Instead Of Covering Grey Roots, This Hair Colorist Makes Clients Embrace It

According to trichologist Madeleine Preston, most women who are in their 30s should see a few grey hairs here and there, but by the time they get into their 50s, about half of their scalp hairs turn grey. Like wrinkles, silver flocks are part of aging. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with them.

Celebrity colorist Jack Martin is also a firm believer of that. For the past couple of years, he has been on a mission to prove that grey never goes out of style: Martin has developed a technique that allows his clients to gradually ditch the dye. He also posts before-and-after pictures of these empowering transformations to show they look badass. Continue scrolling to check out the latest makeovers, and fire up Bored Panda's previous article if you missed the earlier ones.

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

This is way more better

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As Martin explained on his Instagram account, the process starts with using a color extractor to remove any remaining artificial color. While preserving the gray roots, he then bleaches the rest of the hair to prep it for the new color.

Next, the crucial part. Martin bases the new color on the hair's natural gray pattern. The clients even have 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.

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CorgiChameleon 3 years ago

In the second one it looks like she has @JackMartinColorist tattooed on her neck

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

stunning

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

In the first pic, she looks like she's seen some things...

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

love this one

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

Such lovely strait hair!

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

wow. that's amazing

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

The first cutting looks so uneven, maybe she did it herself?

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

Fabulous waves!

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

I kind of love her hair at first as well!

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

Wow. Love the mask and the hair

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

I like how it's striped!

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

It looks so great short!

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

She looks so much happier, love the mask!

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

Gorgeous.

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Momma Dubb 3 years ago

Her eye in the second picture is terrifying 😂

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

Love the layering!

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

like her mask (and the hair)

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

I kinda see a pattern

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

Woah

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

I love the shadows on her hair!

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pretty

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

Another beautiful redhead!

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The fringe looks so great on her!

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

I see this style a lot!

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Bellatrix Lestrange 3 years ago

SO messy at the start!

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TheSneakyNinja 3 years ago

Very nice

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She looks much happier, very white teeth!

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She's blonde!

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kate h 3 years ago

To me, the point of going gray is so you don't have to color your hair anymore. These transformations are gorgeous, but if these women want to keep their hair looking like this, they'll have to keep getting recolored just like they did before. Just about all of these include highlights and lowlights and unnatural silver colors, which when growing out will not look as beautiful.

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MiniMaus 3 years ago

When I started really showing roots in grey, I went for platinum with dark roots . The darker roots are actually my own regrowth. I like it a lot as it isn't platinum all over. So now I only have the get a touch up , maybe every 6 months or so.

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Cats 3 years ago

I understand what you mean. However, I bet many of these women don't like the extreme contrast between their grey roots and the color that is growing out, so getting an all-over grey color helps. When the grey-dyed hair starts to grow out, the contrast between their own hair and the dye will be tolerable and they won't necessarily have to get it done again. It just gives them a smoother transition to their own natural grey. :)

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Neva Nevičica 3 years ago

Yes, THANK YOU, it's so annoying to read comments like: more women should let their naturally white hair grow. Not everyone has evenly gray hair, and it has to be colored somehow to kill the yellowish tones. It's not that your hair pigment just disapears and boom, you get a natural silver mane. You stay in the awkward middle for years, your hair partly gray and partly your natural color.

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Agree. It’s an equal hassle. Either way you have to color it. I’d rather keep my natural color than fake gray just because I have a few gray strands. But a lot of these transformations are amazing. And some of the women have entirely gray hair anyway, and the color you see is just fake.

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BoredPundits 3 years ago

Not necessarily Kate. I used to colour my hair all the time, and finally got sick of it and grew it out. It has a natural, highlighted mix of dark grey, light grey and silvery/white and looks like a lot of these "second" shots. Not having to colour it all the time, is the best, and I always get lots of comments on how good it looks. (I'm in my early 50s, with a baby-face, and look a lot younger, so am finally looking closer to my age).

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DaVo 3 years ago

THANK YOU!

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gracefullikeagazelle 3 years ago

kate h The daily routine of styling (spritzing, curling, blow drying, backcombing) would drive me batty =D

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Marina 3 years ago

most of these women had very white roots and it doesnt seem like they would have to come back very soon or maybe ever. Some of them will have to, yes, but they're only a few

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Angela Mendoza 3 years ago

Purple shampoo is like a Miracle. Find out.

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Lisa Murphy 3 years ago

Agree, but the gray is so much prettier than the colors they were dyeing it before, don't you think? I love the striations. Who knew gray could be so pretty? I am thinking they wouldn't have to get recoloring as often, at least? They will need touch-ups, as you said, though.

