Too young to embrace the grey?

[Getbusylivingorgetbusydying]

Hi, I've recently turned 30 and started getting grey hair around 12 years old.

I've been box dying my hair since I was about 15, mainly to cover the grey. However, it's so tedious and I have regrowth really quickly. I've not dyed my hair since before Christmas and have a good inch of grey roots. I'd say I'm at around 60% grey 😫

I'm wondering if it's time to ditch the dye and embrace the grey? Will it age me dramatically? Will I look awful transitioning? Ideally i'd like to have my hair bleached, coloured and have my hair blended into my roots so the grow out isn't so hideous, but my hair is mid/dark brown so don't want to damage it too much.

I don't know what to do! Take the pluge and go grey? Do I stick with dying for the next 20 years? Can I be bothered?!

Has anyone ditched the dye and loved it?

Just leave the dye for now, it’s lockdown so it’s not like you will be having social nights out. It’s the perfect time to try it out!

I stopped dying mine in March and it’s grown so much, I’m about 70% grey, I figure if I don’t like it I’ll go back to dying it when I get my social life back.

This is around 9 months growth...most of the grey is underneath but you can see how much it’s grown.

I stopped dying mine during first lock down and then got a bit bullied into dying it again by a group of friends. I carried on doing it until Christmas but at the beginning of this week I got the clippers out and did a 'GI Jane' I now have a full on crop which is about 75% grey. I'm growing it all out and no more dye. It actually feels really liberating

Leave it for now to see what the colour is like.

You do have to try a bit harder with grey hair if you're younger if your aim is to avoid the frump (can't tell anything from your pic, it's not a judgement or snark and I meant it as general comment but it's sounding worse the more I type )

Maybe play with blue shampoos to see if it suits your colouring. Get the fanola and some gloves.

Lockdown has been a gift in some ways; don't miss hair dye but do miss hair cuts, don't miss eyebrows but do miss facials, don't miss gel nails but do miss pedicures.

Try it on, see if it works for you and feels like you. And if it doesn't, dye it back or find something where regrowth bothers you less

I'm 49 and am slowly going grey. I think you'd rock grey hair. Currently adjusting colours in my wardrobe as I'm normally a deep autumn but I'm turning towards deep winter.

@raffle

Yours looks fab, can can already see how it's going to look when it's grown out.

I guess I could grow it out for the duration of lockdown, then see a colour specialist and see which the best route would be. I'd still want to look young and 'edgy' not sure whether natural grey will just age me.

I've bought some Olpalex to get my hair in decent condition, can't imagine layers of box dye have done it any favours!

Aveda damage remedy would be suitable too, not tested on animals either.

Patch testing is huge in hair and beauty now because of allergies, whenever you see an allergy story in the media it’s always someone who hasn’t patch tested.

There will be something in hair dye highly allergenic with repeated exposures so google the most likely cause and find brands that avoid it. Aveda do hair colour too when the salons open and they do try to be natural.

This is me, cunningly disguised by my two fave foods.
I grew my dye out at 32 and I’m 35, almost 36 now, I have two wide stripes from my temples. I bloody love them. I didn’t do a dye/grow out, just let it grow.
Pretty sure I look haggard as fuck but that’s more to do with the newborn. And I couldn’t give a sideways arse about what people think about my hair colour. I care about what I think about it.

My hair dresser went grey young, well she describes it as white. But she dyes it blonde. Possible option? The roots won't be as noticeable.