Does dyeing hair dark brown in your fifties look ageing?

[seeyouyesterday]

I’m early 50’s and dye my hair a mid-dark brown. I’m naturally an auburn colour but feel a deep brunette shade suits me better, I’ve had it for years. I’ve been blonde before & it doesn’t suit me. But lately I’ve been thinking can dying hair a dark brown be aging? I don’t mean if you’re naturally brunette, that’s different but like for me who isn’t & I dye my hair dark, sometimes I feel am I making myself look older?

Yes it probably is aging. Given that you're naturally an auburn colour (and presumably greying) I think it's unlikely that a dark brown is your best colour. A warm mid brown might be more flattering to your skin.

How on earth do you know? You've never even set eyes on her!

A lot of people laying down the law here about how other women should look and shouldn't look and do actually look - all totally irrelevant because none of us can see each other, and we all suit different things.

Yes. Helmet hair, see Steel Magnolias.

If you dye your hair brown, you need to beware of the “helmet” look. Having a few lighter streaks - either highlights or balayage - makes your hair look more “natural”.

I always think it looks odd (and a bit sad) personally if someone (usually a celebrity) continues to dye their hair, when it’s obviously going to be naturally grey based on their age.

It’s good to grow the hair out and quite liberating as well as financially and time wise (to just get a hair cut) IMO.

I’m 62 and have had to go down a couple of shades as my natural colour (dark brown) looks too dark - which is annoying as all the underneath layers are dark brown with no greys and my eyebrows are very dark and no
longer match
I’ve no idea when I’ll stop with salon dying as DM at 87 is not fully grey and DF died at 94 and still had darker threads

It really depends. A lot of friends who are mixed race have put some highlights (lighter brown, sorry if I'm using the wrong term) in from their late thirties, but one of our friends who has very pale skin and light blue eyes really suits her almost black hair.
So go with what you like, there's no one rule.

I think it absolutely depends on the person. I know someone who is 48 and a professional singer so appearances matter to her. She had been dying her greying hair to her original dark brown for years but then went through a complicated process to lighten it all to blend in with the grey and now is completely grey (ocassionally puts on a purple tint) but looks fabulous and not old at all.

I think you need to understand your skin tone and undertone and work with colour that aligns with that. Cool tones who go blonde to hide the grey look washed out and older. Warm tones who choose cool browns and darker brunette also wash themselves out. You can wear colour but it has to work with your tone.

Have my hair coloured and foils, cut etc every 4 weeks and had extensions this week also. Always brunette shade. Lighter colour washes me out.

Do you think she'd look better with a neat grey bob or some blonde tone with chic caramel streaks or lighter highlights around her face as recommended here?!