Want A Ride In a Time Machine? Forget The DeLorean! Go Get In A Colorist's Chair!

"There's a reason why forty, fifty, and sixty don't look the way they used to, and it's not because of feminism, or better living through exercise. It's because of hair dye. In the 1950's only 7 percent of American women dyed their hair; today there are parts of Manhattan and Los Angeles where there are no gray-haired women at all."

— Nora Ephron

I don’t think there are any in Central Florida either. Well, there was one who was walking around with brassy looking hair and salt & pepper roots not too long ago, but, thankfully, she’s back in the saddle (aka The Hot Heads Salon chair) again these days.

 

 

 

Question:  What do the women above and the Hot Heads Groupie have in common?  If your answer is that they're all in their forties, you may get an icy stare in response (although you would be correct).  If your answer is that they don't have one strand of gray hair between them ... that all five have incredibly talented stylists they adore and that from the back, they all still look 25, I'm going to give you a stuffed panda, a goldfish in a plastic baggie or some other suitable county fair quality little trinket.  *I probably need to clarify one of those statements.  The Hot Heads Groupie only looks 25 when viewed from a fast moving car as she walks down the sidewalk wearing long sleeves and jeans.  Those other women (darn them!)  are still ready for their close-ups from any angles and when wearing anything.  

The Hot Heads Groupie in her best light.  Note her artfully concealed upper arms, the jeans she likes to wear when she does not have a Segway at her disposal, her "Yes, I know I look 25 from the back when viewed from a fast moving car and in pictures where anything that makes me uncomfortable is minimized or cropped out" posture and attitude and her cute hair.  Pay particular attention to her hair!  Is that hair not the shade of a 25 year old's hair? 

Back To The ....  Quote:  It would be easy to discount Ms Ephron's statement.  It sounds like such an exaggeration.  Surely the reason today's 40+ women look younger than their Grandmothers did at the same age is because they are healthy and fit.  Surely it is because they have toned bodies and great fashion sense.  Surely it is because they are oozing confidence.  Surely it is not! 

It is, as Nora suggested, all about the hair.  You could take a woman of a certain age who is in impeccable shape....who has gorgeous skin....who has a beautiful smile with sparkly white teeth and who is wearing an outfit straight out of the pages of Vogue and by simply changing her hair from silky smooth honey - colored with perfect highlights to windblown gray, add twenty years to her appearance.  .

 Think I'm kidding?  I give you Exhibit A:

Much to the delight of many of the women I know, one of the big catchphrases this year is "40 is the new 20".  49 year old Valerie Bertinelli was on the cover of People looking smoking hot.  48 year old Julia Louis Dreyfus was on the cover of Shape looking quite fetching in board shorts, a bikini top and a little Summer sweater.  Courtney Cox is headlining a popular new primetime show called Cougar Town and many suburban Moms I know have been both flattered and disturbed to discover that their sons' friends have secretly dubbed them MILFs.  (This is a PG rated site.  :)  If you don't know the meaning of the term MILF, I will certainly not be enlightening you here.)  The bottom line is this:

Wanna join the ranks of the hot with hot flashes?  Trust me on this one!  The key is in the locks.

Want to look 25 from behind too?  It's simple.  Pick up your phone, dial the following digits 407-671-0480 and get yourself into a professional colorist's chair at Hot Heads PDQ.  (That one I'll decipher.  It stands for pretty darn quick.)

I made my appointment last week and I got back in the time machine yesterday.  Diane (and Barry) worked their magic on my hair again and I suddenly find myself wanting to grab my BFF, run to a club and make for the closest mosh pit.  (I kind of like looking 25 again ....from the back while wearing lots of clothing and when viewed through a severe rectangular portal Photoshopped to show exactly what I want it to show.  This time around I'll know to avoid the party boys close to the stage.) 

Rock on, Girls!  I'll check back with you shortly!