1. They don’t have to adhere to a dresscode anymore and these sort of colors weren’t a thing when they were younger.
2. Bright colors usually require bleaching, but not if you’re hair is already white.
3. Why the fuck not? They are old and can do whatever they want.
It’s called blue rinse. A lot of old peoples hair turns a slightly dirty yellow colour. Hair stylists recommend adding slight purple which makes the hair look a shinier white/grey.
Sometimes they apply too much themselves, as age induced sight problems cause them to see yellow much stronger, and purple much weaker.
Of course there’s few who do it simply for fashion, but it’s mostly for blue rinse.
Older women with white hair can get a treatment for their hair to make it a brighter white instead of dull and yellow toned, and it’s like a toner/purple shampoo type thing, like people with blonde hair often use as well. If you leave it on too long it turns your hair purple. So it could be an accident in some cases. Or maybe they like it that way. I’ve seen it in places other than japan as well. You can google it and there’s a lot of results talking about it.
Why does colouring your hair need a logical reason beyond “this might be fun an I haven’t tried it before”?
I thought it was because they wanted a change of pace or something.
When I used to cut my hair whenever I needed a new way of thinking, they told me “are you a girl or something”.
So partially, I figured that people made hair/lifestyle changes when they were going through something.
I have seen a few old men also dyeing purple. Always wondered why.
Was gonna say it’s cos they’re big fans of Marge Simpson, but that show isn’t very popular here is it
That’s not just Japan. Blue rinse is also a thing in Europe.
This isn’t an old Japanese lady thing. It’s an old grey haired people thing. My grandmother used to have a purple tinge at times. I can’t wait to do the same.
None of this accidental business though. On purpose! Woohoo.
According to google in Japanese, one of the possible reasons is because purple color was associated with nobleness in the past. Only high class people were allowed to use the color and usually the color was used in kimonos. So the color means elegancy for the old generation.
I’m confused, you thought this was specific to Japan? Blue/Purple/Pink rinse has been a pretty common thing for elderly women back in the UK, iirc. I just thought it was something most countries’ elderly did, am I wrong?
This is my plan! If any one says it’s purple, I plan to reply with, “What do you mean? It’s black.”
Also when I’m lonely I plan to call up people and ask if they are coming over because it’s my birthday & ask them to bring cake.
Purple and blue counter white. They probably don’t want to be white and think a toner like rinse is better than black dye.
My grandmother and grand aunts and basically every second old Irish lady has this too, and had for a long time as far as I know.
1. I have seen older women (like 70+) with rainbow hair. Because they are now finally old enough they have given the last fuck they can give. Because my beard is white and I’ve got serious sun damage to my face from decades of outdoor activities and such I have an older lady who loves to stop and compliment me on someone my age (I assume she thinks I’m also 60-70 – I’ve had multiple people compliment me for taking care of my grandchildren) riding a motorcycle and how she wishes she’d taken up riding when she was still young enough. What she isn’t to old for is giving herself the hair colors of the rainbow if she feels like it.
2. Look up bluing – women in your home country use it to make their gray hair appear white without having to bleach it. Women who have bleached their hair use it to counteract the yellowing the bleaching does. If you misjudge you wind up with blue/purple hair until it fades to white.
People try to put color back on white-gray hair hair. You can’t just use a hair dye but have to go up “levels”. Reason why after coloring my hair cotton pink which required me to go very light blonde, and now back to dark Brown, I use brown color conditioner, it deposits color on TOP , so it doesn’t have the purple effect that permanent hair dye would have. If I used any box hair dye I would turn green or purple . Another way that purple can happen is putting too much toner and leaving it on too long.
Red is the last color to leave your hair, reason why bleaching your hair usually leaves that brassy color that you usually counteract with purple toner or purple shampoo. The less red molecules you have left the more it will turn nourish shades of purple (you will see older ladies don’t have pink-shades, because they weren’t attempting pink but instead adding color on top of hair that had almost no reds left). So the color that is visible is the bluer shades, leading to greenish or blueish/purple colors. Hair color is tricky and it’s playing with the color wheel.
similar reason why there are many guys color their hair white/silver.
it’s permitted & doesn’t break any legal law since they are minding their own business.
Why does anyone color their hair purple, green, blue, attention
My own mother started doing it and I ask myself this question constantly
I think it’s cool. My coworker here at the hotel did a light purple. He’s a older gentleman too.
The same reason my hair is also slightly purple… using shit loads of pigmented purple shampoo to keep the dull yellowness of blonde/white/grey hair away 🙂
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1. They don’t have to adhere to a dresscode anymore and these sort of colors weren’t a thing when they were younger.
