tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post8267580793658457088..comments2024-03-09T04:33:10.953-05:00Comments on *: Seven Best Tips & Tricks for Successfully Growing Your Gray Hair Out!Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03547640380443175482noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-77809687759974355842018-09-11T21:06:38.893-04:002018-09-11T21:06:38.893-04:00You are the best!!!! What a Goddess of empowerment...You are the best!!!! What a Goddess of empowerment!!! Thank you. I am so inspired. I am a 65 year old woman who has been struggling to stop dying and just let my grays live! Your tips plus your humor are invaluable. Bring on the skunk! Blessings, DevorahDevorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132971796462850090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-78900511497799100902018-04-25T09:48:42.752-04:002018-04-25T09:48:42.752-04:00Hiya MomWifeDaughterSister!
I hope you're fee...Hiya MomWifeDaughterSister!<br /><br />I hope you're feeling all better now. That jump start on your new color is great because getting started is half the battle! When I read your comment, I was saying to myself, definitely don't go short if you're not feeling like it. When I cut mine, my heart just wasn't in it and honestly, the short length bothered me more than the gray growing in. <br /><br />The grow out phase isn't the easiest thing, but it also doesn't last forever and the rewards are so worth it! <br /><br />I hope you and your stylist come up with a good plan that works well for you. Congrats on your new journey!!!<br />xoxoxoxLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093968853372697053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-54190946481265143002018-04-25T09:44:35.188-04:002018-04-25T09:44:35.188-04:00Wishing you so so so much luck to you Aileen, on t...Wishing you so so so much luck to you Aileen, on this exciting adventure!!! \(^-^)/<br /><br />xoxox!!!!!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093968853372697053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-79309544265486124572018-04-23T12:25:58.872-04:002018-04-23T12:25:58.872-04:00Hi Lauren.
I just found your page. I'm just s...Hi Lauren. <br />I just found your page. I'm just starting to attempt to grow out grey from my dark brown hair. Have had greys since I was 16, am 37 (almost 38) now. Wish me luck!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874718283634162070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-84843272540976045612017-12-18T14:35:01.863-05:002017-12-18T14:35:01.863-05:00Well im nearly done, only 11months of growing the ...Well im nearly done, only 11months of growing the colour out and the grey in, im about 1.5 inches of colour left, my hair appointment for a trim is 28th of december, so if its not out by then, it will be for my daughters wedding in april.<br />Had lots of nice comments of the white flicky bits over my ears...lol...<br />All i can say is keep going ladies, i did, i did no chalks, highlights or any root touch up, i just went for it, and yes if i can, you can.<br />xxxxxxxkarenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782516704837390591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-3714300833531008492017-12-18T13:21:39.514-05:002017-12-18T13:21:39.514-05:00\(^-^)/ Hi Gretchen!!!!
