A Touch of Color: Go Lighter!

My hair is naturally blond – hardly anyone believes me, but it’s true! It’s true!

But women dye their hair for all sorts of reason: Sex appeal, spicing up their look…and maybe looking a little bit younger.

This seems kind of obvious – your gray hair comes out, you cover them up! Insta-young again, everything is taken care of.

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Well, not so much. As we start to see those gray hairs peek out, we may think the best course of action is to dye our hair back to our original natural shade. But that’s not necessarily true, and if we are obvious about it – i.e. choosing a color that is too bold or dramatic – we may actually end up looking even older!

According to Yvonne Neihule, owner of Neihule salon, there’s a reason for this. Yvonne says that while dark colors may work against our age, and highlight the wrinkles we most want to go away, “Going a few shades lighter, or adding highlights versus low lights can soften the face and diminish the look of pronounced lines around the eyes.”

Interesting! So, perhaps blonds have more fun…at every age!