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Instead Of Covering Grey Roots, This Hairdresser Makes Clients Embrace It With His Powerful Transformations (35 Pics)
It all started three years ago. A woman walked into colorist Jack Martin's California salon and told him that she had been dyeing her hair from gray to brown with at-home box color every 3-4 weeks for years. But she didn't want to worry about her hair color that often; she's retired, enjoying the great outdoors, and wanted to save as much time as possible.
Jack Martin accepted the challenge, and they immediately started bouncing ideas. Eventually, the two of them decided to dye her hair silver, which would give her natural gray hue slightly more polish, which would allow the woman to visit salons less. When everything was said and done, she loved the results. Martin did too. In fact, he was so pleased with his work that he posted the transformation on Instagram. And people noticed. The picture went viral, bringing Martin clients with similar requests.
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Helena Meykens Rajewski 5 years ago
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Aamna Shah 5 years ago
She looks absolutely gorgeous. Incredible transformation. I wonder what style has he cut her hair?
"My clients with natural gray hair come two or three times a year, instead of every few weeks," Martin told Allure. The freedom that comes with such a stunning look really is appealing, not to mention the empowering emotions that come with owning your natural gray hair.Martin usually does these transformations over one ten-hour-long session.
As he explained on Instagram, the process starts with using a color extractor to remove any remaining artificial color. Then, while preserving the gray roots, Martin bleaches the rest of the head to prep hair for the new silver color.
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Dorrie Kimkaran 5 years ago
I stopped coloring my hair about 6 years ago...and was amazed at the amount of people that told me I looked younger! Just remember you may have to change some of your make-up and wardrobe <3
Mary “Patti” Moses 1 year ago
Love this trans to grey, this is how I'm wanting to transform mine, I like the more platinum color than the dark under color of mine ... Jus something like heavy highlights
Tamara Patterson 2 years ago
I love this is tight it's beautiful something I'd do to my hair looks go ood
Next comes the crucial part. Martin bases the new color on the hair's natural gray pattern. He even asks clients to come in with three to four inches of their roots grown out, so he can analyze the natural coloring of their hair. He then re-creates the pattern on the entire hairdo.
"Some clients have salt and pepper mostly in the front and the back is darker, so I match that and add some dark to it," Martin said. And just like that, about ten hours later, clients leave his salon enjoying the blend of their natural hue.
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Lisa Shelton 5 years ago
part of that is the better photography and being made up, but I think she actually looks younger in the second photo as well with having all one color instead of frumpy gray at the roots.
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Colleen Stainer 3 years ago
I'd be on icu after 10hrs. My god just thinking about my back sitting there for that long, he'd better have a bed out back I can nap on.
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Joy Secord 1 year ago
Thank you,For letting women realize that having white grey hair can be beautiful.I stopped coloring my hair about 2 yrs ago.I have a relative that like as my natural hair and she is doing rt he same.Your work look as wonderful.It bring out the natural beauty in people.
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Amanda Hunter 5 years ago
I grew my colored hair out and my natural hair is the same as the right hand picture. I get so many compliments.
Cathy Piner 5 years ago
This is one of my favorites. Its gorgeous. So much depth. I want to find someone that can do this.
Scarlett Zea 4 years ago
This one's my favorite! I would love to have this done with mine, unfortunately it doesn't seem like anyone in Houston is up to the challenge ,I've tried several with no luck.
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Anna Johansson 5 years ago
If she only knew the effort I've put in to get that exact shade of grey... 😂 Flawless!
Donald Holder 5 years ago
Gorgeous, but I prefer the before. I could spend hours brushing and caring for that long straight hair!
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Brynn Bigelow 5 years ago
Looks beautiful on all of them! Does the process to get there damage the hair? Its sounds pretty rough on the hair. Just sayin...
Karynne Williams 2 years ago
I think this is my favorite, the curly with the salt and pepper, love love love
Becky Perrella 1 year ago
what is this cut called? That's my hair! I can never get hairdressers to cut my curly hair in a curly style without them trying to straighten it.
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Suzanne Marek Armstrong 3 years ago
I agree- the whole thing looks fabulous!
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Pilar Eichmüller-Duran 5 years ago
This is the ony one that looks older, but still beautiful hair
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
1st pic: Someday all this work it will pay off. 2nd pick: It did!