It's very nice to mee...\(^-^)/ Hi Gretchen!!!!<br /><br />It's very nice to meet you. Thanks for the sweet comment and GREAT question. It really is a question that so many of us think about. First though, congrats on your new "adventure!!!" :)<br /><br />So, here is my two-cents on the "to highlight or not to highlight" question that is such an important topic.<br /><br />First and foremost, I think women need to do what is personally best for them! If that means highlights and low lights or even never growing out their gray, I think that is awesome and ok, and what we need to do! No judgement from me, we all have different paths.<br /><br />So, if the highlights make you feel better and more secure, go for it!<br /><br />For me though, as a woman who also started out with a mix of gray and dark brown hair and somebody who wanted to leave the time/money and effort of regular hair color upkeep behind, I just went for it! I didn't use any high or low lights because I wanted to get away from the chemicals in the dye, and I wanted the freedom from having to always touch up roots.<br /><br />It wasn't the easiest root, but it wasn't so horrible either. Once I was past a few inches of growth, I was able to pull my hair back and felt less self-conscious. I also wore lots of fun headbands and hats. In the end, I loved my hair! It was the most soft it has ever been and I felt free!<br /><br />Follow your heart on this one Gretchen. You could always try it without highlights, and then if it is just too much for you, you could go for the highlights! :) <br />Remember, even through the trying parts, there's lots of good to come when it's all said and done!<br /><br />Thanks again and nice to meet you!<br />xoxoxoxoxoxox,<br />Lauren <br />Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093968853372697053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-77546887799899697022017-12-18T11:32:10.780-05:002017-12-18T11:32:10.780-05:00Hi Lauren,
Thank you so much for this blog - I wa...Hi Lauren,<br /><br />Thank you so much for this blog - I was toying with the idea of "going silver" and then your brave and wonderful blog helped put me over the top! A question for you, too - my stylist insists that getting highlights while growing out the gray will help blend and "lighten me up" since I have very dark hair still along with the gray. I'm not so sure, and wanted your advice: part of the reason I'm embracing my natural hair color is due to reasons of self-acceptance, but also to get away from crazy upkeep (like that of my permanent hair coloring days). What are your thoughts? Still early in the journey. :) <br /><br />-Gretchen Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-61108877968884947672017-12-13T20:36:26.309-05:002017-12-13T20:36:26.309-05:00Well it's almost the end of 2017 and I've ...Well it's almost the end of 2017 and I've stumbled across your blog as I am 4 weeks past my last dye and debating whether to dye again or let the Grey find its way through the henna on the lower2/3rds and semi permanently Garnier colored roots.....I just don't want to feel old....or look crazy....but all of these comments have inspired me and my husband said " rock it!" So I'm going for it! Thanks so much everyone for sharing your experiences....though this weekend I might be headed to the wig store...just in case... but it would be a total shame to cover up all these beautiful natural curls because of vanity... headbands however are completely okay I think ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00724012859638468972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-448548218961574682017-07-24T20:07:14.888-04:002017-07-24T20:07:14.888-04:00Thanks for posting! Love it!Thanks for posting! Love it!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292229266906795211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-4448940455983527972017-07-14T15:23:23.215-04:002017-07-14T15:23:23.215-04:00Could you post an updated photo? Would love to see...Could you post an updated photo? Would love to see you now! I'm trying to get up the courage to grow out my below shoulder-length gray hair. I'm 59, and I am an actress who plays roles 15 years younger than I am, so agents and friends have discouraged me from going gray until "later". But I'm SICK of coloring it and, frankly, I kind of like the pattern the gray takes when my roots starts growing out. I've got a big "swath" from my side part to the opposite side with gray at both temples and still lots of dark brown in between. In back and underneath, I'm still pretty dark but here's my issue: One of my very best friends is my hair stylist and she is VEHEMENTLY opposed to my growing it out! I really don't think it's because she'd lose a customer (I mean she'd still cut my hair), but she genuinely thinks it would make me look "old". But I'd like to go to a different stylist who's in favor of it to help me as I proceed with the transition. Help me figure out how best to discuss this with my hairdresser friend and get her onboard! I think I'd book a LOT more work as an actress because it would launch me into a new demographic: "young, hip Grandma" or "aging-gracefully baby-boomer"! Great blog - thank you!!Tamotvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399322234153157163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-76112284855413951922017-07-12T16:04:19.045-04:002017-07-12T16:04:19.045-04:00Great info. Thanks for