How to Wear Gray Hair
Gray hair can look elegant, fresh, and stunningly pretty.However, going gray gracefully poses some challenges for many women. You may need to adjust your clothing color choices and cosmetics to flatter your new, lighter hair color. Allowing the gray to grow out is often a time consuming and frustrating process. If you currently color your hair, you may want to wait until you're about 40 percent gray before you opt to go gray and forsake hair dye. Does this Spark an idea?
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Schedule a consultation with a trusted hairdresser. Consider the options available to grow out your gray, including dealing with the root regrowth, low lights to blend new growth and dyed hair, removing hair color, or cutting your hair quite short. Choose a new style that will look polished and pretty with your gray hair with the assistance of your hairdresser, especially during the transitional phase.
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Care for your gray hair by using a color depositing shampoo and conditioner made for gray hair. Use these products to keep your gray silvery rather than yellowed and make going gray gracefully flattering.
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Update your wardrobe. Choose colors that will flatter your natural skin tone and your new hair color. Opt for somewhat brighter shades when you go gray to create a bold contrast with your gray hair. Work within a palette of colors that flatters your skin; however, choose slightly less yellowed tones even for skin with a golden undertone.
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Pay attention to skin care. Look for a new and better skin care regimen to keep your skin fresh, moisturized and pretty. Take the time to care for your skin to balance the aging effects of gray hair.
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Choose brighter and clearer makeup shades to wear gray hair well. Replace muted neutrals with clearer shades of pink, rose or apricot on cheeks and lips. Opt for charcoal gray, slate gray or silvery eyeliner shades.
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aichausa
Apr 05, 2010
Along with the care of the new, beloved, silvery-gray locks comes the joy of choosing a fresh hair style to match. Avoid drab, boxey styles such as the infamous straight bangs-long, one-length hair. Instead, choose a style that flatters the face shape as well as up-lifts and pulls away from the neck area, which is the first to sag with maturation. For makeup, less is more, but a punch of delicious lip colors such as China- or blue-red, pinks of various shades are very attractive against a back drop of silver. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
