I’m 58 and I have long white hair. I dyed my hair until I was 48 and at that point I wasn’t sure what was under there but I really like it now. I understand why you want to dye it; you’re young and those annoying wiry grays just make you feel icky. You are such a beautiful young woman and no matter what your videos are about, I laugh out loud at least once. Thank you for being you. ❤
I'm in my 30s but love my hair silver, have done it a few times. I cant wait for my hair to go grey so i can start transitioning into my silver fox era lol
@@kellyk7419 Have you seem Actress Frances Fisher (Clint Eastwood’s former and Titanic actress) just this week at an event with her Long Gray Hair?? She looks FABULOUS and actually Younger than the Red hair she’s had forever!! 👍❤️
Your salon experience is SO relatable. The small talk in a salon drains me. If the person is very talkative, I get in bed when I get home. And probably never go back there.
You can mix some blue Dawn, baking soda (1 tbsp each) with a cup of warm water and it will clean hair color off wood. Source: Been coloring my gray since 1994
"Quiet friendly" hair salon struggle is sooooooooo real!! I'm not built to tell someone I prefer silence and then sit in that silence for an hour, thank you
I try to be mindful of my parasocial attachments, but your authenticity is so wonderful, it truly feels like being with a safe friend. I'm genuinely happy you exist, you're a treasure 💛 lots of love and blessings to you and your family
You are my favorite person. Not just because you are hilarious, and wildly talented, but also because you always seem so authentically yourself and I just adore your personality. I’m so glad that you are here.
Girl, this is such a postpartum vibe. I know exactly how you feel. I'm getting a lot of grays, but I've chosen not to dye mine. I'm glad you dyed yours though, because it made you feel more "you!"
I’ve waited for a while and pushed through with my first round of postpartum grew regrowth and then this time around I just miss looking at my head and recognizing myself 😂 I think this is a one time thing bc I can’t keep things like this up. But it was a fun experience!
@@elyse_myersI've just started my postpartum hair loss, soooo super looking forward to the baby hairs growing back in 🤪 and I bet mine will be gray too 😂 my postpartum acne is mostly what's getting to me right now though 😅
So nice to see other postpartum moms here. I’m struggling with accepting my body now 3 kids later. It’s hard. Every day is hard. Finding 1 little thing that makes you feel happy or at least neutral can be such a bright spot in the day. Way to go Elyse!
@@erinmlaswellI'm sorry you're having such a hard time with it. I get it. It's so easy to be accepting and even loving of other people's stuff, but so hard to apply that same compassion to ourselves! Your body has done the most incredible thing. Three children??? You grew THREE whole human beings!?! It would be weird if your body *wasn't* different after that. You're incredible, even if you can't always see it. The rest of us see it and will hold onto that knowledge until you're able to ❤
That second sentence there? SOOOOO TRUUUUUE!! I've entered into perimenopause, and there are so many things I didn't know. My mom thought she was protecting me by not talking about it. I would have loved to have known more about what to expect rather than be thrown into the midst blind. My daughter, and husband and son, for that matter, hear plenty!!
No, tell me the acne is not true! I’ve had pretty bad acne since I hit puberty, I am 35 and the acne is still going strong, don’t tell me I have to wait until I fully finish perimenopause to have clear skin!
Your rant about thinking about not talking being louder than just talking should be used in psych 101 class as an example of how anxiety manifests in non-panic ways. Also...girl, same
100%, yes! Mine is always there in the form of music I don’t want, and on bad days, the music plays rapidly on repeat. Today, it’s Charlie Brown music and I am absolutely okay with that. Brains are funny in this way.
I survived an illness I wasn’t expected to in 2008 (yay me). I spent a month in the hospital and another 47 days in a hospital bed at home, unable to get up. So when I finally looked at myself again in the mirror I had a “skunk patch” of gray hair in the front of my hair. At first I hated it and tried to cover it with hair color but as you’ll find, the hair color doesn’t stick to the gray hairs so I stopped coloring it and have come to love my gray streak! My daughter says it makes me look like Rogue from X-men! lol. Gray hair is beautiful in my opinion and you my friend, are beautiful inside and out!!! 🥰🥰🥰
Omg Elyse I am going through arguably one of the hardest times in my life (and I’ve been through a a lot of those 😅) but I’ve really been struggling. When I saw you posted I was like “ah, this could bring a little peace” and sure enough when you said “I have petroleum jelly also known as Vaseline, idk why I called it by it’s government name” I laughed in a way I haven’t laughed in a really long time! So thank you so much for that and I hope you get some nice rest soon!
Hard Times seem to come my way easily. My mom often repeated phrases like “this too shall pass” and “where there’s life, there’s hope”. I used to think that those (and similar) phrases were untrue first of all, and annoying, at best. Decades blew by, and one day, I realized that I’ve pulled those phrases out and used them to help get me through some of the most difficult days. There are some things that I don’t have the ability to change. There are many other things that can be better though, and it is those that I tend to focus on, so that I can remind myself that action is so much more helpful than stagnation. I wish you well and hope that whatever is hard for you this week feels a bit lighter after your laughing. Keep going. Maybe you need to make “baby steps”, or even just stay stuck in the mud awhile longer, unable to walk. Ok. Let it be Ok. Wiggle your toes, so to speak, if that feels more doable than taking the next step. The sun will come out, drying the mud, and you’ll find that you can wriggle your way out of the sticky spot, dust off, leave what was in the past and find your brighter future. Cheers!
