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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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"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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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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Suzanne Marek Armstrong 2 years ago
I agree- the whole thing looks fabulous!
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Pilar Eichmüller-Duran 4 years ago
This is the ony one that looks older, but still beautiful hair
Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago
1st pic: Someday all this work it will pay off. 2nd pick: It did!
Diana Murtaugh 4 years ago
It always irks me when they try to make the before and after appear so dramatic as if their product made a huge change. Which just tells me that they're good at misleading photography, with use of lighting, pose, background, cosmetics, etc
Grace Note 4 years ago
I love that now it's silver it really highlights the lovely glint in her eye. She looks wonderful.
Sandy Sacki 4 years ago
love the style and makeup change, but doesn't look like the same person
2WheelTravlr 4 years ago
The haircut is perfect, but it's really disingenuous to take the "before" shot in bright overhead fluorescent lighting, and the "after" shot in soft and flattering light, you can see the reflection of the light hood in her eyes, and see the richer colors from the "after" photo by looking at how different her shirt color looks. Everyone here is wearing the same clothes in both photos, but you'll see the photos have had color work done in post processing to create a warmer and more flattering look.
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Gr8Gramma2-4 4 years ago
The hair always looks so much healthier. Gives them the cut to match up with their faces
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Crystal Martin 4 years ago
Too young for what, embracing her natural grey hair? She looks fabulous.
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Al Christensen 4 years ago
All these women who had been fighting looking old actually look younger with silver hair.
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Bridgette Blumenthal 4 years ago
Always look better all gray, than to see the roots of obviously dyed hair. Lovely.
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Susan Callihan 4 years ago
My hairdresser convinced me to go natural 10 years ago. It's the best thing I've ever done to my hair.
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Brynn Bigelow 4 years ago
They're all beautiful but does he have to bleach the hair out to get the gray in?
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Ahmadullah Amarkhil 4 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.
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Isabella 4 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 4 years ago
Most women own a hair dryer. It actually isn't hard to do it at home.
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Tabitha L 4 years ago
I love the look of grey and silver hair. And these transformations are all gorgeous. But these women just traded one dye job for another. Their own greys won't necessarily look that vibrant or have such depth. I have a few grey hairs (10?) around my temple - they started coming in after a particularly stressful year. I have no intention of dying my hair, but I may someday decide to. As long as we praise both choices, I'm fine with it. We don't need to vilify women who chose to dye their hair.
Sakeena 4 years ago
This was a very positive Bored Panda type of post. There was no vilification of...anything. Just admire, and not project yourself into it.
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Dorothy Parker 4 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 4 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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Nadine 4 years ago
I love this series. I had. A traumatic experience when I was 11 and started having white hair. Now it almost covers my whole hair and I dye it every 3 weeks, it's exhausting. I might do silver hair dye just to let it grow in. This definitely is an inspiration for me.
Tabitha L 4 years ago
Wow. White hair at 11. Whatever you experienced must have been very difficult. I hope you have been able to move past whatever it was, and if you haven't, I hope you are getting the help and support that you need. Dying hair every three weeks sounds exhausting, and expensive!! I hope you can make a choice with your hair that will bring you peace.
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Weishaar Jamie 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 years ago
Yes, they should have said "helping" instead of making!
Load More Replies... Pat 4 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 4 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 4 years ago
I'm getting grey through my hair now and it's so sparkly! I want more.
Irene Walton 4 years ago
it's all good for them, I have crappy thin fine hair, and I'm sticking to my own colour
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
These women are silver vixens... looks lovely in comparison to tired dye jobs. Dyed hair looks good until the roots of the original hair are exposed. My mother naturally has silver hair like some of these women and in recent years her sisters have stopped dying their hair too. Healthier locks, for sure! I am graying at the temples and think it makes me look rather more distinguished.
Biljana Malesevic 4 years ago
Everyone should do with their own hair whatever they want. If you like it, you feel confident, you look yourself and like what you see, you will be beautiful. What you want for yourself is the best.
Mumof1 4 years ago
I stopped colouring my hair years ago, allowing the grey to take hold. I'm not kidding when I say that so many people compliment me and ask where I've had it done! I also cut it myself, and have most of my life from being a teenager and forced to go to the hairdressers by my well-meaning mother. I cried when I saw what Sweeney Todd had done, so not do it myself. If I want a bit of colour I streak pink and/or blue hair wax through it.
SAF saf 4 years ago
This weird aversion to gray hair has always confused me. You know... having gray hair isn't what makes you look older it's your old face. Pretty much all these women actually look better and somewhat younger.
