Fifty Plus (50+) - Have you ever tinted your beard?

This is weird, but now that cycling has got me into descent shape, I've been thinking about tinting my beard and hair to get rid of some of the grey. Anyone ever do this? I'm a little afraid to try it... I might look foolish. :o

No, I haven't, and wouldn't consider it either. I actually like the fact that I have gray in my chin whiskers and very little anyplace else.

Nope, my hair and beard show the signs of the mature stature I've earned through years of hard work, raising a family, and countless miles on the road. I wouldn't dream of changing it. Plus the money I save is enough to get me a slice of pie or two.

Never. Just like I won't spend money on hair growth stuff.

I take that back. Sometimes it gets tinted from a jelly donut.

I think people are more attractive when their body is fit but their hair is gray/white. It shows they have taken good care of themselves. I enjoy watching the graybeards ride past the young bucks on hills.

This is weird, but now that cycling has got me into descent shape, I've been thinking about tinting my beard and hair to get rid of some of the grey. Anyone ever do this? I'm a little afraid to try it... I might look foolish. :o

:lol:where are the bent riders when you need them?:lol:

Only when the kids get to me with a sharpie when I'm a counselor at summer camp.

I confess I have a few times, because my wife asked me to. The gray on head can hardly be seen, but my beard and sideburns are all gray. She like them to match the hair on my head. Also, she only tolerates my beard. Tinting it makes it more tolerable to her.

Nope I earned every one of those greys.

No beard (and I've been known to ride a recumbent). Used to have one but I sanded part of it off on the pavement when I went over the handlebars back in my 20s. It never grew back properly in that spot so my bearded days were over.

My hair? It doesn't go gray... it just goes.:)

Got the chemicals in the pool all out of whack once and it turned all my white hair a yellow/green hue.

does purple count?

Mustache sometimes. Mine comes in half white/half brown, and not evenly. Looks weird. Sometimes it looks like I have a"Hitler" going on. I'll take all grey of it ever evens out.

Tried it on the neighbors cat,looked like a zebra.....they didn't like it.....

nope

It's raining too much to go for a ride and I don't have anything to do.
Now I have an idea. Where is the Sharpie?

Had a chance meeting of two of my former co-workers last evening....

We were offered a group discount on stain. (We were in a paint store.)

:lol:where are the bent riders when you need them?:lol:

If you tint your beard you are not allowed to ride one.

My beard, yes. My head, no. I've had too many women tell me that my hair is beautiful... why would I want to ruin that?
I do tint my beard (mostly. sometimes I just get lazy) but not enough to cover the gray just to blend it a little

The gray in my beard adds to my curmudgeonliness.

In comparison to the rest of my family who have gone completely white- I am quite proud of my grey hair and beard. It is staying grey just to make them jealous.

I used to when I still chewed tobacco.

I got rid of my beard. I have vitiligo, which only manifests itself in my beard. But I have white spots in my beard which definitely put me in the graybeard category. Getting rid of it makes me look much younger.

I really liked it when my beard turned from black to grey to white. I have very little hair left and like the lighter color. I don't think it makes any difference to anyone else.

I don't wear a beard - I grew one briefly after my divorce from my first wife, then shaved it off in the early 1980s. I've thought about tinting my graying-but-otherwise-still-full head of hair (thank my genes), but why bother? Gray is sexy when combined with a cyclist's physique (at least my better half says so).

This is weird, but now that cycling has got me into descent shape, I've been thinking about tinting my beard and hair to get rid of some of the grey. Anyone ever do this? I'm a little afraid to try it... I might look foolish. :o

Nope, when my beard got too much grey in it, I shaved it off..... Knew one fellow who had a 75 year old face with dark brown hair, obviously a dye job, thought it looked stupid....

no play for Mr. Gray

"Does he or doesn't he?" :)

Since my beard has gone gray faster than my scalp hair, I do use medium brown Just For Men every few weeks to even things out. It occasionally comes out a little too dark, but it looks good and pretty natural after a couple of days. I never try to cover all of the gray.

Had a beard for most of my adult life until I turned 44. It had started turning and when I shaved it on a vacation I looked younger. Have had no facial hair since, but I love the long grey hair on my head.

