Wig Method. The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American science fiction film serving as a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name (which itself was based on the 1940 short story "Farewell to the Master"). My hair is very fine and thinning so when the silver comes through under the reddish brown, it makes me look like I am balding (yuk). During a period of depression, I colored it and had so many comments about how it took off ten years of my age. We cut through the marketing B.S. The men in my family are a little harder to get through too. Im not going to judge women who dye their hair or even dare to say that they are not being real or are not embracing who they are! Judging by your pictures it looks like an inch per month! Women who were transitioning to gray started to comment on my pictures and so did I! That is what I am thinking of doing this week. Hi Sarah! Was I more beautiful then? Shave your head, no seriously. OMG!!! ! NO!! As the title suggests, I've decided to see what's happening with my hair color so I'm going gray. There h. Know that there may be some rough spots but in the end, youll love your natural color and the bonus is healthy hair.~Janice C. I stopped coloring April 2017 at 57 yrs. As I reiterate over and over on this blog, there are SO many ways to go gray. If you have the same ideas about feminine beauty and want to join our community of like-minded women, visit our community of silver sisters (www.silversistersinternational.com) and follow us on Instagram. There is no artificial color whatsoever in it. I get compliments often on my color! It took me 9 months to be done with several big chops. If growing out the dye is something you want to do, Id make sure your current dye color is close to your actual hair color and make sure it has little or no red tones. I tried to go grey 3 years ago and once my mother and sister saw me with grey hair they told me I looked like an old lady. I have dyed my hair black since I was a teenager, I have light skin and blue eyes and the contrast was beautiful. She went grey cold turkey with long hair and looks fabulous! We agree that going gray does not mean not taking care of yourself. I'm in month 2-3 and it's going better than i thought. I have seen several women in grocery stores and other various places who are letting their grey grow out and sometimes I stop and talk to them for support. How did you do it? It's a shame you'd gone through the hardship of it during the pandemic and then erased that hard work, but at least now you know how long the process takes and what it will look like! I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new hair and wold never go back to colour. So I'm doing it. I was sooo impatient, I just couldnt wait to see the real me. But, I do think gray hair can be so beautiful and cool looking. But even if the Internet culture is moving toward a change in mentality and generating debate about what we should consider beautiful or not, the social norms to which weve subscribed are so anchored in some of us that its really difficult to break free from them. I haven't been happy with the color of my highlights and their tendency towards brassiness for many years, so about 6 months ago, I decided to go cold turkey. I have been to many countries; I spent 1 year in the U.S. at the age of 16 and moved to Austria 18 years ago. This means no touch-ups or anything, except for a haircut here and there. . If you choose to go short, you can cut that time down tremendously. My point in all this is, this hair journey can be about more than hair. I have considered putting in highlights/lowlights if I want some pizzaz, but so far, I get a ton of positive comments. It was exciting to see how bright my silver was. I love love love my silver grey hair and am kicking myself for not undoing the shackles of colouring a long time ago! 4. PROS AND CONS OF GOING GRAY COLD TURKEY WITH LONG HAIR. Not all women have the guts to carry the two-toned hair for 15-20 months. Do not ASK anyone what they think.Instead, TELL them what you are doing and gush about how excited you are. The next fastest is a pixie cut. Then 2 months later 20 foils, toner, cut/styled. It is such a freeing and empowering experience. I have received many favourable complements and my new look has inspired 5 other colleagues to stop colouring their own hairtheres a revolution going on!! I had people walking up to me, asking me if my hair was real. It's fun to cut about 1/2 inch per month and watch the grey take over. Roots show and all around my face as well. I must say that I do have to remember to take care of myself better for yesterday I was rushing to get out of the house and forgot to blend my sunscreen and put on my tinted chap stick without lookingI looked in the rear view mirror in horror.. Anyone want to buy a few boxes of dye, cause Im never going back!! thank you for the words of support, Joy. The transition was difficult but totally worth it. This is transition to self acceptance. PS the relief of not doing my hair every two/three weeks is worth the 60 I spend on a t section blow dry and cut every 8 weeks do the maths x. Hello. i am on facebook joann cooper troupe in a striped shirt with my husband jim. Ironic since it seems to grow fast when in coloring mode. Now, thats the key, am I right? We want all of these people to feel supported, educated, and empowered. I just chose to go gray cold turkey, no color corrections, no interfering in my natural grow-out process even if this surely wasn't the most stylish solution Anyone who has started going gray knows that this doesn't happen