I played with dye long before I ever found my first gray because I thought my natural color was boring (oh, you dumb kid!). When it became more evident, I dyed consistently for about 10 years.
After a while, I was tired of wasting the time and energy on trying to maintain a dye job. I couldn’t wash it as often as I wanted to because I was afraid of literally washing hundreds of dollars down the drain.
My original plan was to stop dyeing my pixie for a while and then buzz it off. I was planning a long vacation about four months out where I would be wearing a hat of some sort almost exclusively so I thought it’d work just fine.
I wanted the ability to be ok with what I saw in the mirror without feeling like I “had” to do something to my appearance, be it dyeing my hair or wearing makeup.
Aside from maybe coloring it a fun color with my kiddo, I don’t see myself ever dyeing my hair to color gray again. I enjoy the freedom I’ve given myself too much.
I was grateful my stylist encouraged and helped me along the way. It would have been so easy for her to give me grief about it but she didn’t. That helped me a lot.