I like to color my hair. It makes me feel better about one of the few things I have control over in this life. I've generally been a blond of one shade or other all my life, and then when I started going gray at around 44, I went a dark red with henna. I loved that look, but of course I got strong complaints from my parents. After several years of bother with the henna, I decided to phase it out with semi-permanent vegan hair dyes, starting with burgundy and then a mix of pastel lavender and purple. Now I have shoulder length hair and do a 3 tone pattern that follows my natural hair, with dark purple at the nape of my neck going up to about mid-skull and then a rose-gold, and light rose-gold for the top and bangs. I've always cut and styled my hair myself to save money and if someone messes it up, it will be me.