A Gray Hair Glossary for Silver Sisters

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During the first few weeks of my gray hair transition, I obsessively read everything I could find online about the transition process.

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Balayage is one of the salon techniques that some women choose to make their transition to gray more seamless.

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That brassy orange/red/copper color that appears when dyed brunette hair fades.

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Grombre is a term coined by Martha Truslow Smith (founder of the Grombre Instagram account) and it is used to describe hair with gray roots and darker ends. It’s a play on the word “ombré.”

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The line that appears between your gray hair and your dyed hair.

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In other words, if you don’t want to scare the pants off your friends, relatives, and silver sisters – please check your spelling first!

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