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Lea S. 3 years ago

I get my hair colored twice a year at the hair school here in town, I use some cheap Walmart recommended-for-color shampoo and conditioner. I LOVE when it's growing out, I LOVE the way the lowlights and highlights and natural and unnatural parts of it change throughout the six months. People decide to 'go gray' for lots of different reasons. Women may do it repeatedly, they may do it once, they may like it, they may not. Everyone's different, don't be such a downer.

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Saara . 3 years ago

No. Look at the photos again and see how silver/gray the roots of these women are. Don't be a Debbie Downer.

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Bunzilla 3 years ago

sorry if this shows up weird, it's an accidental double comment

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Happy_Pandalover 3 years ago

So pretty. I don't think the hair colour actually matters though. It will always look better when hair is freshly cut, styled, shiny and healthy looking.

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DKS 001 3 years ago

I can't remember the last time I dyed my hair. More than 10 years ago. I was asked by someone why I don't do it, and my reply is; "With age comes wisdom. Why would i want to cover up my wisdom?" No one says I should color my hair anymore.

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Sassy Dandelion 3 years ago

I am 40 and had blonde hair as my natural color for the first 32 years of my life. After I had my daughter it turned brown; NOW, it’s turning silver/grey, but looks like it’s turning back to blonde. I have people comment ALL THE TIME about it or question why I don’t color it. I tell them that it helps me look closer to my age; because I look like I’m in my mid to late 20s. I have a 14 year old and an 8 year old and people LOVE to clutch their pearls when they assume you had a kid when you were 13. 🙄🤣

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E Menendez 3 years ago

I am very gray and in my thirties. I am so sad by how many women tell me how brave I am to be going natural. As a woman we are raised to fear age. It disgusts me that a man with silver is distinguished and a woman with silver is old. I am strong and bold and have developed beyond that fear that society will no longer value me because I am no longer young and supple.

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K. 3 years ago

Thank you for voicing your wisdom. I don’t remember liking myself or body that much when I was younger. It seems that youth and the things that go with it are prized but also regulated and suppressed too. I’m glad the younger generations don’t have to contend with that as much.

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Sassy Dandelion 3 years ago

I am a nurse and sometimes I’ll get salty old men when they can’t fluster me comment about my grays showing trying to get under my skin. I just give them my most saccharine smile and say, “Well, I AM 40! I like them! Helps me look closer to my age!”

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Jude 3 years ago

Aw, grey hair or not, you're still young! Good for you not to care about society's false values.

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marte østensen 3 years ago

I wish they would have included the time and money you have to be willing to pay to do these transformations. I know Jack Martin has mentioned on his insta that these takes 10-15 hours and sometimes have to be done over two days and they can cost you like 800-1500$. I would love to do stuff like this at my salon, but the time and money is too much for most people.

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Jude 3 years ago

I read in a previous article on him how long it takes. It's mind-boggling! Just walking into a hair salon makes me feel queasy from the chemical smell. I couldn't imagine spending 10-15 hours in one and can't fathom how hairdressers can take it.

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Sarcastic Panda 3 years ago

wow these are beautiful! but you'll have to keep going back - that's the only problem. stunning work though!

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Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago

During lockdown I finally convinced my mom to stop dyeing her her, let it grow out, and go grey. I told her people pay a lot of money to have "silver" hair these days, and she has it naturally 😆 She looks lovely.

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Tabitha L 3 years ago

"Instead Of Covering Grey Roots, This Hair Colorist Makes Clients Embrace It". Maybe we shouldn't "make" women do anything. If a woman wants to dye her hair, that is her choice. Making her go gray isn't progressive. It is just oppression of a different color. Downvote away.......

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Jude 3 years ago

Upvoted instead. 😊

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Lola 3 years ago

Despite the fact that this guy still uses color, he still does a great job. However, the point to going grey, is the lack of upkeep. I wish women were able to achieve this with minimal upkeep.

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Jaz79 1 3 years ago

While these women look good with the new do's It's still dyeing hair, I've never seen the point. I used to dye my mums hair it was a right faff, she got cancer and because of treatment had to stop she looked so much better with natural hair. I was already pretty much decided to never dye my hair as it seemed so much cost/effort after seeing my mum looking so much better with natural hair colour mind was made up. I've never dyed my hair, despite hairdressers constantly suggesting it. I learned to cut my own hair as a result. I still can't understand the appeal of changing your hair colour, perhaps as mine has constantly changed colour naturally I never got bored of it. I went from platinum blond through pretty much every colour except ginger to black. I started going grey 10 years ago it's never bothered me, some other people felt it needed hiding/laughing about. But honestly I couldn't care less, I'm getting older it's only natural.