As a person who has dyed their hair many times and at various levels of chaos the only thing I could think the whole time was "YOU'RE GONNA GET IT ON THE CHAIR!" haha. Glad it came off. One time I walked around my whole house with blue hair dye on my hands, on accident of course, it was like we were invaded by little smurfs haha.
I’m 30 and am COVERED in grey. Haven’t dyed it in 5 years and it’s very long and silver. I like to call myself a silver haired foxette. You’re beautiful no matter what you do to your hair 😊
I really needed a "boring" video today. Though it's not boring to me. It's so nice to just have a chill and funny video of just something regular in life. Needed this today, thanks Elyse
Your external monologue is literally my internal monologue all the time just very similar, and I relate to you so much. Thank you for making videos and sharing your life with us!
"There's a lot happening here" is such an honest statement. You are experiencing the familiar mix of confusing thoughts and feelings that go along with the many changes happening in your body and in your life circumstances. The truth is, there is a lot happening here, and you don't have to apologize for it or make excuses for dying your hair or rationalize any of it to us. If it makes you feel better- good on you. Us women go through so many different life transitions physically, mentally, emotionally etc. and its hard to feel confident in any of it. With every period or pregnancy it cycles all over again. THAT IS A LOT. I just hit menopause and that's a whole NEW set of changes and hormone shifting to contend with. Learning to love and accept ourselves in all the imperfections is not easy. Learning to be comfortable in your own skin is sometimes a huge challenge. One thought I had- if you are worried about going to a salon and the anxiety flaring up, maybe you can find a mobile stylist that is spectrum friendly to come to your home or office? Just a thought.
Oxalic acid can help for the stains on the floor! It needs to be really diluted though! It also occurs naturally in rhubarb, so an old trick is to rub rhubarb on wood stains
I so relate to this, Elyse! My first son is 6 and my 2nd is 2.5. After my first the greys started ramping up but I didn’t mind/didn’t think I’d ever dye it. But then after my second pregnancy I gained a lot of weight and the greys got even worse. I reached a point where I just wanted to look in the mirror and recognize SOMETHING. Been dying for a while now, and I love the confidence I feel after I do it. I hate the pressure I feel when the greys start to emerge again, tho. Not really sure how to get off this hair dye train someday, but future-me will figure that out! 😃 Thank you for sharing your journey with us, as always!
At 4:00 I personally love the big frizzy hair look. As a dude with curly hair, I think there is a time and place for the more polished, put together, styled look. I also think that accepting the frizz can have big "embrace your power" energy. ❤
I have white gray hairs, but they are SO REFLECTIVE and I keep thinking I have bits in my hair, but it's just the light reflecting in little curls. So when I am already getting overwhelmed by other stuff the little "ah there are bits in my hair!!!! oh...wait no" is like so much. So good job on the hair dye and thanks for sharing :)
❤ Mom of 2 here, I totally empathize with what you are going through. That transition was tough for my mental health.Take good care of yourself and get help when you need it ❤
It definitely did what you wanted it to do whether others can see it or not doesn't really matter. But I think it looks good. And I completely understand the feelings you are experiencing with postpartum - I've experienced them after the birth of my second child AND then similar crazy feelings / thoughts when I hit menopause. Ugh!! Anyway ... you make my day, Elyse. You are wonderful. I adore you.
You and I need to be friends. Not to sound like a crazy person, but I can relate to you and your brain on so many levels! You have a way of brining me out of a funk. Thank you for being you.
I am six months post-partem, and have been spiraling in so many ways. Dude, I stumbled across your channel this week and NEEDED it, you speak everything my inner voice is nagging me on - but you talk back with so much understanding (and clever quips). Really I just have to say thank you, to you, on this one random video and throw my gratitude out into the void that is RUclips 😂
DAE feel like solar flare when watching Elyse's content. How can you survive in such brightness lol. Literally the only content creator I wish I had a personal brightness filter for lol
lol the cut to you after the frizzy hair remark has me cackling 😂 I love your humor and authenticity, showing up in this space as genuinely yourself is so great to see. Keep being you because it is awesome! 🫶🏻
Sometimes i feel like I'm not like anyone else and then i find people like you and i know that there's lots of us we're just spread out! Been binging a lot of these, grateful for your long form bc as a mom who needs a break, sometimes it's nice to pop this in my headphone and listen while i go about my day and have a giggle. Have a great day to anyone reading this! Love from Michigan!
