I think I just have to go grey

[Anonymous]

You try going gray. If it ages you too much, you can always color it again, too. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

A swim cap doesn't keep your hair dry. It simply keeps it off you and out ofnthe pool.

I would look at wigs if you miss color but don't want to deal with the upkeep and cost. One great medical-quality Synthetic fiber wig will cost just about the price of a hair treatment and color here, and last a lot longer.

[Anonymous]

NP. When I see elderly women with very thin hair with the brassy color and white skunk strike at the top, I always wonder why they don’t go silver; they can even add some silver highlights to sparkle it up. The skunk stripe looks worse than all gray, and it takes a trip to the salon every 2 weeks to (decently) cover it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 48 with a lot of grey and I think I’ve had it with trying to cover it. I got a terrible all-over color with horrible brassy highlights a year ago that was much too dark. My hair grows fast so the roots were evident immediately. After a few times seeing that stylist with my hair just getting darker and highlights worse, I found a really good colorist who was able to fix it somewhat with balyage, lowlights and highlights. But it costs SO much, and moreover, the highlights just ruin the texture of my already frizzy hair so I look like a crazy witch in the heat.

I think I’m just gonna go grey. I don’t see any other solution!

What's your natural color?

I also used to do the highlights thing, but as a little gray became a lot of gray (I am fully gray at my crown at 52) I ditched highlights and now do a single process color. I touch up in between salon visits with Loreal root cover.

Is it a pain? Yes. But I'm not ready to go fully gray and no matter what people say, it ages you. Like by a decade at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. When I see elderly women with very thin hair with the brassy color and white skunk strike at the top, I always wonder why they don’t go silver; they can even add some silver highlights to sparkle it up. The skunk stripe looks worse than all gray, and it takes a trip to the salon every 2 weeks to (decently) cover it.

OP here. To be fair, the gray blending technique can actually look really good although I don’t know how it would work on all-gray hair. But I just can’t take the expense, upkeep, and not swimming.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 48 with a lot of grey and I think I’ve had it with trying to cover it. I got a terrible all-over color with horrible brassy highlights a year ago that was much too dark. My hair grows fast so the roots were evident immediately. After a few times seeing that stylist with my hair just getting darker and highlights worse, I found a really good colorist who was able to fix it somewhat with balyage, lowlights and highlights. But it costs SO much, and moreover, the highlights just ruin the texture of my already frizzy hair so I look like a crazy witch in the heat.

I think I’m just gonna go grey. I don’t see any other solution!

What's your natural color?

I also used to do the highlights thing, but as a little gray became a lot of gray (I am fully gray at my crown at 52) I ditched highlights and now do a single process color. I touch up in between salon visits with Loreal root cover.

Is it a pain? Yes. But I'm not ready to go fully gray and no matter what people say, it ages you. Like by a decade at least.

^^My natural color is dark brown. I have been coloring to light brown since I don't know when.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 48 with a lot of grey and I think I’ve had it with trying to cover it. I got a terrible all-over color with horrible brassy highlights a year ago that was much too dark. My hair grows fast so the roots were evident immediately. After a few times seeing that stylist with my hair just getting darker and highlights worse, I found a really good colorist who was able to fix it somewhat with balyage, lowlights and highlights. But it costs SO much, and moreover, the highlights just ruin the texture of my already frizzy hair so I look like a crazy witch in the heat.

I think I’m just gonna go grey. I don’t see any other solution!

What's your natural color?

I also used to do the highlights thing, but as a little gray became a lot of gray (I am fully gray at my crown at 52) I ditched highlights and now do a single process color. I touch up in between salon visits with Loreal root cover.

Is it a pain? Yes. But I'm not ready to go fully gray and no matter what people say, it ages you. Like by a decade at least.

My natural color is medium brown with reddish undertones. Single process looked horrible on me and showed roots in less than 2 weeks.

[Anonymous]

I think gray hair can look really great on a lot of people! If you're worried about it aging you, you just need to focus on keeping your makeup and clothing/accessories fresh and youthful (within reason, of course).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Own the grey!

I started greying in my 30s. I tried to cover it up for a while, but I love it now. I agree with the pp: it’s liberating.

OP here. Unfortunately the grey isn’t going to look good on me and it’s going to age me a lot. But I feel like covering it up badly only looks worse. I’m not going to be the silver fox type.

I have brown frizzy hair that is turning grey. I'm 47 and just will keep dying it because it (and I) look SO much better with brown hair. Like, people think I'm sick and/or depressed when my hair is very gray. My eyes (blue) look more grey and blah when my hair is gray. I get treated worse with gray hair. I'll dye until I die.

[Anonymous]

I love my gray. I've been gray for 20 years, and it's freeing. I get more compliments on how beautiful my hair is - and how "brave" I was to do so. I've been told by strangers that I've suddenly inspired them to stop coloring.

Love the freedom!

[Anonymous]

I would be gray already but something in the boxed color makes my hair really smooth. The natural texture is frizzy and bottled toners don't help. I wish I knew what it was about the boxed color that does this: I'd stop coloring if I could get it separately.

I have medium coloring, curly hair, and a curvy figure: gray is already tough for me to pull off so it can't be frizzy as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think gray hair can look really great on a lot of people! If you're worried about it aging you, you just need to focus on keeping your makeup and clothing/accessories fresh and youthful (within reason, of course).

I think the opposite. I’ve seen a handful of people who can pull it off.

If dying is too high maintenance, feel free to stop. But it is the rare woman who looks better with gray.

[Anonymous]

Demi with a very very low level developer is what I am planning once my gray gets over 25-30%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You try going gray. If it ages you too much, you can always color it again, too. Good luck.

yup, be prepared to be ignored except for the occasional annoying you go girl power age gracefully bitter old lady

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Own the grey!

I started greying in my 30s. I tried to cover it up for a while, but I love it now. I agree with the pp: it’s liberating.

OP here. Unfortunately the grey isn’t going to look good on me and it’s going to age me a lot. But I feel like covering it up badly only looks worse. I’m not going to be the silver fox type.

I think you don’t realize how good you will look! Heathy, natural hair will always always look better than over processed hair. And you’re right. There just isn’t a good way to keep gray hair brown without it being extremely expensive, time consuming, and then still it will likely get over processed and brassy anyhow.

The grow out is hard, the brown will just continue to fade and get more brassy. But know it is temporary! Your hair will be gorgeous when all the old dye is gone.

thanks I think what pushed me over the edge is the brassiness. It’s soooo ugly! And I swim so it’s not like I can meticulously protect the color.

DP. Avoid any color that calls itself "chestnut" and that will cut down on the brassiness a lot. Choose colors with "ash" in the name.

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