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Sassy Dandelion 3 years ago

I stopped coloring my hair when my daughter was about 18 months old. I thought, how can I tell her she’s perfect the way she is if I can’t lead by example for myself? Otherwise, I’ve been every color imaginable; from lavender to black and just about every shade of red. Definitely less expensive to have “virgin” hair!!

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Bryni Eisengurt 3 years ago

I've vastly enjoyed dyeing my hair almost every colour imaginable, until I started to go grey. Then I stopped because I don't see the point in trying to hide my age.

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therapia15 3 years ago

Jaz79 1 good

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Jane Alexander 3 years ago

"Silver flocks are part of aging"? We 'posa raise sheep as we age?

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Jude 3 years ago

No, apparently we're supposed to be sheep and mindlessly follow what fashion tells us to do.

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Francis 3 years ago

they all look great, but they all got kinda silver hair. i'm 28 and my skintone is super pale (i disapear in snow) and if i don't color my hair in a redish/blonde colour, my hair would be white too.. so no i will never embrace my natuarl hair color.. i wished i could but, nope..

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Aroha 3 years ago (edited)

Francis, I assure you I am more pale than you. I am so pale that my veins can be seen as bright blue through my skin. I don't tan, ever, and spend every summer being stared at by people who whisper "she must be sick". I always had dark blonde hair but it is slowly turning grey. I will literally be a ghost with silver hair and scare children with a creepy laugh in the moonlight... :D

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Rosie Hamilton 3 years ago

Hmmm... never thought of that. I'm the palest person I've ever met (bar people with albinism) and have spent my life hearing 'ooh, aren't you pale' and that was with stacks of make up. At the moment my hair is a very pale blonde... I hadn't thought about it going whiter and whiter until i just disappear. 😟 Gulp.

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LilicatUK 3 years ago

I'm very pale as well but my natural hair is a yellowish/dirty sink water grey (not silver or white) so it looks really terrible, like I've been using mud shampoo! With white hair you can use toners to have different colours, like mermaid hair, without damaging it!

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Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago

I'm sure they look great when styled professionally, but I'd probably look like my mother if I ever went for grey (I've been going grey since age 25). Still, these ladies do look good with this hair colour.

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Marci Rommal 3 years ago

About seven or eight years ago, one of my then coworkers and I made a pact to stop coloring our hair. One or the other of us said, "My goodness, your gray is so pretty. You should stop coloring it." "Hey, if you will, I will." We did. We keep running into one another and cannot stop complimenting one another on our beautiful grey heads.

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AnInrovert 3 years ago

They're hair isn't gray... it's silver!

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Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago

This doesn't look like it's about color, more about styling. The hair is dyed gray (which beats the purpose of not having to dye your hair anymore), but "stylish gray", and then it's really professionally styled. But if it was natural gray and no styling it wouldn't look good at all. My hair when not styled looks horrific and if I would let it go gray I would look 20 years older than I am.

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frecklebuddy 3 years ago

Biljana Malesevic no

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Rich McCormick 3 years ago

As a hairdresser of over 40 years I'm a little perplexed about how he achieved allot of these colors. When you have built up color you have to strip it out and then what bleach the hair until it's fried to get that silvery look. I mean I don't see any left over gold cast or anything that looks bad here. He's got secrets I want and need! Amazing works!

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Lisa Murphy 3 years ago

I've read that he goes through a very lengthy process to gradually change the hair color to the end product you see. I understand that this long process with multiple steps is necessary to protect the hair. He painstakingly takes all of these necessary steps to "do it right." You can check him out on insta for more info...

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Jude 3 years ago

Another article written about him says the whole process lasts over 10 hours, and that he first uses a colour extractor, then bleach before finally adding the grey dye. Can't imagine the hair is left in better condition as many commenters say.

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Nova Star 3 years ago

Olaplex - The hair saver of the gods!

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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago

I had colored my hair a deep auburn for as long as I can remember. After my divorce in 2004 I wanted a change. My daughter asked me what color my "real" hair was and I told her I wasn't sure, so I let it grow out a bit. Once the roots started showing I had it cut super short (think Jamie Lee Curtis) and WOW! I had streaks of pure platinum. I have kept it short ever since & will NEVER color it again!

