Many older women are so afraid of looking their age that they are ready to become girls with blue hair rather than old women with natural gray hair. Or perky "redheads" - so that they are perky and bright. But is it good for them?
In one of the latest issues of Fashion Sentence, stylists transformed the heroine with long bright red hair, which, thanks to dyeing, seemed very thick and voluminous. At the same time, it was clear that the color was far from the natural shade of the heroine's hair due to regrown roots with gray hair. Taking a quick look at the heroine, you might think that the woman is 50+ and even closer to 60. But it turned out that Christina is only 46 years old!
It so happened that this color is strongly associated with the beauty experiments of fashionable grandmothers who want to look brighter by painting over every millimeter of gray hair that has grown. Lilac is also in their style, which seems to them not as defiant as poisonous red, and closer to gray hair, which they do not want to see on their heads. It’s better to pretend to be Malvina than someone will suspect an old woman of you.
In the fashion industry, there is a great example of bright, lush red hair on a woman of middle age. This is Grace Coddington, who was once the creative director of American Vogue, the right hand and faithful companion of the great and terrible Anna Wintour. Grace turned 80 this year. This woman, whom many of our compatriots criticize for her untidy red fluff on her head, is incredibly organic in her poisonous red. Only there are at least two compelling "buts".
First, red is her natural color, as can be seen from photographs of her modeling past. With age, she simply began to strengthen it and maintain it with constant staining. Secondly, bright and even unnatural shades of hair, like other details of the image with an eccentric sound, look great on people of creative professions. And this is the case in which actresses, singers, artists, designers and other creatives fit in. But what about ordinary women?
In the context of this topic, the freshly released sequel to the series “Sex in the City” fits perfectly. Who watched the cult show from the very beginning, he remembers very well that Miranda was a bright red lawyer (let's make a nod to the feminists) with a short haircut.
The emphatically unnatural fiery red tint of her hair was not in the least dissonant with the image of a woman of a serious profession, who, in combination, was a tough pragmatist. That is, no creativity was visible in it. The desire to assert herself and declare herself as a strong woman in the world of men rang in her, and the catchy redhead perfectly matched this image.
Many find it hard to believe that red is not the native hair color of actress Cynthia Nixon, who played this role. By nature, she is a natural light blond or even blonde, but with her hair color she looks, to put it mildly, faded and expressionless. The scriptwriters of the series relied on red to emphasize the inner fire of this strict heroine. But in the new series "And just like that ..." her Miranda with "natural" gray hair, which was created by the hands of a professional colorist.
In the first episode, there is a scene where the romantic brunette Charlotte tells Miranda that she misses her bright red hair. To which she retorts that there are more important things in the world than pretending that you are younger.
It is curious that wearing "grandmother's hair" for several years now has been a current trend that has hooked fashionistas of all ages. Active in the media space, mature women stop painting over their gray hair and go to the stylist to make them a beautiful silver coloring with a voluminous highlighting effect. Young women, including very young ones, also rush for gray hair, as if they do not have time to vilify her natural, which will come by itself sooner or later, but without warning.
But this is fashion and trends, and real life is different. In Russia, we meet women 50+ and grandmothers 70+ with a hairstyle of the shade of a clownish wig, and sometimes with its hairy structure. Does he paint them? If in the literal sense, then definitely. But what about beauty and decoration?
Let's return to the "Fashionable Sentence". The stylists of the program often fall into fierce creativity, offering leather jackets and heels to middle-aged women, but I remember only one case when a lady of elegant age was painted in juicy red. For my personal taste, it was a complete failure and disharmony. A tender and quivering woman of the "spring" color type has turned into a lively headmistress, the very sight of which makes her reach for sunglasses.
And the heroine from the first photo was perfectly transformed, removing her fiery red hair, which acquired a more elegant shade. Also with a redhead, but not so hysterical and flashy. And there was a beautiful transformation of a woman of 46 years old, who looked ten years older, into a woman of her own age and even younger. Very pretty, stylish and modern.
Therefore, before you go for carrot-orange paint for painting over gray hair, you should think a few times. Especially if you're not Grace Coddington or Vivienne Westwood.
