Super fit Brooke Shields is in desperate need of a new hair style.

May 2024 · 53 minute read

What is with these 50 and older ladies and this godawful hair choice?

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by Anonymousreply 257January 5, 2020 5:36 PM

She just looks so hard in that picture. The hairstyle definitely doesn't help. She looks like a older, zombie version of Cara Delivigne.

by Anonymousreply 1December 31, 2019 4:23 PM

I agree: she looks like a painted skull. And she's still (fundamentally) a beautiful woman.

Stick-straight, center-parted hair is so deeply unflattering to most women who are not 16-year-old fashion models.

by Anonymousreply 2December 31, 2019 4:24 PM

It’s a younger woman’s hair style.

They think there’s no middle ground between ^^ that and a Sophia Petrillo hair style.

I think Diane Keaton does it right.

by Anonymousreply 3December 31, 2019 4:26 PM

Aren't we approaching 20 years of this hairstyle? I keep waiting for shorter and/or curlier hair to make a comeback, but it really hasn't.

Most women look most beautiful with hair softly framing the face, not boxing it in.

by Anonymousreply 4December 31, 2019 4:26 PM

It is her makeup as well that is making her look hard. At her age, she needs to stop overpainting her face and embrace the more natural no-makeup look.

by Anonymousreply 5December 31, 2019 4:26 PM

I've seen her in the supermarket when I lived downtown (many years ago). She looks like a man, her features.

by Anonymousreply 6December 31, 2019 4:28 PM

She looks like a vampire femme fatale, but I don’t think that is the look she was going for.

by Anonymousreply 8December 31, 2019 4:30 PM

Brooke is still a beautiful woman for her age, but she would look much younger with a lighter color (like in Suddenly Susan) with her hair curled.

by Anonymousreply 9December 31, 2019 4:33 PM

Jen keeps telling herself what a great look this is, and I guess people keep playing along.

It's not a great look for her.

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by Anonymousreply 10December 31, 2019 4:33 PM

I can't believe a woman like Brooke, who had more success by age 12, then all of you put together, should not bother to consult a bunch of geriatric eldergays on a gay gossip site about her choice in hairstyles.

Shame on her.

by Anonymousreply 11December 31, 2019 4:34 PM

Omg, Aniston looks way too blonde.

by Anonymousreply 12December 31, 2019 4:35 PM

With that new look, I'd suggest Brooke audition for the revival of VICTOR / VICTORIA.

by Anonymousreply 13December 31, 2019 4:35 PM

Of course, when you're this pretty, you can do anything with your hair. It doesn't matter.

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by Anonymousreply 14December 31, 2019 4:35 PM

I forgot to add, she's big-boned looking in person too.

by Anonymousreply 15December 31, 2019 4:35 PM

Brooke, JLo and Aniston all look like drag queens.

by Anonymousreply 16December 31, 2019 4:35 PM

There was never a more beautiful teen than her,but that boat sailed decades ago. Thats a hard looking face now. 20 lbs would benefit her immensely.

by Anonymousreply 17December 31, 2019 4:38 PM

You have to be young and pretty much flawless to get away with center parted, stick straight hair.

by Anonymousreply 18December 31, 2019 4:38 PM

I'm ready for my closeup.

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by Anonymousreply 19December 31, 2019 4:49 PM

R15, way back in the early 80s I was reading ‘Seventeen’ magazine (or maybe it was ‘YM’) and there was a little sidebar that was basically age-progression sketches of celebs.

I distinctly remember the Brooke Shields sketch looking less attractive than old Ingrid Bergman but better than Golda Meir.

by Anonymousreply 20December 31, 2019 4:54 PM

She now looks like Fabio.

by Anonymousreply 21December 31, 2019 4:54 PM

I agree R5 and that orange red lip color is really unflattering.

by Anonymousreply 22December 31, 2019 4:55 PM

JLo really has that face that looks very different depending on the angles, lighting, etc. Sometimes she looks very feminine and other times she looks really hard and masculine. I've noticed a LOT of Puerto Rican women have faces like that.

by Anonymousreply 23December 31, 2019 4:56 PM

R9 Imagine how soft and sexy she would look with a Jessica Lange type style? Or like Geena Davis from the awards thread when she won the Oscar for Accidental Tourist. Skip to 3:47 to save yourselves from the awkwardly unfunny Melanie and Don.

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by Anonymousreply 24December 31, 2019 4:58 PM

Which of these hairstyles is the most flattering for a woman of a certain age?

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by Anonymousreply 25December 31, 2019 4:58 PM

The one on the left IMO. (Jessica Lange-ish).

by Anonymousreply 26December 31, 2019 4:59 PM

Short hair would look worse! She's just not pretty anymore. There is nothing she can do. J.Lo is a hag and Aniston is Mrs. Potato Head.

by Anonymousreply 27December 31, 2019 5:00 PM

There's no really good hairstyle for older women right now. Either they adopt some style that's decades too young for them or they just give the fuck up and go around looking like comparative lit professors from Oberlin.

by Anonymousreply 28December 31, 2019 5:02 PM

I don't care for Demi in this tired style either.

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by Anonymousreply 29December 31, 2019 5:02 PM

I'm afraid that centre parting is Sign O'the Hag. She needs a new pub sign.

by Anonymousreply 30December 31, 2019 5:03 PM

Someone called it mermaid hair, or Goop hair.....either way, the ubiquitous long hair on mature women thing is looking tired as fuck.

by Anonymousreply 31December 31, 2019 5:03 PM

I always think of it as the "Marcia Brady", but yes, it is.

by Anonymousreply 32December 31, 2019 5:05 PM

I've been up close and personal with Demi Moore and she is OLD. Little old lady with long hair.

by Anonymousreply 33December 31, 2019 5:06 PM

Super fit? She's chunky and cheating with arms in those 'gravity-defying' crunches.

by Anonymousreply 34December 31, 2019 5:07 PM

Maybe cut it to at least shoulder length and lighten it a touch. She looks like a corpus.

by Anonymousreply 37December 31, 2019 5:13 PM

R35 Love it. That would look great on Brooke. Diane does have good hair, especially for the last 20 years or so.

by Anonymousreply 39December 31, 2019 5:16 PM

Didn't there used to be an unspoken rule (among us "common folks", at least) that once a woman hits 40, she should cut her hair short because long hair makes them look dumber?

by Anonymousreply 40December 31, 2019 5:16 PM

Helen needs some bangs for that LOOOOONG stretch of forehead. Fivehead?

by Anonymousreply 41December 31, 2019 5:17 PM

Her hair is awful. This needs to stop.

by Anonymousreply 42December 31, 2019 5:17 PM

R35's should be more popular, it's bouncy, neat and makes older hair look healthy. It is THE style for lesbians of a certain age.

by Anonymousreply 43December 31, 2019 5:18 PM

Aren’t many women who would dare, but I think Ali Macgraw looks great. Of course, it means admitting that you’re old and being okay with showing it.

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by Anonymousreply 45December 31, 2019 5:20 PM

Fuck you, Benay! I need the softness.

by Anonymousreply 46December 31, 2019 5:20 PM

Spit curls? What are spit curls?

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by Anonymousreply 47December 31, 2019 5:26 PM

The Diane cut, a style that only very young women would rock 25 years ago is practical for all these aging actresses, because it hides the surgery scars (forehead and jowls) as effectively as Samara hair. My bet is that this style could make a comeback soon.