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Lynzi Oliver-Musto 3 years ago

I always wanted to do fun colours with my hair, fire blends, oil slicks, that sort of thing but I hated the idea of bleaching it. Now I am going grey (I have a "Rogue" style streak, the rest being more salt and pepper) I am getting to have some fun. I buy coloured conditioner and, because they wash out pretty quickly, I can change up the colour whenever I fancy. The colour doesn't show much on the darker hair but it makes great, colourful highlights!

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Barbara Verrier 3 years ago

what brand of 'coloured conditioners' do you use?

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Debra Starr Moon 3 years ago

I contacted him. His prices start at $3,000! That’s not a typo. Three grand, with a $1,500 deposit to book the appt. A little too rich for me.

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Sharon Farrell 2 years ago

But, yet, his schedule is booked MONTHS in advance. I tried scheduling an appointment with him back in February, but couldn't get in during my planned vacation time out there, in November and early December!

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Lisa Murphy 3 years ago

yes, wow...if he works 10 hours, that's 300/hr ....if he works full-time at that rate, that's about 600K/year! Wonder if 3K is for the short styles??

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Jude 3 years ago

Wow!!! Even more than I already knew he charged!

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Franc Esca 3 years ago

Grey hair is actually very nice, it's more akin to blond hair, which is the most prized hair in the world. It just needs styling and trimming. What is not nice is the sharp contrast between the roots and the longer coloured hair. A lot of women believe it's better to have "mostly" coloured and long hair to create the image of youth but there's nothing wrong, or ugly, with looking your age.

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AnnieLaurie Burke 3 years ago

The point of all these styles featuring gray as the main color is to show off the stylist's talent. None depends on the color grey as an element; many would be more attractive in another color. Most do not really free the individual from coloring her hair, but merely substitute one coloring regime for another. It's time to give up the "gray hair makeovers", with their barely disguised message that there is some moral content to coloring one's hair, with the more positive message that each woman -- and man -- should do with his hair what appeals most to her or him. And that most definitely includes dumping the message that "unconventional" colors are only for the young.

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Caroline Driver 3 years ago

As usual, all these women have lush thick hair that looks great grey. The nearest to my hair is #28. Thin and sparse looks even worse when it's dull iron grey, I know, I've tried it. Hated every minute of it. Gone back to dying it purple until I really can't be bothered and don't care how I look anymore

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Barbara Verrier 3 years ago

I wish my hair was as good-looking as #28!

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alexandra laurita 3 years ago

All of these are colored not naturally grey hair. What exactly is the point you are trying to make? Natural grey rarely looks this way.

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Jim Shott 3 years ago

Did it appear to anyone else that all of these models looked just like that - models? I don't think there was anyone older than 40-ish

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

That's some beautiful work right there.

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Rainbow Panda 3 years ago

💟🖤

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Monika Soffronow 3 years ago

Here is a very interesting Long Read: https://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/12/colour-dye-how-much-do-we-really-know-about-risks-colouring-our-hair

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L. Robertson 3 years ago (edited)

I haven't had my hair weaved in about 6 months or more. I've discovered that my gray is much more prominent than I imagined. My natural color is a strawberry blonde and I'd like to embrace the gray (i'll be 62 in April). Wondering if a platinum would blend well with my natural color though. hair-61854...c2630b.jpg

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Kara Fidei 3 years ago

I was going to make the same comment about upkeep. Very few of the examples shown are going to look that way without serious upkeep. I have the kind of hair that isn't graying, just going mousy. My hair is/was auburn, but even though I am 65, I have very little gray, just one patch up front, but the rest has gone drab. I think I am just going to let mine do it's own thing, because i don't want to start something that I won't keep up with. These are beautiful, but too high maintenance for me.

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Randy Sanders 3 years ago

Women that are confident enough to show their gray ar sooooo sexy.....

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Oliver Parker 3 years ago

I want grey hair now

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Cryo 3 years ago

dumb question is the hair dyed or a permanent thing?

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Wendy Peel-Grapentine 3 years ago

So, here is the deal - in order to keep natural grays looking good you have to damage it slightly. Natural gray hair has the texture of barbed wire and will not do what you want it to. By dying it, even the same color that it is, it helps damage the hair shaft slightly so it will behave better. 2) Ageism in the workplace is still a thing unfortunately. While I'd like to go gray, it does come at a cost. Choose wisely based on your own situation.

