How do you hide your grey hairs??

[Lucy12abcd]

I've been using Casting hair colour (lasts up to 28 washes) for quite a while to cover the increasing grey hairs on my parting. However, I'm finding I need to apply a new colour every 2-3 weeks and I'm often struggling to find the motivation when everyone is finally in bed. I wondered about a permanent colour but not sure if I'd have the same roots/parting problem? I'm not that experienced or brave when it comes to hair colour!
Another option I wondered about (after looking at lots of women's hair!) is that some seem to blend their grey in with highlights.

What does everyone find the best solution please? I've left my colour longer than usual and I'm trying to ignore the grey. I'm just debating whether to put another wash in/wash out on, buy a permanent or book into the hairdressers. I'm just a bit worried about the hairdressers colouring it incase it costs a lot to maintain?

Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you. (I've got medium brown hair if this is relevant?)

I use permanent hair colour and try to wait as long as possible before redoing the roots. I probably recolour every couple of months

I use permanent usually although when I can afford it hairdresser sea more effective. I'm interested to know if the highlights idea works too..

I have only a few greys - I changed parting to hide them. I'm thinking of going grey and just embracing it with a good regular haircut and products. It's a big financial commitment - have seen some very poor home dyeing - usually at the back of hair where the DIYer can't see. And grey roots showing never looks good either. I think the highlights idea works better if your hair is a lighter shade naturally.

I use permanent here as lots of grey

Tip from my hairdresser is to buy 2 boxes of dye.

From the first box, take out the developer cream and apply neat to dry hair. Then towel dry and dye your hair as normal using the contents of the second box.

By applying the developer cream first, you open up the hair follicles which makes the hair more receptive to the hair dye, so it should last longer.

I have tried it and it does seem to work

Good luck

What Seona said plus going grey naturally is fine if you've got to an age where you can embrace that - but I started going grey at 20 so no way!
Permanent fades gradually, and you can change colours easily (within reason).

I tried the foam ones recently and found them pretty easy to apply but colour faded fairly quickly. Couleur experte is good, then you can try highlights, too. I think highlights do help a bit as they seem to draw attention away from the grey.

Hi BettySuarez how long does your colour last doing it that way? [interested]

I have a fair bit of grey at 27 but I dont intend on dying it for a good while yet!

I'm 35 and very grey on top. Prob. Light brown naturally. I've been permanent dying mine for 10 yrs but now the grey shows through so quickly I was redoing my roots every 3 weeks.
I tried the hairdressers but even then it still needed redoing every 3 weeks and I couldn't justify the cost. So now I've had professional highlights put in and just use casting semi in a blonde to cover the grey but not color the highlights iyswim. I probstill use casting every 3-4 week's butas its a semi I don't need to be too particular over applying it. Plus as my hair is now honey blonde the grey doesn'tlook so obvious . Hth

Am 35 and started finding grey hairs at 22. I would say I'm about 20% grey along my parting now and naturally dark haired.
I pay £90 every 6 weeks for a combination of blonde and caramel highlights to blend them away. Worth every penny!!

Every visit (six weeks) to the hairdresser I have a permanent dye put on my roots, every 12 weeks, I have my colours done too.

After 4 years of trying to maintain my (once upon a time) naturally brunette colour, my hairdresser and I have admitted defeat and gone with blonde highlights. I have several marked streaks of white hair through the top section and the roots were noticeable within 3 weeks of a permanent colour going on. Having gone a "tentative" golden blonde in february, I didn't have my hair coloured again until last week! The white hairs blended brilliantly well and the regrowth looked as though it were part of the hair colour iyswim.

I have now bitten the bullet and gone for full-on ash and pale golden tones throughout. I cannot believe what a difference it makes. I look much younger than with the brunette. Hairdresser left my white streaks in place and they look fab rather than drab :)

I am medium brown and about 6 months ago got (hairdresser) blondish highlights and an all-over colour slightly lighter than my normal brown.

I had to stop doing home kits as my hair was getting darker and darker! Also looked so dull.

I don't think the hairdresser colour lasts any longer than a home kit tbh, but I couldn't do it myself. I love the colour but it does work out a bit expensive as I have to go ever 5 weeks due to my darker roots & greys

My thinking is that over the next 10 years I'll get blonder and blonder till you can't see the greys so much, but can't imagine that at the mo seeing as I've had long brown hair all my life!

Hmm wish there was a better solution, but just can't bring myself to go grey gracefully, am only early 30s!

I did permanent colour for 15 years. Have finally decided to embrace the grey (have spent a staggering amount at the hairdresser's over the years due to an early DIY catastrophe). Anyway, hairdresser did golden highlights to help the transition and although the grey is visible (now about 1" long) it's nowhere near as obvious as it used to be when I pretended I was still dark.
Part of me suspects my skin has altered so what I thought ought to still be my "natural" colour simply no longer was- if that makes sense?
Lot of waffle to say basically I think highlights are the way to go

berri I'm with you on the inability to accept my grey just yet.

I have had a white streak since I was in my early 20s but am now very white through the top of my hair at 41. I really like the white blonde I have on my hair now as it allows me to keep my natural white hair and turn it into something eye catching and cool rather than middle aged. I will continue to go with the blonde now until the rest of my hair turns white, slowly reducing the number of highlights as my hair gets whiter.

I work in fashion so image is important but I am keen to rock my white in a positive way rather than hide it - I am constantly telling younger people in my industry that we don't become invisible or lose our sense of style when we hit 40 and I aim to be a good example!

Ujjayi did you go blonde quite gradually from brown, or just in one big hit? And are your eyebrows dark too?

I just can't imagine being totally blonde, especially as I have dark eyebrows! But that's got to be the long term plan...

I am early 50s with only strands of gray. i haven't coloured my hair since my twenties (pre children and thus the "me"decade).I will be quite happy when I am all over silver but I have recently embarked upon a "disguise the gray" strategy in consultation with my fabulous and very patient hairdresser.

I wanted something transitional to take me over the next few years but didn't want lots of upkeep. My hairdresser describes it an an optical illusion where the gray blends in with the highlight.

I now have a few caramelly highlights and my hairdresser reckons two or three times a year will be fine to have more done. They look great (even if I do say so myself). My hair looks groomed and as if I have made some effort (unlike the rest of me).

Berri - I went blonde in one go. My eyebrows are dark but I like the contrast.

I (suspect) I have quite a bit of grey now so have my hair permanently coloured at the hairdressers.

All colours fade but I find that using a shampoo/conditioner for coloured hair makes a difference to how long the colour lasts.

Stay away from anti-dandruff shampoos - they strip the colour out of hair almost straight away.

I used to do my roots with permanent dye every 2-3 weeks. Have now cut my hair shorter and going cold turkey on the dye. I'm 34 and 50% white.

I have quite a lot of grey now so I have highlights I only have it done every 2-3 months and it camoflauges them well

I don't even try!

I started going grey at 25. The top of my hair is now mostly whitey grey while the longer hair is still brown.

Every now and then I think about trying to cover it but then I think about the time and effort/money required and give up!

Another vote for highlights - I have mine done every 12 weeks and altho;ugh the grey is there you can't really see it.

I get a semi permanent done at the hairdressers. It is so much better and lasts so much longer than even a home dye permanent on me. The shine is amazing. My hairdresser uses Philip Mitchell. He recommended this rather than the a permanent as it is better for the hair.

I find it doesnt cost so much more as I need it half as often. I sometimes top up my worst bit which is the temples with the Clairol root touch up kit between hairdesser visits.

The other benefit of course is that you dont mess up your bathroom walls or bedroom carpet if you are messy like me!