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by Anonymousreply 48December 31, 2019 5:40 PM

Still, at least it's not the hideous lion wig so beloved of la Loren

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by Anonymousreply 49December 31, 2019 5:42 PM

R11 DL probably isn’t the best place for you.

by Anonymousreply 50December 31, 2019 5:42 PM

She looks like Morticia Adams or Lily Munster.

by Anonymousreply 51December 31, 2019 5:48 PM

I don't think these long hair styles on women of a certain age are going anywhere anytime soon.

It's so much less about how it looks, it's that it makes them feel young.

by Anonymousreply 54December 31, 2019 6:03 PM

It seems like their stylists are pushing it on them too. "This is super youthful and popular!"

by Anonymousreply 55December 31, 2019 6:07 PM

Frankly, I'd rather she wear her hair like that if she thinks it looks good and younger than have terrible plastic surgery, box, and fillers and ruin her face.

She may have had work done and use cosmetic surgery, but she hasn't come anywhere near the horrifying appearance than many celebs have.

by Anonymousreply 56December 31, 2019 6:08 PM

This was a decent hair style for her.

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by Anonymousreply 57December 31, 2019 6:09 PM

I find it refreshing that she's opted for relatively straight. The overdone style of this century is waves.

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by Anonymousreply 58December 31, 2019 6:09 PM

[bold] The One Where DL's Many Hair Stylists Gripe About Long Straight Hair On Women [/bold]

by Anonymousreply 59December 31, 2019 6:09 PM

R57 She should take that picture to her stylist and say "THIS!"

by Anonymousreply 60December 31, 2019 6:11 PM

Let's not even get started on the platinum blonde thing, R58. Women have lost their minds over that one, particularly those Real Housewife types.

by Anonymousreply 61December 31, 2019 6:13 PM

Agreed I fucking LOATHE the hair styles at R58. They all come courtesy of the styling wand.

by Anonymousreply 62December 31, 2019 6:16 PM

I like her hair style— very chic

by Anonymousreply 63December 31, 2019 6:32 PM

R57, she looks great their (except for the blonde highlight which dates the picture to the early 00s). She really doesn't look good with sleek hair and Casper the Ghost skin.

by Anonymousreply 65December 31, 2019 6:45 PM

Omg R20 - I remember that article from early 80s too. It showed what Brooke would like like when she got older - and she looked almost masculine. And it came TRUE. It’s always stuck with me. She was pretty when young because of those features - but not great features as she gets older because a little too hard.

by Anonymousreply 67December 31, 2019 6:57 PM

Yikes, I was not expecting THAT. Wow. That’s awful.

by Anonymousreply 68December 31, 2019 8:56 PM

She looks like Jeremy Irons in a wig.

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by Anonymousreply 69December 31, 2019 9:17 PM

With her strong bone structure, which is looking a little mannish as she gets older, I think she would look better with soft waves around the face or something like that. This is too severe and reinforces the problem.

by Anonymousreply 70December 31, 2019 9:22 PM

At least she isn’t it frying it to that unnatural shade of yellowish-white in r58’s picture. Nothing is more dated than that Fox News bleached blond peroxided slutty look, though stick straight and flat ironed is pretty aging too.

by Anonymousreply 71December 31, 2019 9:32 PM

Jesus, R58, don't get those haystacks anywhere near an open flame- they're liable to ignite!

by Anonymousreply 72December 31, 2019 9:41 PM

Yeah, R57...no. That style @R57 looks like a SLIGHT variation on The Rachel.

by Anonymousreply 73December 31, 2019 9:44 PM

I think the biggest detraction is the centre part; it rarely flatters young people either. I don't subscribe to any theory that dictates older women (or men) cannot wear their hair long, however too long tends to look thin or straggling.

I'm no hairdresser, but many with this style have too much product, not enough volume to their hair. Some waves, even a bit of frizz would be better and more natural looking than the greasy matted look.

Brooke specifically would look great with a few lighter highlights, and even a bit of grey streaks. A bob longer than chin length, a bit messy with a side part would probably look good. I'm wondering if low-poo and no-poo have something to do with the flat greasy look that is popular?

by Anonymousreply 74December 31, 2019 9:47 PM

The “Diane” looks great except the way she’s had it for the past few years is basically grey (or an extremely ash blonde) — I wish she would do back to Warmer tones, her hair color in Baby Boom was perfect.

She’s such a curious case of someone who looks great IN SPITE of looking as old as dirt (and has for 30 years). I can’t quite figure it out.

As for Brooke, I have much softer features than she does and even I still feel I need to soften my face with softer waves and “halo” highlights. I don’t get people.

by Anonymousreply 75January 1, 2020 6:38 AM

LeAvE BRoOkE ALonE ! ¡ !

by Anonymousreply 77January 1, 2020 6:46 AM

She should shorten and lighten her hair.

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by Anonymousreply 78January 1, 2020 6:52 AM

Women of a certain age need to stop desperately trying to look younger. She should embrace the caftan and a shorter, ash-blond hairdo. It’s pathetic that women that age aim for “sexy”. The goal should be “dignified” or some other image that suits a late middle age lady of substance

by Anonymousreply 79January 1, 2020 7:02 AM

I've changed my hairstyle from my younger days. Done it three or four times. Wish these aging broads had someone to tell them their young hairstyles are just ludicrous.

by Anonymousreply 80January 1, 2020 7:33 AM

She probably did it herself, unclench your assholes. A deeper side part woukd be more flattering and as cute as Dianne Keatons hair looks, that requires a professional.

by Anonymousreply 81January 1, 2020 7:39 AM

Aging gracefully, that's what is called for.

by Anonymousreply 82January 1, 2020 7:46 AM

[quote]r54 I don't think these long hair styles on women of a certain age are going anywhere anytime soon. It's so much less about how it looks, it's that it makes them feel young.

Brooke Shields has always had long, flowing hair.

Since she's about 6 feet tall and has no curves to speak of, the long hair makes her feel feminine.

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by Anonymousreply 84January 1, 2020 8:08 AM

R84 and like most tall women (myself included) she has no waist.

by Anonymousreply 85January 1, 2020 8:23 AM

It must be hard for Brooke to go from being an extraordinarily beautiful child to just an attractive woman. At least Brooke seems to be nice.

Now, Milla Jonovich, what a bitch. So beautiful as a child. Now she is less than ordinary and balding.

by Anonymousreply 86January 1, 2020 8:25 AM

Milla Jonovich, when she was young...

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by Anonymousreply 87January 1, 2020 8:30 AM

I think this style would suit her.

It's due for a revival.

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by Anonymousreply 88January 1, 2020 8:48 AM

Aniston's hair looks great in The Morning Show but the way she speaks is weird, i assume from the fillers. At least Brooke isn't messing with her face.

by Anonymousreply 90January 1, 2020 8:59 AM

R87 That photo is extremely airbrushed.

by Anonymousreply 91January 1, 2020 9:01 AM

Actually that picture shows Ms. Shields with an unfortunate hair style choice, and questionable make-up. Though much could also be due to angle of photo and lighting.

On other occasions Brooke Shields looks slightly less severe.

As with most older women she realizes hair has thinned and uses products and styling products (as in waves/curls) to give body. This softens things up quite a bit.