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Patricia Gordon 3 years ago

actually not all gray hair is like what you said. It depends on the texture the hair was before turning gray. My hair is very gray and curly . My hair if I not brushed it after I wash it, is like singer Stevie Nix curly ringlets. my hair is still fine in texture.and has never felt wirey at all.my hair is to the middle of my back with long layers. the only thing I would do to it now with over a year growth is put blonde highlights in it . my hair didn't start to turn gray until I was around 60yrs old. I'm 69 now .And it turned fast. if I pull my bangs back it is solid white from ears forward . Rest is gray with a few darker natural streaks most in my bangs. I am also a retired hairdresser. But I still haven't decided if I'm going to put some blonde streaks in it. if I did I would use a frosting cap. I do my own hair. And I do not let anyone cut it but me until I can't do that anymore I will keep doing it. My hair grows very fast 3/4 inch a month.

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Sean Riddolls 3 years ago

My girlfriend -- at 23 -- did exactly this to her hair, and it looks freaking fantastic! She works at Starbuck's where there's a "No unnatural hair colours" policy [e.g. no blues. greens, purples, etc]. So her colourist dyed her hair Platinum Silver -- and it look awesome. "Try and discriminate against this, Stabucks!"

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Sean Riddolls 3 years ago

My girlfriend who's 23, did this to her hair, and it looks fantastic! She works at Starbuck's where there's a "No unnatural hair colours" policy [e.g. no blues. greens, purples, etc]. So her colourist dyed her hair Platinum Silver - and it look awesome. "Try and discriminate against that, Stabucks!"

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Beks Czar 3 years ago

My mom uses her grey hair to her advantage. She colors her hair purple. She's not totally grey, just around the hairline and crown and then it highlights all over through her black hair. So after coloring it, she has black and purple all throughout and then more purple at the hairline. She literally gets a compliment every day she leaves the house. Been like that for 15+ years. Now with covid, she's obviously not but on the essential days, compliments. These colors were all pretty by it's still coloring. So if you're adventurous, go for some bright colors or highlights. Branch out. Have fun.

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Damien McDallydally 3 years ago

Weird how everyone had the exact same shade of platina gray hair.. and some of the women were far too young for "natural" full gray hair.. Something's fishy about this one..

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Audrika Biswas 3 years ago

The silver actually can be there without color my mother's hair is really healthy so when it gets grey it turns out silver but yet she wants hair dye so I imagine it will not last for long

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Aura the rain/seawing hybrid 3 years ago

MY MOM WOULD LOVE THIS!!!

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Jude 3 years ago

I'm now letting my dyed hair grow out to grey and prefer to do so with a hairdresser's help. From the previous article on Jack Martin posted by Rokas, what would put me off going to a good hairdresser like Jack is the total time from start to finish - 10 hours!! First, the use of a colour extractor, next being bleached and then silver colour added. The ladies' hair looks lovely afterwards but I can't believe it's good for the hair. The chemical smell of hair salons makes me feel ill and being in one for 10 hours is far too much for me. Kudos to the ladies who choose to have this done! Just not for me.

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Jude 3 years ago

Sorry - WITHOUT a hairdresser's help. (Wish there was an edit button on Bored Panda comments.)

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rynn 3 years ago

These are gorgeous!

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Patti Williams 3 years ago

I have loads of grey in the front and sides but little grey in back. I am having great difficulty finding a stylist who can actually do this to my hair. Last try at the beginning of covid I ended up with a horrible all over yellow pixie cut that was NOT a good look. Where do I find a stylist who doesn’t charge $200 for this & can actually these gone grey transformations?

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Jude 3 years ago

Unfortunately, you won't find one that's not jaw-dropping expensive. The whole process is a lot more complicated than it seems and takes 10-15 hours for him to do. Plus he charges $800 - $1500 for the transformation!

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Claudia Espindola 3 years ago

I am letting my grays grow, after 3-4 months I just decided to cut it short because it was looking weird between my dark, silver and different degrees of washed Auburn coloring, I actually have very little color left, I am waiting for hair salons to open again, thinking few more months it will be all natural, from there I will decide if I let it grow or keep it short.

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Carmen Elena 3 years ago

Im 40 and just saw some gray hairs... I was kind of sad but after seeing these beautiful women Im going for it!

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Debra Starr Moon 3 years ago

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May Day 3 years ago

They're all very beautiful, but I still want my brown hair back... :-(

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Soft Karina 3 years ago

Los cortes están buenos, pero las canas les suman muchos años a las mujeres. Es cultura, pero así estamos acostumbrados.

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Sandra Schug 3 years ago

Good luck finding a stylist that can actually do that!

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Terry Mulcahy 3 years ago

Despite expectations most people have, every one of these women actually looked younger without the ugly dyed hair. That grey blend, all-grey, or silvery look is quite attractive.

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Denise Mclean 3 years ago

This Pandemic has brought about many changes including hair. Some of us learned a new skill over the course of it - doing our own. I miss though having that special treatment, but I sure am glad I'm saving the money.

