Grey hair transition saviour

I started having white streaks in my 30s, a family trait. Over the years I coloured my hair to blend the streaks in, then I went lighter and lighter. About 6 years ago the platinum hair dye was actually matching my own colour so I stopped dying.
As we get older hair can become fragile, so I now use organic shampoo and conditioner. A good stylist is a real find.

Hope it helps with everyone, it has certainly made mine less noticeable and I have a very white 'Mallon streak' in my fringe which is now, sort of, ombre ?

nandad I share your problem, I am going white from the outside in, a fringe of grey/white round the edges, while the centre remains dark. It's one advantage is that I do not have a roots problem.

I get my hairdresser to give me an estimate of how much of my hair is grey, about once a year. His estimate currently stands at 60%, so I will keep colouring for now. I do it myself using Super Drug best, several shades lighter than my natural colour. It only needs doing a couple of times a year, takes half an hour and costs less than £10.00 a time, so it is not much of an imposition.

However sooner or later there will be a transition so I am always interested to hear what other people are doing.

I also transitioned to grey during lockdown and am so pleased to have finally done so. It’s very liberating plus I also have let my hair grow longer and I’m so happy with my new look as I think it looks softer and more natural as it blends with my skin tone. My family and friends have been very complimentary. I’m always on the look out for a shampoo which leaves hair silky soft. Some are better than others. I currently use Head and Shoulders supreme and alternate with L’Oreal purple shampoo but find my hair is softer the day after washing. Can anyone recommend a good shampoo for grey hair? I’m trying to find the perfect one!

I am desperate to stop colouring my hair but the colour /grey is spread so unevenly it looks awful. Elless, I will give this a go, it may help me into the transition.

I stopped colouring mine during lockdown and discovered my hair was a almost totally white. It took a little while for the colour to fade (it was semi permanent) but Im so happy I did. I see so many women who have embraced the grey and Im glad to have left the tyranny of monthly "roots" cover up in the past. My MIL still dyes her hair every month at the age of almost 90!

I was a redhead and as it started to go grey I had it coloured every 6 weeks. During lockdown I let it go and I am now white all over. My hairdresser said because I was naturally a redhead , my hair has gone a lovely creamy white. I’m so happy with it.
No more sitting in the chair for hours and none of the expense. I have lots of compliments too. . Thankyou lockdown!

The dandruff shampoo solution works to fade unwanted colour - the cheaper the product the better as the producers of higher quality products try to prevent the fading “problem.”

I bought a permanent colour remover but have been too scared to use it going back to the tried, trusted and gradual fading by using dandruff shampoo and sunshine.

Elless, thanks for the recommendation. Having gone through the transition and accepting my natural white for quite a few years I had a moment of lockdown madness and dyed it with an old box of dye I found lurking in a cupboard. I know! I looked like a cross between a vivid Janet Street Porter and Ronald McDonald. Glad to say, now it's settled down I like looking a bit as I used to look but it's back to the chemical tyranny of root coverage. I will buy some Defy Grey today

Yes, it takes a few washes but I believe if you use anti dandruff shampoo it washes out quicker ?

Does it wash out totally when you stop using it?