There's a Pill for That

I was going to whine again about my gray hairs starting to show--especially along the forehead line and my part line.  I have to go through the hassle of figuring out which product to use--I'll probably go with Clairol's Root Touch Up, because it's less toxic (but also less effective) than L'Oreal's Root Rescue.

Now L'Oreal is saying it may have a pill to prevent gray hair on the market by 2015; something they've been working on for more than a decade.  Not clear whether it can turn already-gray hair back to its natural color, or whether it will be for people who haven't yet started to get gray hair.  Hopefully the former.

See, those of us who are dragging our feet to slow the circles down (from Joni Mitchell's The Circle Game, one of my favorite songs) are in many ways a large untapped consumer market.  The market needs to spend more time focusing on what we want--to look and feel young.

Speaking of not making products with us in mind, I just ordered another pair of jeans on line, to avoid having to try them on.  I bought a pair of NYDJ jeans from Nordstrom; I have two pairs already, so I know how they'll fit.  Not as well as Cambios, but OK.  You need to belt to hold the waist up, though.  And I mean to keep the "waist" from sliding down the hips.  I bought short jeans, which I'm hoping is the new term for ankle jeans, so when they slide down they won't be too long.

I just couldn't bring myself to buy Cambios on line; it's been too long since I bought mine, and there were too many options to choose from.  A few departments stores (Saks and Nieman Marcus) seem to have a few pairs, but not in my size.  There's a website called Naturals-inc.com that sells Cambio, but I've never heard of that company and didn't want to take the risk.  I tried going to the Cambio website, but it's "under construction".  And Cambio's Facebook page wasn't helpful.

Actually, the jeans issue has nothing to do with age; if anything, I'm thinner than I was 10 years ago.  But I have a small waist and a deep arch in my back (lordosis, or swayback), and waists are always too big for me.  That is, the ones attached to legs that will fit over my butt.  I'm so used to clothes not fitting very well--sometimes I have them altered, sometimes I just live with it.  I never wear shirts tucked in; it just doesn't look good.  But I'm not going to take jeans to a tailor--too expensive and challenging--so I live with the gap at the back and wear tops that will hide the gap.

Someone could make a lot of money if they made jeans that fit...