Thoughts on colors in hair

My aunt (in her late 40s) did it and it looked AWESOME. I also see it a lot in my workplace, in the 30 something crowd. I think it's awesome that people are showing their individuality instead of being boring and the same as everyone else.

I'm not really sure why it would be an issue, it's just fun colour. I guess the only time it would be a problem is for stick in the mud militant offices who have stupid dress codes that make dressing boring and uncomfortable instead of allowing individuality.

In my early 30's I did it a lot. I was living close to my SIL who owned a salon and she would do it for me cheap. I mostly stuck with pink as my hair was light blond at the time. I did darker red a few times. I really loved it and had fun with it. It doesn't last nearly long enough I think.

But now at 40 I've gone more conservative with my hair. It's dark brown now. Sometimes I miss my more carefree ways.

I think it's cute, but I haven't seen any older ladies with the peek a boos yet.

^^ This.  I'm 39 and I've done blue, pink and purple and I have an appointment in a few weeks to do the full blown purple.  The pink faded a bunch, but the purple held up really well when I did it two years ago.  Life's too short to have boring hair   And it's just color, I can change it at any time.

blue tulip and SnowWhite What industry do you work in?

i have 2 jobs- my day job is in the chemistry department at a factory. tho i'm not really in a public role representing the company, i do interact with a lot of convervative people and no one has ever had an issue that they've made known. and they don't hide me somewhere when tours or vendors or clients come thru lol. my other job is graphic design, i make wedding invitations and other paper goods. that one is my own business, the boss doesn't care what i do.

ETA usually i just have portions of my hair colored alternatively. but last summer i really wanted to do a whole-head color, and did purple. my boys loved it, so now it's an annual summer thing- this summer they picked blue.

As for employers, it definitely depends on the corporate culture and their customers and what image they would want to present. Some would allow it and others wouldn't like it. I doubt someone wanting to do this type of hair coloring would want to work at a more stifled culture for many other reasons, not just their hair policy.

I mostly see teens and people in their twenties doing this around here but there are a few older people I have noticed getting some streaks of color. At first I thought it was weird for older people but I got use to it and figure if it makes you happy go for it. I don't think I would ever do it myself though.

I think to each their own. I used to freak out if I walked in an office and saw a professional person with hot pink hair, but not anymore. People are doing it in ways that is more subtle for the office and I think we are fading away from the days where companies put limitations on hair color in their dress code.

My cousin is a stylist and every time I see her, her hair is a different color; she is our own Rainbow Brite

I'd love to see a picture of that.  That's what I was considering doing (but with a base color of a violet red brown to purple ombre) but I'm also considering coloring the entire underlayer (say from the top of my ears down) purple and leaving the top of my head violet red brown.

BlueTulip...I adore your hair! I've been meaning to say that.

I love colored streaks. I do think I'm too old, 56. But, once I am even older, think 70 or more, I am totally going white with a pink streak.

Never done it. Don't think my work place (law firm) would be too appreciative