Beard?? No beard or mustache. I tried a mustache once when I was in my late 30s. Didn't look good. Leg hair doesn't look good on me either. :)
I've seen many mature riders who had a beard that looked older than me. Last Saturday I rode with a guy that had a mostly gray beard. I was sure he was older than me. Out of curiosity I asked his age. Turns out he was 59 -- younger than me.

Used to have one but I sanded part of it off on the pavement when I went over the handlebars back in my 20s. It never grew back properly in that spot so my bearded days were over.



I also have a nice little 'notch' in my mustche from the same reason. Left half my face on the pavement.
And the lip warmer should show just a bit more grey this year. And I really don't care.

If you're concerned about the grey making you look older than you really are you should go clean shaven. Then you'll look much younger. Esp if you have a little sun on your face. I had the grey beard for a while after i retired but as it turns out its less trouble to just shave daily, for me. Plus i was looking like the guys who are 10-15 years older than me that i know.

If you tint your beard you are not allowed to ride one.

Ride a beard???

My problem is from my jaw-line down my beard is *white* - not grey, but white. So I have tried it a few times. I quit simply because you have to do it again every week or two - too much of a pain.

I never have (though I did once dye my hair, back in my 20's when that was all the rage with punk rock bands), and my wife would probably kill me if I did, she thinks the gray in my beard makes me look distinguished or mature or something.

But I must admit, I've been thinking about dying my beard recently. My hair is still brown & full, and I've apparently got a "youthful appearance" so the only giveaway to my age is the gray beard...and I've been performing with a lot of late-20's/early-30's musicians lately. I don't have a problem being the Voice Of Experience (i.e, the Cantankerous Old Fart) in the band, but I sometimes wonder if I'm corrupting their desired image.

Meh, I don't have the time to screw around with chemicals in front of the mirror, so I'll probably never do it...

Only girls color their hair.

Right, and men don't have earrings either, huh?

Sounds like an old fart attitude alright, me, I enjoy having my hair
colored from time to time, and the wife gets on my case every so
often when I don't. No different in my book than the clothes you
buy to look this way or that...

Tinting? Isn't it called............ coloring? I tinted my windows :)

I grew my beard before the big bicentennial beard growing fad and only once since then have I shaved it off. When I did my wife said grow it back and the dog attacked me. So now my beard is white, I shave what little hair I had left on my head and I'm old enough (54) not to give a damn what anyone thinks about my looks. I'm secure with my looks, just trying to stave off the aging process by cycling and taking better care of myself. I doubt I'm the only one that feels that way.

I was "salt and pepper" in my mid thiries, and now, as one of the kids I used to coach in hockey tells me now - "more salt than pepper"... I've earned every one of those grey hairs and I'm not covering them up. Currently 54 and totally grey.

No...it affords a great mental game with other cyclists. When a young buck passes me he/she can't gloat too much after spying my white beard...on the other hand when I pass a younger cyclist it "might" hurt a little more seeing an "old man" hammer past them.

Besides my beard matches my bike...both white carbon!

Started my beard almost 30 years ago whilst on vacation... at the start I said, "I am not going to shave this week" it has been a long week. And I leave it natural cause Just as I am too lazy to shave, I am too lazy to work at changing any color. I tried at a couple of church fundraisers to 'auction it off' by having the bidder say shave it or save it and they have always said save it so it must look good.

Isn't it illegal in some states to ride a bike with a tinted beard?

;)

Do what makes you feel good.

Only girls color their hair.

That's not true, but this is: Only guys color their beards. Very few women do.
Actually, I once tinted my beard, because it was much whiter than my hair and I thought people might think I was dyeing my hair. Now I don't bother.

I've had compliments on my gray hair from quite a few women several of them in their late 20's and thirties and not in that being nice to an old guy manner. It was both scarey and nice at the same time.

Tint it. If you don't like it, shave. You can always grow it back.
The guys that tint are avoiding this thread.

Only girls color their hair.

That's not true, if it was then Grecian Formula wouldn't still be on the market after 50 years. Interesting fact, the formula in the US and the formula in Canada are different, this is because the US formula contains a substance that is banned in Canada.

"teachme"'s questions get progressively more bizarre. Sometimes I have the feeling he is just having a little fun with us. In fact, I wonder if he even exists...

"teachme"'s questions get progressively more bizarre. Sometimes I have the feeling he is just having a little fun with us. In fact, I wonder if he even exists...
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