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Post by bbkeef on Feb 16, 2016 17:47:26 GMT
For those of you with resistant gray (ie: hard to cover, requires permanent dye), how often do you get it colored at a salon? I am going every 5 weeks. I'm on the 4th week right now and I have nearly 1/2 inch of gray regrowth showing. I hate waiting, but it's not cheap. I have not found any OTC hair dye that works on my resistant gray or I would do it at home. Just curious what others do. I'm 43 and not ready to go gray.
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Post by flanz on Feb 16, 2016 17:52:15 GMT
Hi there! Thanks so much for this thread! I have never heard the term resistant gray, but I sure have some! I have fine, thin hair and it is largely gray now, at age 55. I am unhappy with my color by the end of week three after getting it done. At that point I see more than 1/4" and it is very obvious at my temples and at the middle of my hairline. It IS expensive to get my hair colored... and I am sick of it.
I would love to find a salon product I can use at home that would be akin to putting semi permanent mascara on my gray roots at certain times in between salon appointments.
HELP!
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Feb 16, 2016 17:55:02 GMT
I embrace mine!! I've "earned" every one of those grey hairs lol
I stopped dyeing my hair when they had to leave the color on too long (it burned my scalp). It was tough while it was growing out but I think it's worth it not to dye it anymore. That being said, I am lucky to have a "nice" grey color, mostly white. I know not everyone can do it, but I got tired of the expense and maintenance of keeping my brunette hair.
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Post by SnowWhite on Feb 16, 2016 17:56:16 GMT
I'm only 41, I've been coloring my hair for probably about 8 years now. I go every 5w for a root touch-up. I managed to save myself a little bit of money by only cutting my hair every other time I'm there for a color. What I do in the meantime, is use root concealer on the part in my hair. It's the place the gray is the most obvious. If it's just a little bit of grey peaking through (say, 1-week after my appointment), I use Color Wow. The closer I get to my next scheduled appointment, the more I need to use Gray Away. I use them both before I blow dry my hair, it makes them less likely to rub off if I touch my hair.
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 16, 2016 17:59:11 GMT
My sisters swear by Color Wow that is available at Ulta. I personally gave up coloring my hair and love my gray streaks.
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Post by shutterbug2sue on Feb 16, 2016 18:00:14 GMT
For those of you with resistant gray (ie: hard to cover, requires permanent dye), how often do you get it colored at a salon? I am going every 5 weeks. I'm on the 4th week right now and I have nearly 1/2 inch of gray regrowth showing. I hate waiting, but it's not cheap. I have not found any OTC hair dye that works on my resistant gray or I would do it at home. Just curious what others do. I'm 43 and not ready to go gray. I go every 5 to 6 weeks but I also have short curly hair which needs a trim that often. So I get a color and a cut every visit. It sucks. But it looks WAY better than letting the gray show as I am only 43. I share your pain and outrage about gray hair!
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Post by suzastampin on Feb 16, 2016 18:26:55 GMT
I've done mine at home most of the time. I've used L'oreal, Revlon Colorsilk, and am now using a Clairol color I get at Sally's Beauty supply. I leave it in for a good 45 minutes and get good coverage.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Feb 16, 2016 18:31:42 GMT
I'm only 41, I've been coloring my hair for probably about 8 years now. I go every 5w for a root touch-up. I managed to save myself a little bit of money by only cutting my hair every other time I'm there for a color. What I do in the meantime, is use root concealer on the part in my hair. It's the place the gray is the most obvious. If it's just a little bit of grey peaking through (say, 1-week after my appointment), I use Color Wow. The closer I get to my next scheduled appointment, the more I need to use Gray Away. I use them both before I blow dry my hair, it makes them less likely to rub off if I touch my hair. I could have written this word for word. I use this www.amazon.com/Roux-Tween-Crayon-Brown-Ounce/dp/B000AAAVS6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455647329&sr=8-1&keywords=hair+crayonand it works pretty well for a couple of weeks to extend my colour. My bangs grow at lightening speed. The rest doesn't seem to grow that fast. I get my hair cut every second colour. I go for bang trims to lighten them so they bounce up instead of parting and showing the ugliest cowlick in the world. The crayon I use you wet and then paint your part that is visible. Wait for your hair to dry and then brush it as I find that helps to get rid of the greasy look. It kind of leaves a greasy hair look. Maybe I am doing it wrong. I find it does extend the time between colourings.
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Post by gina on Feb 16, 2016 18:33:39 GMT
I am 35 and my grays come in silver. They grow in every 2-3 weeks honestly. It is quite maddening. Someone recommended something here a while back. You add it to your home dye to cover grays better. Long story short, it did not work for me. I have the best results with L'Oreal Excellence Creme, and I follow it for "resistant grays", so you leave it on the roots and extra ten minutes. Funnily enough because it's the same brand, but L'Oreal Superior Preference will NOT cover my grays. It must be the Excellence Creme (I love the conditioner it comes with too!) ETA: I just checked my medicine cabinet since its still sitting in there. It was called Gray Magic and it did squat to cover my resistant grays. I actually felt like it lightened my roots a little. I had to re-dye soon after because I was not happy with the results.
