Time to Change my Profile Picture
@BettyB (4117)
Summerville, South Carolina
June 4, 2017 1:55pm CST
A few days ago I read and commented on one of All is Well... @manikarnika posts. She asked if we preferred black or white hair. As my hair is white and has been since I was thirty, it was easy to respond. Unfortunately it has bugged me ever since.
My hair is white but I hid that fact for years. The day after I retired I sat in the beautician’s chair for four hours as she stripped all the color out of my hair. I was tired of coloring it, but I refused to live with the two tone look for a year.
It’s been a year since I returned to my natural hair color (which is no color) but I was still sporting brown hair on my profile picture. I hate taking selfies but it was time to do it.
So I have white hair and a face full of wrinkles. I am who I am.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
5 Jun 17
my mother's hair looks better now that it's all white. your hair was all white when you were only 30?
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
5 Jun 17
Yep. It started turning in my mid twenties. I colored it before my wedding and colored it from then on. The only time I didn't was when I was pregnant. When I went to pick my youngest son up from the daycare when he was an infant someone commented on my beautiful grandchild. I colored my hair again that night.
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@Juliaacv (48686)
• Canada
5 Jun 17
I just love your white hair, its beautiful.
I have salt and pepper hair, and that darned grey is so stubborn, I look forward to the day that it turns all white.
And, I prefer your current photo over the other one, I don't see a face full of wrinkles, you actually look relaxed-a side-effect of retirement from what I'm told.
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@Juliaacv (48686)
• Canada
5 Jun 17
@BettyB Mine won't hold colour, I used to have low lights put in, just to add a bit of definition, but even those wouldn't hold after a while. I get a lot of compliments on my salt and pepper hair. And like you, I don't want to live thru that two tone stage, I remember when my mother went thru that, and I couldn't believe what a long process it was.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
4 Jun 17
well, howdy beautiful lady! there aint nothin' wrong with grey/white hair 'n wrinkles! jest means we've lived 'n loved, won 'n lost. ya look jest gorgeous :) big hugs!!
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@1creekgirl (40652)
• United States
4 Jun 17
I think you look even younger with your natural color!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
5 Jun 17
I think you look wonderful with your natural hair.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
11 Jun 17
@BettyB It's a pretty color of silver not just a dull gray
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
5 Jun 17
They are there. I played with Photoshop just a bit. Vanity I guess.
@manikarnika (3222)
• India
5 Jun 17
Yeah...You're really beautiful...Also it may be anything that we get old with wrinkles...But it is not at all an issue.Because our beloved family and friends always like us even though if we are virtual.yeah...here soul matters...
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
4 Jun 17
I like it Betty! You look much the same just the white hair and it looks awesome on you
Oh yeah that two toned while the color is growing out is for the birds.
Oh yeah that two toned while the color is growing out is for the birds.1 person likes this
@Tampa_girl7 (49294)
• United States
4 Jun 17
Your hair is a pretty shade of white
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
4 Jun 17
Thanks. I was tired of coloring it. My husband objected but he wasn't the one stuck sitting in the bathroom with the smelly goop on his hair.
@Hannihar (129686)
• Israel
31 Dec 17
I am glad you enjoy your white hair. I guess I am still not at that point so I color my hair.
@thislittlepennyearns (58456)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 Jun 17
What do they use to strip color out of hair? I have always wondered that lol.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
4 Jun 17
I don't know what she used. I had to go to six different beauty shops before I found someone that knew what she was doing. She worked in the shop part time and taught at a beauty school full time. Most didn't have a clue as to how to tackle the problem.