Sandeep Patel 4 years ago
Man, i love the colour of Grey hair. I personally think it looks beautiful on both men and women
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
No one goes grey evenly like that, though. I know several women who have decided that since they're mostly grey anyway and decided to go that way - but that does NOT MEAN that they aren't coloring their hair. One friend spends about $250.00 every month to maintain that colour.
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Brigid O'Connell 4 years ago
As a hairdresser we do this in our salon too but what most people don’t realize is that these transformations are being lifted with chemicals and strong bleach and disguised with toners and low lights that fade. The cost to keep it all in good condition and to maintain the same polished blow dry and professional make up would not be possible for most woman. It is just as much maintenance sometimes more to “look beautifully grey”. Hats off to him making a lot of money from people who think they look more naturally beautiful! 😆 There is no ease options when it comes to hair! Just take the most financially sound maintenance advice you can from a good hairdresser. 👍🏼
CatWoman312 4 years ago
Very lovely, but don’t you have to apply bleach to get this look? I’m not a hair profession at all, just from the ones I’ve observed doing this has to bleach their hair first.
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
It doesn't work that way at all. It's a double process system where the pigment of the hair is removed and then it's dyed on top of that.
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Jude 3 years ago
I'm now letting my dyed hair grow out and can see a mix of a few mostly white streaks with saltand pepper. Reading the comments by Rokas (who posted the article), I prefer to do it without a hairdresser. I've always cut, dyed and styled my own hair and even had a couple of hairdressers tell me it looked professional. ---- What would put me off going to a good hairdresser like Jack is the total time from start to finish - 10 hours!! - and the use of first a colour extractor, next having it bleached and then the silver colour added. The 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 more than I could handle. ---- The after photos are lovely and kudos to the ladies who choose to do so. Just not for me though.
Alexandra Hughes 4 years ago
Most people look younger with grey/silver/white hair, rather than dark, dyed hair. The dark hair usually looks harsh. But to each her own. I stopped coloring my hair years ago and I love it.
Micah Pettit 4 years ago
I think this is one of the best hair trends in a while. Not only do all these ladies look striking but it also in a way destigmatizes grey hair. But then, I've also always been fond of silver/white hair since my mother has had all white hair since long before I was born.
Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago
super expensive and long process. you can just let it go gray naturally. it took me about 2.5 years. It's normally shoulder length, so I got it cut closer to the nape of my neck and just got more trims than normal and wore it up a lot. It's still darker than I was expecting, so I'll get to watch it go all silver over time. One of the best things I've done for myself. I love it and so does my husband. so easy and the silver is gorgeous with my dark hair.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 4 years ago
Arranging to get this done. Sick of dying my hair all the time and going yellow. Time to embrace the grey!
peruchipac 4 years ago
Interesting how much younger they all look when they go completely gray!
ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago
So instead of embracing it they get a complete overhaul.So what is the purpose of "embracing" it??
YoyoSthlm 4 years ago
They're all stunning BUT this is not a low maintenance look! They probably have to visit the salon often for touch ups and they can't do it by themselves anymore. So in the end it will probably cost them more time and money.
Martha Riche 4 years ago
Not necessarily - they had already started going grey, and with this process, they won't have to go back every month - it says so in the beginning story!
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Just Carmen 4 years ago
It seems like a lot of these women were already dying their hair to cover the gray. I think they made a bold choice to embrace the gray and stop fighting the inevitable. I've got a few gray hairs, but I dye my hair because I don't like how dark it is. I think that if you think you'd like the final result, why not go full on gray. I might even do it someday. It looks awesome!
lara 4 years ago
Yes, wonderful that some guy has decided that women should go natural. However, notice that the women in the after pictures have make-up and great lighting. Grey hair washes out your color. I have been going silver/grey since I was 16. It does not look as "glamorous" as these women do. Note that they not only have their "natural" colors but it is all "highlighted" on each woman and the hair styles are much more flattering.
Don Powell 4 years ago
Rocking that silver ladies! I've been doing my wife's hair once a month for over 30 years to cover it up.
Laura Davison 4 months ago
The hair is beautiful but the "after" pictures are so make-up/glamor-shot/photoshopped that how are these women going to maintain this every single day. But, 6, 9, 19, 29, 35 after pictures were all lovely and seemed natural, real and easy to maintain that natural beauty .
Mary Ann Kunold 5 months ago (edited)
I love the look but I had spoke to my hairstylist about going grey and she said it's lot of upkeep, basically the same as I do now with hair color. I was told that you are still coming into the salon for hair color to keep the grey color looking good. As I read this article I also noticed that this hair artist took 10 hours to do this so maybe that's the difference. I cannot imagine sitting for 10 hours with someone working on my hair, I would be going stir crazy. I do think all of these models look beautiful and I like the all grey more than the salt & pepper look, I have never cared for that.
