silver hair

Mine rapidly going white. Originally ginger. At first I was horror stricken about having to stop colouring it but now I quite like the white hair and it does seem to be getting a bit thicker. Also saving me a fortune! Let's embrace our silver years!

I wouldn't dream of botox or face lifts and I began to wonder why I was continuing to die my hair when it's obvious I'm not 39. I do use good moisturisers, have never gone to bed without removing every trace of makeup (if I've worn any that is) but I'm happy to be in my late 60's, so I agree, let's embrace our silver years.

When your hair goes paler your skin tones usually change too so even if you dye your hair the colour you were it is too dark. A better option I think is to have highlights/ lowlights - you then do not get the strip down any parting which always gives the game away! So many women continue with unsuitable colouring and it looks all wrong.
The lighter hair/skin colour often means you can wear slightly different colour tones in clothing and make up. Glamorous grans rather than anything else.

Cherrytree59, I tried your suggestion of conditioner first for the first time today - what a revelation, it really works! Stupid question, but do you rinse out the conditioner, then apply shampoo? That's what I did. Or do you add the shampoo to the conditioner already on your hair?

kitspurr I condition and then rinse before using shampoo.
Glad it worked for you

I do love GN! I knew about Touch of Silver though I haven't tried it yet but as for buying shampoo aimed at white (grey) horses or dogs! Fabulous, I can't imagine that gem turning on the fashion pages. Thank you. I shall try it.

p.s. I find coconut oil a nice conditioner. I rub a little on my palms and run them through my hair which makes it look shiny and gives a definite lift.

MagicMaggie I remember the restaurant anecdote from a previous thread on "to dye or not to dye" /grey hair. Was it you who posted it then too?

When everybody else is "Nice and Easy" honey blonde, "in yer face" silver can be much more individualistic !!

I am still having my hair dyed every 6-8 weeks. My hair is very dark and I don't have grey roots all over, yet. I have talked to my hairdresser about letting my hair grow out and she said she would have to strip the colour and put some tones in to blend it all. My DH doesn't wants me to keep colouring it. I have noticed my hair feels thinner when its due to be dyed and feels full again after. I use Aussie shampoo and conditioner, although I wouldn't recommend the frizz conditioner in this range as it did very little. I would stay away from all the products made by the washing up liquid companies as they are far too harsh. I believe you have to buy decent products to get decent results. I also have an under active thyroid which makes the hair thinner. There is an advert on tv at the moment and the lady has long grey hair and I think it looks lovely. When I mentioned this to my hairdresser she said grey only looks good on short hair....we all see something different eh.....

poly Your hairdresser saying she would have to strip your hair is not giving you good advice . Stripping is the harshest thing you could do and would make your hair very dry and brittle . Growing your colour out is a long process and your hair won`t look its best while you are doing it . The only thing I would suggest is doing a semi permanent home colour yourself on the roots while it is going through the worst of it ( this will wash out gradually) Why this hairdresser would say grey only looks good on short hair is strange ! Perhaps she imagines the long, grey ,straggly witchy look which you occasionally see on old women A well groomed long bob or tied up do can look good with the right make up . Why doesn`t you H want you to keep colouring it btw ?

Poly, speaking as one who has seen the light and changed hairdresser - I'd shop around for a new hairdresser ......one with more flexible ideas.

Grey or any colour hair for that matter looks good if the style is one that suits you and is well maintained. Poly, why not ask your hair dresser to put gradually lighter semi colour on? This gradually blends in the grey while the darker colour grows/ is cut out.

It will take some time, but is better than stripping the colour out.

Poly, I changed hair dresser last year, after 25 years with the same person. I only changed because the hair dresser changed careers. It's the best thing I could have done. I now have an enthusiastic and ambitious young woman. She's up to date and a good cutter/stylist. We started by using a lighter semi permanent, plus highlights so no more root problem. I've recently gone very short to allow the silver to come through. I don't know why your stylist says grey or silver isn't good with long hair, a couple of my friends look great with that look. The weekend guardian often features a model in her 70's who has gorgeous long silver hair. I'd seriously think of changing your hair dresser

polly. My last but one hairdresser said the same thing. She changed salons to an inconvenient location so I went to a new hairdresser in a salon used by (young!) family members. She took one look and asked why I was still colouring my hair. The cut was better, the colour grew out and I haven't looked back. We moved areas and I went to a new hairdresser with some trepidation. Her first comment was how good the natural colour, or perhaps non colour, looks. Now I know her better she tells me she often tries and fails to get clients to stop colouring their hair. We're all different, it's fine to carry on if you want to but if Its bothering you why not go to a different salon for a consultation? Get another opinion.

When i first said I was going to stop streaking and dyeing my hair, both DDs were horrified! Turns out I was right and I've never looked back. I'm lucky that it is platinum coloured - I often hear myself described as 'blonde' which always gives me a bit of a giggle. I grew out the hair dye gradually - stripping it is too harsh. My hairdresser put in lighter and lighter streaks over time, so the process wasn't at all dramatic, by which I mean that I never felt that the change took place overnight. I'm so glad to be spared the expense in both time and money. I find that silver shampoos are too purple. My hairdresser made me stop using it on a regular basis as I was beginning to look a bit mauve! However, it's all up to the individual. My lovely mother dyed hers for years, then lost it all after chemo. It grew back strong thick, and grey. She couldn't stand it, even though it looked great, and started dyeing again. Incidentally, she went to the same hairdresser for 30 years and they shared a lot together - but the hairdresser was always 'Miss McClean' - no such familiarity as a Christian name!

Thanks very much Cherrytree59! You could make a fortune with this idea!

I tried Herbal Essence and TRESemme, they didn't work for me though. Then I found Dove anti-aging and it works a treat!

All shampoo is detergent, you could use washing up liquid but I've used Johnson's Baby shampoo for 35 years and it suits my hair.

Always always have to use a conditioner on mine though.

Didn't we have a whole thread on using conditioner before washing your hair?

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who cares whether we did or not MawBroom. that was then and this is now

Hang on a minute , SAAK. I was just pointing it out after cherrytree's post of Tuesday 14.18 so there's no need to be so rude sniffy and dismissive.
Do I give a monkey's care that you use treSemme, Dove or even Pigeon's?
No , but I don't shut you up so kindly don't reply to anybody else's posts with "Who cares?"
Other members MAY wish to read shared experiences and if you don't that's fine by me.

Goodness gracious me Maw. I for one don't care about previous threads. Im more in the here and now whether it's been discussed before or not. I swing the other way when someone points this out and think that is a bit of a meh myself.

You can swing any which way you like SAAK just keep your snarky "Who cares?" attempted put downs for somebody who actually cares about your opinion.

oh dear maw, I'm pretty relaxed about things so don't really mind who cares or doesn't. i do however think that people who point out other threads without encompassing it within a sentence saying why could look at their postings without getting so cross?

Who cares SAAK?