One presumes Ms. Shields as with other women her age colors her hair to deal with grey. That process no matter how many claims about this or that product being less damaging or whatever will take a toll after a while. Unless a woman is blessed with abundant thick growing hair into her senior years, constant coloring will lead to issues such as dry or brittle hair, thinning and perhaps breakage.

At 54 Ms. Shields can be anywhere from 20% grey to nearly 90% (white) hair in some areas. If her hairline has gone from "grey" to "white", she's going to be a slave to that bottle (or brush), that in turn could lead to thinning.

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by Anonymousreply 92January 1, 2020 9:09 AM

Believe am right.

This hairstyle actually works for Ms. Shields, or at least is better than one seen in OP. However if you examine her hairline closely, especially around forehead/widow's peak hair is finer and slightly lighter IMHO. This indicates to me white hair is being colored, but hairdresser didn't opt for opaque coverage (thank God), but something more translucent. Downside here is incomplete coverage of white hair, but upside is new growth will be less obvious, rather like highlights.

No matter what natural color a woman had in her youth; by 40's and certainly 50's brunettes should kiss 1N, 2N, 3N, and maybe 4N (black though dark or medium brown) good bye.

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by Anonymousreply 93January 1, 2020 9:20 AM

Milla the balding bitch...

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by Anonymousreply 94January 1, 2020 9:22 AM

R93 No one is looking at her greased back, dyed hair hair. They are looking at those crows' feet!

by Anonymousreply 95January 1, 2020 9:24 AM

R91 There are hundreds of photos of Milla as a child. Good God. You can Google them. She was extremely beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 96January 1, 2020 9:27 AM

R95 Typo: dyed hair .Not sure why hair came up twice.

by Anonymousreply 97January 1, 2020 9:38 AM

Mila looks amazing now you pedophile.

by Anonymousreply 98January 1, 2020 9:45 AM

She looks great. I'd fuck her. Admittedly, I like men.

by Anonymousreply 99January 1, 2020 10:03 AM

R98 WTF?! Amazing if you like male pattern baldness. Uh, ok.

You and R99 hook up and leave the rest of us out of it.

by Anonymousreply 100January 1, 2020 10:06 AM

The greased pressed down to scalp, straight and stringy needs to disappear. It’s definitely not complimentary.

by Anonymousreply 101January 1, 2020 10:23 AM

R101 oops I did not proof. Her hair sucks.

by Anonymousreply 102January 1, 2020 10:24 AM

Milla still looks beautiful. And Brooke is handsome - I don't mean that as a diss, she has great bone structure.

by Anonymousreply 103January 1, 2020 12:20 PM

R14, To think that JFK, Jr. fucked that.

by Anonymousreply 105January 1, 2020 12:34 PM

I always liked her and think she’s still a beautiful woman.

by Anonymousreply 106January 1, 2020 12:52 PM

I agree this is not flattering but Brooke probably wore this style for one event. I’m sure she’s not wearing it around the house or during the day.

She’s a celebrity who can have fun getting dressed up and trying different dresses and hair style for parties, premieres, dinners, etc.

54 year old men probably haven’t changed their hairstyle in 25 years, if they have hair.

I say let Brooke enjoy herself.

by Anonymousreply 107January 1, 2020 1:05 PM

R109 Her boobs look forced apart like in a really strong wind tunnel

by Anonymousreply 110January 1, 2020 1:42 PM

Meanwhile, one more wrinkle and Chris Atkins will be ready for the California Raisins!

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by Anonymousreply 111January 1, 2020 1:47 PM

He looks fine. Are some of you mortally afeared of lines?

by Anonymousreply 112January 1, 2020 1:47 PM

No, but this is DL which might as well be [italic]Logan's Run[/italic].

by Anonymousreply 114January 1, 2020 1:49 PM

What the hell happened to her FACE?? she was so beautiful!

by Anonymousreply 115January 1, 2020 1:59 PM

R111 His wrinkles don’t interfere with his nice features. If he gets neck and cheek sagging it will be bad for him.

by Anonymousreply 116January 1, 2020 2:53 PM

Brook had pretty thick hair, it shouldn’t be thinking too badly at 54. I think, as R107 mentioned, this was just one day.

I think I saw photos of her several months ago where she looked beefier. Not at all overweight, but she is 6’ and not delicately proportioned. She looks like she worked hard to loose 10-20 lbs and now she’s showing off the results. A little cringe-y, but maybe she’ll stop after this.

by Anonymousreply 117January 1, 2020 3:43 PM

Brooke is a great friend to the gay community.

We should be going after Patricia Heaton or some other Fundie with a bad hairdo instead.

by Anonymousreply 119January 1, 2020 5:26 PM

r119 You don’t get to dictate that, buttercup.

by Anonymousreply 120January 1, 2020 5:30 PM

R92, the thick eyebrows combined with her defined facial features and pale-as-a-ghost skin make her seem really ghastly. It's a shame.

by Anonymousreply 121January 1, 2020 5:39 PM

R94, Mila still looks good in that pic though. Much better than Shields.

by Anonymousreply 122January 1, 2020 5:39 PM

Yet when Yasmin Le Bon (almost same age as Brookes) rocks the mermaid parting she looks like a goddess.

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by Anonymousreply 123January 1, 2020 5:55 PM

I don't think it's the hairstyle that is aging her, it's a combination of both hairstyle and makeup but mainly makeup. Caked-on matte foundation that is the hallmark of old lady trying for perfect skin, which is just the opposite of glowing skin that younger women have. She needs to take a pointer from Elle Macpherson who also wears her hair long like this, if she wants to not look like granny trying too hard. Elle, who at 55 is 5 years older than Brooke, sticks to lightweight foundation, one that is probably oil-based and she doesn't apply it evenly or with a trowel unlike Brooke. Also Brooke's dark red lipstick looks very aging the way that dark lipstick always do on middle-aged and older women. Again take a page out of Elle's look, stick to lip tints with gloss or light coral or pink-neutral tones and never matte lipsticks. Never do smokey eyes, black eyeliner, or heavy mascara. Look at Elle's sun spots on her hands which she's not hiding, I like that about her look, it's obvious she's had either a subtle eye lift or some botox in her forehead but her eyes still wrinkle and move when she talks. Brooke looks like an aging actress in comparison. As women age, the less shit they put on their face the younger they look. Keep it simple and make sure the simple things are high quality.

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by Anonymousreply 124January 1, 2020 6:57 PM

Sorry I stand corrected, both Brooke and Elle are only a year apart.

by Anonymousreply 125January 1, 2020 7:00 PM

Brooke is a trooper - what's not to love? That said, a shoulder length bob wouldn't kill her.

by Anonymousreply 126January 1, 2020 7:40 PM

Demi is in even greater need of trim than Brooke. Demi looks fab in short hair so I am not sure why she clings to long locks.

by Anonymousreply 127January 1, 2020 7:42 PM

When I was a kid my mom explained that older women cut their hair shorter so they don’t look like witches. It made sense then, and even more sense now with so many negative examples running around.

by Anonymousreply 128January 1, 2020 9:16 PM

Why was she cut from the Hallmark movies? She played a crime solving florist in a couple of their movies and then they stopped using her. Did she get too old?

by Anonymousreply 129January 1, 2020 9:35 PM

At her age, you trade your face for a little extra weight. If you remain underweight, your face will become gaunt in a way that fillers can't help.

by Anonymousreply 130January 1, 2020 11:21 PM

To paraphrase the legendary Catherine Deneuve: after 40 or 50, it's either your face or your ass. You can't save both.