You are wonderful, in all senses of the word. A friend of mine told me last year that the trait she liked in me the most was my sense of wonder at the world. She said she wished she still had the childlike part of her that experienced the awe I have at being alive in this very strange world. I had to tell her that my sense of wonder was hard-won, and at this point in my life it's about sheer bloody-mindedness, I will feel awe and wonder, dangit.
Thank you for showing the balance of self -care and struggle vs. Body bashing. I try to explain to people that it is not that i am embarassed about my body but it is rather that it is hard to be in a body that doesnt feel like mine. Im not somebody that cares about what size I am and my beauty routine is non existent but its little things like fixing gray hairs that can just give you confidence after caring for yourself.
Honestly we love these wholesome authentic videos. The postpartum experience is wild. This is you taking care of you! I’m glad it makes you feel better and more like yourself. ❤ keep up the amazing work Elyse! You got this momma.
Elise you are so adorable and so uniquely quirky, weird and awesome all at the same time in the best way! You make this world a better and more interesting place. You have a beautiful heart, wonderfully wacky sense of humour that cracks me up and you have such a beautiful voice! You are so talented! Jesus loves you and so do we all! Thank you for being so much fun! Lots of love and blessings to you and your family! Your hair turned out great by the way, your hair is so beautiful! Keep up the great work! (No pressure lol 😂) Always be you! 🥰💖🕊🌻💐🦋🌼👍🏻🎉🥳
It took me so long to come back to myself after my second kiddo. So. Long. If a little hair dye (or a lot) helps you feel more like yourself, then I love to see it.
One million percent recommend looking for a salon that allows you to book online, mine has a space to leave comments about what you’d like done & I include the need for no talking bit in there. SO good!
When you cut to yourself editing after saying "when my hair is crazy and frizzy" 😂😂😂 I was cracking up!! That was so good. Also I LOVE your "boring" videos. They're not boring at all and very entertaining. I look forward to your content ❤️
the zits I got when my milk dried up were horrible and so hard to get rid of. Sulfur masks are the only thing that worked! I hope that can help you with yours, good luck!
Elyse! I had this brilliant idea last week: I’m going to EMAIL a hairdresser I’ve never met, do all of the talking/planning via email. And then just show up for a pre-arranged silent hair care appointment. And if they’re weird about it in the email, I can pick someone new and never face them.
You have beautiful hair. I'm 73 and have curly hair like yours .I finally quit dying it and grew it out long. I like it better then I ever have . My granddaughter dyed hers black and omg she looks stunning
Thank you for speaking about postpartum 💕 Before becoming a mother, I didn't know much of anything about what that transition is like. Now, as a new mother, I've found myself wondering numerous times, "Why didn't anybody tell me this was a thing??" Maybe I didn't notice people talking about postpartum because it wasn't on my radar, but I truly appreciate people being open and honest about it now (I'm not the only one with this funky belly!..? ...yay, I guess?)
I did the same thing when i started dieing my hair, It never turned out and my husband said he would just take me to have it done, so then i had to work up the courage to go, Because i have social anixety really bad and its has become worse since the passing of my son in April. Because he would go with me places to be my backup so i wouldn't be afraid. So every day has been a struggle since. Thank you so much for making videos, you have helped me so much to realize am not alone.
I dyed my own hair for years starting when I was in high School. Didn't have to go to a salon until I started wanting to go to a more blonder color from my natural brown. I could always dye my brown hair red and it would turn out good because my birth mother is a redhead, but I could never dye it blonde because it would be some hideous color that didn't even look like the packaging. So for first timers I do recommend dying your hair as close to your normal hair color as possible since there's really no way to mess that up. I am now 62 and stopped dying my hair. I once in a while get the urge to cover the mostly gray in my hair but more often than not I find myself upset it isn't graying all over faster. But in my younger years I was always dying my hair....
Put 2 teaspoons of baking soda in a sauce pan of water, bring to very hot but not boiling. Submurge a cloth into the solution and wring out, apply to face in affected areas. This really really helps my cystic acne ❤
I have always been terrified to dye my hair. One time as a kid for Halloween my mom put some of that spray in my hair for my costume and as soon as I saw myself in the mirror I FLIPPED OUT and we had to wash it out immediately. And ever since then I have been scared to dye my hair. Way to overcome your fears! Sometimes I get discouraged because I feel like I’m afraid of everything and am not trying to overcome my fears. It‘s nice to watch you try to go in public or dye your hair etc on camera and see that overcoming fears is hard for everyone but you‘re doing it.
If unstart taking a few drops of lugols iodine a day, you might notice that things start to balance out and improve. I noticed all kinds of improvements including needing to cut my thyroid meds down several times. I'm taking 1/4 what I was last February and still might need to cut it down again. After decades on thyroid meds I think it's healing
I know you probably already have a million books to read, but I really wanted to recommend "The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo" if you have not already read it. Finished it today and thought it was a fantastic and heartfelt story about life, love and friendship. Here is a quote I liked: "Intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy" I love you and all of your videos💕
I just finished (in one day) listening to "Someone who will love you in..." and it was. Delightful. I loved it. Thank you for the recommendation! Also i use henna+indigo (from Maiwa) to dye my hair. Mostly because i like the color, but it also dyes gray hairs, despite it being notoriously difficult to dye. So for my random ones, they act like highlights! Little sparkles!
