Hair Poll

[lph]

I'm with you on the dye problem. I'm naturally dark-blonde going on grey. I don't really mind being grey, but it makes my hair look very matte, and every now and then I'd do a home colour-rinse or something to look a bit glossier...

A few years ago I figured I was worth (and could afford, not least) a real salon colour job on my hair, medium warm brown. It looked gorgeous and compliments were flying, so I settled for doing it properly a few times a year. I hadn't counted on the professional hair colour never washing out, and that brown hair dye turns YELLOW in the sun.

I'd like to cut down on the dyeing and just BE grey part of the year, but how do you start when your hair is shoulder length and permanently dyed?

signed,
-duh.

[Bad JuJu]

I'd like to cut down on the dyeing and just BE grey part of the year, but how do you start when your hair is shoulder length and permanently dyed?

I just kicked the hair dye habit at the beginning of this year. I got my not-very-long hair cut even shorter then just let the dyed part grow out, getting regular haircuts to clip away at it. It's pretty much all my own color now, which is a gradually greying dark-blonde-to-light-brown. I don't mind my grey hair now that it's starting to look better, but when I first started greying it was patchy and watery and just yucky. Now it's kind of silvery--I like that.

[GLC1968]

I'd like to cut down on the dyeing and just BE grey part of the year, but how do you start when your hair is shoulder length and permanently dyed?

I'd just cut mine super short again...

I cannot wait until I can get away with gray hair (and not just look weird). My hair is dark brown and in my youth, it would bleach into these gorgeous blonde and red highlights (by the sun). Unfortunately I've been coloring to cover grey for 18 years now and that just wipes out all sun effects. I'm now about 50% grey if I were to let it go natural. At what age is this ok? I mean...I have real respect for Taylor Hicks, but even at 39, I'm just not sure I could pull it off...you know?

If you are naturally grey...at what age did you let it BE your hair color?

[indigoiis]

The mister says he likes the grey.
But, I am of two minds about it. On the one hand, I look at it as a medal of honor (I'm still heee-eeere) and on the other, it makes me feel crockety.

The salon is going to chat with me on Friday about blending highlights with the grey to make the grey look more like highlights. I will report back and let you know what they say.