https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:56:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-984245 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:02:24 +0000 Raisin 984245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sure! &nbsp;The right cut, and well kept will make all the difference.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-984083 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:29:24 +0000 deb 984083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, I posed a separate thread this morning, but did you see this? This morning I came across this article on <a rel="nofollow">Advance Style</a>.<br /> <a href="http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/2013/07/grey-is-new-black.html" rel="nofollow">http://advancedstyle.blogspot......black.html</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-984051 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:00:01 +0000 Gaylene 984051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Shannon on this one. I think greying hair requires a up-to-date cut and shine to look good. Length depends on your features and personal style. </p> <p>My stylist laughs at my insistence on not getting an "old-lady" cut; she is young, edgy, and a wizard with the scissors. She pushes my boundries as far as the cut goes, while totally respecting my desire not to dye my hair. She is also adamant about my using only certain products to keep my hair in top notch condition.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-984033 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:42:17 +0000 Marlene 984033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 49 and still color my hair.&nbsp; I am waiting for my grays to hit a certain percentage before I start the graying out process.&nbsp; I was thinking of doing it after my 50th birthday but I will wait and see how gray I am at that point.&nbsp; I think that if you are MOSTLY gray, it looks good.&nbsp; Less than that and it looks ungroomed.&nbsp; My plan is to do some sort of "streaking" process during the transition period to help the color grow out.&nbsp; But right now I think I am just over 50% gray and I am told I look 10-15 years younger than my chronological age so it might look weird to go with my grays at this point.&nbsp; I plan to keep my hair at shoulder length even when gray because I like how it looks on my frame.&nbsp; I don't think that there are firm rules about length and age or color and age...its a person by person decision.&nbsp; </p> <p>I am happy that my grays are bright white.&nbsp; My daughter says they glitter.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983981 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:15:22 +0000 AviaMariah 983981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've seen longer, grey/white hair on older women (40+ isn't older is it?) that I think looks great. &nbsp;I agree with some of the others that I think it needs to be well kept in order to not look frumpy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983959 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:00:57 +0000 rebekahphoto 983959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel&nbsp;you can wear undyed&nbsp;long hair no problem...</p> <p>I think of Emmylou Harris and Stacy Clinton as having darker hair streaked with grey/silver that is very stylish (Emmalou's was more streaky a while back before it went all silver). Looks good to my eye.. I think the main thing is to keep it conditioned and out of the witchy zone.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983814 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:52:13 +0000 Cindy 983814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think there is any age cut off for longer hair as long as it is nicely styled and not the same style you wore in high school. (I have a couple of sister-in-law in their forties who have been sporting the same long non-style since I met them.) As for going gray, that is something I struggle with. People are always asking me how I get such bright blue highlights and I have to confess that is dyed over silver while the darker blue-black is over my light brown hair. I am letting my hair go back to it's natural color but I don't know how long I can go before I give up and dye it again.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983737 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:39:24 +0000 Transcona Shannon 983737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely not IK. It's just that grey hair has a different consistency than your regular hair and has the tendency to "yellow" and be flat. It doesn't need to be silver, just shiny. All I do is use Pantene Silver Expressions shampoo and conditioner and that keeps it shiny. Does that make sense? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983732 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:36:51 +0000 ironkurtin 983732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm mostly dark with a few white threads. I don't have the genetic makeup to have silver hair. Is the only way to have it be longer with grays to have it be shimmering platinum? Gotta say, sounds out of reach. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983730 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:34:50 +0000 Transcona Shannon 983730@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As someone who is letting her hair go grey naturally (and loving it I might add!), I personally believe&nbsp;you need to keep your hairstyle&nbsp;<i>current</i> whether it's long or short, in order to have the grey not age your look.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have friends who have stopped coloring their hair and look fantastic with shoulder length grey hair but the style is modern, they keep their hair very healthy, and we all use products geared for grey hair to keep the grey silver and shiny rather than that dull flat grey that it can be.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983718 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:13:04 +0000 KikiG 983718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this is going to entirely depend on what your hair in a state of nature looks like, longer.</p> <p>If I kept my length (shoulder length) but let my hair revert to a state of chemical and appliance freedom, it would look a hot mess, and it would not be work appropriate for me. Not to mention, I'd&nbsp;look&nbsp;10 years older instead of the 10 years younger I am frequently mistaken for. &nbsp;My once stick-straight hair now has a natural 1980s perm texture in the under layers, and most of my gray is in the top, which creates a drab haze of coarse looking, kinky&nbsp;ugly.&nbsp; </p> <p>On the other hand, if you can pull of Paula Deen hair, or the elegant, thick and steel gray&nbsp;silky bob of a woman I know who has most interesting angles in her face, you could rock it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983714 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:11:09 +0000 Anonymous 983714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm in this same situation IK. My hair is a good two or three inches longer than it was last year, though still not to my shoulders. I have no plans to wear it long, but I started feeling like having "short grey hair just because that's what you do over 40" was in itself starting to age me. Most women I know IRL with grey&nbsp;chose to keep their hair pretty short, and they&nbsp;tend to all fall into the low-maintenance/not interested in fashion category.&nbsp;I was thinking just a little more length might help me to feel more modern, as long as I can keep it healthy looking and styled.