The same is true for some (but not all) men too, BTW.

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by Anonymousreply 131January 1, 2020 11:38 PM

[quote]I'm wondering if low-poo and no-poo have something to do with the flat greasy look that is popular?

Flat ironing can leave fine hair looking that way, especially if it wasn't blow dried before styling.

by Anonymousreply 132January 1, 2020 11:57 PM

So you blow-dry the long hair and then flat iron it, presumably with more heat?

How do these women have any hair left? Especially as many of them are already coloring it.

by Anonymousreply 133January 2, 2020 2:54 AM

Brooke actually looks so much better in her Instagram pictures when she is wearing very little makeup. She needs to give her 80s brows an arch because her eyes are so hooded. Jessica Biel looks awful with the middle part too.

by Anonymousreply 134January 2, 2020 3:14 AM

R133

A blow and curl or straighten (with flat or curling iron) is faster and gives better results than waiting for hair to air dry, then curling or straightening.

You can wet set hair on largest rollers length of hair will support (formerly called "beer can" sets because that is exactly what some women used), which will result in straight hair, but also sort of puffy (think Samantha Stephens). But blow and curl/iron is faster and gives far more sleek result, this especially with modern hair care/styling products.

No, you aren't supposed to blow and curl/straighten hair more than once or a few times per week, but many women do so anyway. African American women (especially with relaxed hair) are constantly warned against doing so. Ditto for all women with colored or chemically treated hair, but many will do so anyway.

by Anonymousreply 135January 2, 2020 3:21 AM

R35, R36, R25 - all of those ladies with "appropriate" hair are far older than 50. Women at 50 don't want to look like their mothers, and most of those are 70 yo hairstyles.

Also, a lot of women 40s-50s are in the dating market, and looking like a grandmother will get you nowhere. Agree that the stick-straight look (and GOD, Demi, adjust your color!) is awful on most everyone, including those older than 30 (and 50 is not "late middle age," whoever said that!). But hair much above the shoulders is NOT flattering on everyone, especially those who chose the face over the ass (see, every Deb, Karen, Cheryl and Barb with bangs and a curly-ish 'do no longer than their earlobes - thicker necks need a bit of camouflage!).

Now, who's going to come over tomorrow and help me not embarrass my 49 yo self?

by Anonymousreply 136January 2, 2020 3:56 AM

She's sweet and funny.

Interestingly, here you see her get kind of emotional when looking at a pic where her hair's long, smooth, and straightened (in the blue dress). For whatever reason, that's a style she feels glamorous in.

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by Anonymousreply 137January 2, 2020 4:02 AM

Donna Mills always did a great job with what hair should look like for a woman in her 40s or 50s. Her staged photo shoots were always too big and too much, but her look on camera for Knots Landing was always perfect. Perhaps too much bleach for some, but the soft, tumbling locks always looked both feminine and healthy - most of all they complimented her striking face. She was a huge sex symbol at a much older age than most. The middle part, ironed flat looking hair would have never worked - even for Donna. Leave that look to Kendall Jenner. You really have to be her age to pull it off (Demi did for far longer than most women could, but it is getting really "witchy" on her now).

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by Anonymousreply 138January 2, 2020 4:13 AM

Also, I think it was r58, the bleached blonde extensions and the straight middle parted hair we’re mostly talking about here are totally different markets. One is OC, Dallas, mostly Republicunts; the other is NY/LA and Long Island, the type who either went to Spence or wish they did, worship Goop, and probably worked in PR before they got married to a banker and popped out a couple of kids.

by Anonymousreply 139January 2, 2020 4:20 AM

I think Brooke should embrace her inner Blanche. Rue was 51 when TGGs started! It’s time to move to Florida, buy a house, and take on girlie roommates while flaunting your shit all over town like you’re Sharon Stone or something.

Honestly, though, probably a lighter colour, shorter, and some volume would do her good.

I think J.Lo, JenAn, Demi, and Helen all look fine. I imagine that most of the men commenting in this thread are balding, thinning, or both (including yours truly). Meow.

But I echo the sentiment that Diane Keaton is aces. But her hair doesn’t hide her jowls. It’s those turtlenecks. Nora Ephron has warned us, ladies. Cover up!

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by Anonymousreply 140January 2, 2020 4:41 AM

[quote]r140 I think Brooke should embrace her inner Blanche... a lighter color, shorter, and some volume would do her good.

She's tried it - she doesn't like it.

It makes her look like Diane Sawyer.

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by Anonymousreply 141January 2, 2020 4:56 AM

R138 You do realize it's not the 1980s, correct? No one want's hair like that in 2020.

by Anonymousreply 142January 2, 2020 5:03 AM

Sometimes a woman should just go with what looks best R142. Time for that style to make a comeback! LOL

by Anonymousreply 143January 2, 2020 5:13 AM

R25 The woman in the tweed is stunning, great cut and color, better than the two banana blondes in the pics.

by Anonymousreply 144January 2, 2020 5:22 AM

R145

Women in 1940's and 1950's IMHO had better looking hair as they aged because so little was done to it compared to what girls or women do nowadays.

You had a once a week wash and set, and that was pretty much about it. Yes, some colored or bleached their hair, but not in numbers seen today.

by Anonymousreply 146January 2, 2020 5:31 AM

R124 Elle looks terrible, so much sun damage. My 75 year old mom's hands look better than that.

by Anonymousreply 147January 2, 2020 5:33 AM

I kinda agree. Elle looks like a piece of beige luggage there.

by Anonymousreply 148January 2, 2020 5:36 AM

R146 I’m not so sure about that (as a woman myself). If roots (or at the very least, contrast) is “in” now and has been for decades, stars of the classic era had their roots bleached every week. You never saw the tiniest hint of root growth in that era.

by Anonymousreply 149January 2, 2020 5:36 AM

Why is Brooke’s smile shaped like a tilde ~ in the photo at R92? Botoxing mishap?

by Anonymousreply 150January 2, 2020 5:45 AM

There’s a trend of women allowing their hair to go gray now, but with modern hairstyles. I was reading that they do it by dyeing gray streaks into their hair from top to bottom, so as it grows out there isn’t a hard demarcation line.

When I was Christmas shopping, I noticed a bunch of women walking around with half grown out gray hair. I read that there’s a Facebook page about women growing their hair out. It all came down to, they had to touch up their hair constantly because the natural color was gray or white, and their hair was thinning from the chemicals, so they gave up on it. I was surprised to read that many women are sick of dyeing their hair and were relieved to quit dyeing it. Women have always been told dyeing your hair makes you look longer, but at a certain point it just makes you look like an old hag.

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by Anonymousreply 151January 2, 2020 5:47 AM

I love Brooke's hair style.

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by Anonymousreply 153January 2, 2020 5:53 AM

Brooke's eyebrows are her trademark, but she should tweeze out a 2-mm layer on the under-sides. There's not enough space between her eyebrows and her eyes.

by Anonymousreply 154January 2, 2020 5:55 AM

R141 I love Diane Sawyer. So classic. Same with Gena Rowlands and Martha Stewart. They’re all genetically gifted women, but they certainly all took great care of themselves.

