Hair-dye Stripping and Grey Hair 👩‍🦳

I don’t know about hair dye stripping but both my daughters are letting their grey evolve naturally. No more dying and much healthier hair, it’s taking ages as they both have long hair but with regular trimming and wearing hair up a lot of the time they are both happy with their progress and they both said how many others they’ve noticed doing the same since COVID no one cares.

Thanks tanith
There’s absolutely no way I’m cutting it!

You never “strip” hair to reveal natural color. Your natural color is the regrowth you see as it’s growing out at the line of demarcation.

When you say “strip” I think you mean using a lightener to remove all color pigment whether it’s colored hair or natural regrowth? No, no! (You’d be totally blonde!) Bad move.

If you decide to give up coloring and live with your natural color, do a gentle reverse coloring based on what you see growing out. A colorist at a salon can help ease you out of the growing out stage to get natural.
It’s a process, but will be easier, healthier for you hair.

Make SURE you consult a GOOD colorist who knows what they’re doing. There are some very BAD colorists who only think they know what they’re doing.

You don’t want to scare your family dog.
USA Gundy

When I said regular trimming I simply meant trimming the ends not cutting shorter. Everyone needs ends trimmed occasionally.

I snip my own ends off.

Gundy I’ve had it professionally stripped before.
The ‘plan’ was to strip it and dye it silver, perhaps with dark grey bits (like Maureen Lipman, I’ll post a photo) and then my own grey regrowth would blend in.

I would definitely go to the best local salon, the one where I had it stripped before (Sally Montague, Derby)

Maureen Lipman

Thank you btw Gundy

There’s nothing more stunning than grey or silver hair for older women.

My very first adult job (and for many years) was with Clairol. (Not sure if you’ve heard of that company - they were the innovator of hair coloring back in the 30’s!) Women around the world rejoiced!

I was a Color Consultant for them, trained in NYC and factory in Connecticut back in the 70’s. My absolute favorite job ever, training cosmeticians in retail on how to sell our products.

Hair is a woman’s “crowning glory.” Even tho I was a company representative - my hair has always been my nemesis. 😆🤷🏼‍♀️🤨
USA Gundy

That last post for FannyCornforth

I would start to use a toner rather than a permanent dye, then it would all fade gradually.

I had this done for the first time on Tuesday. I have very short graying hair with white sideburns. My stylist has been try to pursued me to have this done for a long time.
First my hair was bleached to remove all the natural colour. This took about 40 minutes. When the cling film came off I was horrified. It was a weird white with a blue tinge!
Then a bond/strengthened went on for 15 minutes and then a white/blonde toner to finish.
The effect is a sort of Annie Lennox look. I totally love it. I’ve had one issue with my scalp being very itchy which is a reaction to the bleach. I guess that this will subside soon. It will need regular deep conditioning as it seemed to feel a bit straw like and I tried Aveda masque this morning which was fabulous but very expensive.
It will need my hair to grow out completely before I can have it done again. So maybe twice or three times a year.
I’ve had many compliments and I feel that it has knocked a few years off how I look. Most of all I feel great and wish that I had had it done ages ago.

It’s always that regrowth line of natural hair coming in that’s such a bi+<£!

Reverse coloring or highlighting (used to be called frosting) is the answer if you want to blend in while growing out. It’s the best camouflage!

Thanks again Gundy, I’ll look into that.
I’m very pale, so I will have to be very careful about what colour to go for. I know ‘my colours’ - I’m an autumn.
Your job sounds wonderful, and yes, we have Clairol here too

MissChatelain your hair sounds fab, I had something similar in my 20s, it was what I called Paula Yates white, I used to bleach it myself - and yes, it stung.
Though I’m surprised that a professional dye would sting, so please be careful

I want to know why it’s so hard to find semi permanent hair colour. Used to be lots of different brands to choose from and now I can only find a few very limited colours by Clairol.
I prefer semi permanent as it slowly fades with no obvious regrowth.

Silver L’Oréal Castings are good and come in lots of different colours

Will have a look, thanks Fanny