Elyse, you have the best hairline I’ve ever seen. I had to throw that in. I’ve been coloring/highlighting etc my hair for about 20 years now, I’m 38, and I have 💯 gray regrowth. I color my roots every 2 weeks, the box dye will ravage your beautiful hair. If you have a Sally’s Beauty Supply near you, maybe check it out. I use 20 volume crème developer, and Wella permanent liquid hair color 4N on unwashed hair. Buy gloves, and Vaseline. (I know how that sounds) 1 is the darkest level (black) and 10 being the lightest level(platinum blonde) and these can all have different tones: cool, neutral, or warm. Section your hair into 4 parts. Use a plastic bowl, has to be plastic, and pour in the liquid hair color, then take that little bottle you just emptied, and fill it with 20% developer, dump that into the plastic bowl, then fill the bottle again the same way, add it into your mixture. It’s a 1:2 ratio- 1 color 2 developer. Take the Vaseline and apply it to your hairline but on the skin, not in your hair, behind your ears, and on the ear ridge as well, and the nape. Do this all in a well ventilated area, stir the mixture until it’s smooth, apply it all over your hair, or just roots- whatever you’re going for. The bonus: You will get sooooo much more dimension by mixing your own hair color. I know you didn’t ask for this unsolicited advice but my ADHD cannot help itself, so I am bestowing it upon you anyway 😘 I save a lot of money doing this too.
I’ve been covering my grays at home for over a decade, so I have a specific shirt and towel I wear for dye day. They were both old, but when I pick new ones, I’m going with black. Also, I cycled through about a half dozen hairstylists at my salon until I found one that doesn’t talk the whole time. It’s exhausting. I hope he never leaves.
My goodness!!!! I felt the same way when I first did it too and I still feel like I have to tell everyone everything in case they think maybe I’m lying! Don’t know why…but yep! I’m the same. Thank you for sharing bc now I feel better! I love you!!! Keep shining!❤
Totally misread this as "I dyed my hair grey" and was confused as to where the grey was 😂 the black color looks great tho!
So did I!!! 😂😂😂
Me too!
Same!! 😂😂😂
SAME
Me too! 😂
"I don't know why I called it by it's government name" got me so good. 🤣
B A N G E R 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Me toooooo. I was just gonna write the same thing. Truly LOL.
Me too!!!
“I think it’s been opened”
“Whatever”
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I’m 58 and I have long white hair. I dyed my hair until I was 48 and at that point I wasn’t sure what was under there but I really like it now. I understand why you want to dye it; you’re young and those annoying wiry grays just make you feel icky. You are such a beautiful young woman and no matter what your videos are about, I laugh out loud at least once. Thank you for being you. ❤
I'm in my 30s but love my hair silver, have done it a few times. I cant wait for my hair to go grey so i can start transitioning into my silver fox era lol
I stopped coloring my hair at age 51. Best decision ever.
59 here... stopped dying when i retired at 55. best. decision. ever.
@@jmsl_910why is the best decision?
@@kellyk7419 Have you seem Actress Frances Fisher (Clint Eastwood’s former and Titanic actress) just this week at an event with her Long Gray Hair?? She looks FABULOUS and actually Younger than the Red hair she’s had forever!! 👍❤️
"And that's not very quiet, is it?" YES, exactly!
Your salon experience is SO relatable. The small talk in a salon drains me. If the person is very talkative, I get in bed when I get home. And probably never go back there.
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I always just say "it's been a long day, would you be offended if I don't talk?" And they are always super cool about it! Just own it 💪💖🥰
Would this work at 9am.
It's been a long morning, would you be offended if I don't talk.
or
I didn't sleep well, would you be offended if I don't talk
it's been a long life...
@@nerdyharrybartendingthis 😂🫥
I am a hairstylist and I can confirm people say stuff like this all the time! I am never remotely offended by it and completely get it.
I just love the way you tell a story. You can make even the most mundane task interesting to watch.
Your trash bag shirt dance threw me. OMG. Tears. Cracked up. 😀
You can mix some blue Dawn, baking soda (1 tbsp each) with a cup of warm water and it will clean hair color off wood.
Source: Been coloring my gray since 1994
"Quiet friendly" hair salon struggle is sooooooooo real!! I'm not built to tell someone I prefer silence and then sit in that silence for an hour, thank you
Thank the goddess my hairstylist lets me check a box on the online appointment request form. I don’t gotta say it.
When you brushed your hair and said “is this better?” I laughed out loud so big! You are so fun!!
I try to be mindful of my parasocial attachments, but your authenticity is so wonderful, it truly feels like being with a safe friend. I'm genuinely happy you exist, you're a treasure 💛 lots of love and blessings to you and your family
You are my favorite person. Not just because you are hilarious, and wildly talented, but also because you always seem so authentically yourself and I just adore your personality. I’m so glad that you are here.