R151 Jamie Lee Curtis rocks grey! And has for a while. But she also is beautiful (on the inside and out).

by Anonymousreply 155January 2, 2020 5:55 AM

[quote]r104 Is Brooke a lesbian?

She said something interesting in an Advocate interview once. She was asked about any lesbian experiences she'd had, and she said she hadn't, but she said she also sees women every day that she's attracted to.

A straight female friend of mine said, "That is so true." Meaning, women can be attracted to someone without necessarily feeling the need to fuck them.

I thought that was striking, and a bit revelatory ... as i CANNOT identify!

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by Anonymousreply 156January 2, 2020 6:02 AM

[quote]r155 Jamie Lee Curtis rocks grey!

She's also a man.

by Anonymousreply 157January 2, 2020 6:08 AM

R149

Point was trying to make is relative to nowadays fewer women in 1940's and 1950's colored their hair. Being a "dyed hair" woman was usually confined to fast or loose women. Yes actress and models colored/bleached their hair; but so did prostitutes, bar flies, and many other women who were no better than they should have been.

In 1950's just seven percent (7%) of American women colored their hair, that number has reached seventy-five percent (75%) today.

More over well into 1950's coloring or bleaching one's hair involved going to a salon and thus God and the world would know your business.

Two things began to chip away at this; hair color makers began to appeal to a woman's sense of vanity about growing older (dealing with grey hair), and in 1956 came the launch of Miss Clairol, the first home hair dying product.

You'll notice in 1940's or 1950's films or television whenever there is an indication of a nice girl/respectable woman gone bad first thing that changes is her hair color. Usually going from brunette to bleached blonde. Even in Moonstruck Loretta Castorini finally gets rid of the ugly greys indicating her awakening after sleeping with Ronny.

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by Anonymousreply 158January 2, 2020 6:14 AM

I hope she wins her eyebrow pencil lawsuit!

[quote]BROOKE SHIELDS SUES CHARLOTTE TILBURY'S MAKEUP COMPANY FOR NAMING AN EYEBROW PENCIL AFTER HER

[quote]Brooke Shields is suing celebrity makeup artist and businesswoman Charlotte Tilbury for naming an eyebrow pencil after her without her consent. The 53-year-old actress, whose enviable, bushy brows have become a signature part of her look, filed a suit against Tilbury, 46, claiming that her eponymous beauty brand is attempting to make money off of Shields by naming a shade of its Brow Lift Eyebrow Pencil "Brooke S."

[quote]According to the complaint, Shields was out shopping earlier this year when she was “shocked” to discover that her name was being used on a product by Charlotte Tilbury. “Brooke Shields’s career as a model, actress, author, and entrepreneur spanning decades has made Brooke (and her eyebrows) a household name,” Shields’ attorney, Alex Weingarten of Venable LLP said in a statement to PEOPLE. “In fact, Brooke’s eyebrows have been her trademark since Time magazine declared her ‘the ‘80s look’ in 1981.”

[quote]Weingarten continued: “Charlotte Tilbury and its related retailers have attempted to profit off of Brooke’s signature look by stamping Brooke’s name on an eyebrow pencil without her consent. This is an egregious violation of Brooke’s rights, which we will litigate vigorously to vindicate.”

[quote]According to the suit, Shields is seeking damages from Tilbury and wants the brand to pull the pencil from stores.

[bold]#Juctice4Brooke'sEyebrows

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by Anonymousreply 159January 2, 2020 6:33 AM

About growing out the dye, there’s a hashtag #silversisters on Instagram. It’s interesting because it shows how quickly the hair grows out month to month. There’s some beautiful hair dye techniques now, but all that dye is pure pollution, and if people want to take care of the environment, we’d probably be better off without it.

I was surprised at how young some of those women look. I guess everybody’s been dyeing their hair so long, nobody knows what a forty years old with natural hair looks like any more.

by Anonymousreply 160January 2, 2020 7:12 AM

Is it true blondes have more fun?

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by Anonymousreply 162January 2, 2020 7:34 AM

Any idea who this is for?

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by Anonymousreply 163January 2, 2020 7:39 AM

Ivana and Linda Evans have both way overdone the plastic surgery, and brassy dyed hair on women that age just looks awful. They’d be better off wearing wigs like Joan Collins.

A lot of women stick with the styling they had when they were younger. That can look dated, and in some cases unflattering, but if you tone it down some it can suit some people.

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by Anonymousreply 164January 2, 2020 8:06 AM

I guess Linda’s gone white haired. She looks better than she did for a while.

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by Anonymousreply 165January 2, 2020 8:09 AM

This is what happens when you don’t update and soften your look as you age.

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by Anonymousreply 166January 2, 2020 8:11 AM

R108 she looks like an old witch with her long hair. She needs to chop off her hair.

by Anonymousreply 167January 2, 2020 8:26 AM

I think she could let it go gray, and do some soft waves, and she would look great.

by Anonymousreply 168January 2, 2020 8:35 AM

Have Brookes and Pam Shriver ever been seen in the same room? Nope, thought not.

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by Anonymousreply 169January 2, 2020 8:37 AM

R155, I saw Diane Sawyer at the NYC Ballet a couple of weeks ago. Almost didn’t believe it was her, she looked so good. Her skin is beautiful. And she doesn’t move like an old lady. She’s in great shape.

by Anonymousreply 170January 2, 2020 8:41 AM

Linda Evans is a sad reminder of what comes when an older woman keeps up with a younger man.

Ms. Evans largely refrained from plastic surgury until she began dating Greek music man hunk Yanni.

Yanni Chryssomallis was at height of his career and quite frankly hot Greek sex on a stick; with no shortage of young women (and likely some men) he could pull. Linda Evans like many older women involved with a young man began to doubt her looks and wavered on if she could hold her man. So she began having things done to look "younger".

Long story short the relationship ended, but those surgical procedures Ms. Evans underwent are forever.

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by Anonymousreply 171January 2, 2020 8:50 AM

R161

Always loved how that commercial is telling 40 year old women they have to dye their hair to be "the best they ever have". Meanwhile that hot rich older gentleman she goes to meet can keep his graying hair.

On another note have always admired or at least found California sophistication interesting. Being from east coast will admit don't have a clue, but even on shows like Mannix, Colombo, etc.. could sense money out west is different.

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by Anonymousreply 172January 2, 2020 8:59 AM

What am hearing is many Boomer women are just getting fed up with being a slave to that bottle and or their hairdressers.

Youngest are in their early to middle 50's by now which means they likely are moving from gray to totally white hair. Once you get into 60% or above white hair maintenance becomes a nightmare, especially for brunettes. You barely get a week or maybe two before those white hairs start popping up along hairline or sides.

by Anonymousreply 173January 2, 2020 12:51 PM

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by Anonymousreply 174January 2, 2020 12:56 PM

R173, look at the Instagram hashtag #silversisters. It surprised me how many of those women were much younger than boomers. I expected them to all be boomer age, and they were as young as thirty-five. And a lot of them had very white or gray hair, not dyed either.

They all say they’re just sick of constantly fighting gray hair and spending a fortune at the hairdresser. And a lot of them say after a while their thinning hair starts to grow back thicker.

I also read that older women sometimes suddenly become allergic to dye after many years of using it. One said she had to be tested for a type of cancer that can be caused by hair dye, so she quit. She didn’t have it, but she stopped dyeing anyway at that point, too scary.