Sandy Martin 5 months ago
Can you show me some of this technique on women with short hair. We don’t all want long hair. Thank you,
Judy Kurzweil 6 months ago
My favorites are 8, 12, 13, and 21. My daughter died 2 yrs ago and a week after he got heart failure, I have aged at least 15 yrs after that. I am 58 and I look like I am 80. All I want is to look closer to my age. How can I know if the hairstylist will have the ability to not only dye me silver, but also give me the depth and movement of the black hair?
Guess Undheit 9 months ago
The pandemic has done wonders for society, people FINALLY saying, "IDGAF what society thinks!" living life as they best see fit. Women chopped off their hair women let their natural grey show, women wear leggings, sneakers, and other comfortable clothes to work, etc. Good. Screw the "rules".
Gussie Mamere 9 months ago
I absolutely hate the gray hair on me, and it washes out my face... Mine is getting so fine and frail with so much of life's stress and severe grief, depression, cancer and ptsd... you make all these women look so beautiful with the haircuts the styling and the special makeup too not everyone can afford that...
Kathy G 9 months ago
I always wanted to have gray hair. I'm 63 now and just starting to get a few strands here or there. My mom was the same way, She passed at 72 and didn't have much gray either. Seeing these lovely ladies and their beautiful dyed gray hair it gives me hope that maybe I might get that gray I've been hoping for. for so many years.
Dolores Neilson 10 months ago
Let's not deceive the viewers by shooting the "after" photos in STUDIO LIGHTING (and a makeup artist to enhance faces using shadow and highlight makeup) versus the unflattering lighting in the 'before' photos. Every one looks better with properly applied makeup and professional studio lighting.
Dolores Neilson 10 months ago
While I'm certain that the cuts and styling are a huge improvement, lets not deceive the viewers by shooting the 'afters' in STUDIO LIGHTING versus the unflattering lighting in the 'before' photos. Hair styles, makeup, pose always. look. better. with studio lights!
Good Vibe Attraction 10 months ago
Were is this amazing hair dresser .I want to have him work on my hair
Madeliene J. Ojeda 1 year ago
all were very beautiful!! My daughter has waist long, and has decided to allow the grey. I too am doing the same with my short thin hair. Love it, Love it!!!
Suzy Starbucks 1 year ago
Wow im loving it , im at a stage where i cant seem to do anything bu embrace my grey hair strands, i call it the salt and pepper look , im allergy to the dark hair dye so havent been able to even attempt to dye my hair after a severe reaction to the dark dye , they look more youthful and vibrant love it 😀
jack benimble 1 year ago
The hair looks pretty because it's styled. But the silvery grey makes then all look older.
Tamara Lowrimore 2 years ago
Oh I so wish I could do my hair like that, I have rheumatoid arthritis disease and I’m tired of trying to color my own hair at home, I just want my silver and grey and white to be natural. I know I can’t afford this but it’s beautiful what this gentleman has done for so many women. Maybe mine will grow on out fast.
Lisa Cortez 2 years ago
While I am a natural blonde, I always kept it a few shades lighter but started going gray at 40 turning my beautiful blonde hair slightly blue. Ugh.. It only took a few trips of needing double processing before I made the choice to let it go natural and just embrace it... It's now been almost 8 years and two racing strips appearing on my head and I have honestly never loved my hair more. These photos are such great examples of how natural real is better at least for us older ladies anyway, every single one of these ladies looks absolutely amazing after, bravo for truth!
Lisa silver 2 years ago
More photoshopist than colorist. 99% of the gray roots in 'Before' photos have been drastically dramatized and 100% created in some. ALL the 'After' pics have been heavily retouched. Bad advertising.
Janet PS 2 years ago
I really like it, all of them they all look beautiful! They look like they also have thicker hair. How about if you have a thinner hair? Would it work also? I am 57 Asian and I have been dealing with a thin hair since I am 36. And I don't know what to do anymore. Hair dying makes it worse. I am not going to give up but I would appreciate some advice on how thank you!
Deanna Leger-Woods 2 years ago
Some of us have this hair color naturally....love the transformation ❤
Elizabeth Rosario 3 years ago
Hi, I would love to do that to my hair but you can't find a salon that does it like that. Likewise I would love to do it so I would be dye my hair because of the grey.
Debbie Sheridan 3 years ago
I would love to find someone in East Texas that can accomplish this look. I have searched for some time now to no avail.
Lauri Claire 3 years ago
These are all gorgeous and an amazing way to grow out your colour! I’m not ready quite yet, but when I am this is the route I will take!
Garrett Uhl 4 years ago
What I like is its like a second chance to grow into when you are young and start getting hair you grow into it and as you mature it gets more shaped and defined to how you set it but doing this as you get older it goes from absolutely stunning dye choice to a nice perfect transition you were ready for and can take in stride.
