Age Appropriate Hair

Over the weekend, I watched the new flick "Little Fockers", sequel to "Meet the Fockers" that starred Gwyneth Paltrow's mother, Blythe Danner. I couldn't help but notice her beautiful age appropriate waves. This look can be soft and gentle, like the look on Blythe Danner, or edgy like Meryl Streep's character on "The Devil Wears Prada", as well as somewhere in between like Vogue editor's, Anna Wintour.

So what is Age Appropriate hair?

Age appropriate hair can create a youthful look without making it seem like you're trying too hard. As we age, our hair changes texture and the color slowly fades to be what we refer to as grays. The texture becomes either weaker and scarce or coarse and dry. At this time in our lives it's crucial to do less damage to the hair but still create a presentable look that ties your age and the look of your youth together. When we do this, we trick people into thinking we're ten to fifteen years younger.

Often times, people mistake age appropriate as covering your gray roots with a base color and then having to swing by a hairdresser's every 2-4 weeks, in order to keep those stubborn grays covered. Unfortunately, that creates a ding in your wallet and frequent visits to the salon become irritating.

How do you make your hair Age Appropriate?

You blend your now natural gray/white roots with the now artificial hair color from your younger years. You'll have to go to a salon and ask for a hairdresser that uses foils. Whether you choose to embrace a wider variety of grays with a partially foiled head or a full head of highlights/lowlights is your personal choice. But the key is to blend your roots, so that the gray hair grows in without a drastic looking demarcation line. This way, your visits to the salon become less frequent, your wallet grows and most importantly in terms of beauty; your hair has that au natural appearance.

Rock the grays ladies! There are so many girls out there, spending several hours in the stylist's chair, attempting to achieve that platinum and ashy (gray) hair that they find so desirable. Now you naturally have it! So, here's my client and mother, Eva, rocking her age appropriate hair color and chic bob.

The grays blend in so beautifully with her golden highlights.