Girl, this is such a postpartum vibe. I know exactly how you feel. I'm getting a lot of grays, but I've chosen not to dye mine. I'm glad you dyed yours though, because it made you feel more "you!"
I’ve waited for a while and pushed through with my first round of postpartum grew regrowth and then this time around I just miss looking at my head and recognizing myself 😂 I think this is a one time thing bc I can’t keep things like this up. But it was a fun experience!
@@elyse_myersI've just started my postpartum hair loss, soooo super looking forward to the baby hairs growing back in 🤪 and I bet mine will be gray too 😂 my postpartum acne is mostly what's getting to me right now though 😅
@@elyse_myersi had terrible post-nursing partem-depression... the hormone situation is REAL
So nice to see other postpartum moms here. I’m struggling with accepting my body now 3 kids later. It’s hard. Every day is hard. Finding 1 little thing that makes you feel happy or at least neutral can be such a bright spot in the day. Way to go Elyse!
@@erinmlaswellI'm sorry you're having such a hard time with it. I get it. It's so easy to be accepting and even loving of other people's stuff, but so hard to apply that same compassion to ourselves!
Your body has done the most incredible thing. Three children??? You grew THREE whole human beings!?! It would be weird if your body *wasn't* different after that. You're incredible, even if you can't always see it. The rest of us see it and will hold onto that knowledge until you're able to ❤
"DO not cry this is not what we're doing right now" - me 😭😂💀
Me to me every day since I had a baby 🤣
@nicoleholst0612 mom of 3 here, my oldest is 8, and I can assure you that happens LESS but it does not go away lmfao. Also congratulations 🫶🏻❤️
Pimples and grey hair happen again at menopause! Women really need to talk to each other more about the crazy 💩 that happens to us!!
It has become my mission to warn others about Vaginal Atrophy
My grey hair started way before perimenopause. There are many factors regarding grey hair.
That second sentence there? SOOOOO TRUUUUUE!! I've entered into perimenopause, and there are so many things I didn't know. My mom thought she was protecting me by not talking about it. I would have loved to have known more about what to expect rather than be thrown into the midst blind. My daughter, and husband and son, for that matter, hear plenty!!
No, tell me the acne is not true! I’ve had pretty bad acne since I hit puberty, I am 35 and the acne is still going strong, don’t tell me I have to wait until I fully finish perimenopause to have clear skin!
Honestly. More talking. It does some shit to us.
36 and I'm in perimenopause. The things it's doing to me and my body i never knew to expect
Your rant about thinking about not talking being louder than just talking should be used in psych 101 class as an example of how anxiety manifests in non-panic ways.
Also...girl, same
100%, yes! Mine is always there in the form of music I don’t want, and on bad days, the music plays rapidly on repeat. Today, it’s Charlie Brown music and I am absolutely okay with that. Brains are funny in this way.
I survived an illness I wasn’t expected to in 2008 (yay me). I spent a month in the hospital and another 47 days in a hospital bed at home, unable to get up. So when I finally looked at myself again in the mirror I had a “skunk patch” of gray hair in the front of my hair. At first I hated it and tried to cover it with hair color but as you’ll find, the hair color doesn’t stick to the gray hairs so I stopped coloring it and have come to love my gray streak! My daughter says it makes me look like Rogue from X-men! lol. Gray hair is beautiful in my opinion and you my friend, are beautiful inside and out!!! 🥰🥰🥰
Did you just casually drop the line “I’m not going to should on myself”
Woah.
Love.
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHA "I can drown myself out all day" I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE SEEN!! Thank you!! 🙌🏼
Omg Elyse I am going through arguably one of the hardest times in my life (and I’ve been through a a lot of those 😅) but I’ve really been struggling. When I saw you posted I was like “ah, this could bring a little peace” and sure enough when you said “I have petroleum jelly also known as Vaseline, idk why I called it by it’s government name” I laughed in a way I haven’t laughed in a really long time! So thank you so much for that and I hope you get some nice rest soon!
I hope you get some nice rest time soon too ❤
Hard Times seem to come my way easily. My mom often repeated phrases like “this too shall pass” and “where there’s life, there’s hope”. I used to think that those (and similar) phrases were untrue first of all, and annoying, at best. Decades blew by, and one day, I realized that I’ve pulled those phrases out and used them to help get me through some of the most difficult days. There are some things that I don’t have the ability to change. There are many other things that can be better though, and it is those that I tend to focus on, so that I can remind myself that action is so much more helpful than stagnation. I wish you well and hope that whatever is hard for you this week feels a bit lighter after your laughing. Keep going. Maybe you need to make “baby steps”, or even just stay stuck in the mud awhile longer, unable to walk. Ok. Let it be Ok. Wiggle your toes, so to speak, if that feels more doable than taking the next step. The sun will come out, drying the mud, and you’ll find that you can wriggle your way out of the sticky spot, dust off, leave what was in the past and find your brighter future. Cheers!