Nothanks L. Walk 4 years ago
WOW.. this man is a masterclass in the difference between grey and silver. He's created an entire cadre of high elves!
Eulalie Grace 4 years ago (edited)
My father's side of the family always goes grey by 30, and most times before. This is giving me ideas ...
Plushipoof 4 years ago
I've actually wondered whether I would have grey hair or not, since it's a gene in my family to get it as young as high school age. No signs yet, but I'm all for it.
Kikka io 4 years ago
I decided to stop dying my gray hair now a seven, eight years ago, against the advice of my hairdresser who was convinced that gray hair would have aged me. maybe it is also like that, I did not make such a beautiful coloring as in those photos, I limited myself to making my hair grow natural, but at least stress since then. I no longer worry about regrowth, my hair is much healthier and less stressed, in summer I no longer have a rope basket on my head instead of hair, when I leave the sea. and if I fancy some color on gray, there are a lot of coloring shampoos that can give me a burst of color without having to go to the hairdresser or do dyes. after a dozen washes it is almost completely gone and I go back to my old natural color.
Tia Acevedo 4 years ago
Oh my gosh I just realized you're in Caiie. As soon as I can I'm making an appt.
Brenda Pereira 4 years ago
This hairdresser is an artist! I've never seen such beautiful grays. Wish I could get him to do mine!
Joanne McNally 4 years ago
I live in a rural area. How do I find someone that can do this for me?
Mack-doodle 4 years ago
They all look so beautifull, and years younger! I wonder who that stylist is!
Ana.V. 4 years ago (edited)
His name and salon's is in the article's text at the beginning, before the photos
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Bettina Jansen 4 years ago
It's nice to know fashion gives women options again, when it comes to aging. Perhaps in time, it will be acceptable for women to grow old naturally even on our screens. And the pictures are great, but did we need so many of them ?
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
The grey's win every time here. The blonde colors especially look drab, lifeless, and washes them out, making them look older. Where as the silvers make them look youthful and vibrant. Long hair and shorter, they're all fabulous.
Carlyle Alford 4 years ago
As someone who adores gray hair on women, this makes me just a little sad. Frankly, I'm not all that crazy about my own gray hair. Nevertheless, it's what I was given so I embrace it. If these women had simply done this to begin with, it would have saved them a lot of time and effort.
Donna Reynolds 4 years ago
All these ladies have long, thick hair. They are all attractive by conventional mores. That being said, the most styles are long and beautiful.
Donald Holder 4 years ago
I think most of these photos are misleading. In the before shots, the ladies aren't posed, have little to no make-up and aren't smiling or dressed as nicely. I think color changes aren't as important as styling, healthy hair learning techniques and body confidence. Obviously, they are going to look much prettier when they are sitting posed, smiling, fresh professional make-up applied, and are being filmed professional style with a neutral background and probably photo retouched. IMO, Not a fair comparison.
Pacifico Fernandez 4 years ago
It looks amazing right after the hairdresser, but it takes a lot of maintenance after that. Grey hair looks good only if it is well groomed.
Sandy Sacki 4 years ago
Would love to see more short hair adjustments; oh and if I looked like ANY of these women, it wouldn't matter what color their hair is. TEN hours for the transformation? After much of the color in my hair silvering out, I may have to see what it looks like going forward. Very pretty and very timely. Thanks
Eli Meana 4 years ago
it is done long time ago...at least in Spain..where women used to go to a hairsalon every week...then came the high lights fashion... and those women anted to look like the young one's...when i came to live to Australia... they call it the blue rinse! i think is great and clean and stylish..and even if you do it to young girls...they will look stunning! my share as a stylish hairdresser of the past!
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
These people look good, very beautiful but almost all of them look older with gray hair than if they had just colored the gray part to match their natural color. Most people color their grays so they don’t look prematurely aged
nala simba 4 years ago
If course the grey looks much better, but grey hair should be either kept short or worn up! These women are much to old for these teenager styles. Mutton dressed as Lamb - springs to mind. And, what potential is there left for "Letting your hair down?"
Rich McCormick 4 years ago
OK, as a hairdresser that's been at this for 40 years wants to know how this was done! I'm sorry there is no way that hair was bleached or a color removal service got some of those heads of hair back to their natural state without HOURS of torture to the hair. That much effort would also DESTROY the cuticle layer pretty badly. Amazing results but I wanna know that secret!
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
It's just as much work to go that gray as opposed to dying your hair. And a number of them look ludicrous.
Robert Courtemanche 4 years ago
Probably the best part of the transformation is that he gave them a style that was more adult compared to many of the ones they had before - which mimicked those of twenty-somethings.