This woman is thirty five. A lot of the women in their forties were almost all gray. It really surprised me because I’m growing mine out, and it will be a long time before I’m as gray as this.

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by Anonymousreply 176January 2, 2020 3:33 PM

R138, MAYBE too bleached? My scalp started burning just looking at her hair.

The Chernobyl yellow Fux News look has got to go away. It looks like nylon Barbie doll hair. Cheap and fake.

by Anonymousreply 177January 2, 2020 3:40 PM

A lot of the women going gray are very young, twenties and thirties. Thirty years ago, that was very rare. I don’t remember ever seeing anyone that young whose hair was all over white or gray. But these women described starting to go gray at thirteen. One said her first gray hair came in at six.

I wonder if that’s pollutants. If you look at the pictures on the Instagram account Grombe, there’s lot of really young women that are 100% natural gray. Women in their thirties and early forties that are 100% white. That doesn’t seem normal to me.

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by Anonymousreply 178January 2, 2020 3:48 PM

Courtney cox started it on Friends. It is hideous. It flatters no one.

by Anonymousreply 179January 2, 2020 3:54 PM

Women who go gray prematurely are more likely to follow this trend because (1) they have more gray hair at a younger age and it’s more work to cover it and (2) a 35 year-old with gray hair doesn’t read as “grandma” whereas a 55 year-old with gray hair does.

IOW, they do it because they can. Older women can too, but they pay a steeper price.

by Anonymousreply 180January 2, 2020 4:22 PM

Grey when you’re 35, cute, barely have lines, and slightly quirky is a completely different story than when you’re 50 and keenly aware of how invisible you’ve become in the last 5 years.

by Anonymousreply 181January 2, 2020 4:22 PM

R180, jinx! Exponentially true if you're single.

by Anonymousreply 182January 2, 2020 4:25 PM

Most complexions fade as people age as well.

A grey or silver-haired 35/40-y.o. is not going to look as washed-out as a 50+ adult.

Anderson Cooper was strikingly handsome a decade ago with prematurely silver hair. Now as a 50+ he just looks old, tired, and pale.

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by Anonymousreply 183January 2, 2020 4:37 PM

I’m going to invest in cashmere turtlenecks.

by Anonymousreply 184January 2, 2020 5:27 PM

R183 all true. Plus, a lot of women (and their colorists) look forward to when they start to go grey because it makes the blonde much easier (because grey hair has no pigment and you can basically do whatever hair color you want with it). I’m 42 and I’ve maybe found one or two grey strands of hair but it’s not gonna happen anytime soon. But Nicole Kidman went all grey very early, that’s why she was able to make her her so light.

by Anonymousreply 185January 2, 2020 6:28 PM

Brooke has masculine bone structure and features to begin with, and she got progressively manly looking while still in her early 30s. With aging, women’s features become more masculine while for men, it’s the opposite. Brooke is an example of women, young or old, who would look better with thinner brows instead of the thick androgynous brows in style for the past few years. Deep set eyes and narrow distance between brows and eyes? Reach for the tweezers, they’re your friends. Her hair wouldn’t have been as much of an issue if all the other faults such as overdone makeup and unfortunate eyebrows aren’t as evident.

by Anonymousreply 186January 2, 2020 7:07 PM

R174 Raquel mainly does wigs now but back in the day she did Clairol adverts like this. Something a bit weird and rapey about this one but she looks amazing.

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by Anonymousreply 187January 2, 2020 7:20 PM

Raquel was really talented at insincerity.

by Anonymousreply 188January 2, 2020 8:29 PM

What a heart stopping beauty though.

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by Anonymousreply 189January 2, 2020 8:42 PM

R184, good idea.

R189, also one of the most perfect bodies for a woman as well. She and Brooklyn Decker had such perfect bodies it made my eyes water.

by Anonymousreply 190January 2, 2020 9:19 PM

R181 nails things.

While perhaps not so much for men, going gray and certainly totally white often signals inevitable invisibility for women. In short despite all the MILF or whatever men simply on average cease finding them attractive.

First few greys that can be colored or made to look like highlights aren't bad; but when things really get going it often is accompanied by "Miss" being replaced with "Ma'am" or "Dear" especially by young or whatever men. That is often a cold slap in face for many women, especially those who were something in their day.

by Anonymousreply 191January 2, 2020 9:58 PM

Sorry r158 but rich women often died their hair in the mid 20th century. Weekly visits to the salon to gossip were something to look forward to - not a burden.

The normal progression was to start by covering the first gray hairs then slowly lighten towards ash blonde as lighter hair is more flattering (and appropriate) for an older woman.

Look at photos of Lee Radziwill

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by Anonymousreply 192January 2, 2020 10:03 PM

Furthermore it isn't just going gray/white hair on head that gets to many women; Mother Nature has one more ace card to play.

It comes when drying off after bathing and realizing that isn't lint down there, but hair going grey/white. After hitting the bourbon or whiskey plan of attack must be planned. There are dyes that can be employed, but many women (and men) simply choose shaving/waxing to eliminate hair issue all together.

by Anonymousreply 193January 2, 2020 10:04 PM

R192

Again you're speaking of a certain subset/demographic; by and large your average housewife or whatever woman who wasn't an actress, model, prostitute, wealthy, etc... didn't color her hair in 1950's. Statistics prove this fact, in many soceities there simply was a stigma against dyed hair women.

Not all women could afford weekly salon visits either; as we discussed in another thread about setting their hair at home and sleeping/going around in curlers.

Also many women (rightly so) assumed hair coloring products (professional or otherwise) in 1950's contained some nasty chemicals. Though never proven they do say Jackie Onassis got the cancer which killed her from decades of dying her hair.

by Anonymousreply 194January 2, 2020 10:11 PM

^^ there was also a religious componant to this, for some. People used to be more church-going, and there was a feeling nothing could be nicer than the coloring the Lard originally gave you.

To deviate from that was a bit iffy.

by Anonymousreply 195January 3, 2020 1:11 AM

Why be limited to cashmere?

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by Anonymousreply 196January 3, 2020 4:10 AM

Yes, those toxic (especially at the time) darker dyes Jackie used for decades and a lifetime of clandestine chain-smoking may both have contributed to the lymphoma that eventually killed Jackie at age 64.

From the American Cancer Society site: [quote]the ingredients in hair dyes have changed over the years. Early hair dyes contained chemicals, including some aromatic amines, which were found in the late 1970s to cause cancer in lab animals, so hair dye manufacturers changed some of the chemicals in their products. Studying exposure to hair dyes from decades ago may not be the same as studying current exposures. In fact, many studies classify personal hair dye use based on whether it took place before or after 1980.

by Anonymousreply 198January 3, 2020 4:35 AM

Yes, those toxic (especially at the time) darker dyes Jackie used for decades and a lifetime of clandestine chain-smoking may both have contributed to the lymphoma that eventually killed Jackie at age 64.

From the American Cancer Society site: [quote] the ingredients in hair dyes have changed over the years. Early hair dyes contained chemicals, including some aromatic amines, which were found in the late 1970s to cause cancer in lab animals, so hair dye manufacturers changed some of the chemicals in their products. Studying exposure to hair dyes from decades ago may not be the same as studying current exposures. In fact, many studies classify personal hair dye use based on whether it took place before or after 1980.

by Anonymousreply 199January 3, 2020 4:36 AM

R199

Interesting thing about removal or reduction of aromatic amines in hair color products; consumers and professionals complain nothing but most permanent hair colors will cover grey or white hair.

