My 11 Month Cold Turkey Gray Hair Transition Progress Report

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What is it like to go 11 months without dyeing your hair, you ask? Well, let me tell you. It is freaking FANTASTIC!

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I have more TIME. No more wasting 2-3 hours on a Saturday morning in a salon, away from my family and friends.

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I have more MONEY. OK, I actually don’t have more money, since I’ve been frittering it away on lipstick and new clothing in gray-friendly colors… But if I stopped buying those things, I would!

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It is FUN! Do you know how fun it is to look into the mirror and see shiny silver hair?

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It’s like being in one of those comic books where someone gets hit with a bolt of lightning and suddenly has superpowers. But instead of getting superpowers, I got silver hair. Yay!

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There’s just one thing bugging me right now… Which might be a surprise to you, since I’ve been consistently positive since I started this journey. I haven’t looked back once and I have NO regrets.

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It’s the orange tones in my brassy brunette dyed hair. I’m fine with my brassy blorange hair most of the time. It hasn’t bothered me at all until recently.

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