Chef extraordinaire from ABC’s show “The Chew” made the bold decision to stop coloring her hair, she made a great point. She said that after years of coloring her hair, gray was finally in so why not embrace it?
We have all seen the ‘gray trend’; women bleaching and coloring their hair to get the perfect shade of gray they can get. Before the trend most of us who have gray hair were, and in some cases still are inclined to cover it up at the salon, or do our own henna or box color.
We love henna* because it is all natural and Amla* because we can get rid of the reddish tint that henna* leaves. We love brands like Shea moisture* that have made it easier for us to use color without the fear of permanent damage.
But what if we let the gray just shine through even after the trend is over and done with. The conversation about women getting older does get a bit complicated as women are typically seen as ‘old’ and men are seen as distinguished.
Many of us do not feel old and as such would rather avoid the term all together, which is part of the reason we use color.
Carla made her announcement about her gray hair in January, and in an interview she had this to say:
This January, I announced on air that I was letting the silver show. Though the audience response was overwhelmingly positive, a few viewers questioned me: “You looked so young,” one said. “Why are you doing this?”
I thought then about all the people who resist the natural appearance that comes with time. Do we not value our “seasoned” citizens enough to let them look their age?
Letting my hair go gray will probably place me in a different demographic. But, for me, there’s a relief that comes with not fighting against the inevitable. I don’t need to look 25 again; I’d prefer to look good for 50 and celebrate what that brings: the silver and the freedom that comes with knowing that my hair and I are happier this way.
What do you guys think? Are you of the opinion that you should let your gray shine through at a certain age or are you coloring your hair for as long as you can.
Comment below!
Ren'ee Arterberry says
I totally agree. Rock that gray!!!
Glenda Cookie Brewton says
I’ve decided to rock my gray too
Cynthia Tucker-James says
I love my girl, but uh she by herself on that one
AChantel Cheatwood says
I thought she was younger to be honest.
Sylvia Morgan says
It her choice
Gloria Lukey Guise says
I’m not ready, I’m 58
Sandra Victoire says
To each his own…
Demetrice Thomas says
EXACTLY!!! HER HAIR,HER CHOICE
Nava Nevermissabeat says
4 Me, Not Until More Then 75% Is Gray, Until Then I Will Keep Giving Myself A Natural Color Henna’s. 2 Each Their Own.
Phoenix McGee says
Lmfao she’s good on it but nah. Once I start getting gray it’ll be the perfect time to follow in my mother’s footsteps and bleach it all blonde! Kml
Artra Veal says
Her hair is beautiful!!!!
Cb Sampson says
WHAT EVER WORKS
Sandra Brooks says
Yes. People need to embrace their age. Regardless if your fifty or twenty. Botox, fillers, and all sorts of surgery won’t change the fact that you are getting old. Aging is a part of life. There’s nothing wrong with keeping yourself up, but just remember your body does not only age on the outside, it ages on the inside as well. So go Carla u look great.
Caramel Kimmie says
Gray don’t determine your age
Princess Sarrha Johnson says
That’s her choice.. her hair …
Courtney Gray says
Who said it wasn’t
Tammie Faulkner Taylor says
She can do whatever she likes.I’m 44.95 & I will continue to touch up my hairline every 3 weeks. (Mostly due to the ProActiv bleaching it)
Cheryl Lewis says
Yes rock your silver !
Gail Oliver says
She earned it! Nothing worse than looking old with black, brown, red, blond hair… and especially men. lol, but if it makes you feel better, whatever.
Kristen Nicole Thompson says
She be wearing that hair I love her style her hair be on fleek gray or not
Norma Harkless says
To each it’s on. What ever make her happy .
Joan Arnold says
Too soon.
Tena Buford says
I will pass. Maybe 65yrs old
Janie Dee says
I pass too Until I am about 65!
Sabrina Jones says
Yes
Sabrina Jones says
I be 58 this year and I’m just started turning grey
Sybelle Johnson says
Yes
Fonda Edmonds Nesbitt says
What every works for her…I’ll continue to color mine…..
Donna Coles says
To each, his or her own. So I say good for her. But as for me “I’m gonna wash that gray right outta my hair”!!!!
Deborah Denise Street says
Period!
Kali Mahogany Price says
They startled me at first but to know that I am aging above ground, I am embracing the few I have at 39
Pavane Hutchison-Bedell says
Nope where’s the henna
Rhonda Brown says
No
Dee Hurry says
She likes it fine I just went and got a pretty brown rince in my hair no. Grey for me and I’m 56years young maybe when I’m 70. But hey that’s just me.
Hattie Donaldson says
Rock your gray
Dorcas Burns says
Gorgeous either way
Mooky Miller says
I love my gray streak. In my hair.and im only 35. It depends some ppl look older some it makes look better. Some cover it up and make it look messy lol.