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mona reed schurr 3 years ago

Is it possible to achieve this same result at home?

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Jude 3 years ago

Nope, sorry.

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leon Kumer 3 years ago

I just don't understand why literally EVERY picture has no hate comments! I mean, these pictures give me a sense of anger and jealousy cuz there are no fellow pandas that are calling these pictures hideous! I hate it!

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jasper 3 years ago

See, this is great for ladies with dark hair going gray. I have blonde hair and my grays just makes it look dirty. :(

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Michelle C 3 years ago

Appointment please!

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Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 3 years ago

I will do this to my hair when I am older!

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Duncan 3 years ago

All look great. A lot of blondes actually look more like they have grey hair than blonde.

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lorenramer 3 years ago

Duncan lol

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Jo Fisher 3 years ago

Almost all of these woman are relatively young. I am old and look like an old hag with gray hair. I am in the dye until you die faction and happy!

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Cat's Meow 3 years ago (edited)

Does he come to Augusta, GA? Wonder if he does henna too and how much? I LOVE THOSE MAKEOVERS!

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johncraane 3 years ago

Cat's Meow -

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Mumof1 3 years ago

It's not just the colour its the style - and the freedom from constant colouring which is so damaging. All these women look years younger

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Dana Mohammad 3 years ago

I'm glad people notice how pretty they are without having to dye their hair :)

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Todd Hollfelder 3 years ago

As a former stylist, I think these looks are beautiful... on Jane Fonda, Sharon Osbourne and all the other women who are blessed with the money, and personal stylist, to keep these styles fresh. I'd love to take a year or so and assist this guy with these transformations. I'd also love to see a consultation beforehand, complete with the cost. The first time is the gimmick, it's so much easier to work on a 'fresh' head. It's the retouches that will kill you. Above it mentions, "... after 10 hours...". Those 10 hours must make a dent in the personal bank accounts and cover the cost of the amount of products used. Personally, I think this is a passing fad! Especially when you see young women (many actresses, singers, Kelly Osbourne, etc.) who are doing it for the look and not necessity. These are just my professional observations...

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Damon Tripodi 3 years ago

Most of these they had just picked the wrong damn color in the first place

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Liz 3 years ago

I love grey hair! it looks so beautiful.

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Cynthia Souza 3 years ago

I started turning gray at thirteen. Yes, thirteen. By the time I was seventeen, I had a patch of gray on the top of my head. Blame it on genetics; both my parents had prematurely gray hair. Prematurely gray hair follows a different pattern, starting on the crown and moving down. I left it natural until my mid-thirties. I now dye it black every six weeks or so. It is also naturally curly, but the gray is thinner and coarser, so it really looks better black.

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Phoenix 3 years ago

This makes me want gray hair

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Isabella 3 years ago

My natural hair are ginger. And as much as I love them, I will enjoy every second of gray hair and finally be able to dye them with every Manic Panic color that exist :D Because sadly there is no healthly way of recoloring hair and doing rainbow ombre, especially ginger hair.

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Maren Walters 3 years ago

At least I know that... bye the way I’m ginger too!

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Gringo Wrestler 3 years ago

These ladies look really awesome. I love it.

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Al Christensen 3 years ago

One of my chemotherapy nurses, in her early 30s, had beautiful gray hair. She said it was natural and had been like that since she was a teenager but she recently stopped coloring it. She showed me the photo on her hospital ID where her hair was brown.

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Al Christensen 3 years ago

And I have a friend in her 60s who stopped getting her hair colored during the pandemic. She looks so much better, much more real and less uptight.

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JessG 3 years ago

Where is this guy?! I need to make an appointment!

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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago

This infuriates me! I begged my hairdresser, a master colorist in Beverly Hills , to do this about 24 years ago. He said it couldn't be done.

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Angela Turrall 3 years ago (edited)

Even in Haircare technology changes. 25 years is a long time and there’s a lot more options now than then. I was a hair dresser roughly around that time, specialising in corrective colouring, and I’d almost never have even attempted this as it would have come out dry, brittle and not natural looking at all, the products just weren’t that great. Plus, lets be real, these ladies still have coloured hair they’re going to have to upkeep, until that’s all grown out, it’s just dyed grey with lowlights.

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venkat manohar 3 years ago

it is nice and good article

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Farrah Mawaldi 3 years ago

Omg why do they all look 10 years younger now?

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Jude 3 years ago

Because they are still fairly young and he's not going to choose great looking before pictures if he can. Plus most have younger styles and wear professionally applied makeup in the after photos.

