What made you go grey?
We actually go grey very young in my family, so by the time I was in my late twenties I had a sizeable amount of grey. But there was this whole thing about not colouring while you바카라™re breastfeeding, so I used henna. But once I weaned my third baby and was free to experiment, I went a bit nuts with all the just-arrived-in-the-desi-market Loreal shades. I tried mahogany, plum, darkest brown, chocolate souffle...it was really exciting! But the monthly touch-up became a drag eventually. It felt artificial and dishonest. My face started ageing, the contrast became too stark.
The bright and the dark side of going grey바카라¦
I love to wear outrageous clothes and making two pigtails, neither of which is age-appropriate. If I sported those with my greys, I couldn바카라™t be accused of trying to look like my daughter바카라™s older sister. Why would I want to look like that? I am her mother. But it바카라™s not all sunshine on this side of the hill. I am complimented for my hair but often, when I바카라™m with my dad, I get mistaken for his wife. He바카라™s 86, I am 49.
How do you manage to look gorgeous?
It helps to be fit, so you get that nice, startling contrast of a youthful stance and grey hair. But I would also urge you to be colourful with everything else. Your clothes, earrings, flowers, makeup. The idea is to celebrate being older, wilder, stronger, not a demure, eager-to-please young girl anymore, but a powerful, care-a-damn woman.
What your friends and family have to say about it?
The ladies loved it mostly. The men weren바카라™t so hot on it. They were all like you look so much older. We hate it! Colour it! But I feel coloured hair was infantilising me (coupled with my short stature and chubby cheeks). This new grey forces man to acknowledge my age. People take me more seriously. Also, I get saluted by security now. That never happened before.