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Post by annabella on Feb 16, 2016 18:37:57 GMT
I don't have gray hair yet, but this is what I told my co-worker. If you have brown hair, you should be able to figure out how to color it at home instead of paying salon prices. If you have highlights on your brown, then just go once or twice a year for those additional highlighlights, but color your own hair. If you have a part in your hair, color that more often than you would normally touchup the rest of your head.
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Post by Anne-Marie on Feb 16, 2016 18:41:24 GMT
I was getting my hair professionally colored every 6 - 8 weeks, with highlights (which helped mask the gray as it grew in), and I had to give it up as it was so costly AND time-consuming. I am now coloring my hair at home (no highlights) every 4 weeks using this color from Sally Beauty Supply. I can color my hair twice using that tube, paired with this developer, which lasts quite some time. It is even better when I catch the color on sale - it was $2 off this morning. I get the same coverage at home that I was paying wayyyy too much for at the salon, plus I can do it at my convenience, while I'm getting other stuff done around the house.
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Post by kellapea on Feb 16, 2016 18:57:27 GMT
Gray Magic didn't work for me either.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Feb 16, 2016 19:13:33 GMT
I've been noticing that my normal root touch up isn't covering any more. I get my hair done every 5-6 weeks but need the touch up at 3 weeks and am going crazy the last week or so before I get it colored again.
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Post by perumbula on Feb 16, 2016 19:23:07 GMT
Mine is covering just fine at home if I leave the color on for an extra ten minutes. Not every hair color box will have that in the instructions, but I do it anyway no matter which brand I'm using. I found the Clariol root touch up covered ok for me if I left it on a little longer. Of course, I haven't used it for years because it only was a problem when I was dying brown. My ultimate solution for the root issue was to go blond. It works quite well. My hair went grey enough at my part that it blends well with medium blond so I don't have to dye as often. It's much easier on my hair that way as well. I was killing my hair trying to keep the roots from showing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 19:26:37 GMT
Go lighter.
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Post by gottapeanow on Feb 16, 2016 19:32:32 GMT
I would be almost white if I didn't color my hair at home. My kids' dad has almost always done it for me. I use this color from Sally's with developer, and so far, I like it the best of anything that I have ever used: www.sallybeauty.com/liqui-creme-haircolor/ZOTOS3,default,pd.html Not that color, but you get the idea. Here is a youtube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yBclT6Sk20I used a different developer than she did. Lisa
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Post by peabrain on Feb 16, 2016 19:33:07 GMT
I use a color from esalon and I receive compliments on it cuz I'm gorgeous ya'll. LOL
(except for my gray, that's got to go!) I have tried the gray magic the last 2 or 3 times and like that. It has seemed to lengthen the time and I like that. In between esalon colors I've been using the root touch up stuff and it seems to work for me. So far no one has said I look a hot mess walking down the street so...I'm good.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 19:47:32 GMT
I was also going to suggest going lighter. My hair is naturally a mid-tone brown (ETA: though, also like GyspyGirl, I was blonde as a child, so the color does work with my overall coloration), but if I colored it that now, the maintenance would be impossible as my grey roots would show almost immediately. So I'm a dark blonde with highlights and the grey roots do not show much at all.
I get a cut and allover color every 5 to 6 weeks and highlights every other time. It is a lot of money, but it makes such aa difference in how I feel about my appearance that it's a priority to me.
None of the root touchup things work for me. I've done at-home color in the past, but the results just are not as good. I need a good toner, etc. after the color to keep it looking natural and not veering toward brassy.
I got my first grey hair at 19. I'm now 42 and at least 75% grey. I'm not going to be embracing it for at least a couple more decades.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 16, 2016 20:04:08 GMT
I often joke that the grayer I get, the blonder I become! It does help that I was a towhead as a child, so the color works with my skin tone. Talk to your hairdresser about lightening up the base coat. Mine did it gradually so that it wasn't a sudden jolt of blonde. I am totally gray now and can go 6-8 weeks between coloring depending on how fast my hair is growing. We also add in a mixture of highlights & lo-lights ever other visit.
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Post by uksue on Feb 16, 2016 20:31:15 GMT
Colour wow is great stuff but I now buy the cheaper W7 dupe which works just as well (from ebay).
