Grey hair

An old thread (May 2021), resuscitated by a spammer.

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.

That is really cool.

There are a few grey groups on FB. On bring Grey and Proud. Lots of young people on there. Lots of tips and ideas and women encouraging each other.

I have a short blond bob and go to hairdressers every 6 to 7 weeks for a trim and my roots doing. I’m not ready to go grey at 69! Also I love going to my hairdresser it is a real therapy session😂

Sorry, my hair!

Mine hair has natural streaks of grey, quite happy with it. I do use a good shampoo and conditioner.

The date you get your pension?
Is it later than you thought?

Fgs! I’ve just looked at the dates!!!!!

I’m now almost 66 (state pension hooray!)

I started to grow my grey out and embrace it! I had very dark brown hair. It looked awful and I looked so washed out, I hated it! I now have it coloured and three shades lighter with some highlights, I love it and it suits my skin tone. I’m not sure I look any younger but I feel better

Mine was a nice blondish grey, naturally.

Then it began balding, and I couldn't get out, and... and...
Well, my next door neighbour cut it into a neat bob last week, but its steel grey now.

No natural blonde bits, and still with bald patches.

Cornishpatsy that looks good. I may give that a go. Thankyou.

I decided to let my hair go grey and I like it now, although I must admit you do look younger with it coloured but I got fed up with the regrowth it was lovely for about the first week or so then the dreaded grey would come through.

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Thanks everyone for your experiences with having grey hair and your very welcome advice. Although I’ve still not decided what to do, I feel as if I’m gradually getting used to having grey hair and may keep it that way, at least for the time being. I was watching Tamsin Greig on tv the other night (10 Years of Friday Night Dinner) and her short grey hair - when not covered by the auburn/brown bob style wig she wears on the programme) looks really beautiful in different tones of dark grey. It’s styled really nicely and looks chic and modern. She has dark brown eyes (which I also have) which compliment the grey hair. I don’t think I’ll look as glam as Tamsin (well, I KNOW I won’t!) but I think I’ll give the grey a try. I feel my hair is in better condition now as I never did think that colouring does the hair any good. Also, I’ve not worn make-up for over a year, and I always wore subtle make-up before lockdown, so maybe I need to concentrate on doing that again. A few of you mentioned wearing different colour clothes as well - that’s worth a try, hadn’t thought of that. My dear late mother used to colour her white hair with cold tea! It was surprisingly effective and the finished result was an ash blonde, if she didn’t leave the tea on for too long! Don’t think I’ll be trying that any time soon, as my hair is a dark grey and cold tea might not do the job. Thanks everyone for your advice - I apologise for taking so long to respond.

After years of putting more and more lighter and lighter blonde highlights into my brown but greying hair, I took the plunge at 50 and decided to rock silver locks. I love it and refuse to call it grey! Suits me better than the blonde, which washed me out. Also steering away from the earthy autumnal colours I used to wear does help - stronger colours for makeup and clothes def needed now. Bizarrely, I feel less invisible and far more confident as a result!

I been using L'Oreal temporary colour rinse which is very easy to use and gave warmer tones to my grey hair which made me look less"washed out"but in the last few weeks my hair has gone even lighter and I've decided I now like the colour it is so I'm no longer using hair colourant.
I am now dying my eyebrows instead and it makes my face look more alive.Wearing blusher and mascara helps too.For the first time in my life I am loving my natural hair colour and it looks shinier and healthier too.

PS my hairdresser comes to my home and I have the highlights done every six months at a cost of £60
I’m 77 and would be happy to go silver.

My natural colour is dark blonde and I’ve always had pale ash blonde highlights put in. Over the years I developed a broad silver streak either side of my parting. It’s exactly the colour I’d like all over but it stubbornly refuses to get any bigger, so I have to continue with the highlights or look like a badger.
This is my latest colour, after a long nine month wait to see my hairdresser.

I have saved over a £1,000.00 by not going to the hairdressers. I have been having all over colour and hi lights every 6 to 8 weeks previously. I have discovered at the age of 65 that I do not have a lot,of grey I have found a mobile hairdresser (a friend of my younger son) and she tells me to keep using the semi permanent it is working fine at covering what grey I have. My DH. Prefers it lighter but I am enjoying not having to worrying about maintenance. It is interesting that some of you are using semi permanent hair dye to cover mainly grey because we are told semi colour will not work.

I think once I have more grey I will pay for a consult with a top hair salon and get their advice.

I was brunette in my younger days and gradually with highlights etc ended up with shortish blondish hair, this grew out over lockdown and I decided to keep it longer (in a bob) and had a grey toner on just to brighten it up and I love it! Better when I have make up on and maybe a bright lippy could give you a bit of a lift? Why not visit a make up counter at a department store now they are open again? I had a little go at the Dior counter at the airport when I last went away, only a bit of foundation, blusher and lippy, such a difference. Treat yourself!

I am 64 and have allowed my very dark brown hair go grey/ white over the last few years. I love it ! I did colour it but dark hair and pale skin looked so unnatural on me.
I keep my hair well cut and I am very happy with it !

I expected to go to my grave with my white hair coloured a lovely ash blonde. Then I was unexpectedly taken very seriously and lost a lot of my hair. My hairdresser suggested we stopped colouring it for 6 months to concentrate on the quality of my hair. Luckily my hair grew back. By then everyone had seen my white hair and I had grown used to it so I kept it but had an up to date short cut and modified my makeup.

I'm 72 and I'm a sort of silvery white all over. I've grown it into a jawlength bob which is fairly easy. The best shampoo and conditioner etc for my fine, white hair is from the White Hot Hair range, although I do use Philip Kingsley's Elasticizer about alternate weeks before shampooing.
Ii love the colour I am now and my daughter is crossing her fingers that she goes the same shade as she gets older.