2. Bright colors usually require bleaching, but not if you’re hair is already white.
3. Why the fuck not? They are old and can do whatever they want.
It’s called blue rinse. A lot of old peoples hair turns a slightly dirty yellow colour. Hair stylists recommend adding slight purple which makes the hair look a shinier white/grey.
Sometimes they apply too much themselves, as age induced sight problems cause them to see yellow much stronger, and purple much weaker.
Of course there’s few who do it simply for fashion, but it’s mostly for blue rinse.
Older women with white hair can get a treatment for their hair to make it a brighter white instead of dull and yellow toned, and it’s like a toner/purple shampoo type thing, like people with blonde hair often use as well. If you leave it on too long it turns your hair purple. So it could be an accident in some cases. Or maybe they like it that way. I’ve seen it in places other than japan as well. You can google it and there’s a lot of results talking about it.
Why does colouring your hair need a logical reason beyond “this might be fun an I haven’t tried it before”?
I thought it was because they wanted a change of pace or something.
When I used to cut my hair whenever I needed a new way of thinking, they told me “are you a girl or something”.
So partially, I figured that people made hair/lifestyle changes when they were going through something.
I have seen a few old men also dyeing purple.
Always wondered why.
Was gonna say it’s cos they’re big fans of Marge Simpson, but that show isn’t very popular here is it
That’s not just Japan. Blue rinse is also a thing in Europe.
This isn’t an old Japanese lady thing. It’s an old grey haired people thing. My grandmother used to have a purple tinge at times.
I can’t wait to do the same.
None of this accidental business though. On purpose! Woohoo.
According to google in Japanese, one of the possible reasons is because purple color was associated with nobleness in the past. Only high class people were allowed to use the color and usually the color was used in kimonos. So the color means elegancy for the old generation.
I’m confused, you thought this was specific to Japan? Blue/Purple/Pink rinse has been a pretty common thing for elderly women back in the UK, iirc. I just thought it was something most countries’ elderly did, am I wrong?
This is my plan! If any one says it’s purple, I plan to reply with, “What do you mean? It’s black.”
Also when I’m lonely I plan to call up people and ask if they are coming over because it’s my birthday & ask them to bring cake.
Purple and blue counter white. They probably don’t want to be white and think a toner like rinse is better than black dye.
My grandmother and grand aunts and basically every second old Irish lady has this too, and had for a long time as far as I know.
1. I have seen older women (like 70+) with rainbow hair. Because they are now finally old enough they have given the last fuck they can give. Because my beard is white and I’ve got serious sun damage to my face from decades of outdoor activities and such I have an older lady who loves to stop and compliment me on someone my age (I assume she thinks I’m also 60-70 – I’ve had multiple people compliment me for taking care of my grandchildren) riding a motorcycle and how she wishes she’d taken up riding when she was still young enough. What she isn’t to old for is giving herself the hair colors of the rainbow if she feels like it.
2. Look up bluing – women in your home country use it to make their gray hair appear white without having to bleach it. Women who have bleached their hair use it to counteract the yellowing the bleaching does. If you misjudge you wind up with blue/purple hair until it fades to white.
People try to put color back on white-gray hair hair. You can’t just use a hair dye but have to go up “levels”. Reason why after coloring my hair cotton pink which required me to go very light blonde, and now back to dark
Brown, I use brown color conditioner, it deposits color on TOP , so it doesn’t have the purple effect that permanent hair dye would have. If I used any box hair dye I would turn green or purple .
Another way that purple can happen is putting too much toner and leaving it on too long.
Red is the last color to leave your hair, reason why bleaching your hair usually leaves that brassy color that you usually counteract with purple toner or purple shampoo. The less red molecules you have left the more it will turn nourish shades of purple (you will see older ladies don’t have pink-shades, because they weren’t attempting pink but instead adding color on top of hair that had almost no reds left). So the color that is visible is the bluer shades, leading to greenish or blueish/purple colors. Hair color is tricky and it’s playing with the color wheel.
similar reason why there are many guys color their hair white/silver.
it’s permitted & doesn’t break any legal law since they are minding their own business.
Why does anyone color their hair purple, green, blue, attention
My own mother started doing it and I ask myself this question constantly
I think it’s cool. My coworker here at the hotel did a light purple. He’s a older gentleman too.
The same reason my hair is also slightly purple… using shit loads of pigmented purple shampoo to keep the dull yellowness of blonde/white/grey hair away 🙂
As others have said, it’s called a blue rinse 🙂