Wonder-full is ✨exactly✨ your vibe 🌪️🌈☀️🟣
As a person who has dyed their hair many times and at various levels of chaos the only thing I could think the whole time was "YOU'RE GONNA GET IT ON THE CHAIR!" haha. Glad it came off. One time I walked around my whole house with blue hair dye on my hands, on accident of course, it was like we were invaded by little smurfs haha.
I’m 30 and am COVERED in grey. Haven’t dyed it in 5 years and it’s very long and silver. I like to call myself a silver haired foxette. You’re beautiful no matter what you do to your hair 😊
I really needed a "boring" video today. Though it's not boring to me. It's so nice to just have a chill and funny video of just something regular in life. Needed this today, thanks Elyse
I love when editing Elyse makes an appearance. And the trash bag shirt - genius!
Your external monologue is literally my internal monologue all the time just very similar, and I relate to you so much. Thank you for making videos and sharing your life with us!
"There's a lot happening here" is such an honest statement. You are experiencing the familiar mix of confusing thoughts and feelings that go along with the many changes happening in your body and in your life circumstances. The truth is, there is a lot happening here, and you don't have to apologize for it or make excuses for dying your hair or rationalize any of it to us. If it makes you feel better- good on you. Us women go through so many different life transitions physically, mentally, emotionally etc. and its hard to feel confident in any of it. With every period or pregnancy it cycles all over again. THAT IS A LOT. I just hit menopause and that's a whole NEW set of changes and hormone shifting to contend with. Learning to love and accept ourselves in all the imperfections is not easy. Learning to be comfortable in your own skin is sometimes a huge challenge.
One thought I had- if you are worried about going to a salon and the anxiety flaring up, maybe you can find a mobile stylist that is spectrum friendly to come to your home or office? Just a thought.
Oxalic acid can help for the stains on the floor! It needs to be really diluted though! It also occurs naturally in rhubarb, so an old trick is to rub rhubarb on wood stains
I so relate to this, Elyse! My first son is 6 and my 2nd is 2.5. After my first the greys started ramping up but I didn’t mind/didn’t think I’d ever dye it. But then after my second pregnancy I gained a lot of weight and the greys got even worse. I reached a point where I just wanted to look in the mirror and recognize SOMETHING. Been dying for a while now, and I love the confidence I feel after I do it. I hate the pressure I feel when the greys start to emerge again, tho. Not really sure how to get off this hair dye train someday, but future-me will figure that out! 😃 Thank you for sharing your journey with us, as always!
At 4:00 I personally love the big frizzy hair look. As a dude with curly hair, I think there is a time and place for the more polished, put together, styled look. I also think that accepting the frizz can have big "embrace your power" energy. ❤
As a fellow greying 30-something… I feel this in my soul.
It looks great! Box-dyeing your own hair for the first time is a canon event - you did great!
Your answer to the “when do you feel the safest?” question confirmed we are in fact bff’s in my heart. 😂❤
I have white gray hairs, but they are SO REFLECTIVE and I keep thinking I have bits in my hair, but it's just the light reflecting in little curls. So when I am already getting overwhelmed by other stuff the little "ah there are bits in my hair!!!! oh...wait no" is like so much. So good job on the hair dye and thanks for sharing :)
Everything you said about when you're at your most comfortable is so true! 😂 well said
Obsessed with this task of doing nothing but it means everything. Bring out more day to day.. its so relatable.
❤ Mom of 2 here, I totally empathize with what you are going through. That transition was tough for my mental health.Take good care of yourself and get help when you need it ❤
I love seeing your brain in action. Thanks for sharing your uniqueness with this big world. ❤
It definitely did what you wanted it to do whether others can see it or not doesn't really matter. But I think it looks good.
And I completely understand the feelings you are experiencing with postpartum - I've experienced them after the birth of my second child AND then similar crazy feelings / thoughts when I hit menopause. Ugh!!
Anyway ... you make my day, Elyse. You are wonderful. I adore you.
You and I need to be friends. Not to sound like a crazy person, but I can relate to you and your brain on so many levels! You have a way of brining me out of a funk. Thank you for being you.
Thb, relatable AF. Comforting & Comedic ✨️👌
I am six months post-partem, and have been spiraling in so many ways. Dude, I stumbled across your channel this week and NEEDED it, you speak everything my inner voice is nagging me on - but you talk back with so much understanding (and clever quips).
Really I just have to say thank you, to you, on this one random video and throw my gratitude out into the void that is RUclips 😂
DAE feel like solar flare when watching Elyse's content. How can you survive in such brightness lol. Literally the only content creator I wish I had a personal brightness filter for lol
Your videos are never boring!
lol the cut to you after the frizzy hair remark has me cackling 😂 I love your humor and authenticity, showing up in this space as genuinely yourself is so great to see. Keep being you because it is awesome! 🫶🏻
Sometimes i feel like I'm not like anyone else and then i find people like you and i know that there's lots of us we're just spread out! Been binging a lot of these, grateful for your long form bc as a mom who needs a break, sometimes it's nice to pop this in my headphone and listen while i go about my day and have a giggle. Have a great day to anyone reading this! Love from Michigan!
