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Don’t Be Afraid to Take a Chance on Yourself! How to Nourish Your Relationships for a Good Life Costly Financial Scams to Avoid Falling For How Gardening Improves Your Health Special Announcements The Movement to Let Your Natural Gray Locks Fly
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Tips to Transition Dyed Hair to Its Natural Color EMBRACE THE GRAY!
Once upon a time, the worst thing a woman could do was to let someone see her gray hair. It even became somewhat of a running bit in pop culture, with women running into bathrooms and parting their hair in a frenzy to find that single gray, screaming in fear when they finally did.
hiding them. The Wall Street Journal even called this trend “a power move.” However, there is one problem with this take-back: Many women have been dying their hair for years, and the transition from colored locks to full gray isn’t instantaneous. So, if you’re interested in joining the movement and letting your natural hair fly, here are some tips for transitioning. Let your hair grow out for at least 2 months. Your hair won’t grow into a full gray mane overnight, so while many women want to take their natural color back, dying at least the bottom half gray to get the ball rolling can’t be avoided. To give your colorist an idea of what your unique shades of gray look like, let your hair grow out for at least two
months to get about an inch of solid gray on either side of your part. This will certainly look awkward, especially if you’ve been dying your hair a darker color. To help the drastic color difference of this regrowth phase, you can use root touch-up products from your local beauty or drug store. Cut your hair more often. Once you’ve let your natural gray grow for a few months, a pixie cut is the quickest way to go fully gray. However, we know this is a drastic change for some women on top of choosing to go gray, so consider getting frequent trims every 5–6 weeks to help your hair grow and snip off those colored ends. Most importantly, enjoy your new ’do! Turning gray is all about embracing who you are — and how far you’ve come.
But now, aging women everywhere are taking the bit back from society’s unrealistic beauty standards and embracing their gray hairs instead of
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