Learn Why and How to Go Gray with Long Hair in 2023

Brush Stroke katie goes platinum

If you are a woman who is transitioning to gray hair, you already have to deal with strangers, friends, and family members who question your decision.

[{"selector":"#anim-0757e712-c035-4b87-aa0c-f216bcf8a3f8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4da723cb-eb94-40a5-8862-9af7741d24f8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":250,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2bc8def0-120e-430d-9911-8d4fa157f2a9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-140f7bcd-97a3-40a1-8d7b-45adb4a1840a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Brush Stroke Brush Stroke Brush Stroke Learn more

[{"selector":"#anim-7465c2f0-fc5b-42f4-95b5-62287a5669ba","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-49d1798e-602b-4ed5-a605-5f6271664598","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -99.59318%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Brush Stroke If you are a woman who is over 40 and you are growing out your gray hair AND keeping it long, you get the double-whammy of being questioned by the anti-gray crowd as well as the “women over a certain age should cut their hair short” crowd. Learn more

WHY KEEP YOUR HAIR LONG WHILE GOING GRAY? I have been told it will hasten my gray hair transition, enhance my self-esteem and free me from worrying about satisfying the sexist desires of the men in my life.

Brush Stroke Learn more

When I made up my mind to go gray back in February 2018, I researched different ways to go gray. As I’ve said before, I was a brunette for 50 years and knowing myself pretty darn well, I knew that I needed time to shed that identity.

[{"selector":"#anim-43a8a0c1-915c-4d9f-9e38-b33e19eee572","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":7000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2d750bd6-4743-4aa2-8962-7f34cfe22495","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(105deg) translate3d(0px, 132.78154%, 0) rotate(-105deg)","rotate(105deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(-105deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":7000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Brush Stroke Learn more

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU KEEP YOUR HAIR LONG WHILE YOU GO GRAY? Let’s be honest here… going gray cold turkey with long hair is NOT for the faint of heart!

[{"selector":"#anim-aaea82b4-fbff-4de1-bf6e-7a18a8fe58d8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-da3bc245-45db-4e79-90c6-f95dc9a06e34","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-120deg) translate3d(0px, -57.61225%, 0) rotate(120deg)","rotate(-120deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(120deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Brush Stroke Learn more

Why? Because, depending on the color of your dyed hair, you can expect to go through a bunch of wild variations of hair color over a period of many months as you grow out your silver roots!

WHAT SHADE OF EYEBROW LOOKS BEST ON YOU?

[{"selector":"#anim-da77c2f3-e60b-41dc-acbe-8ca4865c635a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ea7f6262-119b-43ed-9474-b34f1183cc78","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -63.02985%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Brush Stroke Learn more

METHOD #2: LEARN TO LOVE YOUR DEMARCATION LINE If you are interested in going gray cold turkey, the easiest thing for you to do is learn to find the beauty in transitioning hair. Embrace your skunk line!

[{"selector":"#anim-1bb53d63-fe4b-4934-95a7-c77f96b9184a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Brush Stroke Learn more

Swipe Up to Read More

[{"selector":"#anim-2d5ddeb5-555d-47ab-8e47-c0431b19aeaf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-479c4ecd-245e-4642-ba1d-467d0be027e5","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(30deg) translate3d(0px, -51.51744%, 0) rotate(-30deg)","rotate(30deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(-30deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3ccae67c-ca94-4e67-9652-85a9920b64a0","keyframes":[{"offset":0,"transform":"translate3d(0, -368.17553%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.29,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.45,"transform":"translate3d(0, -103.530959036%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.61,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.71,"transform":"translate3d(0, -35.197580668%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.8,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.85,"transform":"translate3d(0, -13.217501527%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.92,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.96,"transform":"translate3d(0, -5.743538267999999%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":1,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"}],"delay":0,"duration":1600,"fill":"both"}] Brush Stroke Learn more