You are wonderful, in all senses of the word. A friend of mine told me last year that the trait she liked in me the most was my sense of wonder at the world. She said she wished she still had the childlike part of her that experienced the awe I have at being alive in this very strange world. I had to tell her that my sense of wonder was hard-won, and at this point in my life it's about sheer bloody-mindedness, I will feel awe and wonder, dangit.
I’m so in awe and amazed every time you just decide to wash your hair. That’s such a freaking mountain to climb for me 96% of the time.
Thank you for showing the balance of self -care and struggle vs. Body bashing. I try to explain to people that it is not that i am embarassed about my body but it is rather that it is hard to be in a body that doesnt feel like mine. Im not somebody that cares about what size I am and my beauty routine is non existent but its little things like fixing gray hairs that can just give you confidence after caring for yourself.
Honestly we love these wholesome authentic videos. The postpartum experience is wild. This is you taking care of you! I’m glad it makes you feel better and more like yourself. ❤ keep up the amazing work Elyse! You got this momma.
The wasn't boring, I loved it. Thanks ❤
This video has given me the confidence to dye my hair myself now.
Dying your hair is easy. NOT dying EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU COME INTO CONTACT WITH is the hard part hahaha
Elise you are so adorable and so uniquely quirky, weird and awesome all at the same time in the best way! You make this world a better and more interesting place. You have a beautiful heart, wonderfully wacky sense of humour that cracks me up and you have such a beautiful voice! You are so talented! Jesus loves you and so do we all! Thank you for being so much fun! Lots of love and blessings to you and your family! Your hair turned out great by the way, your hair is so beautiful! Keep up the great work! (No pressure lol 😂) Always be you! 🥰💖🕊🌻💐🦋🌼👍🏻🎉🥳
It took me so long to come back to myself after my second kiddo. So. Long. If a little hair dye (or a lot) helps you feel more like yourself, then I love to see it.
The way that Reflections bit had me cackling 😅👏🪞
I'm living for this Friday chaos. Gimme please
Yassssss
One million percent recommend looking for a salon that allows you to book online, mine has a space to leave comments about what you’d like done & I include the need for no talking bit in there. SO good!
You're hilarious! Thanks for making me laugh - always! 😂😅
Just had an aha moment. “I’m not gonna should on myself.” I’m gonna use that all the time now. Thank you for that.
When you cut to yourself editing after saying "when my hair is crazy and frizzy" 😂😂😂 I was cracking up!! That was so good. Also I LOVE your "boring" videos. They're not boring at all and very entertaining. I look forward to your content ❤️
Your videos are NEVER boring! lol
the zits I got when my milk dried up were horrible and so hard to get rid of. Sulfur masks are the only thing that worked! I hope that can help you with yours, good luck!
Elyse! I had this brilliant idea last week: I’m going to EMAIL a hairdresser I’ve never met, do all of the talking/planning via email. And then just show up for a pre-arranged silent hair care appointment. And if they’re weird about it in the email, I can pick someone new and never face them.
You have beautiful hair. I'm 73 and have curly hair like yours .I finally quit dying it and grew it out long. I like it better then I ever have .
My granddaughter dyed hers black and omg she looks stunning
I don't think you could make a boring video if you tried. You're too relatable. 💗
When the grays came for me and I started dying my hair. It was the best. It made me feel like myself again.
“No- because there’s no bleach involved, and there’s no scissors.” 😂
Very much appreciated the authenticity in your videos , its so soothing to watch. Best wishes Elyse😊
I can't be the only one that's SUPER HAPPY this didn't go like the time (in college?) where your hair turned orange. This is a smashing success!
“It might be [quiet] with your ears, but that’s not very quiet in your brain.” Yep, that’s the trouble a lot of the time. 😅
thanks for being my comfort show Elyse :) im sat here with my coffee, knitting and freshly dyed hair lol
Thank you for speaking about postpartum 💕
Before becoming a mother, I didn't know much of anything about what that transition is like. Now, as a new mother, I've found myself wondering numerous times, "Why didn't anybody tell me this was a thing??"
Maybe I didn't notice people talking about postpartum because it wasn't on my radar, but I truly appreciate people being open and honest about it now (I'm not the only one with this funky belly!..? ...yay, I guess?)
I agree 100% about the entire quiet loop and I definitely don't look like I do in their mirrors
also "what's your favourite childhood memory?"
"skip"
with no hesitation
is my roman empire
We love you, Elyse. Take care of yourself always. 💜
I did the same thing when i started dieing my hair, It never turned out and my husband said he would just take me to have it done, so then i had to work up the courage to go, Because i have social anixety really bad and its has become worse since the passing of my son in April. Because he would go with me places to be my backup so i wouldn't be afraid. So every day has been a struggle since. Thank you so much for making videos, you have helped me so much to realize am not alone.
