The #1 Age-Defying Secret

I grabbed the title of this post from the June 2008 issue of Prevention magazine. The title, not suprisingly, grabbed my interest. I found the article in the periodical and it's all about dyeing hair. Now, I sort of always thought I would let my hair age gracefully, but grays are starting to become noticeable in my majority-dark mane. One night about a month ago when I was hanging out with the friend-boy, he noticed a silver strand and called it "sexy". Maybe one is, but I started to think that maybe a whole headful of them might not be as alluring. Then a couple of weeks ago when I was on the phone with same, my son came in the room and after some up-close inspection pointed out grays and declared, rather loudly, "Mommy, you're getting old". Friend-boy tried to pretend he hadn't heard. I thought that was nice of him. Anyway it got me to thinking that maybe I should take the plunge. The article gave several options. The one I'm leaning toward the most is a multi-tonal dye which will deepen my dark strands and "wash the grays into lighter glints". For my touch of gray, the article recommended a demi-permanent dye. Those with more than 40% should go perm. Other options include highlights which "make eyes look brighter and give skin a healthy glow." Glossing was mentioned also which intensifies fading shades. So I guess I'll be visiting my trusted stylist soon. I'll post the results.