for me. There are a number of different ways to go. One, of course, is to go to a beautician and let her do the work for you. You are just about guaranteed a suitable color, you don’t have the messiness of doing it yourself and it does feel nice to be “pampered”. The only drawback is the cost of having it done professionally. I have gone this route a number of times when I felt I could afford it and when I felt I needed a little TLC just for me.

Most of the time, though, I go to the cosmetic department in a store and look over the various hair coloring products. There are many brands of temporary colors, semi permanent and permanent colors, developers, bleaching, highlighting, and, of course, correction solutions. My greatest fear in choosing any color is that I may end up being all orange or green or something when it’s time to go out into the world. » Read more: I’d Rather Dye!