Thalia Lovering 4 years ago
Even if there is no Photoshop involved (which I doubt) this isn't their natural hair. They will also need regular salon visits and a very expensive silver shampoo to maintain the lack of yellow. Also, grey hair needs make up so that you look good and not old.
Up All Night 4 years ago
Grey hair does not need more make up than any other hair color "to look good". Only those who put up make up to look good think that. And silver shampoo isn't expensive at all.
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KCN 4 years ago
A lot of these women don't look old enough to have gray hair....I know it's been a fad lately for young people to get their hair dyed gray. Yes, there's some roots, but maybe I'm just cynical enough to think it's bogus. And have you noticed that some of these women have put on makeup after their hair work has been done?
Astrid Nineor 4 years ago
Three years ago, huh? Wasn't this a trend about five years ago? (Or possibly more)
Isabella 4 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 4 years ago
Most women own a hair dryer. It actually isn't hard to do it at home.
Load More Replies... Tabitha L 4 years ago
I love the look of grey and silver hair. And these transformations are all gorgeous. But these women just traded one dye job for another. Their own greys won't necessarily look that vibrant or have such depth. I have a few grey hairs (10?) around my temple - they started coming in after a particularly stressful year. I have no intention of dying my hair, but I may someday decide to. As long as we praise both choices, I'm fine with it. We don't need to vilify women who chose to dye their hair.
Sakeena 4 years ago
This was a very positive Bored Panda type of post. There was no vilification of...anything. Just admire, and not project yourself into it.
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 4 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 4 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... Nadine 4 years ago
I love this series. I had. A traumatic experience when I was 11 and started having white hair. Now it almost covers my whole hair and I dye it every 3 weeks, it's exhausting. I might do silver hair dye just to let it grow in. This definitely is an inspiration for me.
Tabitha L 4 years ago
Wow. White hair at 11. Whatever you experienced must have been very difficult. I hope you have been able to move past whatever it was, and if you haven't, I hope you are getting the help and support that you need. Dying hair every three weeks sounds exhausting, and expensive!! I hope you can make a choice with your hair that will bring you peace.
Load More Replies... Weishaar Jamie 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 years ago
Yes, they should have said "helping" instead of making!
Load More Replies... Pat 4 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 4 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 4 years ago
I'm getting grey through my hair now and it's so sparkly! I want more.
Irene Walton 4 years ago
it's all good for them, I have crappy thin fine hair, and I'm sticking to my own colour
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
These women are silver vixens... looks lovely in comparison to tired dye jobs. Dyed hair looks good until the roots of the original hair are exposed. My mother naturally has silver hair like some of these women and in recent years her sisters have stopped dying their hair too. Healthier locks, for sure! I am graying at the temples and think it makes me look rather more distinguished.
Biljana Malesevic 4 years ago
Everyone should do with their own hair whatever they want. If you like it, you feel confident, you look yourself and like what you see, you will be beautiful. What you want for yourself is the best.
Mumof1 4 years ago
I stopped colouring my hair years ago, allowing the grey to take hold. I'm not kidding when I say that so many people compliment me and ask where I've had it done! I also cut it myself, and have most of my life from being a teenager and forced to go to the hairdressers by my well-meaning mother. I cried when I saw what Sweeney Todd had done, so not do it myself. If I want a bit of colour I streak pink and/or blue hair wax through it.
SAF saf 4 years ago
This weird aversion to gray hair has always confused me. You know... having gray hair isn't what makes you look older it's your old face. Pretty much all these women actually look better and somewhat younger.
Sandeep Patel 4 years ago
Man, i love the colour of Grey hair. I personally think it looks beautiful on both men and women
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
No one goes grey evenly like that, though. I know several women who have decided that since they're mostly grey anyway and decided to go that way - but that does NOT MEAN that they aren't coloring their hair. One friend spends about $250.00 every month to maintain that colour.
Load More Replies... Brigid O'Connell 4 years ago
As a hairdresser we do this in our salon too but what most people don’t realize is that these transformations are being lifted with chemicals and strong bleach and disguised with toners and low lights that fade. The cost to keep it all in good condition and to maintain the same polished blow dry and professional make up would not be possible for most woman. It is just as much maintenance sometimes more to “look beautifully grey”. Hats off to him making a lot of money from people who think they look more naturally beautiful! 😆 There is no ease options when it comes to hair! Just take the most financially sound maintenance advice you can from a good hairdresser. 👍🏼
CatWoman312 4 years ago
Very lovely, but don’t you have to apply bleach to get this look? I’m not a hair profession at all, just from the ones I’ve observed doing this has to bleach their hair first.
