You gotta love Lady Gaga. Just when I was resigned to the fact that this Monday would be the slowest on earth, I spot another Gaga dye job. This time she's opted for silver and blue with a dash of black thrown in for good measure. She's certainly given new meaning to the term salt 'n' pepper. Personally I'll always like her canary yellow strands, but what do you think of her latest look which she showed off in London Town? Random patches of teal . . . hot or not?
If you thought that Alexander Wang's Fall 2010 grunge eyes were hard enough to pull off, I'm not sure what you're going to make of his Spring 2011 look. The no-makeup-makeup look really is as simple as it looks. Only moisturiser need apply. Fo' real. But if you want to get the full effect you will have to bleach your brows — yes, it's the trend that just won't go away so eyebrow pencils down. (Or alternatively use them on your lips to get the perfect matte greige like they did at Suno. Huh.) Of course, you'll need to throw some white clay into the mix. On your hair. It was all inspired by the kind of girl that Wang wants to wear his clothes: "a skater punk." Hence the dip-dyed dreadlocks. Riiiiiight. One to leave on the runway, methinks. No?
When I was younger, I remember being fascinated with how my dad seemed to go grey overnight. He blamed it on the stress of living with three women. I said “Pfft”. (I was young; that was all I had in my repertoire of insulting comebacks.)
But today I feel victorious as new research has shown that genetics, not stress, cause the greying of hair. It’s a hollow victory, I’ll admit, considering I am a) privy to those greying genes and b) the study was conducted on women, not men, but I’m claiming victory none the less.
Unilever studied 200 identical and non-identical Danish twin sisters aged between 59 and 81, with lead researcher, Dr. David Gunn, concluding: "The research indicates that irrespective of how stressful a woman's life is, there are greater forces [genetics] at play which are more likely to cause her hair to grey."
Nina Goad of the British Association of Dermatologists supports Gunn, saying, “Generally your lifestyle will not greatly impact on when your hair loses its colour.” But interestingly, hair thinning on the top of your head is connected to environmental and lifestyle factors.
