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Across the Fence:  Do you think Farmgirls color their hair?  |
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1930sgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Joyce
Alberta
Canada
233 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 3:19:59 PM
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What do you think? Are you truly a Farmgirl if you color your hair?
I say YES! Some of my friends think that you can't really be a true Farmgirl with artificial color in your hair. I don't imagine it's the healthiest behavior in the world...but it doesn't change my values in other areas.
I would love to hear your opinions.
Joyce |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 3:48:05 PM
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I don't see any problem with that for sure...I bet more do than don't. I don't...but if I got alot of grey when I was young I would have.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 3:57:21 PM
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I don't but you know I like the color of my hair and I am older than dirt and only have a little gray. My sister has colored hers for so long she doesn't even know what color it is. I think it doesn't change whether you are a farm girl or not. My goodness we are still "girls" and farm or not we should look the way we want too.
Farmgirl Sister 572
May the force of the horse be with you. |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 4:01:15 PM
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I lighten mine sometimes. As I've gotten older it has darkened a lot, and it makes me feel good to have lighter coloured hair...so, sometimes I do and sometimes I'm ok with my grey and auburn look. It depends on my whim of the moment =)
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 4:04:15 PM
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This farm girl colors her hair!
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 4:33:05 PM
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Ditto, Kate! I may have dirt under my fingernails sometimes, but I'm still girly when I wanna be!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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Laila
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Laila
Kutztown
PA
USA
273 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 4:41:20 PM
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Ditto, Kate & Cherry!
I've been coloring my hair for about 3 years now & I'm still a farm girl! 
Laila |
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 5:04:06 PM
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I have been a Master Cosmetologist for 28 yrs..I have been many colors in my career...Right now I have let my grey come through and put low lights (brown) throughout...
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 5:12:20 PM
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I used to, but I don't anymore. I started getting grey hairs in my 20s. But when I turned 40, I thought to my self, I have earned everyone of them grey hairs, so now I am silver and dark honey, naturaly.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 5:13:33 PM
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P.S., I am in my 50s now
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 9:42:22 PM
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Yes, this farmgirl colors her hair. In fact, I colored it today. I was looking like a skunk. LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 12:14:04 AM
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YESSSSSS this Farmgirl does, lol My regular color is a darkish brown, boring IMO! So 2 yrs ago I decided to go wild and have it colored in a nice mahogany red shade. But I have been doing it myself lately and it is a more reddish shade now. LOVE it, lol.
My mom colored (or I did it for her) till she was in her 80's!! I sometimes told her, mom stop now, it is getting too artificial looking for ya. But the "lady" she always was she really HATED grey lol. She did have a good color for her age though, not too dark and because I did it, it was not done "proper" if ya know what I mean. Some grey always shined through. I might stop in a few yrs time, I just don't like the grey on me now, not yet. Feel too young, duh (yes I am 52, lol)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 02:50:18 AM
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This farmgirl colors her hair every now and then when the mood strikes me or one too many gray hairs show up. I used to spend big bucks having my hair dresser do it but finally got gutty and tried a box job. Heck I couldn't pass it up it was on sale for 1.99....LOL Ya know what? I like it better than I did the expensive deal. Tucks lots of bux back in pocket...LOL
Happy farmgirl sister #353
Look for rainbows instead of mud puddles
http://fantasm01.imagekind.com/
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 05:10:03 AM
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Yea! Farmgirl doesn't have to mean mousy!
We all need a lift every now and again
There are natural colorants out there too for the gals who don't want the chemical.
For the summer, I decided to go crazy with a bottle of that Sun-in. I'll be like Joan Rivers and be completely honest and say well, YES I bleached it out...why not! There's nothing to hide. Luckily chlorine and sea water won't turn it green.
Someone made a nice comment the other day. I sad yup! We are going to the beach end of July and i needed a boost before then. The tan however is very real.....even though I slatehr on sunscreen every day! |
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FarmGirl~K
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Kelly
TX
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 05:18:33 AM
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I sure do mine.. I started getting some gray hairs at 24. I only started coloring the last 5 years. I did start out using the semi-permanent now I do permanent or it doesnt last long enough. Was just to scared to go the other route at first. But I do it myself. Sometimes I let my gray roots show a bit before I do it again, but my hair just looks dull now unless I color it. Plus I love dark hair, so I do mine a dark chocolate color, just a bit darker than my own.
