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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandmother was a DAR, went to finishing school and used the term dishwater blond. [/quote]

You must be a boomer like me to know all those terms. [/quote]

Nope, young Gen X (1980) and my grandmother was born in 1930. The same grandmother also used the term “mousy brown hair.” Women from her generation were pretty openly critical of others. Conversations about brides who shouldn’t have worn white, shotgun weddings, etc. Fun times![/quote]

Also 1980 here and [b]I don’t think I’ve ever heard “dishwater blond” or “mousy brown” in person[/b], but there are plenty of references to both in children’s literature.  So I grew up knowing those terms even though no one I know uses them. [/quote]

I've heard it a lot because all my great grandparents are Russian, and I and most of the people in my family have that hair color.  It's super common in Slavic countries.  There's even a specific Russian word for it, and it isn't pejorative.

For the OP saying "mousy" hair is "messy" and dry/unkempt, consider that many Eastern European models have that hair color, and also that Slavic hair, which I think is more likely to have that color than many other Euro groups, fetches the highest prices in the extension market because of both its quality (thick, glossy) and shades of that specific color, which make it easy to highlight or dye without bleaching.  Google this and you'll see.

Mousy hair CAN be dry or dull, but it can also be glossy and healthy.  The term has nothing to do with hair quality.

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