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Orionpax75 5 years ago
Another one ok that's it I'm telling my girl to go silver wow smoking hot
Jo Johannsen 5 years ago
This man is an artist! The women are all lovely anyway, but what transformations!
Mary Bredengerd 1 year ago
Looks beautiful! But she looks too young for her hair to be growing in grey...i guess there is some people that can start going grey in their 20s n 30s though.
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Elizabeth Rolando 5 years ago
Her hair looks so much healthier; full of volume and bounce. Gorgeous!
2WheelTravlr 5 years ago
It looks wonderful, but that's a ton of work to get from her naturally wavy hair to the beautiful waves in the "after" shot.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
I can only assume she tipped at least an outrageous amount and said, "Thank you and my next appointment is when? "
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Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Too many people think you need to wear short hair when you go gray you just need a proper cut and color.
Maria Loaiza 4 years ago
So 8 re entry wanted to transform to blend my grey. Well the stylist said I had to go through a process , I came out of the solon blond. I see so many nice hair here transform. What should I do?
Andra Munro Design 5 years ago
Amazingggg, I will really consider this when I have grey hair!! So inspiring!
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2WheelTravlr 5 years ago (edited)
Yes, the makeup helps, but the after photo has professional soft lighting, and the skin tones have been warmed up and the skin smoothed in the after shot. You can see how her skin has a yellow undertone in the first shot, and a pinkish tone in the second.
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Mary Bredengerd 1 year ago
Photo shop/Filter People can catfish without stealing pics from others...they just filter the s**t out of their own! Lol
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Miss Cris 5 years ago
Is her hair natural on the right picture? It seems coloured white and black
ebony1k124 touch 5 years ago
I love the flow of the new style. It also brought youth to her face.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
What happens when you stop using the wrong ingredients and stylist. Surprise!
Donald Holder 5 years ago
No! She looks great in the before. Just needed some care for split ends and overall care. Her natural color was gorgeous.
Catherine Cramer 5 years ago
Her natural hair WAS grey, she was coloring it, that's why she had grey roots.
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Jill Emburey 5 years ago
Women always make the mistake of dying their hair way too dark as they age. The softer greys add light and flatter older skin tones. They all look fabulous!
Scarlett Zea 4 years ago
the color in the left was way too dark for hair fair skin, it looks way better, its lovely <3
Ирина Эммаусская 5 years ago
Actually, my son has been pestering me to dye my hair silver-gray for some time now. And after seeing her this gorgeous l think I should agree!
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Tanya Mattson 1 year ago
Her hair after hair looks longer and more fuller then the before pictures. Are there a lot of extensions added in ?
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Cyndi Hafele 5 years ago
Is that all her hair? It's gotta be extensions too. She doesn't have enough hair.
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Lynda Bluestein 5 years ago
This is what my roots looked like before I became platinum! I love my new look.
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Linda Burge 5 years ago
Cupcake, the cleavage changes on a few of these pics. Also the makeup and smiles.
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Rose Brien Harrington 5 years ago
No that does nothing for her, her other colour is really lovely and rich. That grey is cold, hard and ageing. I hope she goes back to the chestnut.
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Karen Vandien 11 months ago
What they don't tell you is that it is an extremely drying process for your hair, that it takes several appointments to get there, (if it's done right), and the total cost is between $750 and $1,000. Then you have to keep it up. I went to 3 hairdressers to get their take on doing this to my hair and after hearing them out decided to just go natural and now I get women coming up to me asking where I had it done and I didn't!
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comboplush 5 years ago
They did heavily shop the after images, sadly. The hair is fantastic, but it give unrealistic expectations with all the PS going on.
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Christine Champagne 5 years ago
Absolutely beautiful! ❤️ Once I get there, I’ll be upping for that option.
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Tammy Mckay 2 years ago
This is where my hair is at in the before photo. Trying to grow out the coloring of blonde to embrace my grey highlights. It's taking forever! I would love this enhancement in the after picture. Beautiful!
Linda Johnson 5 years ago
ME TOO !!! I'm thinking how pretty they all look....I might want to try it....but then we'd be back to hiding roots all the time....hahaha!! not enough grey showing thru on me ....worth thinking about though....
