hair dye - will this work?

[NCbecauseitspersonal]

My hair is dark but with age has a natural sprinkling of grey through it.

I stopped having it dyed late in 2019, with the idea that if I didn't like what I saw, I could hie me back to the salon... which of course I can't now do.

I would quite like to dye the grey hairs (only) a darkish blue. I'm quite happy that the dark hairs stay dark. Will that work? Has anyone done it? What is a good home dye to use?

I don't think you'll achieve quite what you are describing. I have very grey hair which I dye at home. I use an 'unnatural ' colour is, not a normal hair shade. My hair ends up with an overall colour, but the grey hairs take the dye slightly differently, so I end up with a lot of 'natural' highlights. It actually looks lovely and I get a lot of compliments on it. It looks as though I've sat for hours at the salon having different shades of the same basic colour applied and even my hairdresser compliments me on it. I suspect your hair would do something similar. I'd definitely have atty though!

Thanks, @oneoffname !

That effect sounds lovely. What brand of colourant do you use?

Hi @NCbecauseitspersonal. I use Olia, by Garnier because it is more gentle on my hair and my scalp. Unfortunately, despite some bold colours, including the one I use, they don't do a blue. I used to use Live XXX by schwartzkopf and they definitely do a blue.