Has anyone gracefully gone grey?

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I'm in my early thirties, not very fashionable but hopefully I dress well for my shape and age.
I have had a few grey hairs since I was 28 I think. I used to dye my hair at home very regularly however I haven't been well recently and the grey is showing.
Has anyone just let nature take its course? My hair is quite dark so they are obvious but don't bother me.
Will it look terrible and be ageing?

I did this about three years ago and ended up cutting my hair too short so I hated it and went back to coloring it. Worst mistake so I started again last summer and had lots and lots of highlights put (almost white) so I could grow it out without that white line. I still have about another 6 months of haircuts before it is completely natural but I love it. My scalp and hair have never felt better. I do find I can't wear any washed out colors now and have to be meticulous about conditioning to avoid the scary witch look and have to use shimmer lights once a week. Try it, you can always go back to coloring if you don't like it.

I am forty this year and not dyed my hair. I hate what the dye does to the condition of my hair more than a few greys.

In theory it shouldn't look terrible or ageing. It should compliment your skin tone and eye colour. As goinggreyagain said you'll probably have to look at what suits your new hair look. It might mean a change of make up if you wear it or changing the colour of clothes near your face.
It is liberating not to be tied to the dye and if you stick with it you'll start seeing women around you who are doing the same thing.

I let my color fade, then the hairdresser did fine highlights with bleach, and I grew it out. It started to look better straight away because the grey suited my skin tone. I had been using an ash blonde with hardly any brown but it still wasn't right.

My hair's in much better condition and I'm saving a lot of money. No regrets.

I stopped dyeing mine about 3 years ago. it is liberating. I like it. ive had mixed reactions. some women have compliment ed it, others dont like it and think I should dye it. Men dont seem to voice an opinion. lol!!

I stopped dying it completely and went back to my natural colour then had very subtle low lights put through so I still have lots of grey it just looks a bit less ..erm.. grey

That's true cece men seem neither to notice or care.

I know a woman who has dark hair and doesn't dye her greys and looks great, she has a very sharp cut and her clothes are quite edgy and cool. She looks confident and striking because of the grey.

I think it helps if you either have wild curly hair or a straight edgy style. Another friend of mine does dye her greys but it doesn't seem like a style choice as she has that sort of shoulder length bob 'hanging there' type of hair.

Yeah men couldn't give a toss, women on the other hand have been very vocal!

Sorry, that should say she doesn't dye her greys.

I stopped dyeing my hair a few years ago.I had quite dark hair before, so I think I do look quite grey but mostly I get people asking where I got my highlights done!!
I don't really care about fashion and don't wear makeup so it suits me not to bother about what colour my hair is :)

Me! I'm 33 and really quite vain and into my looks.

I was dyeing my greys every two weeks (old natural hair colour was dark brown) and was thoroughly fed up of it.

Long story but I ended up shaving my head two months ago and now I'm letting the grey grow in.

I feel totally liberated and while I don't like it being this short (and can't wait for it to grow) I love the colour.

Do it!

And whitecat is right. When you start looking, you'll see there are quite a few of us out there :)

Oh and my DP loves it.

He thinks I look like Carol from The Walking Dead .

Carol is hot!