I decided to grow out my grey a couple of years ago, inspired by a good friend of mine who has the most gorgeous grey hair. I was pushed to bite the bullet when some online friends decided they were going to embark on the same ship. We pushed off and ditched the dye.
I wrote a post when I started my journey here and I updated as I sailed along and I landed on grey hair island happy as a clam.
Even though growing out hideous roots is an aesthetically painful process, best bet is to avoid mirrors and heaven forbid, no photos! There is one photo of me at a friend’s party and my hair looks just awful, but I was almost half way by that time, so I looked away and carried on.
As my hair grew, the red dye (what was I thinking) faded too, so the contrast became less. I still wasn’t prepared for the final colour though. What I wasn’t prepared for was how much I loved it. My fabulous hairdresser supported me every step, no talk of colour at all and I thank her for that.
The other thing I wasn’t expecting was how my hair is changing colour still. I have grown it longer which I like and I want it a little longer, just to see!
So I save money on dye and I get to use blue shampoo made specifically for grey/silver hair!
The only side effect has been that I need to wash my hair more regularly as it has resorted to it’s oily beginnings. Now I have stopped abusing my tresses with constant chemicals, I should be happy to give it a wash before the extra shine hits!
I hope that you are liking your hair this Friday!
Have a fab weekend.
Clare Davis Etheridge 
you know i LOVE your hair!
i was in the apothecary this week a much older lady looked at me and gave me a nod of approval, no words just the knowing nod. it’s like we’re in a special club, like a motorcycle gang but for grey hair. it makes us kinda badass.
I was in Target today and saw a lady with gorgeous curly grey hair and I did a double take because I thought of you immediately. We are the badass grey gang!!! Ha
😀 i love it! we need a gang sign to flash!
Hey Silver sister, these photos of you are just beautiful. I too am loving my decision to show my true colours. I think it’s funny after all these years of dyeing my hair that I like it now more than I have for a LONG time. It’s kind of handy that silver hair is “cool” right now…go us!
Thanks Emily, nothing worse than trying to get a decent photo of yourself, by yourself! I look at my very very dodgy colour of a couple of years ago and want to slap myself!
Love your hair! I have a bit of colour in mine – just to give it a lift from its natural brown. My man has been going grey for quite a while and is close to completely silver now that he nears his half century. Thankfully he’s never been tempted to hit the (hair dye) bottle!
Boys deal with grey hair so much better than we do! I haven’t seen a full head of brown since my twenties (not natural anyway!).
I stopped dying my hair when I got pregnant with my daughter eight years ago now. So at least I won’t have to go through any growing out stages, but I am yet to see how I am going to look with grey hair – at this stage I still have dark brown hair with the greys just starting to show through. Yours looks great! But I wonder if I will look so good – I have been told that there are ‘good’ greys and ‘bad’ greys in terms of setting off skin tone. I have no idea what I have and whether it will work on me. Can’t see myself going back to dye though! xx
I know what you mean, you never really know what you will get. I started going grey in my twenties and have dyed it ever since until I stopped a couple of years ago. So I suppose it had plenty of time to develop under all the dye!
I absolutely adore your hair and I am seeing more and more women embrace their greyness. I think it certainly adds to a woman, not detracts from her. It says “I have been round the block and I know a thing or two. I have lived life, I am wise.” Thanks for sharing your story. xx
Aww thanks Sarah, how nice. People are dyeing their hair grey, so at least I don’t have to bother with that!
Love your grey hair! Tho am sure you know by now I am biased being a grey gal too… Tis such a relief to not have to worry about colouring it all time and I just love that I am no longer subjecting my body to all those chemicals on such a regular basis… your grey is a stunning colour and I especially love the darker grey bit at the front… #silverfox!
You have lovely hair! No chemicals is a wonderful thing.