How often do you color your hair (to cover grey)?

[Anonymous]

It's getting to be every 6-8 weeks for me. Such a pain! Wondering if others do the same thing.

[Anonymous]

I should do it every 5-6 weeks, but I usually let it go for several weeks longer. My husband gets pissed at me when I let my roots get too noticeable, but I hate spending the money. I am 38 and mostly gray.

[Anonymous]

I am 46. I have my hair colored every 6-7 weeks. Sometimes I wait 8 weeks, and I hate looking in the mirror.
I agree - it is expensive, and time consuming and I hate it. But I have very dark hair with about 5% white, and the white stands out and does not look good at all.

[Anonymous]

OP, what is your natural hair color? If it is darker, it is probably more upkeep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I should do it every 5-6 weeks, but I usually let it go for several weeks longer. My husband gets pissed at me when I let my roots get too noticeable, but I hate spending the money. I am 38 and mostly gray.

I sure hope your DH is keeping up with his colorings. Or is he 15 years younger than you? Dude sounds like a total prick.

[Anonymous]

Every two months. Semi permanent. My husband does not support hair coloring but it makes me feel better and is better for my career.

[Anonymous]

My hair grows fast and I do it every 4 weeks - one of my few luxuries.

[Anonymous]

Every 6 weeks like clockwork. I had to go 7/8 weeks recently because of scheduling conflicts and my roots were out of control. I am 47 and blonde and it is still an issue for me.

My DH would notice if I did not get my roots done, but he gets his hair cut as often as I get mine cut and colored. He likely would not care if I chose to let my hair go grey, but since I do color he would notice the lack of upkeep.

[Anonymous]

every 4 weeks but i have darker hair. i think it shows quicker. sometimes 5-6 weeks but then it's really noticeable....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should do it every 5-6 weeks, but I usually let it go for several weeks longer. My husband gets pissed at me when I let my roots get too noticeable, but I hate spending the money. I am 38 and mostly gray.

I sure hope your DH is keeping up with his colorings. Or is he 15 years younger than you? Dude sounds like a total prick.

+1 and a total loser. Kick him to the curb.

[Anonymous]

Women with darker hair, what's your solution? Do you dye at home or go to a salon?

Every time I dye at home I make an insane mess -- black dye is hard to deal with -- but I just can't pay $90 every 4 weeks in a salon.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, this has become such a pain for me. Medium brown hair, probably 30% grey at this point with almost all grey around my face (at least this is my guess based on my roots). I am on an every three week (yep you read that right) cycle at my salon - my roots are noticeable after one week and out of control if I let it go to 4-5 weeks. I alternate between full color and roots only, every 3 weeks. I tried at home color (I posted a month or two ago for tips) and it didn't cover the grey and dried out my hair, so I am stuck with the salon bc I cannot stand the look of grey hair on me- I feel I look so much older.

[Anonymous]

Every 3 months at a hair salon. Then I touch up my roots at home every 10 days. It only takes 10 min as versus 2-3 hours at the salon.

[Anonymous]

Once a week! Yep, I color my own roots at home. I found a root bottle, it's easy to use, and mix my own color. My hair grows very very fast, and I have grey roots in about a week, with more around my face. It sucks, but I've been grey since I was 28, and am now 48.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once a week! Yep, I color my own roots at home. I found a root bottle, it's easy to use, and mix my own color. My hair grows very very fast, and I have grey roots in about a week, with more around my face. It sucks, but I've been grey since I was 28, and am now 48.

Oh my. This is my future. I'm 41, started coloring at 28 b'c of big gray patches, colored every 6 weeks until 38, then every 4 weeks until 40, now every 3 weeks. My hair also grows fast and thick and I see roots in about 10 days, esp. around my face and neck. I've tried letting it go and it ages me badly. I look washed out and sickly. Guess I need to prepare myself for a new weekly chore in a few years.