I dyed my own hair for years starting when I was in high School. Didn't have to go to a salon until I started wanting to go to a more blonder color from my natural brown. I could always dye my brown hair red and it would turn out good because my birth mother is a redhead, but I could never dye it blonde because it would be some hideous color that didn't even look like the packaging. So for first timers I do recommend dying your hair as close to your normal hair color as possible since there's really no way to mess that up. I am now 62 and stopped dying my hair. I once in a while get the urge to cover the mostly gray in my hair but more often than not I find myself upset it isn't graying all over faster. But in my younger years I was always dying my hair....
Light sanding and refinish on those spots will fix the floors right up. 👍
This is good to know!! Thank you!!
Do what you need to do to feel good! You’re incredible! Being a parent is hard.
Find whatever joy you can in life! You’re incredible and worth it!
Put 2 teaspoons of baking soda in a sauce pan of water, bring to very hot but not boiling. Submurge a cloth into the solution and wring out, apply to face in affected areas. This really really helps my cystic acne ❤
I have always been terrified to dye my hair. One time as a kid for Halloween my mom put some of that spray in my hair for my costume and as soon as I saw myself in the mirror I FLIPPED OUT and we had to wash it out immediately. And ever since then I have been scared to dye my hair. Way to overcome your fears! Sometimes I get discouraged because I feel like I’m afraid of everything and am not trying to overcome my fears. It‘s nice to watch you try to go in public or dye your hair etc on camera and see that overcoming fears is hard for everyone but you‘re doing it.
If unstart taking a few drops of lugols iodine a day, you might notice that things start to balance out and improve. I noticed all kinds of improvements including needing to cut my thyroid meds down several times. I'm taking 1/4 what I was last February and still might need to cut it down again. After decades on thyroid meds I think it's healing
Curi-awe-sity! 😊
Not boring in the slightest! I don't believe you're capable of being boring! ❤❤❤
I love her, she is real 😍♥️
I just finished video and you look GREAT and so witty as usual. Thanks and love 💕
I know you probably already have a million books to read, but I really wanted to recommend "The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo" if you have not already read it. Finished it today and thought it was a fantastic and heartfelt story about life, love and friendship.
Here is a quote I liked:
"Intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy"
I love you and all of your videos💕
Now you've done it!!!!! You have embarked on a never ending journey!!! Hahahahaha!!! I finally just embraced the grey and never looked back!!!!
You look fabulous either way Elyse ❤You did a great job
I just finished (in one day) listening to "Someone who will love you in..." and it was. Delightful. I loved it. Thank you for the recommendation!
Also i use henna+indigo (from Maiwa) to dye my hair. Mostly because i like the color, but it also dyes gray hairs, despite it being notoriously difficult to dye. So for my random ones, they act like highlights! Little sparkles!
Elyse, you have the best hairline I’ve ever seen. I had to throw that in. I’ve been coloring/highlighting etc my hair for about 20 years now, I’m 38, and I have 💯 gray regrowth. I color my roots every 2 weeks, the box dye will ravage your beautiful hair. If you have a Sally’s Beauty Supply near you, maybe check it out. I use 20 volume crème developer, and Wella permanent liquid hair color 4N on unwashed hair. Buy gloves, and Vaseline. (I know how that sounds) 1 is the darkest level (black) and 10 being the lightest level(platinum blonde) and these can all have different tones: cool, neutral, or warm. Section your hair into 4 parts. Use a plastic bowl, has to be plastic, and pour in the liquid hair color, then take that little bottle you just emptied, and fill it with 20% developer, dump that into the plastic bowl, then fill the bottle again the same way, add it into your mixture. It’s a 1:2 ratio- 1 color 2 developer. Take the Vaseline and apply it to your hairline but on the skin, not in your hair, behind your ears, and on the ear ridge as well, and the nape. Do this all in a well ventilated area, stir the mixture until it’s smooth, apply it all over your hair, or just roots- whatever you’re going for. The bonus: You will get sooooo much more dimension by mixing your own hair color. I know you didn’t ask for this unsolicited advice but my ADHD cannot help itself, so I am bestowing it upon you anyway 😘 I save a lot of money doing this too.
I’ve been covering my grays at home for over a decade, so I have a specific shirt and towel I wear for dye day. They were both old, but when I pick new ones, I’m going with black. Also, I cycled through about a half dozen hairstylists at my salon until I found one that doesn’t talk the whole time. It’s exhausting. I hope he never leaves.
"What's your favorite childhood memory? SKIP" yep, same 😂
Not one bit boring!! Loved it!!! ❤
Tip: Color dirty hair, it seems to take the color better on the grays. You can leave it on longer, too! Great job, sister! 😁👍
“Well this feels right” 😂 I swear I do that multiple times a day
You are too much! Love your videos. You have no idea how wonderful you are!🎉🥰
My goodness!!!! I felt the same way when I first did it too and I still feel like I have to tell everyone everything in case they think maybe I’m lying! Don’t know why…but yep! I’m the same. Thank you for sharing bc now I feel better! I love you!!! Keep shining!❤
I love it. The more boring the better! Your content makes me feel safe and seen 🥰