Tonia682 says
I’ll be 47 in Dec. and this is a question I’ve been wrestling with. My greys are coming in fast and furious and it’s getting to the point where I don’t feel like fighting to cover it.
Tonia682 says
I’ll be 47 in Dec. and this is a question I’ve been wrestling with. My greys are coming in fast and furious and it’s getting to the point where I don’t feel like fighting to cover it.
Carla Dwyer says
Nope
Vedejah Scroggins says
I’ve decided i will go gray a little bit at a time I’m gonna die it myself until my whole head is covered starting at 40 ill add one streak a year on my birthday
Jamillah Clark says
Why not, try it out..she has great hair☺
Wanda Fowler says
I’m 65 and I trying to decide if I want to rock my gray or not!!
Gia Guyton says
Do YOU!
Peggy Magee-Weatherspoon says
It’s hair. If she likes it, I love it
Tonya Mitchell says
Nope!!!!
Erainer Stewart says
I love my gray hair!
Michelle Thompson says
Glad she can, I will dye my hair till I’m gone lol
Aqueelah Wheeler says
Yes its beautiful… u have young girls dying their hair gray because its beautiful
Maybell Lena Killion says
She’s beautiful! Accept yourself as you are, if it looks good rock it! I, finally, at 41 got my first grey hair and I’m excited about it, why not be? Does your grey hair define you?
Florence Jones says
I Mos def agree!
Lonique Renee Brooklyn Ryan says
It’s her choice, as long as she’s comfortable with n loves herself
Quiana Amos says
yes I embrace mine at 37 and have ever since my twenties.. it is what it is….gray hair!!
Beverly Colvin says
i agree ,im letting my come out and will never color or perm again
Shana Smith says
I don’t think that NOT showing your gray means that you aren’t embracing your age. Some people just don’t care for gray hair. I’m naturally ashy, so if I wear lotion does that mean that I’m not accepting the fact that I am naturally ashy?
Jeaneen Alise says
heck at 36 I embrace it… I earned those fair and square
Delia Jamison says
Yes! Rock that gray!
Pamela Young says
no I diagree. I am 50 plus too. I dont want to rock the gray yet. Maybe when I turn 60
Tameka Dorsey says
I’ve had gray hair since I was 7 never really bothered me till now I’m 34 and seems like everyday I’m noticing another strand so yes I’m definitely considering doing something about this crazy mop of mine
Tangela Cobb says
Gray does not work for everyone….You can still be proud of your age and who you are however gray doesn’t compliment everyone.
Judeel Gaston says
Not yet im 50 plus
Nana Akua says
I’m only 43 and I have a lot of grays, couple years ago I was going to have it colored when my son, then 11said; mum don’t its a sign of your wisdom and maturity. I was pleasantly surprised… I’m rocking it gracefully
Shaquila Johnson says
Hell no
Marline Arana Beltre says
Im 45 and personally just waiting for the rest of my hair to gray…i have a nice patch already!
Evelyn L Massey says
She can have it. I’m not having it yet. 60+ & still counting
Torie Wilson says
Definitely added 15 years to her look
Weeya Lovingsstephenslewis says
Yes I started going gray when i was 23 and I love mine
Lee Anna Easter-BerklinGaynor says
Yes. I can’t seem to get more than a strand or two, I’m 66 and I don’t color it either.
Deborah Denise Street says
Sorry Carla, I love ya, but, nope not me
Marcia Worthington says
I’m wearing mine
Lenora Pitre says
What matters is that she is comfortable with the hair style that she has chosen. I think she is going to be awesome with the grey hair.
Mars Marie says
Gray hair have nothing to do with age in my family some got it in there 20,s but no I can’t embrace it lol I’m 40 it try’s to sneak up on me I’m 40 with a young girl face having gray hair don’t match that
Kelli Mcghee says
I will never put chemicals of any kind
In my hair again ever
Ebony Terry says
Love it
Joyce Bell says
noooooooooooo!
Joan Mckinnie-sanders says
If that’s what she wants to do go with girl!!!!
Jackie Minor says
If she wants her head her choice
Tashone Black says
Yes!!!! I think it is one so beautiful when I see people embracing getting older taking care of there natural gray hair not stressing about how they use too look fifty sixty years ago but just embracing there naturally grays coming in I love it!!! I wish I new more stronger women around me that would do the same thing I always see them in magazines but never met one!!! Its beautiful!!!!!
Cannot Tell says
Yes I love mine at 52..
Genovia Fitzhugh says
Yes I love my grey hair dye is harsh on your hair I love Carla grey
Yvonne Elizabeth Mclean says
I’ve been rocking mine since 35! ✌ natural at its best
Stephenson Mil says
she looks older than fifty wit her grey, stay black look younger, (she acts younger than Fifty
Amor Heart says
Yup
Minnie Cannon says
Seems OK. Many younger without any gray whatsoever r dying their hair gray
Veronica Abdul-Kareem says
Her hair her choice. My hair, I’ll do what I like.