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Nicola Barrett 5 years ago
Oh I wish this man would do this for me, never seen it done sooo natural
Jill Emburey 5 years ago
Gorgeous! I wish he was local to me! Or even in the same country would be good!
Michele McWilliams 2 years ago
He is making them a lot more grey than they are naturally. I'm premature grey and hate when people question if my hair is natural or not. And they do it because of things like this.
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Gr8Gramma2-4 5 years ago
The hair always looks so much healthier. Gives them the cut to match up with their faces
Grace Note 5 years ago
Agree. He's a fantastic colourist but the cuts and styles he does are just as good.
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Cathy Piner 5 years ago
My biggest problem with my gray is that the consistency of it is different than the rest of my hair... its more kinky and frizzy. I have curly/wavy hair anyway but the gray is totally different. How do they fix that? They need to show it on some more caucasian women with curly/wavy hair. Most of the pretty styles are on straight hair.
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Crystal Martin 5 years ago
Too young for what, embracing her natural grey hair? She looks fabulous.
Zanjero Johnson 5 years ago
Was grey at 18 and been dying for a very very long time to cover what they look amazing in..go figure
Marcie Lewman 4 years ago
She looks way to young to even have gray hair, she looks even younger with it done totally gray, stunning!!
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elfin 5 years ago
Any hair color that takes 10 hours to process is not natural, though it definitely looks more natural than what she had before.
Load More Replies... Liz 3 years ago
Does anyone know how much it costs to have a hair makeover like this done with Jack Martin? 10 hours is quite a long time and I understand he has people flying in from all over the country. He also is responsible for Jane Fonda’s and Sharon Osborne’s change to gray, although Sharon Osborne went back to her dark red soon after!
#25
Sharon Davis 5 years ago
I cannot get over how much better these women look. What a fabulous transformation!
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Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
I don't think gray compliments her. Looks like she borrowed her grandmother's wig.
Cathy Piner 5 years ago
I dont like that one . To me it has to much beige or whatever that color is. Looks washed out on her to me.
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Al Christensen 5 years ago
All these women who had been fighting looking old actually look younger with silver hair.
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Bridgette Blumenthal 5 years ago
Always look better all gray, than to see the roots of obviously dyed hair. Lovely.
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Susan Callihan 5 years ago
My hairdresser convinced me to go natural 10 years ago. It's the best thing I've ever done to my hair.
Mala Qiu 5 years ago
I do not regret going natural. Dyed my hair for 40 years, super happy with the natural color now.
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jandiz dia 4 months ago
may i ask you a question..is there a way to message you or call you? i have a big problem with my hair and what was done to it
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Brynn Bigelow 5 years ago
They're all beautiful but does he have to bleach the hair out to get the gray in?
elfin 5 years ago
Yes, but the bleach is applied to hair that the woman had already colored. The picture on the left shows several inches of grown-out root,which is what here color would be without any processing. He actually change the gray to silver with highlights, which is lovely.
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Sarah Luna 5 years ago
It took 4+ hours is the chair and three months of double process to get my hair white. Last (and final step) I said, "Screw it, I'm not doing this again. And then with every option available... I decided to have her dye my hair blue. No regrets. :-)
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Provoke You for Free 2 years ago
I like the sex appeal added to the pics to make them sexy despite the opposite being believed about women with gray hair. Saucy!! Love it!!
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Sarah Sapphire 5 years ago
this almost makes me want to go to this hairdresser and let dye my hair sliver
Christine Bodor 4 years ago
I would LOVE to get this done instead of WAITING!!! I feel horrible about my hair. Where can I get this done? I live in Riverside CA. Thank you. Grey-All-T...a0b3ec.jpg 
Christine Bodor 4 years ago
Oh and I prefer my hair blown out! This curly stuff is OVER! =)
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Ahmadullah Amarkhil 5 years ago
Why no men decided to do the same, I wonder? I am going to do this when I have more gray hair. This is amazing.
Caroline Seguin 5 years ago
I convinced my husband to let it go white. It really looks great on him :)
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Crystal Martin 5 years ago
Listen, Miss Miss, your attitude stinks. These photos are provided to help build confidence in women, who by no fault of their own, genetically turned grey. People like you enforce the grey hair stigma. Take a hike.