I have also off and on coloured around my facial hairline and around the partings around midway between colours myself. I use the same as my hairdresser- either koleston with 20% peroxide or lately it has been Matrix because she says it's better on resistant grey hair. Since I discovered the colour wow type products ,however ,I only colour inbetween myself if there's a special occasion coming up.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Feb 16, 2016 21:02:08 GMT
I'm a lot older than all of you (and haven't seen my natural light mousey brown in decades - ha). My hairstylist recommended I go lighter and it works for me. Every 8-10 weeks I get hi lights and lowlights -highlight with a cool blond and lowlight with light cool brown to help conceal grey. Because she uses no over all base color, there is no tell-tale demarcation line. It allow me go a little long between coloring and the grey is less noticeable. I love my hairdresser.
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Post by librarylady on Feb 16, 2016 21:17:37 GMT
L'Oreal Excellence Creme is what I use. I put it on once per month--so that means 4 weeks between color. I leave the product on 10 minutes longer than suggested.
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Post by bbkeef on Feb 16, 2016 21:32:47 GMT
Restless Spirit would you be wiling to share a photo of your hair? I have always been known for my dark brown hair so I am having a hard time thinking about going lighter as a lot of you have suggested. I go in next week, so I'll discuss it with my hairdresser. Sigh...
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Post by Scrapper100 on Feb 16, 2016 22:41:31 GMT
I guess I will try adding an additional 5 mins to the process time. It calls for 10 and I go 15.
I am already blond and don't really want to go any lighter but no way I am not ready to go natural. I started getting white hairs at 18 and am 49 now. My grandmother was completely white at 50. I know I still have some darker hair but not sure how bad it would be and not ready to find out.
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Post by anniefb on Feb 16, 2016 22:43:04 GMT
I go every 5-6 weeks. My stylist uses a permanent colour specifically formulated for resistant hair and leaves it on a bit longer.
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Post by cmpeter on Feb 16, 2016 22:47:04 GMT
I don't have gray hair yet, but this is what I told my co-worker. If you have brown hair, you should be able to figure out how to color it at home instead of paying salon prices. If you have highlights on your brown, then just go once or twice a year for those additional highlighlights, but color your own hair. If you have a part in your hair, color that more often than you would normally touchup the rest of your head. No way would that work for me. I do have highlights and if I colored it at home I would eventually end up losing all those highlights. 1-2 times a year for highlights would not work. I would have way too much re-growth.
I have also gone lighter. I get my hair cut every 4-5 weeks and get highlights/color every third visit. I don't have a ton of gray...although I am getting more and more and could easily see going every second visit for highlights/color.
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Post by marysue63 on Feb 16, 2016 22:51:40 GMT
I go every 8 weeks though would be happier if I went every 6. It's just so expensive though so I stretch it as much as I can.
I'm 52 and have often thought it might be time to go grey but my three older sisters still color their hair and I don't want to look like I'm the oldest.
Vanity...
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Post by meridon on Feb 16, 2016 22:51:44 GMT
I was also going to suggest going lighter. My hair is naturally a mid-tone brown (ETA: though, also like GyspyGirl, I was blonde as a child, so the color does work with my overall coloration), but if I colored it that now, the maintenance would be impossible as my grey roots would show almost immediately. So I'm a dark blonde with highlights and the grey roots do not show much at all. I get a cut and allover color every 5 to 6 weeks and highlights every other time. It is a lot of money, but it makes such aa difference in how I feel about my appearance that it's a priority to me. None of the root touchup things work for me. I've done at-home color in the past, but the results just are not as good. I need a good toner, etc. after the color to keep it looking natural and not veering toward brassy. I got my first grey hair at 19. I'm now 42 and at least 75% grey. I'm not going to be embracing it for at least a couple more decades. This is me. My hair is naturallly curly, so it's pretty coarse to begin with and the grays are silver and wiry. (Thanks Dad!) On a man, it'd be a "silver fox" kind of look, but on me, I just look old and it washes out my complexion. I'm only 40 so, there's no way I'm going all gray any time soon. I was coloring at 6 weeks, then 5 and now I really need to go every 4 but I change how I part my hair or wear a headband to get me through that last week. My hair is so thick that I shudder to think about how much product it would soak up trying to do something to cover the roots at home. As it is, they have to mix extra color at the salon to cover it all since it's so thick. I have also gone a bit lighter, which has helped a lot with the color. I have a bit of red in my hair, so when I have tried to dye it myself at home, it always turns out too brassy.
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Post by Merge on Feb 16, 2016 22:58:51 GMT
I'm in the process of letting my brown with blonde highlights morph into a more all over light brown/dark blonde, to make the gray less obvious. I was not blonde as a child, but I have very fair skin and light eyes so it's working for me. It makes the gray regrowth much less noticeable.
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 16, 2016 23:19:48 GMT
I should g every 5 weeks but I can only afford to go every 6 weeks. I would never do it myself. It really needs a professional. My hair is white (no color in the hair shaft at all) but I am not going to go white until I am in my 80's
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