I did hair for a long time. So I colored my hair for 20 years, my hair did not like to take color so it was on for an hour. Had to lift my color to get the color my DH liked. When he died I colored it one last time and then stoped (COLD TURKEY - I was 38 at the time). My hair went gray and as we KNOW gray hair doesn't take color well at all. My DH (#2), likes my hair the way it is. I think he likes it, because I have more gray than he does (and to think he is almost 70). Men have ALL the luck (they get US). :thumbup: