Gray Hair on Shine

How To Not Screw Up Coloring Your Hair At Home

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When we heard reports that Susan Boyle recently showed up to the British show The X Factor with fire engine red…

ColorMark wants you to take a marker to your gray hairs

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Much as it pains us to admit this, we have a few stubborn gray hairs that keep reappearing despite diligent plucking efforts on our end. Yes, we are aware of the “two-for-one” old wives’ tale, but it doesn’t stop us from pulling them out because our hair is jet black,…

Another teenage boy crush is crushed: Kelly McGillis is a lesbian

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Remember that amazing love scene in Top Gun, the one with a very sexy Kelly McGillis and a freshly scrubbed, young, and pre-Scientolowhacked Tom Cruise? The one with all the tongue and gauzy curtains? Yeah, that one (check it out here). That…

Should Obama Cover Those Grays?

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It seems Obama has gotten a lot more gray hair since he's been in office, and it's only been 45 days! The stressful job might have something to do with it; he could probably use these relaxing recipes.

So should he dye it?

What Do I Do About the Grays?

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It's coming. Fast and furious. Gray hair.

Oh, realistically, I know it's not bad, but I don't like it. Heck, I don't feel old enough to have kids, let alone have all these gray hairs come in.

My struggle with premature gray hair

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If the alleged correlation between stress and going gray is true, I may be at risk for a heart attack: I'm 24, and there are too many grey strands on my head to count. I'm reluctant to accept that my long dark hair will be completely silvery when I reach 30.

I search for solace in the tabloids but find none. Where are the beautiful gray-haired celebrities? George Clooney, Richard Gere—all men! There are no younger gray-haired female celebrities! Even Diane Keaton is still brunette (or is she blonde now?).

Going gray—empowering or a sign of giving up?

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Yesterday's Houston Chronicle featured a story about how more and more women are forgoing expensive, time-consuming dye jobs in favor of letting their hair go au naturel. While nearly all of the subjects interviewed for the piece found this move "liberating" and "empowering" and a "sign of distinction and wisdom," some expressed fears of looking old.

It's an interesting topic for sure, especially given the double standard: Men become distinguished silver foxes when they go gray; when women do the same they're often de-sexualized—thought of as dowdy, unstylish or just plain old. Because of this, according to the Chronicle story, nearly 65 percent of the female population uses hair color (often starting at age 18) and 71 percent of women who dye their hair do so in order to...