Hair colour

Male, female or trans?...???

I think I'd go and see a hairdresser for proper advice - you may think the roots are grey but it might only be the front which is where mine is. I've had my hair all shades for years but decided to have it lightened considerably a few years ago to disguise the grey roots and reduce the number of trips to have it coloured. She shows me the back which is still quite dark so letting it grow out wouldn't really work. I love the new metallic grey colours now available and asked about having it done that way but she advised against it as it wouldn't suit my complexion.

Stripping your hair could ruin it and if it's long like mine would take a lot of doing. Seek professional advice.

This was an ad for collagen that appeared onscreen today and I thought the presenter's hairstyle might interest those of you who favour short hair.
It certainly looks easy to care for.

My hairdresser recommended that I didn't go for colour stripping as, in her words, "It ruins your hair". I'm just growing it out with currently 2/3rds grey and 1/3 light blond so doesn't look too bad. I'm gonna go for the cut when I'm brave enough

Me too jeanlizzie etc. Phew, thought I was the only one!!!!

Thank you for your responses ladies. I think I may well go to the hairdressers and ask them to do it. It sounds safer. And so sorry to disappoint all of you who were expecting to read about a different type of 'stripper' I think I'm way past that sort of thing now

I just kept colouring with a gorgeous metallic silver dye....gradually my hair became that colour. So pleased at being natural now

Have it done professionally. My hairdresser stripped the colour and then put a few semi permanent streaks in grey to blend in until it grew out. It worked a treat - now free of the tyranny and cost of colouring. Yeh!!

Daughter is a trained hairdresser who specialises in colour and the removal of. When she took out my colour, she made sure she had all sorts of stuff at home in case it didn't 'take' as we hoped. Advice? See the professionals.

I thought you were planning a stag night or a hen do!

I decided years ago to get back to my natural colour. I did it gradually with the help of my hairdresser by going for fewer and fewer highlights, always leaving some layers of untreated hair in between. This way the transition is really slow and hardly noticeable.

My hairdresser recommended Head and Shoulders shampoo when I accidently dyed my hair too dark.

This made me chuckle too... I was hoping for some outrageous advice on birthday entertainment!

My first thought was crikey I lead a sheltered life ! What sort of granny wants a stripper ? Then I thought must be about a paint stripper. But curiosity killed the cat so I read it lol ?.

janywoo mine is not quite tweety bird yellow, I wish I could dye it another colour but it will not colour no matter what is used on it it’s as if stripping it has made it immune to dye.

I have even used the purple shampoo’s they don’t make it look any better.

I will just have to wait until it’s all grown out, in a few years

Hahaha, the daily email gives the title of this thread as,

‘Can any of you lovely ladies recommend a stripper?’

I wondered what on earth I was going to read

Well I was thinking of a different type of stripper, nah would never attempt to do that myself. In my opinion it needs to be done by a professional, I am quite dark haired have my hair cut every 5 weeks and colour mine myself as have grey roots yuk coming through all the time. But I can honestly say I wouldn’t attempt to do something like that at home,

seriously - as most of us are suggesting. Stripping hair colour is really best carried out by the professionals.

There are color removers that shrink the dye molicule and they wash out. You may have to apply the product multiple times before you get any results. When i first use this product my client left with light brown hair and came back the next day with the black hair we were trying to remove, the hair dye had oxidized over night and because i hadn't removed all the dye her hair turned dark again.After several more applications her hair was a soft light brown, which she decided to live with until she grew it all out. The color removers that strip out dyes with harsh chemicals will stip your nautral color as well and are very damaging. Many times the harsh removers turn your hair a Tweety Bird yellow and clients would end up coloring it back dark. The product is called "color opps"

and me Jeanlizzie! ?

Hi. That was a bit of a disappointment ,when I read ,the can any of you ladies recommend a good stripper? I had to have a look , and hair dye wasn't what I was expecting
Suppose it speaks volumes about me

I have it cut every six weeks, but cutting it up to the grey is not an option for me, i prefer long hair, i have never had short hair.

I have got used to it now colour wise i just wish i could find a shampoo and conditioner that suits it.

I agree, a cut is always the best thing to do, but professional stripping of hair is safe.
The cheap way to do it ( and hair will be fine doing it this way)
Is to have a cut then always use Head And Shoulders.
DD did it this way.

I would have advised cutting it Bopeep up to the regrowth, once damaged hair does not repair.
And then you could make a fresh start with either dyeing it again or going with the silver.

I had my hair stripped at the hairdressers a year ago, i wish i hadn't, my hair is now awful, not at all what i was expecting apart from it being grey/white down to my ears its a horrible colour of blonde the rest of the way down to the ends, and my hair is long.

Its also very very dry and i have still not found a shampoo and conditioner yet that suits it, i have spent a fortune.

I have tried putting a grey colour on it but the blonde stays the same.

The way it looks at the moment is the way i am sure it would look if i hadn't stripped it but a nicer colour and in better condition.