Back in the day products like Loving Care, Beautiful Browns and other semi-permanent hair colors did a respectable job in nailing grey or even white hair. When formulas changed or products withdrawn Clairol and other companies were bombarded with all sorts of communications (not all of it nice) begging them to bring things back.

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by Anonymousreply 200January 3, 2020 4:43 AM

So what are you supposed to do if you’re in your fifties and gray all over, and after two days your roots are showing and it looks terrible? Die? If we are living in Logan’s Run, at least make euthanasia legal.

by Anonymousreply 201January 3, 2020 4:44 AM

[quote]r201 So what are you supposed to do if you’re in your fifties and gray all over, and after two days your roots are showing and it looks terrible? Die?

Nothing that extreme! I think you just walk down the street, and eventually a gang of shrieking gay harpies descends on you, and pulls all your hair out (?)

It's just the way things go...sorry.

by Anonymousreply 202January 3, 2020 4:57 AM

R201

If you look at every female or male above a certain age who looks great for their age with colored hair, universally they've gone lighter and or at least had highlights done around face.

Black, white, Latino-Hispanic, it doesn't matter; natural dark brunettes go up two or three levels to medium brown mixed with light brown highlights or whatever. Blondes get lighter highlights woven in (think CPB or even Diana, Princess of Wales before she died), and so on.

Or like Joan Collins you have what appears to be dark brown or whatever in photos, but actually is maybe dark golden brown, or medium brown with some red mixed in, etc...

Many AA women of a certain age just go with wigs or wear hair like Oprah. If you stop relaxing hair you can use permanent hair color. So they dye hairline and sides so things will blend with a wig or weave. Other option is to wear lace front wigs, but they are expensive and time consuming to get on right.

As we've discussed; many women unless for professional reasons, or they have money and time to keep it up by 70's or before simply stop coloring and let grey/white hair come in. If you are a natural blonde this can be pushed off until 70's or later; but brunettes, and some redheads just get fed up.

Even doing things at home isn't always better because every two weeks or so you're touching up those roots.

Other problem is that as hair moves into white it often becomes coarse and stubbornly resistant to hair coloring. We've all seen women (and some men) with dark (nearly opaque) ends, but their roots are odd shades of brassy browns. This is due to incomplete hair coloring, aka a bad dye job. Whatever product they or their beautician is using isn't giving complete permanent coverage, nor may it be able to at all.

At some point both women and men of a certain age need to realize even with dying their hair things are what they are. If you're 60, 70 or whatever there are more clues to your age than grey hair. Thus all the dye in world isn't fooling anyone; you aren't 20 any longer and won't be ever again.

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by Anonymousreply 203January 3, 2020 5:03 AM

There's a growing trend to more whimsical, less naturalistic hair colors: older women tinting their greying hair with blue, or lavender, or pink. Even now, with bright platinum blonde coloring so ubiquitous: are we supposed to believe that this is anyone's natural color? Very few adults on the planet are walking around with yellow-white hair. It's not even pretending to look real.

I remember NYC in the 90s when Carolyn Bessette and girls like her were a big deal. I found that aggressively blonde hair rather whorish and cheap at first, but it became the New Normal shortly thereafter. Every woman wanted that hair, it seemed.

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by Anonymousreply 204January 3, 2020 5:06 AM

....Very few adults on the planet are walking around with NATURALLY yellow-white hair...

that is

by Anonymousreply 205January 3, 2020 5:07 AM

Blonde is still big on UES, parts of Long Island, Conn, and Westchester.

Certain times of day there is a sea of blondes driving Range Rovers and other SUVs parked at Greenwich train station waiting for their men to arrive on the 5:53 from Grand Central.

by Anonymousreply 206January 3, 2020 5:19 AM

Back off, bitches .........

She looks fine.

by Anonymousreply 207January 3, 2020 5:29 AM

I like your style R207, though I did opine on a few slight changes. Overall, I agree, she still looks damn good.

by Anonymousreply 208January 3, 2020 6:00 AM

Brooke is in our very special Protected Circle.

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by Anonymousreply 209January 3, 2020 6:29 AM

OP is in her 50's and needs to find a new career in her life. Brooke has moved on, you haven't.

by Anonymousreply 210January 3, 2020 8:34 AM

R201 They have these wonderful root sprays now.

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by Anonymousreply 212January 3, 2020 3:29 PM

R22, I have hair loss at the hairline from too many chemicals as it is. When I was in my thirties, I dyed my hair for the first time and it fell out for nearly a year. Once it starts falling out, all the hair with damaged roots just has to keep falling out until it’s over.

One of the things I read about women who quit dyeing their hair is that their thinning hair recovers after a while.

I’m done. People are just going to have to think m a thousand year old crone. I’d rather have hair.

by Anonymousreply 213January 3, 2020 3:55 PM

Brown Sharpie pen also works between coloring, one of my professors I'd TA'd for used to do this to her temple gray hair. We got to be good friends and I used to help her touch up her roots with Sharpie pen so that it looked perfect behind the ears.

by Anonymousreply 215January 3, 2020 8:21 PM

That is a perfect example of why you don’t dye your hair after a certain age. Decades of dyeing makes the hair thin and fragile, then bright dye shows the thin roots.

by Anonymousreply 217January 3, 2020 9:09 PM

When beautiful people reach their 50s or so, many of them have to choose their body or their face. A taut, fat free, muscled body, results in a wrinkled, haggard face. This is prevalent in the gay male community.

by Anonymousreply 218January 3, 2020 9:57 PM

WHET to Couvré, that fabulous spray paint to cover an overly sensitive, self conscious gentleman's bald spot ?

by Anonymousreply 219January 3, 2020 10:39 PM

[Quote] A taut, fat free, muscled body, results in a wrinkled, haggard face. This is prevalent in the gay male community.

I resemble that remark!

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by Anonymousreply 220January 3, 2020 10:43 PM

Don't know about in USA, but Couvre is still widely sold in Europe or elsewhere.

There are however similar products on USA market. Older Indian gentleman who worked at local post office used such a product to cover a vast expanse of "dome" on crown of his head where only a few wisps of hair remained.

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by Anonymousreply 221January 3, 2020 10:43 PM

Other option is to go with having scalp tattooed to give illusion of hair. Porn star Francois Sagat is case in point.

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by Anonymousreply 222January 3, 2020 10:45 PM

[quote]So you blow-dry the long hair and then flat iron it, presumably with more heat? How do these women have any hair left? Especially as many of them are already coloring it.

They apply product made especially for heat styling, but it can cause the "greasy" effect on fine hair that we were discussing earlier. Many women use shower caps on the days that they aren't washing their hair, so their pressed hair can last for a few days until they wash it again.

by Anonymousreply 223January 4, 2020 3:50 AM

Ricky Lake has shaved her hair down, she has had problems with hair loss. She thinks all the bleaching and teasing for 'Hairspray' plus her crash dieting caused it. '

by Anonymousreply 224January 4, 2020 9:05 AM

R40 But that's how you get the soccer mom look.

Brooke needs her hair about 2 shades lighter and her makeup less harsh. And the style needs to be less severe. All of everything she has going on is a don't.

Aniston has looked the same for 100 years, except now her face is uber plastic from botox/fillers. Also, too blonde, like a beach babe who just never outgrew the 90's.

