NappyNelle
Kinky Coily 4A, Fine Strands, WSL
Re: 40 Something, 50 Something....even 60 Something....Relaxed or Natural or Transit.
You ladies look fabulous! This thread is great.
You ladies look fabulous! This thread is great.

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You ladies look fabulous! This thread is great.![]()
My 72 year old mom's hair right after I did her BC in 2011. She kept saying that her hair was thin. When I cut the rest of her relaxer out she was astonished at how thick it really was.
I'm 42 with fine hair and thin edges due to tight braids, relaxers and genetics. I'm also going grey and have decided to embrace it. I have just decided to incorporate cassia in my regimen to help thicken my strands.![]()
I turned 40 last month. Here are a few of my pics.
I refuse to believe y'all are older than 40. Nope, not fooling me.
I turned 40 last month. Here are a few of my pics.
@wannabelong--you look fab girl![]()
OP, thanks for starting this thread. Recently I started noticing hairstyles of women my age. What I see mostly are pixie cuts or see through hair. I know some meds can cause thinning but I wonder if some women just get tired of putting in the extra effort. My hair is definitely growing, I think at the same pace its just keeping it on my head that's more challenging than it was when I was younger.
/QUOTE]@ swgpec....Me too! I have been noticing women of my age as well. Checking out their hair, clothes, style...etc. I even started checking out celebrities just to get a different feel. I see sooo much thinning hair...not to many pixie cuts around my neck of the woods. Since I have been a part of this forum, I stretch relaxers and bun often. I hardly ever get compliments on my hair anymore. So I'm wondering if people say the same thing about me....."tired of putting in extra effort".I'm stepping up my hair game and will be getting a cut and let my hair swing in the wind more. I would love to go natural like these beautiful heads of natural hair in this thread but I think I have concluded that long stretches and my hair does not mesh. Big chopping is not an option, so what's a girl to do.[
I just turned 47. I am choosing to reject the grayI was doing henna. It wasn't working out. So now I'm back to coloring my hair dark brown. But this is a henna shot. Don't have the long hair yet. SL and I seem to be buddies for a while.
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All you ladies look beautiful and give some of us "younger heads" (soon age 36) reason to stay on our game!
I was just having a conversation yesterday about this same thing -- at what point are women giving up? The convo came up after seeing younger pics of some of my friends who are in their 50s and 60s now. They were "stone-cold foxes" as my country boy Dh would say! And now they're ghastly overweight, hair is never done, wigs ragged out, ain't seem makeup in years. What happened? At what point did they stop putting in the extra effort and give up? Sigh. I just don't want to get to my "give up" point. ....but I guess this is all really a topic for a different thread![/QUOTE]
I think this is the idea thread to discuss this topic. Since we ladies are a part of a "hair forum" this clearly speaks to our vanity so to speak. My goal has always been to "get better with time". You really don't have to get old fast. It's important to me to remain healthy and in the best shape. I have always admired women that look exceptional for their age. This motivates me.