I guess I am about 15% grey, maybe 20% (I have a LOT of hair so it’s hard to tell!) Most of it is underneath the top layer but more and more it’s becoming visible near the front and on the sides.
My natural colour is sort of mid-light-brown, a bit mousy really these days, used to have a few richer auburn tones in it naturally but those have disappeared as I’ve got older.
I’ve only had hair colour once before in my life, an all-over ‘gloss’ that I hated because it ended up very brassy after a few months and took ages to fade. It made me darker at first but then went quite brassy after that. I didn’t like it even before it went brassy because it was just sort of one tone and didn’t suit me.
I am wondering about taking the plunge and trying some highlights to sort of blend the grey… I def don’t want feel as if I’m going blonde, a bit of a ‘lift’ is ideal but not actually blonde. Does this sound like highlights or balayage…? And if it’s highlights, would I need a full head or half a head? I appreciate it’s difficult (impossible?!) to answer if you haven’t seen my hair!! But just on a basic level, does balayage or highlighting sound like what I’m after…?