overnight; it's a process that seems to take forever, and you have good and bad days. Complete rubbish as it is your skin or a too dark fake colour that make you look old and not your gray hair. I look at this blog every night when I come home from work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can transition without looking like I stopped taking care of myself? A year later I have a T section of foils in with my cut every two months. Susan's journey, told with honesty and humor, takes you through her own adventure of ditching dye, of questioning the . Wonderful! Let us know how things go. I started colouring for real by the time I was in my mid-twenties. My husband is supportive as is one of my very close female friends. I'm going to try someone who works out of their own home, as I think I might prefer that than going to a salon again. It was becoming harder to keep the line of gray covered and on top of that, my hair was starting to fall out. Not all stylists/colorists are created equal either, my semi permanent was applied at the salon who had assured me it would wash out.. Not so, unfortunately. I have been tempted to hit color, but I keep reminding my self, that anything worth having usually takes time and patients. Not sticking any longer, and dont want the burning harsh chemicals of the Permanent, or the skunk stripe when you stop. Color correction, cold turkey, shave your head, try a pixie.Whatever floats your boat. I have been thinking Id start the transition at 50 but why wait?? This is the first time visiting the web site.. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, it! Why grey hair is bang on trend. I found my first gray hair at the age of 11, and since my dad went gray at a young age and I only knew him when he was gray, this didnt surprise me much. Always real. Im a new person now, and now more than ever my outer life is a reflection of my inner life. Go lighter. What a great inspiration here! Confused because I wasnt that girl at all! I have never even considered dying my hair until now. On average, hair grows half an inch a month. You kind of figure out who you are, and what is important to you in life. To the people thinking that social media is full of superficial, self-obsessed people, I want to prove them wrong! Services: Full Highlight $145. Up until about a year ago I was dying my own hair every two weeks because I thought it was cheaper than going to the salon but after talking to my hairdresser I finally saw sense in what she was saying. It helped but did not lift it all. Help Is on the Way! Innersense Hydrating Hair Masque to keep my hair conditioned, strong and hydrated. Make sure you feel strong enough to deter the most negative comments.Im hardheaded, so when I make up my mind to do something, its going to happen. Since I no longer work outside the home, I do not feel the same pressure to look as young as when I was working. I love being part of changing the world by changing the way we women look at ourselves. METHOD #3: THE DYE STRIP TECHNIQUE. I stay fit and eat healthy. One way people cope with quitting smoking cold turkey is learning to recognize the triggers that make them want to smoke. I use 2 different colors. Recognizing that I have more to offer than a pretty face has led me to considering living simpler. get a regular trim every six to eight weeks to keep your hair healthy and growing. Yes! My hairdresser said we would have to lifts my hair so much it would turn brittle and break off soI took her word for it. I dont know why I did that. I may have a few highlights put in when I go for my cut next week. I let all my hair (silver gray) come in and last summer folded under the same peer pressure . Covering my grays was fun at the beginning. I'm not sure how I'll deal with it when I start looking like a skunk, but I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. This is the most gentle technique next to cold turkey. Mix a little in with your conditioner and experiment on strength. She did fade my hair somewhat without damaging it (I have dark brown hair), but she said the safest thing is to do this over a period of months to avoid damage. Feeling nervous about letting my stylist know my plan for ditching the dye. Im so relieved that I made this decision. I love this blog and have been enjoying reading about everyones various experiences. The hair care content is also for educational use, I am not a hair care professional or dermatologist, please be careful with your hair and skin. i'm going to start today in honor of my mother's disease of bulbar ALS. Resisting buy violet shampoo because I am afraid it will stain my white/grey. With a pixie or very short cut, it will take 3-9 months. So, I am excited to get to know people who are in this same boat, and share confessions and give advise to me. Good luck, Hi, I just turned 52 and retired from 30 years of teaching. Upkeep: Tone & Blow Dry every 8 weeks $95. Perseverance got me through the first 5 months or so and then it was less about perseverance and more of a waiting game. It felt like it was going to take forever and I was never going to get there.But I did. Why would I not want to look my age? See more ideas about hair styles, hair cuts, short hair styles. (Stars on the harbor to be exact for all my South Shore, Massachusetts friends). Sadly my hair started to yellow.did not know about purple shampoos or the damage the sun was causing. The reactions concerning my hair transition were very different, but outing myself was so empowering that I managed the negative comments just as confidently as I was already feeling. Thank you so much for this website! I looked different from my peers and didn . My mother and both my sisters color there hair and when I told them of my plan they were not at all supportive. Give up??? These cookies do not store any personal information. I have since found a new salon. yes, our hair like our skin is aging with us. Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer for the fastest hair dry. For me, deciding to go grey was the outward manifestation of deciding to be real. In the past few years I have had to spend a small fortune every 4 weeks at the hairdressers just to keep the re-growth under control. As always it is about so much more than the hair. all my best to you ladies out there who are going this route too- more power to ya! I'm seriously thinking of taking the plunge, too! So I dyed my hair. My most favorite feeling is when the wind blows, I no longer worry about my roots showing. Whatever you need to do to feel the most comfortabledo it. I have long hair, so underneath my old dyed hair is about three quarters a way down and the grey is coming through naturally, The colours she is using on top blend in beautifully (using a mixture of high and lowlights and she will use different shades each time). Not in the sense that it was a utopic scenario. I think grey is beautiful I just needed the courage to do it. So, taking that and this blog as a cue that maybe now is the time. I am active and happy and I am not the color of my hair !! Im 57 and about 6 weeks in. Why in the world do I want to look like Im in my twenties? I filled my head with knowledge and my heart with self-love.And it changed my life!!! i am on facebok if anyone wants to be friends , i am married age 54 i recently got my hair cut really short hopefully 1 more cut and i can find a gray type color to help accent what i want my hair to look like, i buy some products at sallys beauty supply, but some stores carry some of the products for gray hair. Here are a few ways to make your cold turkey gray hair transition fun and easy! Aveda Blue Malva Color Conditioner. My transition to gray hasnt only shown me the plan nature had with me and my silver strands., but it also has shown me what I am capable of doing. And my very best to you and your mother. They are a tremendous help getting you through the rough patches of this process. SITE CREDIT. That day, that woman not comfortable in her own skin, terrified somebody could spot her grays, decided to embrace her natural hair. . I have a hair appointment tomorrow and have been going back and forth about starting now or dye one more time for the holidays. I would say its a solid 9 months to 1 year of making due and then another year of just waiting it out. Photo by Carolyn Simpson Hair by Donna Dellaero, Donna Hair Design. On the other had, I do not like to have this obligation to color my hair all the time. I am 61, have recently retired from full time work, and decided, on a whim really, that I no longer wanted or needed to colour my hair. Bring it on ! I am also in the healthcare field and do not want to look unkept to new and existing patients. I was like, I can go dark and it won't suit me as much, or I can trick people into thinking the gray hair is blonde, and that's what I did.". Hope I dont change my mind:). Uncovering my natural hair colour after being a bottle blonde for 37 years makes for quite an interesting experiment. So, here i go and I think this time I won't start coloring again. Supportive Instagram groups, such as @grombre, @embrace.the.gray, @silverandfree, @silversistersinternational, @cottonhairedwomen, @artinaging, @flyageless and @thesilverwomen, just to name a few, are amazing accounts supporting silver sisters. Four weeks later, I got an even shorter pixie cut! I am 55 years old and in the process of transitioning to natural. If I could just buzz cut it & grow out from there Id be fine but that would sure look stupid for a while lol. By The Way, Your Hair Looks FabulousProduct Swap & Review, Transitioning to Gray Hairstyles: Everyday Updos, How Do You Transition from Dyed Hair to Your Natural Grey Hair, Author of GO GRAY YOUR WAY! I'll take a good long time sitting on the fence, but once I make a decision, that's it. Gray Pixie Haircuts. sounds great, maybe I can suggest my hairstylist to do the same. I really wish I could just have waited a little longer. Thanks, Leigh!! This is more of an option for lighter-haired people. So I gave it a go. Grey Hair With Bangs. Honestly cant wait to see what it looks like, but still hoping it wont make me look old. More like, I caught myself wondering what I would look like gray. My plan is to use temporary hair color (the kind that washes out after 28 shampoos) for one year. Wow, it is hard to believe but it is now ONE year since I ditched the dye and embraced my grays. Im not. Only just read this Barb go to your local Saddlery (horse gear shop) and buy a big bottle of purple highlighter that we all use on our grey (white) horses. AVEDA Blue Malva Shampoo for Gray Hair, and neutralizes brassiness in 33.8 fl oz/1 litre. Again, 2 months later, cut, toner styled. Hi there! Hi I'm 48 and suddenly I just don't feel me, being brunette. METHOD #1: COLD TURKEY. I explained that my other stylist had told me I did not have enough grey at that time to color itshe picked up a mirror, held it over my head and said, Look at your rootsI think you have enough grey now. If I start now i will have a full head of beautiful silver hair for my 50th. I decide to be free brought more colorful clothes and travel to the world. YOU CAN DO IT LADIES, , DO NOT LET ANYONE FORCE YOU BACK TO DYE. Got lots of compliments all the time. It became and is aboutdiscovery, patience, courage, confidence, personal connections, and loving friendships made near and far!