Sali Hughes #33 Grifty shades of grey. It's a complex case.

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Its definitely softens the dark/ white contrast! I use one I get in Waitrose/Holland and Barrett Naturtint. Just looked on line and H and B do a smile permanent one too which could be intreresting to try.
Oh I’ve been looking at this one - is it good?
 
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I try to keep my hair fairly low maintenance - cut every 6 weeks, all over chestnut brown colour every 3rd appointment for the shine it provides - but the grey coming through is now really obvious. So now my hairdresser is gradually lightening the base colour (this will take time) and has added some subtle highlights to take the edge off the grey regrowth. I love it as it is still close to my natural colour and feels comfortably 'me'. I consider it to be a process rather than a hurdle, but then I don't have to provide click-worthy content by doing 'brave' things.
 
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Hello,
Ive done the same as Badabing. Naturally dark , was dying my hair at home for years . So sick of it . A white line would sprout right in front of my hairline about 10 days after a dye job. I assumed I was very white. I wasnt , it was a white streak either side of my hair line at the front that i now love.
I went blonde which meant an all over high lift ( I think) - a blonde colour was added plus pure bleach highlights. Ive realised since that it was the all over colour that was going ( a little ) brassy. It was beautifully done by a local hairdresser .
In lockdown that hairdresser gave me the formula for the toner she used so I could do it myself. She did not ask for a penny but when I saw her I insisted on paying for that information in an extra generous tip. It’s the poor that are generous isn’t it
I grew it all out over lockdown . No fucks given . I could see tones of dark and light which I liked but there was a demarcation line where the all over colour had been , though the toner helped a lot.I am about 70 % grey now.
The hairdresser said it was the perfect opportunity to do hundreds of thin bleach highlights, which she did . So its a mix of my own colour and bleach highlights . She said I could grow it all out again and it would still look good or get at least 6 months out of it before needing highlights again

Sorry for the length of this but it might help someone . I hadn’t a clue when I decided to stop using the Nice n Easy brown but this is what I’ve learnt .
 
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I have received the Paula's Choice 2% BHA yesterday. I am impressed at the difference one use made already. My skin looks much fresher. I'll have to figure out how to fit it into my routine and how my skin likes it long-term (no irritation, no breakouts so far) but it's definitely a nice addition to get a little boost now and then.
 
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@Icicles, this is really helpful indeed. The difference is that Sali was no where near that grey to attempt blending greys in like you have done.

Sam Chapman () has a new IG about going blonde and at least she’s done the wise thing of doing it slowly to minimise the damage. If Sali had a little more patience and went lighter over several months, she’d avoided wrecking her hair quite so much. Reckon that because she was so wanting to do it in one go, the hairdresser was too scared to lift the colour to white blonde and then apply toner which would have given her a much better result.

For me, there is a reason why we are born with the hair colour we are and only a few people could pull off well a complete colour change. Apart from the hair condition, when I went blonde and looking back at photos from back then, it did wash me out. Same with Sali’s colour. A natural or well done grey colour looks amazing against lots of skin tones at it tends to work as neutral against skin.
 
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It’s a really good one - I use it maybe twice a week max in the evening and I wake up with the face of a 25 year old
 
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I don't think her original hair looked at all like a wig. Undyed mid-brown colour with lots of silvery bits underneath. Looked great! Her new hair though, now that does look wiggy, flat and frazzled with no light bouncing off it. But what can she do? I suppose her allergy means she's stuck with it even if she is having buyer's remorse. Or freebie remorse, or whatever it's called when you haven't paid for it!
 
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I know, have heard about it loads. That doesn't make it any less gross though!

It turns my stomach.
 
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I’m actually wondering if San9ro on mumsnet was somebody stirring up trouble, rather than someone defending Sali?
Their posts only really make sense as insider in-joke sarcasm
 
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Karma
 
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I'd like to connect somehow out of this group. I am on IG. As I don't know many women who have been diagnosed late like myself. If you feel comfortable with that please let me know and I can give you my IG tag or I am fairly easy to find tbh.
I've sent you a PM via Facebook Messenger. It probably will appear in your Other folder so may not be immediately obvious. My profile pic might strike a chord with you!
 
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First of all welcome. Secondly as someone whose hair has been steadily falling out for about 4 years and who is now seeing her wiggy future, I found it hilarious. And it seems that hair, even when we have it, brings so much drama into our lives.

It’s a really good one - I use it maybe twice a week max in the evening and I wake up with the face of a 25 year old
What does it do for you?
 
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I'm mainly grey at the front, a little bit, and otherwise a brunette. For the moment I'm keeping it as it is. I played around with putting light highlights in so the grey would show us much when it grows back but decided against it. Expect I will get highlights in the end. Aveda Shampoo and Conditioner are good for fine hair (mine is too).
 
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I know you didn't ask for advice but in case this is of interest to you: Dr Natalia Spierings (the one who was fighting with Hirons), has just done a YouTube video about Minoxidil for women. She explains that it works for some not others and that taking aspirin blocks it.

 
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