brunette here... and I color.

47yo, will be 48yo in June... I think I started coloring 3yrs ago. My hair was shorter then, and it had 'some' grey... but one day it just looked 'blah', so I started coloring it and highlighting it and it looked wonderful... I was hooked.

Now I'm wearing my hair much longer, and the grey (to me) looks awful at this length... so if I want to have my hair longer, I continue to color it. I don't do highlights anymore, they are super $$$ and honestly with all my biking and running in the summer, I seem to get naturaly highlights from the sun. My straight one over all color seems to be enough.

I stay at medium brown color cause that matches my natural color... and I like it. I like my hair longer and I like the brown.

One day I might grow my grey in, maybe I never will... but now, this color works for me. I go about once every 7 weeks and it costs $45.00. I have been through a few colorists and if you are persistent, you can find a good one for low cost... you don't have to pay top dollar at top salons to get good color.. you just gotta do your homework and find one at a low cost.

Good luck to you... whatever works for you is what you should do... after all, it's your hair, and your life... and you gotta feel good on that bike!!!... so do whatever works for you!!