I think people have pre-conceived images of what they think a farm girl should look like or be. It's nice when you can prove them wrong!
"I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it."
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Edited by - FarmGirl~K on Jun 18 2009 05:19:25 AM |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2899 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 06:33:02 AM
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Blonde highlights. 2 colors of it.. 4 times a year..
Not ready to let go of the blonde yet.
Go to an Aveda salon, so there stuff is a little less harsh. No ammonia smell while I am sitting there colorizing.. |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 06:43:24 AM
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I don't, but I don't have to....yet. At 35, I've just started to find a few grays and when I find more than a few, I'll be heading to the salon :)
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 06:44:13 AM
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well, this farmgirl sure does!! I think it was reddish blondish orange when I started, but you know, I'm not real sure now..lol
I don't feel less like a farmgirl with my colorful do!! lol
A very sweet lady once said "Farmgirl is a condition of the heart." ;) So I imagine it doesn't matter so much what you do to your hair or your face or anything like that. So long as you got farmgirl spirit in your heart, thats all that really matters. :)
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"You are my strength when I am weak. You are the treasure that I seek. You are my all in all. Seeking You as a precious jewel; Lord, to give up I'd be a fool. You are my all in all."
Stop by my blog for a visit www.messiejessie2.blogspot.com |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 07:46:55 AM
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I don't think it voids your farm girl status, but I don't. After all, I earned every strand of this gray!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 08:13:33 AM
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My hair started turning grey when my oldest son got his drivers license, 10 years ago. Then it turned more grey when my youngest son got his drivers license a year ago....lol... I used to color it. But, I started reading about all the haircoloring chemicals leaching it's way into your body through the pores in your head and I said, never again. I have very long hair and it took about 5 years for all the damage of years of coloring my hair to finally go away. Now, my hair is streaked with really light grey streaks. A cosmotologist friend of mine said, "Do you know how much women pay to get their hair streaked like that?"...so I felt much better about my decision. But I gotta admit I miss my long dark hair....
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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1930sgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Joyce
Alberta
Canada
233 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 08:23:06 AM
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Wow! Thank you all for your wonderful responses!
Well...I think I have a pretty good idea what the Farmgirls here think!
I SO agree! I have been coloring my hair for about the last 5 years. I started to get a bit of gray, high in the temple area at about 42. It wasn't very noticeable for quite a while, because I'm blonde. One day, I saw myself in a mirror outside and thought it was time to start covering the gray. I bought a drugstore brand and was so pleased that it was almost the same as my natural color.
Colored hair...and still a Farmgirl!
Joyce |
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
665 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 08:30:55 AM
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I don't think colouring your hair cancels out being a true farmgirl. If it makes you feel pretty, go for it. I'd love to colour my hair but am allergic to commercial colourants (so am begining to grey gracefully at 37).
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 08:41:50 AM
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Whoa Yeah,
I'm not going down without a fight.
Every five weeks, no matter what, I have even made my stylist promise to "Come to the home" and do my roots if it comes to that.
I had a dreaded b'day this year and getting rid of the grey makes me feel soooo much better.
I won't tell you which birthday because I can't even bear to say the number (but last year I was 59) lol
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.stitchingby2sisters.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
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sharikrsna
True Blue Farmgirl
185 Posts
Shari
Carthage
Illinois
USA
185 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 08:46:08 AM
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I started coloring mine two years ago, when my marriage was going south. I did it burgundy and received so many compliments that I've kept it. Lately though, I have been having concerns about the chemicals. I have tried henna, but by the second day, the color disappears on me. My hair is totally resistant to perms and colors. The burgundy dye is the first brand that actually shows up on my dark brown hair! (Feria chocolate cherry) I otherwise would have to bleach it, then color it. Talk about damage! So I am still debating whether or not to go back to natural, but not because color makes me less of a farmgirl. I put my overalls on just like those natural no makeup girls do. :)
Shari
Farmgirl Sister #607 |
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
716 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 08:47:07 AM
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Yep, I color my hair too. Without color my hair is almost white and I am only 54. I color it myself though. I use permanent color and do it about once every two months. My toenails are painted a beautiful shade of pink with dirt under them most of the time. Couldn't be happier!
Peapicker |
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