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
It doesn't work that way at all. It's a double process system where the pigment of the hair is removed and then it's dyed on top of that.
Load More Replies... Jude 3 years ago
I'm now letting my dyed hair grow out and can see a mix of a few mostly white streaks with saltand pepper. Reading the comments by Rokas (who posted the article), I prefer to do it without a hairdresser. I've always cut, dyed and styled my own hair and even had a couple of hairdressers tell me it looked professional. ---- What would put me off going to a good hairdresser like Jack is the total time from start to finish - 10 hours!! - and the use of first a colour extractor, next having it bleached and then the silver colour added. The 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 more than I could handle. ---- The after photos are lovely and kudos to the ladies who choose to do so. Just not for me though.
Alexandra Hughes 4 years ago
Most people look younger with grey/silver/white hair, rather than dark, dyed hair. The dark hair usually looks harsh. But to each her own. I stopped coloring my hair years ago and I love it.
Micah Pettit 4 years ago
I think this is one of the best hair trends in a while. Not only do all these ladies look striking but it also in a way destigmatizes grey hair. But then, I've also always been fond of silver/white hair since my mother has had all white hair since long before I was born.
Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago
super expensive and long process. you can just let it go gray naturally. it took me about 2.5 years. It's normally shoulder length, so I got it cut closer to the nape of my neck and just got more trims than normal and wore it up a lot. It's still darker than I was expecting, so I'll get to watch it go all silver over time. One of the best things I've done for myself. I love it and so does my husband. so easy and the silver is gorgeous with my dark hair.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 4 years ago
Arranging to get this done. Sick of dying my hair all the time and going yellow. Time to embrace the grey!
peruchipac 4 years ago
Interesting how much younger they all look when they go completely gray!
ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago
So instead of embracing it they get a complete overhaul.So what is the purpose of "embracing" it??
YoyoSthlm 4 years ago
They're all stunning BUT this is not a low maintenance look! They probably have to visit the salon often for touch ups and they can't do it by themselves anymore. So in the end it will probably cost them more time and money.
Martha Riche 4 years ago
Not necessarily - they had already started going grey, and with this process, they won't have to go back every month - it says so in the beginning story!
Load More Replies... Just Carmen 4 years ago
It seems like a lot of these women were already dying their hair to cover the gray. I think they made a bold choice to embrace the gray and stop fighting the inevitable. I've got a few gray hairs, but I dye my hair because I don't like how dark it is. I think that if you think you'd like the final result, why not go full on gray. I might even do it someday. It looks awesome!
lara 4 years ago
Yes, wonderful that some guy has decided that women should go natural. However, notice that the women in the after pictures have make-up and great lighting. Grey hair washes out your color. I have been going silver/grey since I was 16. It does not look as "glamorous" as these women do. Note that they not only have their "natural" colors but it is all "highlighted" on each woman and the hair styles are much more flattering.
Don Powell 4 years ago
Rocking that silver ladies! I've been doing my wife's hair once a month for over 30 years to cover it up.
Laura Davison 4 months ago
The hair is beautiful but the "after" pictures are so make-up/glamor-shot/photoshopped that how are these women going to maintain this every single day. But, 6, 9, 19, 29, 35 after pictures were all lovely and seemed natural, real and easy to maintain that natural beauty .
Mary Ann Kunold 5 months ago (edited)
I love the look but I had spoke to my hairstylist about going grey and she said it's lot of upkeep, basically the same as I do now with hair color. I was told that you are still coming into the salon for hair color to keep the grey color looking good. As I read this article I also noticed that this hair artist took 10 hours to do this so maybe that's the difference. I cannot imagine sitting for 10 hours with someone working on my hair, I would be going stir crazy. I do think all of these models look beautiful and I like the all grey more than the salt & pepper look, I have never cared for that.
Sandy Martin 5 months ago
Can you show me some of this technique on women with short hair. We don’t all want long hair. Thank you,
Judy Kurzweil 6 months ago
My favorites are 8, 12, 13, and 21. My daughter died 2 yrs ago and a week after he got heart failure, I have aged at least 15 yrs after that. I am 58 and I look like I am 80. All I want is to look closer to my age. How can I know if the hairstylist will have the ability to not only dye me silver, but also give me the depth and movement of the black hair?
Guess Undheit 9 months ago
The pandemic has done wonders for society, people FINALLY saying, "IDGAF what society thinks!" living life as they best see fit. Women chopped off their hair women let their natural grey show, women wear leggings, sneakers, and other comfortable clothes to work, etc. Good. Screw the "rules".
Gussie Mamere 9 months ago
I absolutely hate the gray hair on me, and it washes out my face... Mine is getting so fine and frail with so much of life's stress and severe grief, depression, cancer and ptsd... you make all these women look so beautiful with the haircuts the styling and the special makeup too not everyone can afford that...
