Those with grey hair...

**catnapper** · 06-11-2007, 10:17 AM

I need your experienced opinion. I know we've discussed this in the past but I forget everything! LOL

As I get older, my hair gets whiter. Its a terrible tragedy. My temples are 100% white at this point and the band of white grows wider annually. The rest of my hair is dark brown, almost black. No threads of grey marches through the dark sections

My questions is this: what home hair color do you trust?

I am tired of dying it dark brown and having the roots coming in as bright white. Its a REALLY stark contrast. I want to go lighter in the white sections and keep my dark hard in the dark sections.... almost like a highlight job where the hair is all lighter around the face. This way, when the white grow in, its not nearly as onvious and I might be able to go an extra week before coloring --- AGAIN. I seem to color about every 3 weeks now since the contrast is so strong.

What product is best? A semi-permanent? Is so, which brand?
Or a permanent that does not contain ammonia to lighten my dark hair? Which brand there?

I have tried several brands, and the ones that say "up to 40% grey coverage" doesn't work because I'm 100% grey in my grey spots, so it doesn't do much good. Drat

Am I a hopeless case who should be spending her time at the salon, or is there hope for me yet?

**Craftlady** · 06-11-2007, 11:25 AM

I use Nice & Easy by Clariol.
Love the product, easy to use, covers gray

I use the coloring that has built in hightlites.

**Maresche** · 06-11-2007, 11:39 AM

I use Henna on my hair once a month and it does wonders for the grey that's beginning to show otherwise. Yes it is messy but it is much cheaper than the chemical stuff.

**cyber-sibes** · 06-11-2007, 12:08 PM

I used to use Nice N' Easy too. I dyed my hair for probably 10 years. Now I have given up, accepted that grey is also beautiful, and let it all grow out. I like it just the way it is. I'm sure I look older now, but duh, I am older!

**Uabassoon** · 06-11-2007, 12:17 PM

I have a hard time covering my grey hair, thankfully I have a friend who used to be a hairdresser and he dyes my hair for me using professional color that he buys at Sally's. He only charges me $15 so it's a great deal for me!

**mruffruff** · 06-11-2007, 01:18 PM

For a while I used Loving Care in my natural brown shade. The I wanted to let it wash out and go natural.

My granddaughter kept asking me why I had pink hair!!!

It seems that my hair kept all of the red tones even through 3 months of washings. I finally got the red parts cut off. Now I'm silver on top, gray/brown/silver on the sides and brown/gray in back.

I earned every gray hair so I'm going to flaunt it

**Twisterdog** · 06-11-2007, 11:46 PM

I have a white stripe in my bangs, about an inch wide. It's not too noticable if I actually wear bangs, but when I grow them out, then I have a long white stripe all through my hair.

But, everyone loves it. I get compliments on it all the time. And my son's friends teenage friends thinks it's the coolest thing ever. They think I did it on purpose!

Maybe when it all starts to go gray, I'll start dying it, although I doubt it. I can't stand the constant maintenance. I earned that gray, every strand!

**crow_noir** · 06-12-2007, 02:37 AM

Ok, i don't have gray hair but i just wanted to state my opinion.

It's so beautiful! I don't know why anyone would want to cover up gray hair. I can understand dying hair once in a while for change, but not to conceal.

**catnapper** · 06-12-2007, 07:56 AM

Thanks guys! I knew I could count on you.

I would love to grow it out. I always thought women with the self cofidence to let their hair go grey were sexy. Seriously! Every tie I try to grow it ut I get comments from the peanut gallery -- that being family and work. I even had one client tell me that I was "such a pretty girl, why don't I color my hair to look better" I wasn't sure which to be more shocked over, being referred to as a girl or told I should cover my grey! LOL

**Logan** · 06-12-2007, 09:14 AM

Kim, I am going to be gray this summer. I am having my hair cut tomorrow, but she didn't have time to do color at the same time. The sun bleaches out color so quickly, anyway, that I guess I will be saving some money by leaving off the color for a few months.

I am almost completely gray, but I have enough of the last color job to still show some brown, thank goodness! I appreciate the fact that some people say "go gray", but I tried it before and I felt "old". I don't physically feel old and I certainly don't want to look it because of my hair color.

I have never tried to do my own color at home. Just don't have the nerve. LOL!!

Good luck!
Logan

**Rie Rie** · 06-12-2007, 09:51 AM

Some people can wear the grey and it looks fine, but others, not so much. I color my hair about every four months or so, because I like change. This last time I decided to go have some red/burgandy lowlights put in. I have a liscense to do hair, but don't know a lot about color. They do have a brand of color at Sally's called Grey Busters, made by clairol. Not sure how well it works, but it's worth a try. I did find out something interesting from the girl that does my hair. She said if you put in a color and it's too dark, you can use dawn dishwashing soap and it will take it out or at least lighten it. It doesn't work as well if you've had the color a while. I haven't ever tried it, so I don't kow if it works, but I'm thinking it does since the girl said she wasn't supposed to tell customers about it.