Tina Tustin 5 years ago
Every women looking beautiful before and after but the after is so much nicer .
Flowergirl Power 5 years ago
They all look so much better and younger with the gray hair. Some seem young to be going gray , lots of gray.
Cheryl Kaukonen 5 years ago
Great colourist/stylist. All heads of hair look shinier and healthier.
Amanda Sambrano 5 years ago
Hey Miss Miss if the only reason you are on here is to show YOUR ugliness then you have succeeded. Go troll elsewhere. All these women look beautiful! You on the other hand seriously need an attitude adjustment.
Garth Robinson 5 years ago
I have noticed that there are several things that make these girl "look" more attractive, obviously the hair work, then photo lighting improved in "B" shots, subtle skin toning & lippy, and a smile improves a womans looks tenfold. Unfortunately that seems to be a dying trait among women these days...... the ability to show a "genuine" smile.
Cathy Piner 5 years ago
You will find that almost any possible before and after pics for anything, the after pic has the subject with flattering makep or a tan or prettier clothes or what not in the after pic ,for obvious reasons.Just look at weight loss before and afters etc. Its how they sell things. If the before puc looks bad , theres no point in showing it.
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Joan Rogers 5 years ago
These women have beautiful hair, (don't we all, right after having our hair done?) but I didn't see a senior among them. Age makes a big difference because grey does make us look older.
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Isabella 5 years ago
Lovely hair, but I think is every person's choice to dye their hair or not, I would not take this as the best option for everyone. More than that, every hair looks nice after a professional blow and dry, do you think those ladies will afford or have time for professional styling on a daily/wekly basis? Looking at these pictures "before" and "after", I would dare to say no, like most of us. So, it is easy to sell something when you show only the ideal image, not the real one, from our daily life. In my country we say "the packaging sells the goods".
Seabeast 5 years ago
Most women own a hair dryer. It actually isn't hard to do it at home.
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Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Ten years ago I asked my hair stylist/master colorist to do this with my hair. He said it couldn't be done. I didn't understand why not, so I suffered through years of growing out the dyed hair. This is just what I wanted to do.
Allayna Nicole 5 years ago
Hair colour has also come a really long way in the last 10 years, particularly with the introduction of products like Olaplex. It is incredibly difficult to lift this much pigment from hair without damaging the ever loving s**t out of it, because to get to grey, you essentially need the hair as close to unpigmented as possible for the gray to take. You can also see in many of the pictures that the quality of his clients hair is totally changed, which leads me to believe that he's focusing on restoring the health of the hair while he's colouring, which would be with a product like Olaplex (I keep dropping this name and I'm sure there are other products similar but none that I'm aware of). I think, at the time, what your stylist told you might have been correct and the truth.
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Weishaar Jamie 5 years ago
While all of the women look beautiful in the 'after' pics it is obvious that they have also had makeup professionally applied. That makes a huge difference too.
2WheelTravlr 5 years ago
Not only makeup, but the after photo is taken with professional lighting. The lighting in the the "before" shot is under bright overhead fluorescent lighting which is unflattering to anyone, and the "after" shot in soft and reflective light. Also, some work was done in post-processing in regards to warmer skin tones and some other tricks. It's easy to see the difference if you look at the women wearing colored shirts, the richer colors from the "after" photos are very apparent.
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CorgiGirl 5 years ago
These look gorgeous. But someone on here mentioned how long it takes to get the original colour out of the hair and it's true. I went with the above colours. First all the colour had to be taken out of my hair. Then the silver/charcoal colour had to be put into my hair. The secret is to leave the roots a bit darker but to put the silver in highlight form. This causes a blend that, when roots grow out, it will naturally blend in with the new colour. Due to Covid, I had mine coloured in March and it still looks good. And... I had to change my shampoo and conditioner to one for Platinum hair. Otherwise the silver goes yellow over time. Not a cheap process, but if done correctly does NOT have to be done once a month.
Stille20 5 years ago
Yet again, I can't stand the title. He's not MAKING them embrace their grey hair. A client wanted to get out of the loop of coloring her hair and he helped do what she asked.
Martha Riche 5 years ago
Yes, they should have said "helping" instead of making!
