Wig and Book Review, Pixie Cut (BIG CHOP)

All of our snow melted and it looks like we will not have a white Christmas! (sad)

I received my wig - Rave Wig over the weekend. It is ok as wigs go. I believe I will have to take it to my hair stylist and have it trimmed a bit. The bangs are way to long. BUT the color of the wig is perfect for my skin tone right now. SOO, I think it will work to help me in the days that my skunk stripe is to overwhelming.

I have completed some research of when I should go for the BIG CHOP (pixie cut). It seems the consensus is that you should wait until you have approximate 3 inches of your natural growth before you take the pixie plunge. My silvers have just started to peek out and I think it may be quite a few months before I have to go the pixie route. I hope to get the pixie by my birthday at the end of March. My dearest husband (DH from now on in this blog) and I are making a trip to Florida for a week mid-April to visit his parents. I hope to not have to deal with a HUGE skunk stripe during that time period. BUT I can pull out the wig. HAHA..

I have received the book  Going Great, Looking Great - I haven't read it completely but it does give you many topics to think about once going grey. Items to think about aging skin and how to keep it healthy, make-up tips, wardrobe tips and there are many color pictures of women with grey hair makeovers. The book does show you many colors of grey. It is amazing all the different shades. I am so looking forward to my grey pattern.

As I have noted before my silvers are just starting to peek out my last hair dye was November 18 so I am 1 month into my of transition. I have not decided when I may try to fade my current hair dye but I think it will be later once I see a more defined line of demarcation.

Have a joyous next two days in however (or if) you celebrate Christmas!

Yes Wig or No Wig ?!

I mulled it over and yes, I have decided to use a wig during my transition to my natural hair color. I will wear it at work and when I don't want to work with the color marker that I mentioned before in my first post. Roux Tween Time

At least it may help with easing into seeing my silvers. I really am not seeing too many right now, but I am getting ready for when they come in full force. I believe that the skunk stripe will be hard for me to look at and get use to. I decided to go with a synthetic wig from Rachel Welch's wig line. The style I chose is called Rave and the color is Medium Brown with Ginger Red Highlights with Dark Brown Roots (SS8/29) Rave by Raquel Welch . It was on sale for the holidays with 30% off. I was going to go for  a more expensive heat resistant synthetic wig, but I thought I would give this one a go first. I can always return it as long as leave the hygiene guard in place along with the tags. So, WHY NOT! Plus, I don't expect to have to wear it for to many months since I am going to do the CHOP!!

I believe my goal will be to go with a pixie like Jamie Lee Curtis. Short like this at the beginning -

Then maybe settle with this -

I guess you could say that Jamie Lee Curtis is my grey hair icon. I love her hair and the hair color.

I am so excited to see what my actual hair color is and my greying pattern. If it is horrible I can always go back to coloring. BUT it would have to be really bad to go back to the expense of coloring and the chemicals again.

Only time will tell!!!