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983704 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:00:50 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 983704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are so many colors out there on long hair - everything from rainbow hues to bright scarlet reds, to a whole spectrum of greys (I am very taken with 'chrome'). &nbsp; I&nbsp; think regardless of color, as long as you keep your long hair in good shape - well-conditioned, and in a cut with some shape, you're going to look stunning :)</p> <p>Deborah, that Pinterest board rocks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983635 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:47:12 +0000 Ornella 983635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now that you're considering it, you won't know until you've tried it. I don't care about faux-pax on you, not sure it's possible at all, but as tontogirl says, dryness can be a deal-breaker.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983622 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:28:59 +0000 Helena 983622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>not a faux-pas, very chic when it's well-groomed, which is true of all colors, not just gray! can i suggest if it's prone to dryness as really good hair moisturizer ... that's the one thing i can see ruining the look is if it's really dry. btw, that risk is also the same with dyed hair! (as i am constantly battling!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983619 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:22:18 +0000 Thistle 983619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Depends on the cut, style, and frankly, the way your hair greys. One lady where I work has the most gorgeous silver/white bob. Her hair started greying when she was 30 and by 35 it was all white. Looks amazing and is totally part of her signature style. However, her hair had been very dark brown before that, so she had to replace a if part of her wardrobe.</p> <p>Another lady is going grey and it is, frankly, a streaky unkempt mess. But then, she doesn't really pay attention to the cut or style. </p> <p>You, IK, could totally pull it off. You have the confidence and you would make the effort to learn how to make it look fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983479 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:02:11 +0000 rae 983479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My DH has long graying hair!&nbsp;</p> <p>I think it looks pretty. Gotta have some style to it, though, so it looks intentional. I keep saying I want to bleach the rest of my hair white instead of dying over the grays. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983472 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:58:27 +0000 rachylou 983472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I'm growing my hair out now. I'm going for the folkloric look, hehe. I asked my mother if I dressed too young. She said she thought I can wear what I want because my behaviour is somewhat ageless... although I probably would look really funny hanging out with the 20 year old anime types at the next table over. To which I had to say, I just can't do a Hello Kitty in the rear window of my Civic, this much is true.</p> <p>Anyways, I think it's done best with a modernistic cut. Something coiffed a la Margaret Thatcher 1980 is a little aging - which is beneficial to a conservative PM but not so much others. IMHO.</p> <p>Should still be neat tho, I feel. The windblown beachy look, I don't know about that. I'd rather see it up in situations like that. Maybe a Prairie House influence on my feelings - mature women put there hair up. Anybody remember when Laura hit, what, 16 and put her hair up in a bun for the first time? Lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983443 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:41:55 +0000 celia 983443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not a faux pas . It might work with your coloring, it might not but you will only know if you try.<br /> It sounds like a good hobby to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983442 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:40:33 +0000 deb 983442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I started growing mine out three years ago and it is shoulder length now. I will be 60 in January so I hope it is not faux pas. I have never dyed my hair because I did not want to keep it up. I am 'goin' down' naturally, lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983438 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:36:58 +0000 annagybe 983438@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always thought Emmy Lou Harris to be beautiful. But me, I'm fighting my greys tooth and nail. Probably because I'm still in unsuccessful dating mode. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983435 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:34:56 +0000 Deborah 983435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dana, have a peruse on Pinterest.&nbsp; There are some women that totally rock long, grey hair.</p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=grey%20hair" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=grey%20hair</a></p> <p>Generally I find it very attractive and somehow 'youthful' looking.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is also elegant.</p> <p>I do think it depends on if the grey suits your skin tone, and the if the longer hairstyle you choose suits you.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am greying also but having lighter hair it kind of blends but I am dreaming of having hair like our Joy, or Linda Fargo. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983432 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:31:42 +0000 Sveta 983432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it all depends what suits you and how you maintain it. I longer hair suits your features well, getting good haircuts and it looks healthy then go for it!<br />It is true though that our hair looses vitality (the same way our skin does) as we age but I am sure you are not at that age yet </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983430 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:28:36 +0000 Anonymous 983430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know a woman who had silver hair to the middle of her back but well shaped. It was stunning. She cut it short for Locks of Love and it just doesn't work with her boho style now. Go for it but keep those 6 week trim appointments. You can always cut it shorter or wear it up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983425 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:26:02 +0000 DonnaF 983425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What do you mean by *longer*?&nbsp; I am not in favor of the long (unstyled, unkempt) hippie look, but it would take you awhile to get there.&nbsp; I think hair is probably more challenging if the gray is a different texture than the rest and hair at certain lengths can accentuate a sagging face, but otherwise, I don't see a problem.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983422 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:22:36 +0000 Mo 983422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Um, me? &nbsp;:) &nbsp;43 no dye for about 3 years, and only highlights off and on the 10 years prior to that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983421 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:21:56 +0000 cloud9 983421@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is getting old faux pas?&nbsp; :)&nbsp; &nbsp; But seriously, it will be all about the cut, how you style it, and how you wear it (attitude wise).&nbsp;&nbsp; There is this lady at my work, she has shoulder length bob of gray hair.&nbsp; She dresses modern-classically stylish, and the silver bob just becomes part of her style.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/longer-hair-on-40#post-983418 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:17:32 +0000 ironkurtin 983418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My hair, as a direct result of Texas heat, has been super cropped for almost 5 years now.&nbsp; It's also definitely got more gray!</p> <p>I was thinking of growing it out... you know, a girl needs a hobby.&nbsp; Do any of you consider longer, undyed hair a faux pas?&nbsp; Because the things with dying it is that once you start you can't stop and ugh. </p>