I had to do a double-take. Glamorous former model Melinda Messenger posted pictures of herself online at the weekend looking recognisably radiant and beautiful – but without her trademark platinum blonde hair. In its place was a coiffe of neatly pinned grey.
At 55, she said she had found ‘real freedom and joy’ in letting the dye grow out and ‘being herself’ in all her natural, white-streaked glory.
Actress Olivia Colman, 52, has done the same thing, proudly revealing a mass of greying curls in place of her usual brunette crop on the Paris catwalk at the weekend.
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