I never thought I should hear myself say that I want to have grey hair but now I’ve said it. I’ve decided to stop colouring my hair in order to cover up my greys which have increased in numbers.
How do you go from brown to grey? I have spent hours on Google to try to find the best way and decided that highlights must be the best way hoping that it will cover up my grey root regrowth.
I booked an appointment with a hairdresser who was willing to take on the challenge despite of my long thick hair and the time she needed for the project was approx. 3 ½ hour. The hairdresser and Google had warned med that I wouldn’t get a satisfying result after just one treatment and I shouldn’t expect that the highlights would turn out grey.
The hairdresser started to cut my hair and it took at bit of persuasion before I accepted her suggestion about taking 25 cm of the length. I do like my long and heavy hair (even though I must admit that it can be a bit of a hassle from time to time) and the love of my life likes it too. She took 25 cm off and it feels short, but I’ll live…
I was looking forward to the see if the result and it was not a disaster even though it looked different from what I had hoped for.
The highlights had different colours from blonde to dark blonde with a touch of reddish. The explanation I got was that it was caused by the different intensity of dye in the hair. Some of it hasn’t been dyed in years and some just last month. The contrast between my grey root regrowth and the highlights was bigger than I expected but there are ways to fix that. I can use Silver Shampoo or chamomile shampoo. It is also possible to tone the hair grey with a colour that fades and last in about six weeks and I think I’ll choose that solution.
So, the result I got was not perfect and I know it will take years for me to get my natural colour back but this is the first step of the way.
