AIMB to embrace the grey?

I'm amazed that anyone can be bothered to be sorting their roots out every five minutes. I'm not embracing the grey I just really could never be arsed with dying it - and the cost to have it done properly! There are just so many other things i'd rather spend my money on.

I've embraced it and get loads of compliments. I'm salt and pepper. A few people have assumed I've had it coloured to look like this.

Knock yourself out, it's entirely up to you. Not in a million years would I 'embrace the grey' though. Never. Maybe if I was already 90% grey, and was having to dye it every other week, but mine is only about 7-8% greying, and so it's easy to cover up (I keep it blonde, and it only needs doing every 2 months!)

I think 'embracing the grey' and going full grey looks OK/nice on some women, but definitely does not suit everyone, and will result in making you look 10 years older than you did when it was dyed brown/blonde etc... JMO.

Another here who has embraced the silver. I mostly like it, sometimes have doubts and think I’ll dye it my old dark brown again. But even my hairdresser has told me not to as she loves it grey. Mine is a classic bob with fringe.

A woman serving in the hills in Morrisons greeted me the other day with: “Oh, it’s the lady with the perfect hair!”

I want to embrace the grey but the
way it grows currently - no :( My SIL looks amazing the way her grey/white has grown against her very dark hair. She looks lovely and it suits her.

Mine just grows in my hairline spirally dirty grey colour :( I tried this year and it looked bloody awful. I caved and gone for a slightly lighter colour in the hope I can stretch the root touch up to six weeks!! So far it’s worked!

Same, I'm early 40s and I don't dye my hair, the grey is coming in in streaks and I've been asked where I got my highlights done 😂.

I'm 51, have long hair and have been grey for about 4 years now. I love it and people have been very complimentary about it. It's my closer family and friends that take the piss but I actually love it, it's in the best condition it been in since I can remember, and it's bliss not having to colour it every 6 weeks.

54 here and embraced the grey just over a year ago. Half grown out, but the rest is v v blonde so not awful. Not had many compliments, but getting more as it grows out, as it's mainly white but with dark brown stripes in places and that's much better for my facial colouring than the blonde. The bright white is good against my face and it's definitely making my eyes and eyebrows show better now, which is good. Don't regret it.

I'm the same age as you & stopped having highlights about 4 years ago. I'm not completely grey. I've got a grey, brown, dark blond, highlight look,. My DM, late 70s, has got gorgeous coloured grey highlights, so hopefully, I'm taking after her.

Exactly. And it’s not even true. You get to a certain point and you just look like an old person with dyed hair.

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Grey hair undoubtedly makes you look older”

What’s wrong with looking older? It’s what tends to happen to people.

I’ve embraced the grey and often get compliments. It seems more of a trend since lockdown so attitudes may start shifting. Do what makes you comfortable.

Grey hair undoubtedly makes you look older

Some of my friends have embraced the grey. I don't think it's a good look, but obvs keep my views to myself

OP, your mum reminds of of my lovely late MIL When my SIL arrived home (she lived overseas and hadn't been home for a few years) with her grey hair after years of black, my MIL was horrified and offered her money to get it dyed back while she was at home.

I think if you have lovely silvery hair and dark eyes and a warm colouring, it can look fantastic.

In my case I have pale skin and blue eyes and my grey hairs are iron grey and it would not look good.

But I think even if you look amazing some people will inevitably be shocked because it is an unambiguous sign of ageing. If I am honest it makes me uncomfortable to see people I love ageing, although I don't say anything and of course I know it is inevitable.

Im early 50s and have been grey for years, never had a single comment about it apart from from my poisonous FIL who thought women should always have long hair and should be mortified if they had any grey. Mine is short and grey and I could not care less. Having grey hair does not change how old you are and looking older is not the worst thing that can happen to a person.
my DM has dyed her hair for years and finally a couple of years ago has gone for the natural grey look - it looks so much better!

Why are people horrified? That's crazy!

I was at a show recently and there was a woman in front of me and she had the most beautiful white hair. It was in gorgeous condition and it looked lovely.

Do it! Natural grey can look lovely and usually more flattering to your skin tone than the dyed colour.

I don’t think YABU if it’s what you want, people would react if you died it red or purple. I have about 6 friends who are now all grey, I’m not ready for it yet.

I think some people think you’ve given up when you stop dying your hair which is why they comment. My grey friends all look older but that’s because some grey is flat and they all have short hair.

I have seen some fabulous grey hair, though mine would never look like that.

I embraced it. I get so many compliments on my hair colour as it's really stripey. Go for it, it's such a relief not colouring anymore.

Very dark brown naturally and I stopped dying my hair in covid. It turned out i have an amazing grey streak at the front of my hair. Often get asked by people how my hairdresser does it 🤣. I love it, suits my skin tone and I use purple shampoo to make sure the grey is really silver and not dull.

Stoped dyeing my hair in 2020 so now fairly grey. No one has ever mentioned it. A few have said it suits me if I directly mention it myself but really no one cares.

Another grey hair embracer here👋🏻