Sounds "right purdy" ma'am. Glad you got the color "fixed".

The old saying goes...only your beautician knows for sure...At least you are satisfied or your husband is for sure.

Bonnie,

Your hair color story bought back memories for me -- long forgotten ones.

I too have ashy blond hair. I colored it from the time I was 14 until I was 21. When I finally decided to quit I actually had no idea what my real color looked like. I spent six months progressively going darker until I could not see any difference in the color of new growth.

Fast forward 30+ years. My hair is now turning gray and it probably looks better than it ever has. The gray mixes in the the blond very well. I remember watching my dad and his sisters hair doing the same thing. Now my dad's sister (the only one of the three alive) is 88. Her hair is completely white now and looks really good. Hope mine get like that!

Good luck to you!

bonnie, i'm glad you got it fixed. hair coloring is an art it seems. i too have colored my hair since i was a teenager, i remember being told years ago about silver drops. not sure if they still make them. they help tone down the red in hair coloring especially if you have red in your natural color. i had to use them in my younger days. i am a light brown with reddish highlights in my natural color. i now and for years let my beautician color my hair. i have for over 25yrs just hade it frosted, streaked, weaved with the blonde highlights to cover the gray mostly now. in fact i'm due for another session. thanks for reminding me,lol its good john approves of it too.

bonnie - thank you soooo much for the smile! i bet women could write books on hair color stories! i am so glad you got yours to a good shade and john likes it. i have alot of red in my hair undertones and i stay away from all golden shades. cheers! kathy

Bonnie,

Funny hair color story. My ex, Tom, was gray from age 22 or so. He's blond so it was never very noticeable, but it always bothered him. When we separated he came to pick up the kids after playing basketball in gym shorts all sweaty trying to look cool. He flexed a few times for effect and then complained about being being sore. I casually said you know Tom maybe you're just getting too old for this as I shot an innocent look at his hair poor guy was only 36. He so had it coming.The following week the the door bell rings and there is Tom with bright red hair. I looked at and said we'll take 2 happy meals and a cheeseburger. the genius tried to dye it but didn't read the color on the box, just went by the picture and dyed it black. He then tried to get it out and oxidized it. The following week he showed up shaved. Tom didn't weather the divorce well.

Be grateful you have mouse that's an easy transformation to gray. The only way to get from black to gray is through Lily Munster.