The choice to either grow out their natural gray hair and embrace the freedom that comes from not being tied to a hair salon every three weeks, or to continue to color their hair because they prefer the way it looks.
As a stylist, I’ve performed quite a few color transformations taking women from old outgrown color to a more believable blended color to make the process a little less painful.
Growing in your gray cold turkey is a long process, which can feel even longer when you have to look at a hard line of demarcation every single day (pictured above).
For some women, they simply won’t start the gray transition process because they cannot imagine making it through the first year of having “roots” that look unintentional.
Blending gray hair is no easy feat, and many hairdressers will just tell you “no” if you ask them for this color service. The ones who are confident enough to say yes usually come with a larger price tag.
When gray blending is not done properly, it can leave you with damaged hair, brassy hair color and odd color placements that do not replicate what natural gray looks like.