Kathy G 9 months ago
I always wanted to have gray hair. I'm 63 now and just starting to get a few strands here or there. My mom was the same way, She passed at 72 and didn't have much gray either. Seeing these lovely ladies and their beautiful dyed gray hair it gives me hope that maybe I might get that gray I've been hoping for. for so many years.
Dolores Neilson 10 months ago
Let's not deceive the viewers by shooting the "after" photos in STUDIO LIGHTING (and a makeup artist to enhance faces using shadow and highlight makeup) versus the unflattering lighting in the 'before' photos. Every one looks better with properly applied makeup and professional studio lighting.
Dolores Neilson 10 months ago
While I'm certain that the cuts and styling are a huge improvement, lets not deceive the viewers by shooting the 'afters' in STUDIO LIGHTING versus the unflattering lighting in the 'before' photos. Hair styles, makeup, pose always. look. better. with studio lights!
Good Vibe Attraction 10 months ago
Were is this amazing hair dresser .I want to have him work on my hair
Madeliene J. Ojeda 1 year ago
all were very beautiful!! My daughter has waist long, and has decided to allow the grey. I too am doing the same with my short thin hair. Love it, Love it!!!
Suzy Starbucks 1 year ago
Wow im loving it , im at a stage where i cant seem to do anything bu embrace my grey hair strands, i call it the salt and pepper look , im allergy to the dark hair dye so havent been able to even attempt to dye my hair after a severe reaction to the dark dye , they look more youthful and vibrant love it 😀
jack benimble 1 year ago
The hair looks pretty because it's styled. But the silvery grey makes then all look older.
Tamara Lowrimore 2 years ago
Oh I so wish I could do my hair like that, I have rheumatoid arthritis disease and I’m tired of trying to color my own hair at home, I just want my silver and grey and white to be natural. I know I can’t afford this but it’s beautiful what this gentleman has done for so many women. Maybe mine will grow on out fast.
Lisa Cortez 2 years ago
While I am a natural blonde, I always kept it a few shades lighter but started going gray at 40 turning my beautiful blonde hair slightly blue. Ugh.. It only took a few trips of needing double processing before I made the choice to let it go natural and just embrace it... It's now been almost 8 years and two racing strips appearing on my head and I have honestly never loved my hair more. These photos are such great examples of how natural real is better at least for us older ladies anyway, every single one of these ladies looks absolutely amazing after, bravo for truth!
Lisa silver 2 years ago
More photoshopist than colorist. 99% of the gray roots in 'Before' photos have been drastically dramatized and 100% created in some. ALL the 'After' pics have been heavily retouched. Bad advertising.
Janet PS 2 years ago
I really like it, all of them they all look beautiful! They look like they also have thicker hair. How about if you have a thinner hair? Would it work also? I am 57 Asian and I have been dealing with a thin hair since I am 36. And I don't know what to do anymore. Hair dying makes it worse. I am not going to give up but I would appreciate some advice on how thank you!
Deanna Leger-Woods 2 years ago
Some of us have this hair color naturally....love the transformation ❤
Elizabeth Rosario 3 years ago
Hi, I would love to do that to my hair but you can't find a salon that does it like that. Likewise I would love to do it so I would be dye my hair because of the grey.
Debbie Sheridan 3 years ago
I would love to find someone in East Texas that can accomplish this look. I have searched for some time now to no avail.
Lauri Claire 3 years ago
These are all gorgeous and an amazing way to grow out your colour! I’m not ready quite yet, but when I am this is the route I will take!
Garrett Uhl 4 years ago
What I like is its like a second chance to grow into when you are young and start getting hair you grow into it and as you mature it gets more shaped and defined to how you set it but doing this as you get older it goes from absolutely stunning dye choice to a nice perfect transition you were ready for and can take in stride.
Nothanks L. Walk 4 years ago
WOW.. this man is a masterclass in the difference between grey and silver. He's created an entire cadre of high elves!
Eulalie Grace 4 years ago (edited)
My father's side of the family always goes grey by 30, and most times before. This is giving me ideas ...
Plushipoof 4 years ago
I've actually wondered whether I would have grey hair or not, since it's a gene in my family to get it as young as high school age. No signs yet, but I'm all for it.
Kikka io 4 years ago
I decided to stop dying my gray hair now a seven, eight years ago, against the advice of my hairdresser who was convinced that gray hair would have aged me. maybe it is also like that, I did not make such a beautiful coloring as in those photos, I limited myself to making my hair grow natural, but at least stress since then. I no longer worry about regrowth, my hair is much healthier and less stressed, in summer I no longer have a rope basket on my head instead of hair, when I leave the sea. and if I fancy some color on gray, there are a lot of coloring shampoos that can give me a burst of color without having to go to the hairdresser or do dyes. after a dozen washes it is almost completely gone and I go back to my old natural color.
