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Anyone else going grey in 2022?

51 replies

Hopeislost · 14/01/2022 11:14

Inspired by some amazing pictures of women embracing their grey (e.g. Andie MacDowell, Dawn French) I've decided that I'm going to grow out my natural colour. I think it's mousy brown with 25-50% grey. I've been dyeing my hair for about 20 years and am fed up with it!

Anyone else doing it? Or already grown theirs out?

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Cocolapew · 14/01/2022 11:16

I've been grey for about 3 years now, I cheated and shaved mine off but it was very short anyway.
I love it Smile

SedentaryCat · 14/01/2022 11:19

Started growing mine out about this time last year. Had some highlights put in to blend the regrowth out a bit. I had a couple of moments early on where I thought 'bugger it' and almost had it dyed.

It's starting to look good now, though.

79andnotout · 14/01/2022 11:24

I grew mine out last year. It doesn't look as good as I hoped it would. I was just thinking of booking in for some highlights or something to lift it when I was stopped by a woman in m&s yesterday to say she thought my skin and hair looked amazing and I had a real glow about me, so thank you random woman, you've just saved me a load of cash and I will persevere!

CovidCurious · 14/01/2022 17:46

I let mine grow out in lockdown last year. It's not actually all that grey yet, which I am surprised about given I'm in my 50s, but at least I'm saved the bother of constantly touching up roots.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 14/01/2022 17:49

Me. I stopped colouring in October - my hairdresser says I am about 5/10% grey so surprisingly not much. It seems to be concentrated in two streaks at the temples which looks pretty cool, then I just have odd strands scattered from the top.

Faevern · 14/01/2022 17:54

Just to give some balance, I’m absolutely not embracing the grey. I have a few friends who have and a couple look good, they both have short hair and still have fair or grey highlights to even out the colour and tone.

BestIsWest · 14/01/2022 17:57

I grew mine out last year. Most days I love it. I had it short before I grew it out though and I’ve kept it short.

stripeyflowers · 14/01/2022 18:53

Taken me four years to grow out very long grey hair. Can't say I love it or even like it that much but I can't be bothered with hair dye anymore.

Purpleavocado · 14/01/2022 21:43

I've started growing mine out. I'm 50, and I don't really know how it's going to look. It's salt and pepper.Its in a really short bob.

Fearless9286 · 14/01/2022 22:19

I last dyed my hair in Jan 2021 and realised I'd had enough. The dye didn't even properly cover the gray, which is very dye resistant. I've recently had my shoulder length hair cut to a bob to speed up the two tone effect of grey roots and orangey brown ends. I think I'll be completely grown out in 6months or so. I'm naturally mousey brown and maybe 20% grey, mainly in a single streak down the centre of my head. I was wavering a bit before my last cut but there's much less contrast now so it looks a lot more blended. I'm 35 but just got fed up of dyeing, looking ok for 2 weeks, then spending 4 weeks using root spray religiously!

AuldAlliance · 14/01/2022 23:20

Me.

I was going grey, but dyed it in a moment of folly/boredom when I came across a packet of henna during lockdown in 2020. Carried on, because you kind of have to once your roots start showing too much. Got balayage in June 2021 and since then, nothing. I have decided to consider the grey/white streaks just as streaks.

Going to get a few inches chopped off next Friday, which will get rid of some of the red, so I'll look less like the secret lovechild of a badger and a fox. It's the contrast between the dyed and the rest that bugs me the most.

I wear it tied up all the time and can't see most of the silver streaks, so they don't bother me. But I'm very low maintenance, have never worn make up, and this follows on from that. Dyeing it is a faff, most dyes are pretty toxic, and I don't want to spend time/money on disguising my hair colour.

I find it deeply annoying, although I understand the evolutionary reasons for it, that men can go grey, white, bald or whatever while women are under such pressure to "look young".

However, rejecting social diktats is sometimes hard, so none of that stops me wondering now and then how other people see it or sometimes mourning the lovely reddish/blondish/chestnut curls I had when I was younger.

I am the age I am, though, with scars, wrinkles and grey hairs from what life has flung at me; my skin tone has changed, faking my hair colour isn't working for me - and so for now I'm going with the grey.

vodkaredbullgirl · 14/01/2022 23:23

No way am I embracing the grey hair. Will probably keep doing it till I can't anymore.

jesusmaryjosephandtheweedonkey · 14/01/2022 23:27

I stopped the dye March 2020.
I fully embraced the grey .
I wanted to love it but it just didn't suit me.
I've had it coloured 6 weeks ago.

DDMAC · 14/01/2022 23:32

I’ve been naturally grey for about 3 years now. I cut it short at the beginning to get the remaining colour out. I hated it short but it’s almost shoulder length now and I have days where i really like it and it’s kind of cool and funky (in my head anyway) and days where I want to colour again. The latter happens when I am aware that I’m being treated as though I’m old (48 not old) and I feel very low when that happens. I’ve felt a little invisible too, I’m sure some will disagree with me but I do think some people write you off with grey hair.
Husband hates it too so that doesn’t help matters.

Lostinafield · 15/01/2022 09:52

Me! Well technically 21 as I shaved my head to a no 1 in November. But it's growing now.

Hopeislost · 15/01/2022 13:44

It's interesting to hear from people that have embraced the grey and then started colouring again. I think I'll dislike the in between bit the most. At the moment, it just looks like I need my roots doing. I'm not brave enough to shave my head, but I will get a few inches cut off the ends as they're the darkest bits.

Someone mentioned their hair being resistant to dye and I've found that recently too. The greys by my ears never seem to take the dye, regardless of which one I use.

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PotteringAlong · 15/01/2022 13:47

I’ve just had all my hair cut off (as in last week!) from below my shoulders to a pixie cut to try and stop colouring mine and embrace the grey!

raffle · 15/01/2022 14:21

I stopped dying mine at the start of the first lockdown, just a tiny bit more to go! Can’t cut it short because it needs to be tied up for work.

Anyone else going grey in 2022?
BitterTits · 15/01/2022 14:23

I've grown out my highlights but I'm miraculously brunette underneath. Is it likely that when the greys arrive, they'll just blend, or will there be an obvious line? Stupid question Blush

BitterTits · 15/01/2022 14:25

Husband hates it too so that doesn’t help matters.

That's unhelpful. Does he have any grey? I find DH's grey quite hot!

SarahJessicaParkin · 15/01/2022 14:28

I'm going back to my natural colour this year. Trying to take a much more natural approach to my hair in general actually. Much more care and much less styling! So no colour, lots of masks and treatments, no cuts unless I need it (I had a keratin treatment recently and the stylist seemed to think I could leave it ages between cuts because of that), no drying or straightening.

I don't actually know what colour my hair is underneath or how much grey I have, but I assume there is some in there! Time will tell.

PuppyMonkey · 15/01/2022 14:36

I’ve not dyed my hair since July 2020. I have about an inch of brown dye left to get rid of. On the whole I like it - just grew it out cold turkey from a dark brown bob to a grey one. I’m 55 and didn’t like the thought of dark dyed hair going into 60s for some reason.

Anyone else going grey in 2022?
AuldAlliance · 15/01/2022 16:01

Husband hates it too so that doesn’t help matters.

I got free of a husband who made disparaging comments about my appearance, which helps matters a lot.

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MabelMoo23 · 15/01/2022 16:18

I look at Cynthia Nixon who looks stunning grey and I wonder what I’d be like if I stopped doing mine. But I’m 45, and I already feel so old.

I just can’t do it

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