Thank you for this thread. I'd love to stop coloring but my DH isn't ready. My mom reached a point when the dye just wouldn't take without bleaching first. That was when she gave up and went natural.
I can think of three women I know casually who are not what I'd call old and have natural grey hair. One has long straight hair that is white but really looks more blonde. She's slender and dresses youthfully; looks good.I’m wearing less makeup in general, too much emphasizes the wrinkles and crepeyness. I do use tinted primers to minimize the red tones in my skin color, and a cooler foundation shade. Minimum makeup overall, but I’m tending to use bolder lip colors.
I think it is much worse for those of us with dark hair. Way too much contrast. If you get anything done, please post pictures.Good for you, Narnanz! Your progress is beautiful. I’m into it by a few months now. Wanted to start earlier last year, but kept the dye going until our son’s wedding in September. My natural color is dark brown, and after 25 years of monthly root jobs, I’m done! My “new” hair is white, so I have quite a bit of contrast going on! Kind of torn between just going cold turkey for awhile, or letting my hairdresser high/lowlight it. I’m going to try to grin and bear it, and enjoy the ride, at least for another month!
I think it is much worse for those of us with dark hair. Way too much contrast. If you get anything done, please post pictures.
I remember when my mom decided to stop coloring her hair, my dad didn’t like it. He tried to spin it as she was to youthful looking to do it.Thank you for this thread. I'd love to stop coloring but my DH isn't ready. My mom reached a point when the dye just wouldn't take without bleaching first. That was when she gave up and went natural.
I intentionally was silver about a year, but with lowlights. Wondering if I could hide the beginning grays with more gray! As someone mentioned, gray/silver dye is not permanent, but all the ‘fun’ colors aren’t.
Silver/gray hair on ‘younger’ people is in now; thanks to ‘Game of Thrones’.
I hope they, like, make some leaps in silver dye technology soon to cash in on that.
Cheering for OP!