Hair styles for women in their forties often results from necessity rather than choice. You see, as we get older the cell regeneration in our body starts to degrade resulting in the cortex of the hair strand losing its pigmentation. That is our hair starts to turn grey as the pigment whitens.
As we get older our hair starts to thin out, the hair strand looses its condition and becomes fragile and lifeless.
Oh, for getting old. Well this is one thing that we come to expect to happen. The problem is though, that it narrows our choices of hair styles. Imagine long flowing locks of hair in women over 40. Those locks will become grey and lifeless.
This will mean regular visits to the hair stylist and more intensive hair treatments.
Coloring long hair is very expensive when compared to coloring shorter hair.
Treatments that nourish the hair can be quite expensive, so when using one bottle of treatment to treat short hair and you might get more treatments from that one bottle, longer hair will take more.
So, basically, as a fact of life, hairstyles for women over 40 generally come down to necessity rather than choice. Factors such as cost to maintain a hairstyle and the cost of maintenance for loner hair far outweighs the time we have left in our schedule.
It is for this reason that women in their 40’s choose a shorter hairstyle. Shorter hair is easy to manage, quite fashionable, colors well and is relatively inexpensive to maintain when compared to longer hair.
Hairstyles for women over 40 depends on the amount of time that woman has on her hands and the amount of expendable cash she has in her purse. Besides, it has come to be expected that hair styles for women over 40 will have shorter hair styles simply because she is too busy to look after longer hair.
When you next visit the hair salon then consider shorter hair that colors well, can be stylishly cut and run a few foils through to heighten the color, depth and body of the hair.
Maintain your new hairstyles for women in their forties with natural ingredients to condition the hair and use a serum to maintain hair health.
Suggested reading is How To Detox Your Hair providing some simple tips to get the same result at home as you do when you visit your hairdresser.
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November 10th, 2008 at 4:51 am
This is so true, however most women over 40 tend to look fabulous with shorter hair anyway!
Thanks for the info!
Emma
November 12th, 2008 at 2:33 am
IMO, Short hair makes her more fabulous as Emma said but it also makes sense to have some color effects. Like Garnier has series of colors for 40+ aged peoples.
January 6th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I do not understand why women over 40 should have to change there Hair style. If they are comfortable with they way it looks why can it not stay long. Is thera a rule that I have missed about long hair being a no no for women over 40?
March 9th, 2009 at 5:56 am
I have salt and pepper hair with quite grey/silver at the front (which I like) but at the moment I don’t know what I want to do with it as it is now quite long and until I decide I won’t do anything. I have looked through some books at the hairdressers but none grab me. Is there a site online that gives a good selection for over 50’s. I am a very busy person so need something easily managed.
March 9th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Hello Nancy,
Thank you for leaving your comment. Yes there is a site online that provides you with a good selection. The site provides both a free and paid version. I personally have the paid version and we use it often in making hairstyle decisions.
We use and recommend The HairStyler
We always advise that if you need a photo of yourself, simply use your mobile telephone camera and upload that photo. You can then choose the right photo if you take a few of yourself. You can choose the hairstyle, colour and cut that will be right for you and you can print the photo or download the photo for further use.
March 24th, 2009 at 1:18 am
I am 56 yrs old I have long hair , my 36 daughter doesn’t like it and says I should get a shorter cut to match my age. I had it trimmed a month ago , But she said it should be cut straight across in the back not come down to a point like it did. But she is still not happy. And because of how my hair is. I am miss alot of my 7 &11 yr old granddaughters events. She says she is ashamed of me. I don’t have the money like she does to get my hair done, and my nails like she does. And I can’t wear the nice clothes like she does. I always wanted long hair when I was in my 30’s and it wouldn’t grow. I stopped changing the color 6 yrs ago. She was born natural blonde but changed her color to brown. I don’t like hers but I can’t say anything to her. Does anyone have the right to tell how to wear my hair. I am at the age I should be able to look and dress like I want. She a beautiful girl, she was born early but you would never know now, she has thunder thighs but I don’t tell that. I think she is yust being mean, and hateful. And maybe just doesn’t want me around anymore. My niece always ask me why I don’t smile in pictures too, I just don’t have one. My mouth turns down on the sides and it just doesn’t look right when I try and smile. My daughter, my grandchildren, niece’s all have the perfect smile. Why can’t they just except me for me.
April 10th, 2009 at 4:14 am
I am a 40 year old woman who loves Short hair on other people but on me, YUCK!! I just recently cut my hair very short so it could repair itself. It was the worst mistake I have ever made. To me short hair in a woman over 40 just makes her look older. To say woman over 55 or 60 usually have short hair would be better. However, my hair is growing back much thicker than ever before. Now if it would Only hit my shoulders again… I dream the words “grow, grow, grow” every night but it doesnt seem to work. Nothing grows slower than a haircut you hate!
April 17th, 2009 at 11:04 am
More important than length the hairstyle (at any age) should be based on the woman’s personality and characteristics. I am well into my forties with long blond hair and this is a part of me that defines who I am … a couple of years ago I colored my hair dark and had it over my shoulders and it aged me at least 5 years!