Load More Replies... Pat 5 years ago
I can remember my mom dying her hair to cover grey. She got tired of it and quit doing it. She had gorgeous salt and pepper hair. It never bothered me to go grey. Raising 3 boys and a husband, I felt I earned it. Comparing a pic of my mom about the same age as I am now, I have more grey than she did. Still have pepper though. My brown always had ashy hilights so it blends right in with the grey. Congrats to these ladies for giving up the dye.
Tracy Moorhead 5 years ago
I had Breast Cancer in 2012, the Chemo took my brown hair and made it gray!!! Yay, immediately decided no more perms or coloring, I really like it now!!!
Little Wonder 5 years ago
I'm getting grey through my hair now and it's so sparkly! I want more.
Isabella 5 years ago
Lovely hair, but I think is every person's choice to dye their hair or not, I would not take this as the best option for everyone. More than that, every hair looks nice after a professional blow and dry, do you think those ladies will afford or have time for professional styling on a daily/wekly basis? Looking at these pictures "before" and "after", I would dare to say no, like most of us. So, it is easy to sell something when you show only the ideal image, not the real one, from our daily life. In my country we say "the packaging sells the goods".
Seabeast 5 years ago
Most women own a hair dryer. It actually isn't hard to do it at home.
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Ten years ago I asked my hair stylist/master colorist to do this with my hair. He said it couldn't be done. I didn't understand why not, so I suffered through years of growing out the dyed hair. This is just what I wanted to do.
Allayna Nicole 5 years ago
Hair colour has also come a really long way in the last 10 years, particularly with the introduction of products like Olaplex. It is incredibly difficult to lift this much pigment from hair without damaging the ever loving s**t out of it, because to get to grey, you essentially need the hair as close to unpigmented as possible for the gray to take. You can also see in many of the pictures that the quality of his clients hair is totally changed, which leads me to believe that he's focusing on restoring the health of the hair while he's colouring, which would be with a product like Olaplex (I keep dropping this name and I'm sure there are other products similar but none that I'm aware of). I think, at the time, what your stylist told you might have been correct and the truth.
Load More Replies... Weishaar Jamie 5 years ago
While all of the women look beautiful in the 'after' pics it is obvious that they have also had makeup professionally applied. That makes a huge difference too.
2WheelTravlr 5 years ago
Not only makeup, but the after photo is taken with professional lighting. The lighting in the the "before" shot is under bright overhead fluorescent lighting which is unflattering to anyone, and the "after" shot in soft and reflective light. Also, some work was done in post-processing in regards to warmer skin tones and some other tricks. It's easy to see the difference if you look at the women wearing colored shirts, the richer colors from the "after" photos are very apparent.
Load More Replies... CorgiGirl 5 years ago
These look gorgeous. But someone on here mentioned how long it takes to get the original colour out of the hair and it's true. I went with the above colours. First all the colour had to be taken out of my hair. Then the silver/charcoal colour had to be put into my hair. The secret is to leave the roots a bit darker but to put the silver in highlight form. This causes a blend that, when roots grow out, it will naturally blend in with the new colour. Due to Covid, I had mine coloured in March and it still looks good. And... I had to change my shampoo and conditioner to one for Platinum hair. Otherwise the silver goes yellow over time. Not a cheap process, but if done correctly does NOT have to be done once a month.
Stille20 5 years ago
Yet again, I can't stand the title. He's not MAKING them embrace their grey hair. A client wanted to get out of the loop of coloring her hair and he helped do what she asked.
Martha Riche 5 years ago
Yes, they should have said "helping" instead of making!
Load More Replies... Pat 5 years ago
I can remember my mom dying her hair to cover grey. She got tired of it and quit doing it. She had gorgeous salt and pepper hair. It never bothered me to go grey. Raising 3 boys and a husband, I felt I earned it. Comparing a pic of my mom about the same age as I am now, I have more grey than she did. Still have pepper though. My brown always had ashy hilights so it blends right in with the grey. Congrats to these ladies for giving up the dye.
Tracy Moorhead 5 years ago
I had Breast Cancer in 2012, the Chemo took my brown hair and made it gray!!! Yay, immediately decided no more perms or coloring, I really like it now!!!
Little Wonder 5 years ago
I'm getting grey through my hair now and it's so sparkly! I want more.
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