Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 19:51     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Anonymous wrote:Zero. I'm letting the gray come in.


Same! Mine are coming in a really pretty silver and I love them. My mom has really neat looking shiny silver hair I’ve always admired and I’m looking forward to having my own.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:12     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
I get my color done at hair cuttery, with tip it ends up being around 120 bucks for the color. I go every 6 weeks or so.

Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:08     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
I have brown hair, but have always done highlights. My hair is also curly and have very little white hair. I cut it myself and highlights every 6 months ($200 each time)
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 15:38     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Cut, color, gloss. $320
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 14:11     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Naturetint in hazelnut blonde. $11 on amazon and looks so natural. My real hair is a duller version of it, with grays.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 13:40     Subject: Re:How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
I have very dark brown hair and guess that I'm ~15-20% gray at this point. I color my hair every 6 weeks or so w/ Wella Color Charm demi-permanent. Costs ~$10-12 per tube plus whatever pennies for the developer (it a giant bottle for like $10 and lasts for many coloring sessions). I can't be arsed to get to the salon for multi-hour coloring sessions when it is so easy and cheap to do at home.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 21:32     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Zero. I'm letting the gray come in.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 20:44     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
I have medium blonde hair and got full highlights most of my life for about $275.
I’d go 2-3 times a year.

Then I got tired of going a couple years ago around age 50 so it’s natural now. About 10% grey/white. I’m calling that my highlights.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 09:26     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
I actually went to a different person and salon for color and cut. I just couldn’t find one person who could do them both well (curly hair). My color was $120 every 6 weeks (single color glaze just to blend grays, not full coverage). Haircut is about $100 every 4-5 months. But I stopped coloring my hair about couple yrs ago…it just wasn’t worth my time.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 11:55     Subject: Re:How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Anonymous wrote:I color at home about once a month. I use 2 boxes each time, so about $30. Loreal Excellence has the best gray coverage.
If you want to try it with a little more support, you could look at eSalon, I use them from time to time.

I was a blonde but would be all-over dark gray if I grew it out. Light brown hair looks good on me, but it's too hard to maintain (grays come back too fast) so I dye it blonde, and then I dye "soft silver" over it to make it more beige than yellow. If my natural hair would ever go silver/white, I'd grow it out, but I don't like the dark gray.


That’s interesting. I have darker hair and my grays are white/silver. I always thought people with dark gray hair had some type of black or darker brown hair naturally
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 11:48     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I do my own highlights every six weeks and I tone again once in between but with just a semi and conditioner (no developer). It works out to $10 per job and I control the look completely. At this point I know exactly what I’m doing and how to fix it if I mess up. This is because, after the pandemic, when I went back to my regular salon (Dessange in FH), they quoted me $650 (plus tip) for cut, partial highlights and a bonding treatment. I left literally laughing. It had been $250 in 2019 and they were already pushing it a bit.

I have had a good experience at Ferro downtown since then but they do too much (too many highlights) for my taste. I think the woman who did it goes by the handle dcblondie on social media. If I were to get back out there, I would seek her out.


Can I ask how you do your own highlights? Do you mean foils?


I used to do foils and it’s doable but I find I have more control if I paint them on with very thin paint brush.

Recently I tried this and it worked like a charm (don’t laugh too hard):

https://www.target.com/p/between-teeth-interdental-brushes-mint-trial-size-up-38-up-8482/-/A-88946835

Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 11:45     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Love the suggestions including non ammonia Clairol treatments and powder touch ups, which I might have too much grey for.

Is Madison Reed an over the counter
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 11:40     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Anonymous wrote:Zero! I stopped coloring this summer, and my hair is shinier and healthier than it’s ever been. I had to come to terms with my real color, which to be honest is more white than gray, but I accept it now.

I do miss having brown hair, but I don’t miss the hassle and expense of coloring my hair one bit.


Hi. Op here. I wish I could do this, but I am post menopausal and my hair is dry and flyaway and not the same hair as I had in my youth. But it’s wonderful if this works for you.

Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 10:55     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Anonymous wrote:$340 including tip every 6 weeks for highlights, lowlights and cut.

Non-negotiable for me.


Doesn’t your whole head end up highlighted if you get them every 6 weeks?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 10:54     Subject: How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love reading that 30-somethings are letting their hair be natural.

I hate reading that husbands don't like it and women go back to coloring for them (at any age).


I love to hear it, too, but a caveat… gray in your 30s can be sleek looking, but when perimenopause hits in your 40s, the texture of your hair can completely change. And not in a good way. The gray doesn’t look as cool when your hair is the texture of straw. (And no judgement to women who don’t care.)


DP. highlights or lightened hair looks much more like straw eventually than grey does. especially if you swim a lot.