Tia Acevedo 4 years ago
Oh my gosh I just realized you're in Caiie. As soon as I can I'm making an appt.
Brenda Pereira 4 years ago
This hairdresser is an artist! I've never seen such beautiful grays. Wish I could get him to do mine!
Joanne McNally 4 years ago
I live in a rural area. How do I find someone that can do this for me?
Mack-doodle 4 years ago
They all look so beautifull, and years younger! I wonder who that stylist is!
Ana.V. 4 years ago (edited)
His name and salon's is in the article's text at the beginning, before the photos
Load More Replies... Bettina Jansen 4 years ago
It's nice to know fashion gives women options again, when it comes to aging. Perhaps in time, it will be acceptable for women to grow old naturally even on our screens. And the pictures are great, but did we need so many of them ?
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
The grey's win every time here. The blonde colors especially look drab, lifeless, and washes them out, making them look older. Where as the silvers make them look youthful and vibrant. Long hair and shorter, they're all fabulous.
Carlyle Alford 4 years ago
As someone who adores gray hair on women, this makes me just a little sad. Frankly, I'm not all that crazy about my own gray hair. Nevertheless, it's what I was given so I embrace it. If these women had simply done this to begin with, it would have saved them a lot of time and effort.
Donna Reynolds 4 years ago
All these ladies have long, thick hair. They are all attractive by conventional mores. That being said, the most styles are long and beautiful.
Donald Holder 4 years ago
I think most of these photos are misleading. In the before shots, the ladies aren't posed, have little to no make-up and aren't smiling or dressed as nicely. I think color changes aren't as important as styling, healthy hair learning techniques and body confidence. Obviously, they are going to look much prettier when they are sitting posed, smiling, fresh professional make-up applied, and are being filmed professional style with a neutral background and probably photo retouched. IMO, Not a fair comparison.
Pacifico Fernandez 4 years ago
It looks amazing right after the hairdresser, but it takes a lot of maintenance after that. Grey hair looks good only if it is well groomed.
Sandy Sacki 4 years ago
Would love to see more short hair adjustments; oh and if I looked like ANY of these women, it wouldn't matter what color their hair is. TEN hours for the transformation? After much of the color in my hair silvering out, I may have to see what it looks like going forward. Very pretty and very timely. Thanks
Eli Meana 4 years ago
it is done long time ago...at least in Spain..where women used to go to a hairsalon every week...then came the high lights fashion... and those women anted to look like the young one's...when i came to live to Australia... they call it the blue rinse! i think is great and clean and stylish..and even if you do it to young girls...they will look stunning! my share as a stylish hairdresser of the past!
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
These people look good, very beautiful but almost all of them look older with gray hair than if they had just colored the gray part to match their natural color. Most people color their grays so they don’t look prematurely aged
nala simba 4 years ago
If course the grey looks much better, but grey hair should be either kept short or worn up! These women are much to old for these teenager styles. Mutton dressed as Lamb - springs to mind. And, what potential is there left for "Letting your hair down?"
Rich McCormick 4 years ago
OK, as a hairdresser that's been at this for 40 years wants to know how this was done! I'm sorry there is no way that hair was bleached or a color removal service got some of those heads of hair back to their natural state without HOURS of torture to the hair. That much effort would also DESTROY the cuticle layer pretty badly. Amazing results but I wanna know that secret!
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
It's just as much work to go that gray as opposed to dying your hair. And a number of them look ludicrous.
Robert Courtemanche 4 years ago
Probably the best part of the transformation is that he gave them a style that was more adult compared to many of the ones they had before - which mimicked those of twenty-somethings.
Thalia Lovering 4 years ago
Even if there is no Photoshop involved (which I doubt) this isn't their natural hair. They will also need regular salon visits and a very expensive silver shampoo to maintain the lack of yellow. Also, grey hair needs make up so that you look good and not old.
Up All Night 4 years ago
Grey hair does not need more make up than any other hair color "to look good". Only those who put up make up to look good think that. And silver shampoo isn't expensive at all.
Load More Replies... KCN 4 years ago
A lot of these women don't look old enough to have gray hair....I know it's been a fad lately for young people to get their hair dyed gray. Yes, there's some roots, but maybe I'm just cynical enough to think it's bogus. And have you noticed that some of these women have put on makeup after their hair work has been done?
Astrid Nineor 4 years ago
Three years ago, huh? Wasn't this a trend about five years ago? (Or possibly more)
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