sharing, I'm ready! Y...Great info. Thanks for sharing, I'm ready! You are beautiful. I think you look like Vivien Leigh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-27877981304436012722017-05-27T20:22:59.941-04:002017-05-27T20:22:59.941-04:00I am finally going to try this. I started going gr...I am finally going to try this. I started going gray at 18, and now that I am 43, it is exhausting to color my hair about every 4 weeks. My pre-gray original hair color was such a dark brown that my gray stripe is extremely obvious. I have already cut my hair short, and am planning a trip to the salon to ask for super light highlights to help camouflage the white skunk stripe. Wish me luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-79267588828491501052017-03-23T14:57:13.610-04:002017-03-23T14:57:13.610-04:00Thanks for all your cheerleading and advice. I am ...Thanks for all your cheerleading and advice. I am 9 months in and when I have wobbly days I stop by here and feel better. ❤️Ruthhttp://www.ruthstalkerfirth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-55015739219839709782017-03-20T11:15:37.892-04:002017-03-20T11:15:37.892-04:00Oh I feel like I have been given such a boost!! I ...Oh I feel like I have been given such a boost!! I have been growing my dye out for 4 months, I almost gave up twice, but I want so much to stop dyeing my hair and let it be itself!! You have encouraged me so very much! Thank you!! I just ordered the shampoo and conditioner you recommended, I'm so anxious to try it. You have made my day, week and month!!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03717900245267440684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-60487095895498425942017-03-02T07:58:53.276-05:002017-03-02T07:58:53.276-05:00
Hi Lauren,
im just starting my journey, im five w...<br />Hi Lauren,<br />im just starting my journey, im five weeks in, just cancelled my colourist and im so excited, even though i have my daughters wedding in one year.......<br />Sick of the colouring, the itcy scalp, the cost etc etc etc, your my inspiration, you look amazing.<br />kindest regards Karen xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782516704837390591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-40904020295370634392017-03-01T23:55:07.704-05:002017-03-01T23:55:07.704-05:00I have browsed through your site MANY times always...I have browsed through your site MANY times always feeling encouraged about the looming silver that wants to take over. I'm 40 and have had grey hairs since my late teens. I have about 4" grown out and I'm kinda wavering at the moment. It also doesn't help that Im getting married in September and trying to decide if I should start over afterwards or just work what I have. My fiancé loves me as I am, silver and all. I want to look my best for my wedding, but I also don't want to start over again - its been emotional.<br /><br />Your site and followers gives me encouragement about accepting myself as I am with my silver tresses (which are quite lovely at my temples). <br /><br />Thanks,<br />C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-2233526522985394322017-02-21T08:15:32.436-05:002017-02-21T08:15:32.436-05:00Sending you lots of luck Bella's Mama!!!! From...Sending you lots of luck Bella's Mama!!!! From one crocheting silver sister to another. :) <br />xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093968853372697053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-55281767622290396442017-02-20T12:39:27.721-05:002017-02-20T12:39:27.721-05:00I'm 53 and have been tossing around the idea o...I'm 53 and have been tossing around the idea of "Letting it Go" for a few years now. My family and friends have been holding me back. I had enough of it and decided that it's time to do me! No more dyes! Grey is sexy and you're only as old as you feel. BTW...you look beautiful! You're hair resembles mine so much that it is exciting me all the more to going grey naturally. I am so happy to have found this blog! Thank you for sharing your experience with us! Such great ideas. Thank goodness I crochet. LOL My husband is for it..so it makes my decision that much easier for me. Wish me luck!Bella's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140212245391543888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-18001024417250195802017-02-18T17:15:43.032-05:002017-02-18T17:15:43.032-05:00One of my biggest mistakes ... as I recently grew ...One of my biggest mistakes ... as I recently grew out my natural greying hair - was keeping a non-supportive hair stylist. She reminded me on more than one occasion that I was prematurely aging myself - and her words stuck with me - and I began to meditate on her view, rather than celebrate my new found freedom from hair dye. So, I took her advice and got low lights ... two times now - and I'm sooooo sorry the last two years of awkward growing out phase went to waste - I should have realized that there will always be critics. I am trying to build up my courage to go back to natural again - but now I have a wedding in the future (1/5 years from now) to stand up in with girls that are about 15 years younger than me :( (There I go again - compare, compare, compare) I need to up my self-esteem and just get growing again :-) !! TDLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-49409830904061193522017-02-07T15:02:52.208-05:002017-02-07T15:02:52.208-05:00Hi Lauren. Your hair is gorgeous.
