For those people with grey hair

[Anordinarymum]

I am grey. It is a nice colour. Its silver and I feel blessed. It is in great condition too.

However.... when I was a brunette I had highlights from time to time and they ranged from blonde to red, to both.

Blondes do it too don't they ? Highlights and lowlights etc etc...

So for us with Grey, what can you do if you want to liven the colour up for holidays or Christmas?

I am not talking about blue or pink. Can anyone relate and if so give advice

Thanks

I've thought about adding colour to my grey, but I worry that it will stain my hair and it will need growing out again. I'm not risking the pain again!

I think some people with grey hair have blonde highlights put in to give it depth and texture

I never thought about blonde. I'll ask my hairdresser. I would not attempt it myself. My hair is too precious now. It took two years to grow the old colour out.

Maybe you could just have a toner put on for Christmas that will gradually wash out? You could get one from Sally's if you wanted to do it yourself. But 100% yes to consulting your hairdresser first.

@madisonbridges

Maybe you could just have a toner put on for Christmas that will gradually wash out? You could get one from Sally's if you wanted to do it yourself. But 100% yes to consulting your hairdresser first.

I don't want to do anything that will gradually fade. I want instant glamour !

I asked my daughter if there was such a thing as a spray that had glitter in and she gave me a look that was withering :)

I'm not quite there yet (still in the horror tabby cat transition years!) but a friend gets lovely creamy/pearl highlights in her grey hair.

I know you're not really into colour but I've seen the faintest of lilac work really well with silver, too.

Oops, I have that spray! I love a bit of glitter. 🤭

The toner will make a big impact and look really good for three maybe four weeks and then will start to fade in the New Year...like we all will. 😉 It just won't damage your hair or need growing out.
But I'm sure your hairdresser will have some great suggestions. 👍

Pretty sure you can get different tones of grey and silver highlights.

I think I will look into the highlights. I will not buy a can of spray. I will not. Repeat hourly :)

If you have grey hair you need to put colour in (as opposed to taking colour out, which bleaching does). I wouldn't recommend a box colour as they look ghastly and flat. Hairdresser will run 2 or three colours through and that will last you 6 months or more if done well.

@Pascal80

If you have grey hair you need to put colour in (as opposed to taking colour out, which bleaching does). I wouldn't recommend a box colour as they look ghastly and flat. Hairdresser will run 2 or three colours through and that will last you 6 months or more if done well.

I would never ever put another box colour on my hair after many years of doing so.

My hair is wonderful. The grey is gorgeous. I just want to give it some ooomph for Christmas :)

Trouble is it’s hard to find a hairdresser who knows about or likes to deal with grey hair.
It’s a new trend for people to want to have grey hair at a younger age and in my experience hairdressers don’t like it!

I can see that they are irritated by losing the regular root touch up appointments and the foil and bayalage things. I hope they get creative and dream up some nice treatments for those of us who have discovered our natural colour due to lockdown.

One hairdresser I went to was openly angry about it and said, no I don’t like it, it ages you by 10 years😂

No suggestions OP but watching with interest! Every so often I trawl the aisles in Boots to see if they have any such thing. A hairdresser did suggest a toner to me but at the time I was all about keeping it natural. Now I wouldn't mind something something subtle but glamorous.

I think the photo above of the different tones of grey looks amazing. I'd be tempted to do something like that.

@mantlepiece

Trouble is it’s hard to find a hairdresser who knows about or likes to deal with grey hair. It’s a new trend for people to want to have grey hair at a younger age and in my experience hairdressers don’t like it!

I can see that they are irritated by losing the regular root touch up appointments and the foil and bayalage things. I hope they get creative and dream up some nice treatments for those of us who have discovered our natural colour due to lockdown.

One hairdresser I went to was openly angry about it and said, no I don’t like it, it ages you by 10 years😂

So true. I used to put a toner through my hair but months later I am still trying to get rid of the blueypurple tint. It will just not go. My hair started out well but seems a little murky now with bits of pale brown? No idea where that has come from. Would love something to add to it that makes the silver gleam.

Yes, that's it ! I want to make the silver gleam !

blue/ purple look fab but do stain your hair.

@neveradullmoment99 are you using one of the toning shampoos - they can help lift a dull colour - Schwazkopf silver would be my go to if you are grey.
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I'm currently natural as an experiment and should have shifted to a different toning shampoo according to my hairdresser - she recommended Redken but I'm still using up my salon size silver one!!

If any of you are in London my sylist is very pro silver hair. She has a huge client base who dye silver and an increasing number like me who are naturally so (or enhanced naturally so!)

PM me if you want details.

Use this for a few washes, it’s very subtle (not coloured as such but gives a lovely tone) www.superdrug.com/Hair/Shampoo/Bleach-London-Pearlescent-Shampoo-250Ml/p/808424?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn7qwgNmz9AIVl-3tCh3v4gdgEAQYASABEgIlbPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I got bored during the first lockdown...

I asked about this when getting my hair cut.

Colourist suggested lots of subtle (not stripey)highlights with different shades of blonde, or silver and white depending on whether I wanted cool or warm.

I haven't done it yet as I'm enjoying the low maintenance of grey hair but I used to change colour quite a lot so I am missing playing around with it...

If you want something that gives you instant glitz but you're wary of actual dye why don't you get some clip in extensions?

Have you tried using a purple shampoo and conditioner? My naturally black, grey and white hair looks less dull when I use them.

@MrsMoastyToasty

Have you tried using a purple shampoo and conditioner? My naturally black, grey and white hair looks less dull when I use them.

Once a week I use the purple stuff. I am looking for more than this

@Bortles

Pretty sure you can get different tones of grey and silver highlights.

I am loving this !