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Anna Tribe 3 years ago

I'm so jealous of these people. I'm 47 years old and I don't have a single grey hair yet 😭

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Kelsey Armitage 3 years ago

All of these transformations are stunning! Great job! There is hope for us greying ladies, afterall!!

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cruceskeith X 3 years ago

In every case, hotter and sexier the the before pic!

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ilenegmata 3 years ago

cruceskeith X what

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cruceskeith X 3 years ago

In every case, they look hotter and sexier the the "before" pic!

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Melene Majlovic 3 years ago

everyone 's skincolor looks so much better with the natural haircolor - like porcelain.

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Monika Soffronow 3 years ago

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ask-mr-green/what-environmental-impact-hair-dye

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Amarédesse Gemtree, SLYTHERIN 3 years ago (edited)

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DKS 001 3 years ago

first time I've seen it .... so .....

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kate h 3 years ago

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Cats 3 years ago

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Neva Nevičica 3 years ago

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

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BoredPundits 3 years ago

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DaVo 3 years ago

THANK YOU!

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gracefullikeagazelle 3 years ago

kate h The daily routine of styling (spritzing, curling, blow drying, backcombing) would drive me batty =D

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Marina 3 years ago

most of these women had very white roots and it doesnt seem like they would have to come back very soon or maybe ever. Some of them will have to, yes, but they're only a few

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Angela Mendoza 3 years ago

Purple shampoo is like a Miracle. Find out.

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Lisa Murphy 3 years ago

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Saara . 3 years ago

No. Look at the photos again and see how silver/gray the roots of these women are. Don't be a Debbie Downer.

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Bunzilla 3 years ago

sorry if this shows up weird, it's an accidental double comment

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Happy_Pandalover 3 years ago

So pretty. I don't think the hair colour actually matters though. It will always look better when hair is freshly cut, styled, shiny and healthy looking.

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DKS 001 3 years ago

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Sassy Dandelion 3 years ago

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Jude 3 years ago

Aw, grey hair or not, you're still young! Good for you not to care about society's false values.

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marte østensen 3 years ago

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Sarcastic Panda 3 years ago

wow these are beautiful! but you'll have to keep going back - that's the only problem. stunning work though!

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Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago

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Jude 3 years ago

Upvoted instead. 😊

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Lola 3 years ago

Despite the fact that this guy still uses color, he still does a great job. However, the point to going grey, is the lack of upkeep. I wish women were able to achieve this with minimal upkeep.

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Jaz79 1 3 years ago

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Bryni Eisengurt 3 years ago

I've vastly enjoyed dyeing my hair almost every colour imaginable, until I started to go grey. Then I stopped because I don't see the point in trying to hide my age.

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therapia15 3 years ago

Jaz79 1 good

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Jane Alexander 3 years ago

"Silver flocks are part of aging"? We 'posa raise sheep as we age?

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Jude 3 years ago

No, apparently we're supposed to be sheep and mindlessly follow what fashion tells us to do.

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Francis 3 years ago

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Aroha 3 years ago (edited)

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Rosie Hamilton 3 years ago

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LilicatUK 3 years ago

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Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago

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Marci Rommal 3 years ago

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AnInrovert 3 years ago

They're hair isn't gray... it's silver!

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Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago

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frecklebuddy 3 years ago

Biljana Malesevic no

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Rich McCormick 3 years ago

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Jude 3 years ago

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Nova Star 3 years ago

Olaplex - The hair saver of the gods!

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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago

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Lynzi Oliver-Musto 3 years ago

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Barbara Verrier 3 years ago

what brand of 'coloured conditioners' do you use?

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Debra Starr Moon 3 years ago

I contacted him. His prices start at $3,000! That’s not a typo. Three grand, with a $1,500 deposit to book the appt. A little too rich for me.

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Sharon Farrell 2 years ago

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Lisa Murphy 3 years ago

yes, wow...if he works 10 hours, that's 300/hr ....if he works full-time at that rate, that's about 600K/year! Wonder if 3K is for the short styles??

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Jude 3 years ago

Wow!!! Even more than I already knew he charged!

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Franc Esca 3 years ago

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AnnieLaurie Burke 3 years ago

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Caroline Driver 3 years ago

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Barbara Verrier 3 years ago

I wish my hair was as good-looking as #28!

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alexandra laurita 3 years ago

All of these are colored not naturally grey hair. What exactly is the point you are trying to make? Natural grey rarely looks this way.

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Jim Shott 3 years ago

Did it appear to anyone else that all of these models looked just like that - models? I don't think there was anyone older than 40-ish

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

That's some beautiful work right there.

