OK gals, I need an opinion here. Premature grey runs in our family. I mean, really premature grey! I found my first grey hair when I was 16. Matt is only 19 and he is already seeing grey in his beard. My niece told me she found a grey hair on one of my little great-nephews and he's SIX! That is seriously messed up, isn't it?



I had enough grey that I had to start coloring my hair when I was in my late 20's and I've been doing it ever since. Lucky for me, my niece is my wonderful hairdresser! My hair grows super fast, so I have to do it about every six weeks and by then I have a good 1/4" growth showing. My hair reacts kind of funny to dye, so I'm very careful about the colors I use. For example, I can't use even a hint of red or it goes a really nasty dark auburn on me, almost a burgundy. I can use a bit of blonde and I do sometimes, but mostly I try to stick close to my original light honey brown.


So I've basically not seen my natural hair color in about 15 years. I've asked about having the color removed and letting it go natural, but apparently the products will really ruin your hair, so I thought my only option was to let it grow out. But the other day, I found something at Walgreen's called Color Oops that is a new product to remove hair color and it apparently doesn't hurt your hair. I read reviews from several dozen ladies who had tried it. They said the product smells ghastly - a combination of rotten eggs and dog dooty, but it does work and it doesn't damage your hair.



So now I've got a dilemma. Do I just keep doing the coloring or do I go for it and see how the grey is going to look? One nice thing is that I can kind of "preview" the look. My sis is 12 years older than me so I can see pretty much what I'm going to look like a decade down the road. She's had hers natural for as long as I can remember and it always looks great on her and it always looked good on my Mom.

But I have to say, I'm a little bit nervous about it. I'm not terribly vain, but I did have a really bad haircut early in our marriage. I let my mother-in-law give me a very tight perm and it was really terrible. I looked just like a little Jewish boy. I got it fixed about a week later and you know it's a really bad hairdo when even the men in your office come up to you and say - it looks so much better! What if it looks really terrible and makes me look really old? So, I'm taking a poll, so let's see what you think.

Have you tried this yourself? If so, spill the beans. Did you like it or not? Did you end up going back to the hair coloring?