The Salt & Pepper Thread!

**Toadstool** · May 31st, 2010, 02:41 PM

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http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...338027&thumb=1

here is my silver root update picture. My hair's flat cos I was trying to show the roots!
Restourceful I love your cake and you look cool!
Luluj your hair is just fabulous.
Nae Virgin hair is much more important to me which is why it's so short. I know most people here couldn't handle this length but I don't mind. Plus I gave up dyeing cos I couldn't stand the feel of coloured hair so I had stopped trying to grow it long. In a couple of months I should be all virgin.

**restourceful** · May 31st, 2010, 03:51 PM

Thanks, Toadstool!

Your silvers are lookin' good!

**luluj** · May 31st, 2010, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by restourceful

Thanks, Toadstool!

As promised, a photo of the birthday girl with cake made by DS's DGF. It's her very first ever cake! Isn't it beautiful? Look closely and you can see the Birthday Queen made of fondant on top of the cake. It was chocolate with white chocolate chips on the bottom layer and red velvet on top.

Clicky for biggie.

I just clicked on your birthday cake photo and WOW....what a lovely cake.....even more so, what a lovely thing for the young lady to do for you, she must be a real "gem!" You look so pretty and vibrant, restourceful, I am so happy that you had such a happy day!

**luluj** · May 31st, 2010, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by Toadstool

http
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...338027&thumb=1

here is my silver root update picture. My hair's flat cos I was trying to show the roots!
Restourceful I love your cake and you look cool!
Luluj your hair is just fabulous.
Nae Virgin hair is much more important to me which is why it's so short. I know most people here couldn't handle this length but I don't mind. Plus I gave up dyeing cos I couldn't stand the feel of coloured hair so I had stopped trying to grow it long. In a couple of months I should be all virgin.

THANKS SO MUCH, TOADSTOOL I LOVE YOUR NEW PHOTO, PROGRESS IS CERTAINLY BEING MADE!!

**mellie** · May 31st, 2010, 05:33 PM

Welcome Theobroma!!

Your hair is beautiful!!

Restourceful, what an awesome cake!!! I am really impressed, esp. if that is her first one! Wow!! And you look beautiful!!

Toadstool, looks like you've got some really nice virgin growth there! Very flattering!!

Oh, and the answer to the question re: length or virgin? For me, it's length. But I don't really have a very noticeable demarcation line. If it was more noticeable it might bug me more! :-)

**Theobroma** · June 1st, 2010, 02:47 AM

mellie: Thank you! I'm so glad to have found this group. Nice to know there are so many others out there who love their silvers!

**mellie** · June 1st, 2010, 03:41 AM

Theobroma, would you like to be an official Renegray? I can add you to the list on the first posting!

**MerryKat** · June 1st, 2010, 04:51 AM

Sorry to have been missing so much - I have been reading, just not much time to answer.

Happy Birthday to all the special and wonderful people here who have had birthdays in the last few weeks. I pray your year ahead will be full of God's richest blessings.

Wow, what stunning photo's of virgin growth and beautiful silver sprinkles.

I was looking at my hair this morning and very nearly reached for the scissors to cut of the dyed ends. My virgin growth (some with a little semi-perm ash left) is basically at my shoulders and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tempted to just cut off the dyed ends.

My brain is still arguing with itself - and the two sides of the argument are:

1 - Just cut off the dyed ends and you can grow it again without the aggrivation of the different colours.

2 - It has taken so long to grow and you love it long and you can slowly trim out the dye.

The fact that I self trim does not help as I don't even have to make a hairdresser appointment which would force me to wait. I know I should wait 2 weeks before doing anything, but right now a big part of me does not want to wait!

I have been looking at pictures of my hair at shoulder length and the other positive is that my wurls are great at that length.

SOOOOOO tempted - please give me the pro's and con's as you see it to help me make this call.

**mellie** · June 1st, 2010, 05:32 AM

MerryKat, don't trim!! I love your length and your beautiful wurls!

**Nae** · June 1st, 2010, 05:43 AM

Merrykat, here are my thoughts, I was just ruminating on this myself this week. The old length versus virgin question. It is important to me to be able to wear my hair up. On bad hair days, when things aren't laying "right" or sometimes I want to look professional at work but still be somewhat cool in this summer heat. Plus updos are so fun and versatile! Oh there are all sorts of reasons. For me shoulder length is bare minimum for most/any updos besides a ponytail. So, if it was me I would want to wait just a bit longer.

Is your demarcation line really noticeable to you? I can see it in your pictures but I think it looks pretty good. But this all depends, do you like wearing you hair down or up more? If you like wearing it down a lot I can understand how the line between the colors could get annoying. I know that the 2 week rule is a good one, maybe you could put the scissors in some really difficult/inconvient place for a little while just to give you pause??

Good luck and I hope you make the best decision for you!!