Karen Tennille says
Can’t wait!!!!!!
Maria Acevedo says
No. Look the best that you can look at any age. She is by herself on that one
Doris Lorraine Woods says
yes! i had to stop many years ago, because the dye was breaking me out. so i love how my gray is mixing into my locs 🙂
Tonya D Sanders says
I am not ready yet, but it’s her choice not feeling it.
Diane Clifford says
I embraced my gray hair at 25!! At 57 I’m coloring it!! Time for a change!!
Boots Henderson says
% I agree
#lovethis
C Singleton Singleton says
Thank goodness I don’t have that much
Mariam Zainati Sung says
Hell yeah, can’t wait for my silver lining to show. Gonna rock it, at 39 I’m still waiting for it
Caramel Kimmie says
It’s her choice *
Karen J says
I say let it [grey] shine, let it shine, let it shine! They’re still there even when hidden. People paying lots of money to get highlights, color, etc, and yours are coming in free! Oh well, everyone thinks differently.
Karen J says
I say let it [grey] shine, let it shine, let it shine! They’re still there even when hidden. People paying lots of money to get highlights, color, etc, and yours are coming in free! Oh well, everyone thinks differently.
Gigi Elisabetta says
I like grey hair! Very mature. If you want to rock it, do it! If you don’t, cover it! Nothing wrong with it though!
Heaven Nos Too says
YES Please
Tameka Ferrebee says
Im 44 and dye is harsh you have to keep applying it. So for now with the few I have I just do a rinse. But if it gets worse I don’t know what Im going to do.
Ashley Patrice Hendricks says
I’m 29 with gray hair and I cover it when maybe at 60 I will embrace it
Loren Tennyson says
Nope! My grandma is 70 and she will always dye her hair. To each , their own.
Ashley Alexandria says
She is gorgeous and I did not know she was 50! I think graying is an honor
Cristina Gomes Lopes says
Yes and With 40
Delores Williams says
I don’t agree not ready to show my gray
Terri Ruise says
Love it.. I don’t knock people who dye their hair. I embrace my gray and beside gray is a beautiful color..
Regina DeLoach says
I’m 45 and my gray hair and I are having a love/hate relationship right now. Lol The hair coloring has been sitting on the sidelines for 6-weeks now; I just can’t bring myself up to do it.
Bonita McKnight says
Nah at 53 soon to be 54 I’m still not there yet. I’ll embrace my grey hair at 75 ☺️.
Bonita McKnight says
Nah at 53 soon to be 54 I’m still not there yet. I’ll embrace my grey hair at 75 ☺️.
M Seiber says
I have been gray since I was 12 years old, dyed my hair for 22 years. At 34 decided it was time to choose dye or perm. At 40 decided it was time to let go of perm and I am 57 and I have not regretted one strand of natural hair.
M Seiber says
I have been gray since I was 12 years old, dyed my hair for 22 years. At 34 decided it was time to choose dye or perm. At 40 decided it was time to let go of perm and I am 57 and I have not regretted one strand of natural hair.
BlueCornMoon says
I’m retired & 5 days ago I used henna & indigo to dye my graying hair back to its natural jet black. Been doing that since 2010 & it looks natural,& healthy;doesn’t make my hair brittle & dry like commercial dyes. I only have to do it about 3 or 4 times a year & I’m happy. I have some pals & have a 90 yr old cousin whose hair went that pretty bright white color. My gray,however, is an ugly beigey gray & makes me look sick. So pardon me while I keep the jet black !!
BlueCornMoon says
I’m retired & 5 days ago I used henna & indigo to dye my graying hair back to its natural jet black. Been doing that since 2010 & it looks natural,& healthy;doesn’t make my hair brittle & dry like commercial dyes. I only have to do it about 3 or 4 times a year & I’m happy. I have some pals & have a 90 yr old cousin whose hair went that pretty bright white color. My gray,however, is an ugly beigey gray & makes me look sick. So pardon me while I keep the jet black !!
People say embrace your age. well, one of the pleasures of embracing that age is being able to fully embrace a mind of your own & make your own decisions regardless of current trends or what others think. DO YOU & be done with it.
yuneygirl says
I use to dye my hair when I was younger, but once I started getting those silver highlights I have never dyed again. I am proud of them and I have earned everyone. I look younger than what I am, and the silver highlights just makes others take a second look.
yuneygirl says
I use to dye my hair when I was younger, but once I started getting those silver highlights I have never dyed again. I am proud of them and I have earned everyone. I look younger than what I am, and the silver highlights just makes others take a second look.
Kay Cee says
I like it.
C Brown says
I decided to go gray also and Loving, Loving my gray and myself also. You Go Girl!!!!!!