I haven't dyed in two years, and it's okay. Texture is my biggest bugaboo. But the color is pretty neat looking. I just miss the dark russet color I used to dye it because it was good with my skin tone. But my husband hates dye and was worried about the waste (down the drain and in the trash) so that was that. He says the grey is sexy. It's kind of mouse-poo brown-grey rather than an all-out grey.