So glad I tra...Hi Lauren. Your hair is gorgeous. <br /><br />So glad I tracked down your blog again. Some years ago I left a comment on one of your older posts when I took the plunge and stopped colouring and needed some encouragement. Don't remember what name I used so I'll never find it now. <br /><br />It's so funny, it felt SOOO hard to do at the time, but in retrospect I wish I'd done it sooner. I got through the transition period with one of those crayon-type things to disguise the skunk stripe. Then when the grown-out part was long enough that I thought I could live with it, I just cut it short and felt finally free! Colouring was such a hassle... so messy, so hard on my hair, too much stress doing the upkeep. <br /><br />My hair is overall dark brown with sprinkles of white, but my crowning glory is a magnificent thick pure white streak right in the front. For some reason there's a patch there that is all white. I can comb it all to one side or divide it to both sides... either way, I get compliments on my hair all the time. That wasn't really a thing when I was colouring it. <br /><br />Anyway thanks for your blog and all the support you give to people contemplating making this change! Take care. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-25494469694020746802016-12-14T14:18:44.844-05:002016-12-14T14:18:44.844-05:00Thank you for sharing your story. I started going ...Thank you for sharing your story. I started going gray at 25. I'll be 39 in a couple of days. I've been growing my gray for 10 months and for some reason the first few months were the easiest. Now that a lot more has grown out it is getting harder and I have been really tempted to color my hair. The stares and remarks are really getting to me. Anyway, it's refreshing and inspiring to hear your story. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-24192338549413044932016-10-14T18:17:34.265-04:002016-10-14T18:17:34.265-04:00Well you helped inspire me to take the plunge. Som...Well you helped inspire me to take the plunge. Sometimes I really want to go buy that box of dye, I'm a year and a month into my gray hair journey, and I honestly wish I had more gray hair. I know that notion is strange-but I feel like I'm all white in the front, and all black in the back. As much as I miss the uniformity of having one color, I'm still hanging in-though the texture is becoming better and better. It looks like I have a silver headband in the front, and the rest is my hair. I can't wait until the process is over. Tell me it gets better. I was hoping my hair would look more like "Elsa" and less like "Ursula"-the sea witch. More like a white haired angel-and in reality, it's more "Cruella de Ville" I am envious of your beautiful uniform color. Maybe when my hair finally is the length I like, I will be used to the streaks-I must say-it is very different from the all dark brown hair I was used to. But, for health reasons, and because the texture will be so much healthier-Cruella is still sticking it out. Black straw, or silver stripes? I guess I'll have to live with being a zebra for another decade or so. I posted at the beginning of my journey-and I'm still hanging in! -Felicea (Wenatchee, WA)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15043414999296109293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-35700706271575390922016-06-15T17:55:55.300-04:002016-06-15T17:55:55.300-04:00Thank you so much! I have been playing with the i...Thank you so much! I have been playing with the idea of going gray. I can't stand the thought of dying my hair one more time. I have an appointment to get a Pixie cut and I am not looking back! I appreciate your products to use while the gray grows in. I, also, use henna. You can't bleach that out.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069996049359890658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-46100251856238864292016-04-19T02:45:48.645-04:002016-04-19T02:45:48.645-04:00Just wanted to share the option I just took...a sl...Just wanted to share the option I just took...a slow transition, that looks complete. With the help of the same stylist who colored my hair with a single tint of semipermanent dye, we did high and low lights and then did a pewter toner on the bleached front (the highlights) which had an inch of gray and the rest the grown out color. I instantly got a grown out look with no line. It should last 2-3 months, at which point we will decide how much assistance mother nature needs for the next 3 months. But no grow out line, and silver 'highlights' are now framing my face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902677.post-71173058758245772892016-03-01T14:08:50.099-05:002016-03-01T14:08:50.099-05:00Dear Trying to Screw up the Courage to go gray,
...Dear Trying to Screw up the Courage to go gray, <br /><br />Yes! Thank you!!! I am having troubling viewing the like but it might it!<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to write and YOU CAN DO IT!!!! :) <br /><br />xoLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093968853372697053noreply@blogger.com