I told him I trusted his artistic instincts. It was hard to see the color differences of the mixtures as he layered on the silver and the blue. He gently explained all he was doing and why, which made me feel at ease. He had me show up extra early, for a round of heating my hair to open up the molecules so the colors would last longer. He assured me that the technology for blue dye has changed, and is much more permanent than in recent years. It’s about time the fashion colors caught up with the “regular” colors! The execution of my planĪfter searching for a hair colorist who could dye my hair silver and blue, I found Johnny at a nearby salon. Johnny says the blue technology has changed recently, and it would not blend together. One colorist said this style wouldn’t last as the blues would bleed into the grey. According to the RV women I chatted with, this kind of dye job is easier to maintain (at least the color on the ends!) A layered version of silver over blue (thanks Pinterest). An example of ombre – from midnight blue to silver white.

There would be less of a chance of leaving a blue trail. My second premise, while searching forĮxamples of hair styles, was that by having blue at the bottom fringe, that I wanted blue at the bottom part, based on my experience in the past twoīlue dye came off on my neck (hello, Smurf!), pillows and towels. In, the increased grey will blend nicely. My grand experiment this time is based on the premise thatīy dying the top part of my hair silver/grey, that when my natural hair grows An image found on Pinterest, showing off Silver Fox sexiness “silver fox” and making it as sexy for women as men. Women of a certain age have taken over the term Natural progression and not coloring their roots to young women coloring theirĭeclared silver as the hottest color for 20.

Thankfully, in the past few years, grey has become the Transition time until my hair becomes completely grey? With letting my “roots” grow so long, it wasĮasier to see how the “sparkles” (as my former hair dresser called my grey)Ĭhange and becoming a nomad, what would be a good solution for that awkward Over the past few months I haven’t done much with my hair,Īs I paid more attention to downsizing and selling my house. The Silver Edition My hair, before, with long roots and lots of sparkles “Thanks!” I yelled back, and proceeded to walk home and goĪ look at myself from a stranger’s point of view, and letting go of all thoseĪnd the silver addition is my latest hair-venture. The texture felt dry, it was being too fluffy and making me look like a cocker Having one of those moments about my hair – the color seemed too blonde in spots, Telling you that you need commercial products because you are not perfect Let’s not even go into the how the whole beauty culture depends on Overall beauty of the person that is you. It’s so easy to look in the mirror and see the flaws instead of the A woman drove by me today and yelled out her car window “I love your hair!”Įver have one of those moments when you realize that how you

Silver and light blue hair