Anyone ditched the dye and gone grey and loved it?

[Havanaclub]

My grey is kind of nondescript. I have tried to let the colour grow out but there's always SOMETHING that comes up mid grow out like a Wedding or something..

The luminous silver grey that I see very often seems to need as much maintenance as highlights etc. But I am sure some people are lucky in that regard..

Would love to know what you do or if you care.. I am weary of the every six weeks jobby now not to mind the cost and the TIME in the salon. Boring.

Yes - me !

I will be 49 in June. I last dyed my hair in May 2015. Have had compliments on the grey. It is silver-white around my face, darker at the back.

I do not miss the problem of the roots and the sheer time-consuming faff of dyeing. My hair is in better condition too. It's been the right decision for me, and I will never dye it again.

I meet a lot of people through work, and am noticing more and more ladies in their early fifties ditching the dye, and looking great. It may be a trend right now.

I'm bleached pale blonde and a few months ago i accidentally over-toned myself to a nice silver grey. I was on the fence about how it looked, but you know that thing when you know everyone is fishing for good things to say but are just being tactful?

I re-toned it back to normal and DH in particular was very vocal about how much better it was now. And he rarely expresses an opinion unless pushed. So - i won't be embracing the grey when it comes.

salt n pepper here and very happy with it. I have a short choppy style, my natural colour is black, and I'm probably 30% grey. Sometimes I think about dying it again but never for long. (I'm 39).

I'm the oldest of three sisters, all in our fifties.
They have both gone grey, I dye mine. It is always assumed that I am the youngest. I'm happy with that.

I was growing out my dark brown dye but decided I looked at bit too Alistair Darling! (Grey hair and black eyebrows ) so got the hair dye back out and reverted to colouring it again .

I did the drastic pixie cut a few years back and grew it out from that. Love being free of the dye.

I wish! I've gone through the awful process of growing colour out and am left with unsightly mix of black at back, white/grey at front and salt and pepper in between. It doesn't suit my skin tone and I look awful.

Haven't done anything since though because hesitating between going for salon cut and colour (do I want to commit to the time/expense every eight weeks - can I be arsed??) or going back to lighter packet colour.

So just generally dithering and looking and feeling fat and awful.

I'd love to see some photos, I'm seriously considering letting mine grow in.

I grew mine out when I was 38. Took a couple of years and when I was done, I decided that there was too much grey and I felt it aged me. I got a lot of compliments for it, but I am very grey around the front and that´s the bit I see, while apparently if you see the whole thing, it still looks mainly brown. I did highlights for a few years, but it was expensive and took forever to do, so last summer I stopped. Now I am going back to the grey look I had before, but it doesn´t seem to bother me any more. I think it feels more age appropriate for me.

I'm doing what fair is doing and getting hilights done as they grey grows in.
I love it.

I am naturally dark brown (see brows) so this is all hilights which will just get more and more grey.

but people (in shops, the street, in my job etc) literally talk more to me and smile and interact more when I dye my hair. And when I wear make up - I am grey and can't seem to stop people talking and interacting with all the time - sometimes I wish people would just leave me in peace must be my riveting personality .

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/style_and_beauty/2423639-For-those-of-us-going-grey There are some pics in here - tis an old S&B thread.

I am 49 and gave up dye when I turned 40. My hair is naturally dark and I am lucky that my grey comes in lovely silver stripes. I get asked who does my highlights But I have a warm skin tone which copes with grey well. I think if you like what you see in the mirror then it is right for you.

Some silver on top.

I hope pic posts this time ( technophobe)

Breakfast that's gorgeous!

I used to have v dark brown hair. Now tis mainly silvery/white....quite sparkly which i like. If i don't look after it I think I look like the catlady from the Simpsons but basically I like it as cannot be arsed and can't afford high maintenance. Texture is different but use conditioner.

I'm completely silver, have been for 15 years (now 63) and I love it.
I started going grey at 18, coloured it for years and it's far easier to care for it now - I use clarifying shampoo, never need conditioner, occasionally use A Touch of Silver products.
I'm growing it into a shoulder length bob from short layers.

I've never dyed mine, it's now a silvery grey which I quite like. I've never worn make-up either, although I do get my hair cut well regularly.

The usual comment on my looks (if I ever get one) is that I'm very smiley, which is worth far more imo than any bottle of dye.

Mine's almost white on the sides and a bit at the front, then just salt and pepper through the rest. I'm 36 and I had a pixie cut a year back but I had no clue that's I'd look Hitler-esque with the black top and white sides so I died it a couple of times. My granny had a white streak at the front and I desperately wish mine was like that! I'm not sure what to do about it now, because I hate roots and hate dyeing it but I also hate how it looks without!

I can't yet bring myself to let go of the dye! Maybe I will do what my mother did and allow myself to go grey when I am 80. I think right now, it's not for me. It would be too aging.

But it's expensive, so I might change my mind in a few years when I have retired. I spent 3 hours and £130 in the hairdresser's today! Luckily for me, my hair grows slowly and I only have it done about 4 times a year.

Glad I found this! I am about 4 inches into growing my grey through. Going to hair dressers this week and I was having a wobble and thinking of giving up but this has given me strength!

I gave up dying and now mine's a bit badgerish tbf. Silvery front and parts of the top and the rest is still brownish. I put coloured streaks through it (Bleach hair crayon, washes out, comes in several colours) which makes it look a bit better but I long for the day I can look like Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada. My mother had beautiful silver hair so I'm hoping I end up with hair like hers.

I used to have lots of blonde highlights in dark hair so it has gradually become noticeable that there is more grey, I am not doing the highlights as often and am hoping it will go grey quickly, on top at least.