Grey hair

Another vain one here so still colouring. If I didn't it would be in that inbetween stage which is awful.

cornishpatsy

I have just had different shades of grey highlights, slate, silver, smokey and metallic. Blends well but looks modern. The pic is not me but shows what I mean.

My hair is white but I certainly might consider having this done I think it looks great ?

I got fed up with the time and expense involved with hair colouring and decided to go grey. I actually prefer it and feel quite liberated! It's varying shades of grey which I like. I have it cut every 5 weeks.

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I colour my hair to its natural brunette as going or in my case white just makes all my anxieties about growing old worse. Like you I feel and look better with my hair coloured.

I had a mix of lowlights for years but decided to give up about 18 months ago. I do use light make up every day, makes me feel better. Just a tinted moisturiser, eye pencil and a lip gloss, or salve. I must be 100s of pounds better off but more than that it was the time taken up every other month.

I am lucky to have silver hair. I have put a metallic silver on it in the past but not for months now. I don't think grey hair makes you look any older. I will never go back to putting ash brown on it. Get used to your grey hair....maybe have silver highlights put in it to lift it.

I use a dark blonde semi-permanent, which is really a light brown. It's a little too dark immediately I've done it, but fades wash by wash. I like warm tones so occasionally use a copper wash-in colour from Superdrug as my colour starts to fade, to make the greys tone in more. I suspect that if your hair is different greys you may find that it looks high/low lighted anyway. The only problem would be if your grey was very colour resistant and wouldn't take a semi, as a permanent colour gives the same colour all over so more flat looking.
Semi permanent dye colours vary, I prefer Casting to others which are often a darker brown.
To be honest I think I do the colour better than my hairdresser where I often had a pink tinge which I didn't like.

Yes, some people do look fantastic with grey or white hair. But sadly, not me. I'm 64 and I have tried to let it go grey a few times but it looks awful, patchy, mousy in places, and the hair itself looks wiry and dry and in poor condition, no matter what I put on it. It looks so much better when I dye it, better condition too. And I definitely look younger. I use Olia medium blonde. On me it produces a dark blonde/light brown colour which I like.

I should add that my hair is now white in streaks but still pretty dark in patches and the semi ties it all together without making it look all the same and "flat" like a wig!

I grew out my roots during lockdown and went grey! I keep my hair short and sharp (trimmed every 4/5 weeks) every third shampoo I use a ‘Blue’ shampoo. I put it on dry hair for 15 mins before washing hair. This keeps away the yellow tinge especially in the summer. Also now wear deep jewel colours to compliment hair colour. Just a scarf next to face works.

My hair had been blond all my life until my 50's when it started to go dark. I had foils once every 6 weeks pre covid. With home cutting they have disappeared, when I catch a look of myself it just doesn't look like me. Though family have said they like it and what looked like grey eyes now look blue on Facetime. I am getting it cut shortly and wonder what the hairdresser will say.
Thinking about it I have changed my makeup to more pinky and the clothes I buy are more colourful. In my mind I know I do not want to go through the whole growing out process again

I'm in my mid 50s and a redhead, but I find my roots getting darker, with an few odd greys, so I get them retouched every 6 mths. All of my friends are still dying their grey hair, but my hairdresser told me a few of her clients have decided against colouring since lockdown as they got used to the grey. I think I would feel older with grey hair, but that's just probably me being vain and thinking I'm still a wee young thing

cornishpatsy

I have just had different shades of grey highlights, slate, silver, smokey and metallic. Blends well but looks modern. The pic is not me but shows what I mean.

I was just about to say you look amazing for your age cornishpatsy.

honeyrose, I think the cut is especially important with grey hair. It can make you look stylish instead of old. So instead of spending money on colouring just get it cut well, and often.
You might also want to rethink the colours you wear while you are at it. What looks good with brown hair might not work with grey.

I have been waiting for my hair to go white all over but it doesn't so I bleach the front and random stripes going towards the back. I don't use foils, just a balayage technique) bleach just painted on) which gives gentle blending.
It looks like an expensive colour job and gets lots of comliments.

I stopped having mine dyed since March 2020. I have considered dying it again but have decided that a sharp cut, regular (paid for) blow drys and a change in wardrobe colours, mean I can look good in another, smarter way.

Plus the saving of the money it cost to have it dyed in the salon.

Besides, my silver hair goes better with my twinkly blue eyes!

I started going grey in my mid 20s. I used to get streaks put in until my forties, then decided it was becoming too expensive and have had totally white hair since I was about 45. I'm 80 now and even with white hair still don't look my age. Grow old gracefully is what I say.

I'm 47, always had highlights..During the lockdowns it all grew out, and I noticed several greys coming through. Well, as I've been fair, it's actually white,which looks rather nice ! I also hit early menopause at 44, so did feel a bit old before my time . I'm noticing though that many younger women are actually paying to colour their hair this colour !!

I've been colouring mine bright pink for a few years now. I'm 67 . Get lots of compliments from young people which is nice,strange looks from older ones but I don't care. My hair and I'll do what I like with it

What about a new hair cut and style, that can me as modernising as a new colour?

I’ve been grey for years but have foils done silver and pale brown, not as stripy as the picture but I do like that!

I dye my own hair ( won't/ can't pay salon prices). Superdrug own brand, natural,medium blonde £3.99, roughly every 8 weeks
It's barely more trouble than just washing my hair and covers my grey nicely!

All that time in the hairdressers for the next twenty years or more? All that money? Oh no, not for me!

Get yourself a great modern haircut, condition your hair, slap on the lipstick or dusky eyes and add colour to your wardrobe. Add a spring in your step and laugh a lot!

Years off, more fun and a lot cheaper!

Shelflife

I use nice and easy. Most high street stores sell it. Used it for years when I had short hair well before I started to go grey. But can be used on full grey. Went back to long hair in my forties and have stayed that way so used a mobile hair dresser but with the lock down have gone back to doing it myself and went back to the trusted dye. Still as good.

I still have my hair coloured but after so long in lockdown I decided it would be highlights only (half a head) and the base colour would be left natural. I think it's a good compromise and a lot cheaper as the growing-out is quite 'blurred' because half of it is your natural colour. So these days, I'm a half-blonde, not a whole-head one.

I’m glad I stopped dyeing mine during the first lockdown (March 2020 was my last colour - same as you), I’m 59 and ready to embrace being grey.
Have a good modern cut, get it in tip-top condition (show your hairstylist some style pics you like) and don’t forget that wearing different colour clothes makes a huge difference - as does a nice lipstick.
I’m not willing to go back to dyeing mine every 4 weeks and covering roots in between...go for it xx