Going grey gracefully
01-03-2011, 02:49 PM
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Robinlee, I am in the same boat. My hair grows very fast so keeping the color up is a bother, but I just can't let it go gray. It isn't me. I have thought about it, but that's the extent of my going natural. Red is natual for me, not gray.
01-03-2011, 02:53 PM
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I went gray about 1 1/2 years ago. Everyone tells me I have beautiful gray hair. I say, at least I don't have the hassle of coloring it any more!!!! When I decided to do it, I cut it very short and let it grow out. I loved the short hair, and it didn't take long for it to grow. It's medium short now because I choose to have it that way. I think the funny part of being gray is when I'm in a room with ladies twice my age ( slight exaggeration ) and I'm the only one with gray hair! They all still color theirs.
01-03-2011, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by kathy
Pantene makes a good blue shampoo called Silver Expressions, cream rinse too, mine is white with silver sparkles and has been since my 30s, if you smoke or are around someone who does it will always have a yellow tint. part of why I quit smoking!
I have natural blond hair and the shampoo I use definitely affects my hair color. Some shampoos turn it very dark. If you have problems with the "gray" shampoo, try one of the ones for blondes. Pantene and John Freida both make one. It won't bleach your hair, it just keeps it from getting darker.
You can also try a rinse with white vinegar after you wash your hair. Or, you can do 50-50 conditioner and white vinegar. Don't use apple cider vinegar because it darkens your hair. Apply the vinegar generously, then rinse out. The vinegar smell vanishes when your hair is dry. Leaves your hair silky and shiny.
01-03-2011, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
Robinlee, I am in the same boat. My hair grows very fast so keeping the color up is a bother, but I just can't let it go gray. It isn't me. I have thought about it, but that's the extent of my going natural. Red is natual for me, not gray.
I've lost weight (25lbs) since July, but still have atleast 40lbs to go. But ever since high school, the long "red" hair (and hazel eyes) was and still is my calling card I guess you could say.
01-03-2011, 03:15 PM
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I wear my hair so short that I could never get 6" of roots. When I get my hair cut it is less than 1" all over my head. When I did color my hair 20 years ago, a single hair cut would automatically take me back to my original color.
I have considerably more gray now at 64, but I earned every one of them and had lots of fun.
I have worn my hair this short for 30 years and like that it is wash and go.
I have considerably more gray now at 64, but I earned every one of them and had lots of fun.
I have worn my hair this short for 30 years and like that it is wash and go.
01-03-2011, 03:17 PM
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Gorgeous! If I could look like you!!
Originally Posted by MrsM
I just went "natural". I had gone lighter and got tired of dying it. I had my hair cut like Jamie Lee Curtis. I really like it and have gotten compliments on it. It has always bothered others more than me. I am staying silver/gray.
01-03-2011, 03:18 PM
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Ohh! Thanks for all the advice!
I was going to suggest this, as well. My mom used it when it first came out and it tinted her hair purple - like you see on old ladies in the cartoons!
I have natural blond hair and the shampoo I use definitely affects my hair color. Some shampoos turn it very dark. If you have problems with the "gray" shampoo, try one of the ones for blondes. Pantene and John Freida both make one. It won't bleach your hair, it just keeps it from getting darker.
You can also try a rinse with white vinegar after you wash your hair. Or, you can do 50-50 conditioner and white vinegar. Don't use apple cider vinegar because it darkens your hair. Apply the vinegar generously, then rinse out. The vinegar smell vanishes when your hair is dry. Leaves your hair silky and shiny.
Originally Posted by oatw13
Originally Posted by kathy
Pantene makes a good blue shampoo called Silver Expressions, cream rinse too, mine is white with silver sparkles and has been since my 30s, if you smoke or are around someone who does it will always have a yellow tint. part of why I quit smoking!
I have natural blond hair and the shampoo I use definitely affects my hair color. Some shampoos turn it very dark. If you have problems with the "gray" shampoo, try one of the ones for blondes. Pantene and John Freida both make one. It won't bleach your hair, it just keeps it from getting darker.
You can also try a rinse with white vinegar after you wash your hair. Or, you can do 50-50 conditioner and white vinegar. Don't use apple cider vinegar because it darkens your hair. Apply the vinegar generously, then rinse out. The vinegar smell vanishes when your hair is dry. Leaves your hair silky and shiny.
01-03-2011, 03:19 PM
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I tell my boys to look really closely at my grey hair 'cause their names are written on every hair!! So glad my grandsons are perfect angels!
Originally Posted by Aurora
I wear my hair so short that I could never get 6" of roots. When I get my hair cut it is less than 1" all over my head. When I did color my hair 20 years ago, a single hair cut would automatically take me back to my original color.
I have considerably more gray now at 64, but I earned every one of them and had lots of fun.
I have worn my hair this short for 30 years and like that it is wash and go.
I have considerably more gray now at 64, but I earned every one of them and had lots of fun.
I have worn my hair this short for 30 years and like that it is wash and go.
01-03-2011, 03:21 PM
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Well that certainly explains why mine seems duller than my colored hair.
Originally Posted by ptquilts
you have to remember that gray hair has a different (coarser) texture than your "normal" hair, so you have to do more to it to get it shiny and smooth.
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