Highlights for grey hair

[Anonymous]

Looking for a hair stylist who is good at highlights for grey hair where the hair is overall pretty white to mask the greys. Not sure what this technique is called. Ideally in Montgomery County or NWDC.

[Anonymous]

Anyone?

[Anonymous]

You want to mask the greys but keep the white? So you want to keep your hair all white? Trying to figure out what you want.

[Anonymous]

This isn’t for me. It’s for a relative in town for a while. She has brown hair and used to highlight but it required a lot of upkeep. There is another method that’s lower maintenance where they lighten the brown all over with lots more highlights, so when the grey comes in it kind of blends into the blonde/white without any obvious lines. And the grey kind of just looks like highlights, too.

Any recommendations? MD/DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t for me. It’s for a relative in town for a while. She has brown hair and used to highlight but it required a lot of upkeep. There is another method that’s lower maintenance where they lighten the brown all over with lots more highlights, so when the grey comes in it kind of blends into the blonde/white without any obvious lines. And the grey kind of just looks like highlights, too.

Any recommendations? MD/DC

I did this with Doan at Michael Anthony. She did a great job but it really fries your hair (not her fault).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t for me. It’s for a relative in town for a while. She has brown hair and used to highlight but it required a lot of upkeep. There is another method that’s lower maintenance where they lighten the brown all over with lots more highlights, so when the grey comes in it kind of blends into the blonde/white without any obvious lines. And the grey kind of just looks like highlights, too.

Any recommendations? MD/DC

I did this with Doan at Michael Anthony. She did a great job but it really fries your hair (not her fault).

^^Da, not Doan!

[Anonymous]

I would like low lights or highlights to add dimension to my stunning grey hair. It is a beautiful color, just all one color, and I would like a tiny bit of dimesnion. But hairdressers have openly admitted to me they do not know how to work with grey hair. Where to go?

[Anonymous]

For OP, that sounds nice but in practice the lightened parts have brown roots. It could only work on parts that already have grey roots and dyed brown or brown ends.

It's a lot of upkeep. It doesn't just automatically blend in.

PP, it's the same issue but gray hair is hollow and thicker but brittle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like low lights or highlights to add dimension to my stunning grey hair. It is a beautiful color, just all one color, and I would like a tiny bit of dimesnion. But hairdressers have openly admitted to me they do not know how to work with grey hair. Where to go?

Don’t ruin your hair with highlights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For OP, that sounds nice but in practice the lightened parts have brown roots. It could only work on parts that already have grey roots and dyed brown or brown ends.

It's a lot of upkeep. It doesn't just automatically blend in.

PP, it's the same issue but gray hair is hollow and thicker but brittle.

DP. It sort of works to blend more softly as the greys grow out, which it sounds like OP’s friend wants. The highlights/balyage don’t give the same demarcation line and the grow-out is less stark if the colored hair is lighter.

It’s not perfect but it made my too-dark dye job look MUCH better growing out.

[Anonymous]

Raquel at Glynn Jones in old Town Alexandria.
She can do low lights with partly grey hair. Not sure about all grey low lights for dimension, if that’s what pp wanted.

Glynn Jones is expensive, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For OP, that sounds nice but in practice the lightened parts have brown roots. It could only work on parts that already have grey roots and dyed brown or brown ends.

It's a lot of upkeep. It doesn't just automatically blend in.

PP, it's the same issue but gray hair is hollow and thicker but brittle.

DP. It sort of works to blend more softly as the greys grow out, which it sounds like OP’s friend wants. The highlights/balyage don’t give the same demarcation line and the grow-out is less stark if the colored hair is lighter.

It’s not perfect but it made my too-dark dye job look MUCH better growing out.

Only if the hairs are already growing out gray.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raquel at Glynn Jones in old Town Alexandria.
She can do low lights with partly grey hair. Not sure about all grey low lights for dimension, if that’s what pp wanted.

Glynn Jones is expensive, though.

Could she do very subtle? So the grey is there, just with dimension?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would like low lights or highlights to add dimension to my stunning grey hair. It is a beautiful color, just all one color, and I would like a tiny bit of dimesnion. But hairdressers have openly admitted to me they do not know how to work with grey hair. Where to go?

Don’t ruin your hair with highlights.

That's what they say.... But I see pictures of lowlights in grey hair and the dimensions looks beautiful, just like highlights in dark hair...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For OP, that sounds nice but in practice the lightened parts have brown roots. It could only work on parts that already have grey roots and dyed brown or brown ends.

It's a lot of upkeep. It doesn't just automatically blend in.

PP, it's the same issue but gray hair is hollow and thicker but brittle.

DP. It sort of works to blend more softly as the greys grow out, which it sounds like OP’s friend wants. The highlights/balyage don’t give the same demarcation line and the grow-out is less stark if the colored hair is lighter.

It’s not perfect but it made my too-dark dye job look MUCH better growing out.

Only if the hairs are already growing out gray.

I mean it’s not perfect but much better than the skunk stripe of an all-over color.