~Tracey H. Once upon a time, I swore I would dye till I died. She is married with a daughter and a son and works as a part-time administrative assistant. Demarcation line/skunk stripe is one of the most challenging things for some women about growing out their grey hair. Honestly, once you decide to go gray and you get through the first 6 months or so, it gets so much easier! Which ever way you choose to go with your gray hair Seattle be sure you only make this transition with a seasoned stylist. , My situation is very simalar to yours. Keep reading for more of my going gray story or jump to my going gray before and after pictures here! Total $275. Let me tell you, with the conviction of a thousand men and in my deepest heart of hearts I just knew I would NEVER stop dying my hair. Thanks for your comment, Alison! After three years of caring for my grays, these are the top 5 products I keep going back to and they are what I recommend for anyone going gray. Katie at Katie Goes Platinum has many full transition stories including mine on her blog. They are teenagers now and I had another baby (a boy) last year at the ripe old age of 44! Turned 50 this year and have lost some weight and just decided its time to be healthy and fit. Your email address will not be published. I finally did it at age 61, I let my hair grow out 2 months, then did a buzz cut, I just knew that the skunk stripe would do me in, I couldnt go with it. I work out and eat well. Focus on health. I have once again colored my hair because of negative feelings about being grey. Try low-lighting or highlighting your hair to blend in your new growth with your existing hair color. Approximately one year and three months into the grey hair transition, the overall effect is, er, patchy. 3 years ago I did what many of my friends thought was crazy and foolish. I am aware of the changes I feel. I was never really happy with that dark red color, and kept asking my hairdresser to tone it down, but she loved it with my skin tone and eyes. As the hair grows from the roots, the demarcation line keeps widening as the months pass. This question is one many have and need an answer to that is a visual representation so they can see what start to finish looks like. Honestly, I have never seen Mother Nature be wrong about your hair color, she knows what she is doing and everyone I have seen make it through the gray hair transition phase looks softer, their eyes look brighter, and overall just more natural.. If you dont have any of that, consider joining The Gray Book. I dont want to cut it super short and grow it out AGAIN after I just spent the last 18 months growing it out. I guess I feel insecure and afraid of rejection or just being invisible. by Joli A. Campbell | 02.16.2019 | All About Gray Hair, ProAging, Transition to Gray Hair. Male magnets: thats because to men, a woman going grey is a sign of independence, strength and fearlessness; a woman willing to be her true self and not hide behind a product. Like so many of you, I am so happy to have found this blog! You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Its like being pregnant in your first trimester where you just feel fat but you dont look pregnant yet. In this article, we will talk about one of the slangs or idioms that people use daily. I felt like I want to rebel against anything that inauthentic. Being myself, accepting myself and not caring about other peoples opinions that was the true self I was about to embrace completely, I went to my hair salon and asked them to lighten my hair. While removing the old dye made the skunk line not so visible, it did drag out the process. What does go cold turkey expression mean? You come out the other end more confident. Im still amazed at how much prettier and more unique I feel with my own color. 32. And its been 3 years and the best thing she ever did. Always no B.S. Thank you @bree. When I go out, though, I make sure I have lipstick and earrings on and look put together. Not white, but light. At 61, I feel better about my appearance than I did 20 years ago! IF I DO ANYTHING ELSE I WILL STICK WITH T HE WASH OUT GREY COLORS BY ROUX. Growing out your grey is a process. Unfortunately my decision was not well received by my hair stylist who told me that I would look OLD. Get hair style inspiration. I love this blog! I know what you mean about after dying your hair, it tends to be more shinier. I'm going to cut it off, cold turkey, let it grow in and see. I'm in month 2 going cold turkey and building confidence as I go. QuickSilverHair.com content disclaimer: content is provided for general information purposes and should not be considered medical advice. My fiance has wanted me to go gray He LOVES gray hair! Curious to hear more about going gray, I spoke with four women of different ages. The goal of #SILVERCON is to create a space for people who have either already transitioned to silver, or are just thinking about ditching the dye. I intend to keep going like this till all the old dye is out which probably another year or so and then I will have grey tones put in, my hair cut shorter (although not sure about that one) and then leave it alone and grow old gracefully. I stopped dyeing my hair because I think it just didnt look good anymore. After I saw her, my thoughts started changing and instead of thinking I wonder. I started deliberately thinking; What if? and When?, And just as thoughts get louder and louder the longer you sit with them, it got to the point where I couldnt turn it off.