Grecian Formula Experiment: Day 1

My dome after the first GF application.
Gray:Black Ratio - 40:60

Notes: This stuff is really stinky and I can smell it on my hands for hours, even after double washing. That pungent Grecian smell pops up when I least expect it, like in line for lunch at Rebeccas. Note to guys: you can't expect to pull chicks when you smell like this. They're going to think there's something wrong with you...

Grecian Formula Experiment: Preparation

Yesterday I went to the Shop and Stop and picked up the necessary supplies for my experiment: 1 bottle of liquid Grecian Formula. No rubber gloves - no special shower cap. This is the same way regular guys have been doing it for 50 years. At least that's what the creepy guy next to me in the hair-care aisle told me.


I hurried home and unpacked.








First - the bottle: small with clear liquid. Undeniably powerful.











Second - the directions: direct and concise, with handy pictures - just the way I like them. I got a little nervous when I saw the middle panel depicting a very frustrated guy yanking on his hair. But you know what? There's no glory without pain. No success without sacrifice. If I have to yank a little hair to get it black as night, so be it.

I read throught the directions and noted some interesting points. I can't wash my hair, unless I want the magic to take longer than two weeks. And Combe says I should use this product just like I would my regular hair dressing. Not sure what "dressing" means, but I wrote down a reminder to check with my barber ASAP.

I also noted that the bottle had a thin layer of yellow goo clinging to the bottom, a substance that I assumed is the secret formula developed by the Grecians long ago.

I opened the bottle and took a whiff. It smelled like cranky, old man - a pungent odor I accepted as a very good omen.

I readied myself for the first application.

Grecian Formula Experiment: Background

I have gray hair. Not Anderson Cooper gray - more in line with Clooney's head, minus the beautiful mug and gaggle of fawning starlets. I'm definitely what you would consider "salt and pepper" although my temples are about two shades away from getting me mistaken for Paulie Walnuts on the Sopranos.

But that's all about to change thanks to the nice people at Combe International, makers of the wonderproduct Grecian Formula! According to the mountain of published research I was able to gleen from their site, GF can make me go from looking like an elderly insurance salesman to a sprite, young go-getter (button down shirt and club tie, not included). All I have to do is apply a bit of their "formula" to my dome each morning and in two weeks my hair should be as black as a grande Starbucks breakfast blend. This, my friends, is a promise too good to pass up.

Being a scientist, I wouldn't dare embark on an adventure of this magnitude without first making a commitment to full documentation. Therefore, I will be taking a battery of pictures of my head each day as I progress through the GF treatment and posting the results. And of course I will also be ranking my overall improvement in sex appeal.

Fourteen days from now we should have enough data to be able to prove or disprove the Grecian Formula hypothesis: "Restores lost color to gray hair, naturally."

At the same time, we will also be monitoring one other GF claim: "It looks so natural no one can tell you colored your hair, they'll just know you look great."

I can't wait.