Demi's hair...why? Try something new.

JLo has some good days and some not. She has her own "wig" car that goes everywhere she goes. Literally, an entire car (SUV, I think) that has all her wigs. But I do like her with lighter hair, as it softens her sometimes masculine jawline.

by Anonymousreply 225January 4, 2020 10:30 AM

The Demi Moore and SJP generation are 'lost causes' as far as trying something new, in the same way that Joan Crawford and Lana Turner kept their beehives and lacquered bouffant 'dos until their last days... This generation, with outdated Ariana Grande ponytails and Kardashian whore hair will be exactly the same way.

by Anonymousreply 226January 4, 2020 10:58 AM

Because everyone sticks to the hairstyle they had at their sexual peak.

by Anonymousreply 227January 5, 2020 1:47 AM

[quote]r224 Brooke needs her hair about 2 shades lighter and her makeup less harsh. And the style needs to be less severe. All of everything she has going on is a don't.

Brooke Shields isn't afraid to be photographed without any makep or hairstyling at all.

Now you can complain about that.

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by Anonymousreply 228January 5, 2020 1:58 AM

R217

Other issue is either those doing hair color at home, or even some professionals leaving things on way longer than recommended in order to nail grey/white hair.

You read fraus and others posting online how they heave semi or demi permanent color on for an hour or longer to cover white hair/achieve more lasting results. Besides damage from chemicals remaining in contact longer than they should, there is fact you're increasing exposure time to toxic chemicals.

They will say "I don't want to use harsh peroxide/ammonia hair color", but then turn around and do things like above. This or they must do frequent retouches to deal with new growth and are applying color over color to deal with fading. You end up with a hot mess of hair that has all sorts of issues.

Women who truly want to deal with white hair (which is what grey is in percentages > 40 or 50) need to embrace permanent or even a really good demi professional color applied by expert. Nice and Easy ain't going to cut it.

by Anonymousreply 229January 5, 2020 2:39 AM

TRIVIA:

Half of Kim Basinger's hair broke off after it was bleached for L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. Some of the remaining scenes had to be shot using wigs.

You see her with short hair for a while right after that film, because she had to cut it off.

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by Anonymousreply 230January 5, 2020 2:51 AM

Interesting. Back in Basinger's prime, there was a lot of press about her hair: that she only washed it in Evian water. That she'd never colored it in her life (ha!)

She did have a glorious head of hair, I will say that. I saw her in person with (then husband) Alec Baldwin around 1990: people were literally standing on chairs and/or falling over themselves to get a look at the two of them. Gorgeous.

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by Anonymousreply 233January 5, 2020 3:00 AM

Double process blondes or really and chemical process is one of the worst things you can do to hair.

Despite all the glamour of platinum or whatever blondes, when you start lifting hair more than two or three levels it is asking for trouble.

On another note this is why certain African American female performers who once sported light red or shades of blonde have or had very short hair. Some fool told them it was safe to relax and bleach/lighten their hair, and of course it wasn't so ........

Alberto V05 was invented to deal with "movie stars" hair that was fried from use of hair coloring and or bleaching, compounded by long periods under hot lighting.

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by Anonymousreply 235January 5, 2020 3:03 AM

[quote]r233 She did have a glorious head of hair, I will say that. I saw her in person with (then husband) Alec Baldwin around 1990: people were literally standing on chairs and/or falling over themselves to get a look at the two of them. Gorgeous.

I'm gay, but attempting to look at her from what I know of straight men, I can see how she's practically ideal for that demographic. Great face, great figure, BLONDE, and a nice mixture of the gentle and the assured.

I mean, she really was a knockout, 100%. She's kind of like Ava Gardner, in that you look at her and automatically go, "Okay, that is a very sexy woman."

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by Anonymousreply 236January 5, 2020 3:10 AM

By contrast with Kim, there's a kind of liberation in having shitty natural hair. Fewer options, but ultimately, less effort.

Sharon Stone has very fine "problem hair" that takes a lot of work to look really good. As a result, she's better known for chic short haircuts and bobs than for long "movie star" dos that don't look as good on her anyway. When she's done long extensions and/or wigs for movies, she looks faintly ridiculous.

Styles like this have become her signature, and she looks glorious. And age-appropriate.

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by Anonymousreply 237January 5, 2020 3:10 AM

[quote]r237 Sharon Stone has very fine "problem hair" that takes a lot of work to look really good. As a result, she's better known for chic short haircuts and bobs than for long "movie star" dos

I've read that Grace Kelly's hair was very fine and less than ideal, as well. That may be why she wore it up so much. It's not that her hair was disasterous or anything, but it took a lot of work and consideration.

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by Anonymousreply 239January 5, 2020 3:21 AM

Am I the only one who never found her attractive?

by Anonymousreply 240January 5, 2020 3:24 AM

Kim Basinger's Playboy cover.

Even as a little gayling homosexual boy, I was like, "Gosh, who's THAT??"

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by Anonymousreply 241January 5, 2020 3:25 AM

[quote]r240 Am I the only one who never found her attractive?

To whom are you referring? Brooke, Kim ... Grace?

by Anonymousreply 242January 5, 2020 3:27 AM

I think she looks bad more because she looks skeletal with heavy make up rather than the bad hair. Older women who are super thin look more haggard and severe. Eat a sandwich, you’ve earned it!

by Anonymousreply 243January 5, 2020 4:02 AM

I am something of a Brooke Shields aficionado. Sorry.

She has said she's aware she looks better at a higher weight. When she is thin, it's usually because she is working hard, such as in a Broadway show.

by Anonymousreply 244January 5, 2020 4:18 AM

elderly trans dl-er is envious and sulking right now.

by Anonymousreply 245January 5, 2020 4:27 AM

I'm posting from 1957. I would like my look back.

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by Anonymousreply 246January 5, 2020 4:27 AM

R246 Why don’t you sue her then you bitter old bitch.

by Anonymousreply 247January 5, 2020 5:06 AM

Kim Basinger was drop dead gorgeous, I remember some tv movie she was in about a prostitute and she was a knock out even then.

by Anonymousreply 248January 5, 2020 5:28 AM

Oops it was a centerfold she played, not a prostitute

by Anonymousreply 249January 5, 2020 5:31 AM

She first had this look in “The Adams Family,” on Broadway. So Vampira can stay in her own fuckin’ lane, on that score.

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by Anonymousreply 250January 5, 2020 7:07 AM

I think I first saw Kim Basinger in the off brand Bond movie "Never Say Never Again." I wouldn't consider her among the most beautiful Bond girls - she was nothing next to Barbara Carrera in the same movie, in my eyes. I admit that I dislike no eyebrows.

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by Anonymousreply 251January 5, 2020 3:37 PM

I also found her overbite unattractive.

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by Anonymousreply 252January 5, 2020 3:38 PM

I can see why she was passed over for "Charlie's Angels," for instance.

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by Anonymousreply 253January 5, 2020 3:39 PM

From Kim's modeling days in the 70s.

Always beautiful, but her looks have changed over the years.

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by Anonymousreply 255January 5, 2020 5:32 PM

To be more accurate, her NOSE has changed over the years.

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by Anonymousreply 256January 5, 2020 5:34 PM

It's called growing up, Miss Thing!

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by Anonymousreply 257January 5, 2020 5:36 PM

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