“How was I going to transition to grey? First, I did a lot of research to figure out what felt right for me, and I decided to highlight and eventually bleach out my dark hair for a better blending experience.
I was clear that I was done with root touch-ups forever, so the rule was: don’t touch my roots, let them grow out naturally.
I found an organic salon to help me with the transition to reduce the toxic load, which made a big difference in my symptoms.
Looking back now, if I were to do it all over, I would have shaved it off and donated my hair to cancer, but I was too afraid.”
First of all I love your new look. Thanks for sharing your story…insperational.
During lock down, I decided to let my hair grow out so no more tinting.
Not a great look at the moment for me.
It’s difficult to get used to white hair but I will see it through.
The first appointment I can get with my hairdresser is July 29th.
I am going for a shorter style with highlites.
Evelyn Austin.
Nicole, your silver is beautiful!
I too decided to stop dying my hair during the pandemic. I’ve talked about it with my hairdresser for years and finally decided I was ready. I’m four months in and it hasn’t been so bad. I think my why was…I turned 60 last month and just felt like this is who I am. I’ve had my hair trimmed twice and I have an appointment soon to do some bleaching to help with the demarcation line. I’m a little nervous about doing this…not sure what it will look like. ?
Connie Adkins
Hello! You’re hair looks beautiful. One thing I’ve noticed about women going grey is that they look younger, not older. I have been working from home for 5 months and haven’t had my hair colored or cut since then. There are days I feel unkempt and question my decision to go natural but when that happens, I get on the forums that celebrate grey hair and stick with it. I also remind myself of the burning sensation I had started feeling when getting my hair colored. But I’ve made the decision to Embrace my true color and am excited to see what that looks like when I’m done. The double standard is real but I am thrilled to be part of a group of women who are accepting their natural beauty and making the change.
I have been coloring my dark brown hair for 20+ years. I just turned 62 in June. When the lockdown started in March I thought about stopping the trip to my hairdresser every four weeks for root touch, highlights, etc. but in May when restrictions on salons in my area where partially lifted my hairdresser talked me into dying it again. It felt great again to have freshly died hair, for awhile. My son was getting married in October 2020 in central Florida but as that states cases soared in July they decided to postpone the wedding until fall 2021. That would give me exactly 18 months since my last coloring until the wedding. That gave me the push to let my natural color grow in. It is enough time to let almost, if not all, of my shoulder length hair grow out before the wedding. I figured I can always die it right before the wedding if I really don’t like how it looks. My husband has been very supportive. My two kids, son and daughter, not as much. The pandemic is awful however I feel this time has given me the opportunity to go for it without worrying about any upcoming social events. I have decided to go cold turkey and just let it grow out. I am now 13 weeks in. Every week that goes by I get less concerned about it. That is not to say I don’t get my moments but I remind myself I can always go back to dying if I don’t like it. The on line community of other women going through the same experience have been very helpful and given me the courage to keep going.
Nicole I love your silver hair. It really suits you well. I started in June 2020 to let my hair grow out. I love every minute of this new transition. When I turned 60 I decided to do that. It’s a new very exciting chapter in my life for me.