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Rainbow Panda 3 years ago

💟🖤

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Monika Soffronow 3 years ago

Here is a very interesting Long Read: https://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/12/colour-dye-how-much-do-we-really-know-about-risks-colouring-our-hair

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L. Robertson 3 years ago (edited)

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Kara Fidei 3 years ago

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Randy Sanders 3 years ago

Women that are confident enough to show their gray ar sooooo sexy.....

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Oliver Parker 3 years ago

I want grey hair now

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Jana Hassan 3 years ago

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Cryo 3 years ago

dumb question is the hair dyed or a permanent thing?

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Wendy Peel-Grapentine 3 years ago

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Beks Czar 3 years ago

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Damien McDallydally 3 years ago

Weird how everyone had the exact same shade of platina gray hair.. and some of the women were far too young for "natural" full gray hair.. Something's fishy about this one..

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Audrika Biswas 3 years ago

The silver actually can be there without color my mother's hair is really healthy so when it gets grey it turns out silver but yet she wants hair dye so I imagine it will not last for long

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Aura the rain/seawing hybrid 3 years ago

MY MOM WOULD LOVE THIS!!!

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Jude 3 years ago

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Jude 3 years ago

Sorry - WITHOUT a hairdresser's help. (Wish there was an edit button on Bored Panda comments.)

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rynn 3 years ago

These are gorgeous!

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Claudia Espindola 3 years ago

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Carmen Elena 3 years ago

Im 40 and just saw some gray hairs... I was kind of sad but after seeing these beautiful women Im going for it!

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Debra Starr Moon 3 years ago

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May Day 3 years ago

They're all very beautiful, but I still want my brown hair back... :-(

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Soft Karina 3 years ago

Los cortes están buenos, pero las canas les suman muchos años a las mujeres. Es cultura, pero así estamos acostumbrados.

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Sandra Schug 3 years ago

Good luck finding a stylist that can actually do that!

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Terry Mulcahy 3 years ago

Despite expectations most people have, every one of these women actually looked younger without the ugly dyed hair. That grey blend, all-grey, or silvery look is quite attractive.

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Denise Mclean 3 years ago

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mona reed schurr 3 years ago

Is it possible to achieve this same result at home?

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Jude 3 years ago

Nope, sorry.

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leon Kumer 3 years ago

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jasper 3 years ago

See, this is great for ladies with dark hair going gray. I have blonde hair and my grays just makes it look dirty. :(

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Michelle C 3 years ago

Appointment please!

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Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 3 years ago

I will do this to my hair when I am older!

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Duncan 3 years ago

All look great. A lot of blondes actually look more like they have grey hair than blonde.

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lorenramer 3 years ago

Duncan lol

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Jo Fisher 3 years ago

Almost all of these woman are relatively young. I am old and look like an old hag with gray hair. I am in the dye until you die faction and happy!

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Cat's Meow 3 years ago (edited)

Does he come to Augusta, GA? Wonder if he does henna too and how much? I LOVE THOSE MAKEOVERS!

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johncraane 3 years ago

Cat's Meow -

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Charlotte Cocksedge 3 years ago

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Mumof1 3 years ago

It's not just the colour its the style - and the freedom from constant colouring which is so damaging. All these women look years younger

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Dana Mohammad 3 years ago

I'm glad people notice how pretty they are without having to dye their hair :)

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Todd Hollfelder 3 years ago

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Damon Tripodi 3 years ago

Most of these they had just picked the wrong damn color in the first place

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Liz 3 years ago

I love grey hair! it looks so beautiful.

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Cynthia Souza 3 years ago

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Phoenix 3 years ago

This makes me want gray hair

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Isabella 3 years ago

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Maren Walters 3 years ago

At least I know that... bye the way I’m ginger too!

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Gringo Wrestler 3 years ago

These ladies look really awesome. I love it.

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Al Christensen 3 years ago

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Al Christensen 3 years ago

And I have a friend in her 60s who stopped getting her hair colored during the pandemic. She looks so much better, much more real and less uptight.

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JessG 3 years ago

Where is this guy?! I need to make an appointment!

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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago

This infuriates me! I begged my hairdresser, a master colorist in Beverly Hills , to do this about 24 years ago. He said it couldn't be done.

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Angela Turrall 3 years ago (edited)

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venkat manohar 3 years ago

it is nice and good article

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Farrah Mawaldi 3 years ago

Omg why do they all look 10 years younger now?

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Jude 3 years ago

Because they are still fairly young and he's not going to choose great looking before pictures if he can. Plus most have younger styles and wear professionally applied makeup in the after photos.

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