My name is Francesca. I am 35 years old and I live in Ontario, Canada. I am married and we have two young children. I enjoy art, music, movies, and I happen to have grey hair.
I was 13 years old when I found my first few greys poking out of my dark brown hair. Those few hairs looked different. They were wiry, unruly, and they stuck straight up! I needed them gone.
In May 2017 I began having my hair lightened to better blend with the greys coming in, as I was tired of the harsh look of grey roots on solid dyed brown hair. There was still a demarcation line as my stylist was adding in highlights and brown colour to the base.
Even when my hair was any of the other colours it has been I had days I did not like my hair… that’s probably why I changed the colour entirely once and a while.
So far, I have only tried Clairol Shimmer Lights Shampoo & Conditioner. It works well but is drying, so I only use it once a week. (I’m pretty sure all purple shampoos are drying).
The best thing (I find) for dry, unruly hair is to use one pump of either Moroccan Oil or Argan oil at the same time as your conditioner in the shower. The hot shower water makes your hair more porous and allows the oil to penetrate the hair shaft.
If the grey toner takes well to your hair and or you are willing to keep it up, your transition is complete in the snap of a finger. That may be exactly what you want and if that is true then go for it.