Going Grey: A refreshing approach

Our colouring is rooted in our genetics therefore any changes in our skin or hair colour are linked to our own unique colouring.    As our hair turns grey, it will turn a shade that works with our skin tone.  Take a look at the shades Chris Evans has moved through and you can see consistent warm colouring.

 

Stylist magazine goes into the reasons, scientific and psychological, behind going grey.  However, when the odd grey strand turns into a block, are you more in the ‘I’m not quite ready to go grey yet’ school or the ‘I’ve earned every one of these and I’m proud of them’!  (Yes, they exist, people who are frustrated by their distinct lack of grey hair!)

My belief is that we’re best when we make the most of our natural selves and I’ve always encouraged people to work with their natural hair colour.  We need to soften our look as we get older, putting less ‘authority’ statements in because grey hair does carry authority.  As well as having practical savings in time and money, it can look fantastic.

But, I have neither the inclination nor motivation to commit to spending copious amounts of time or money at the hairdressers in a 12 month period:

 

Entrance stage left, my hairdressers El Esha, they have found an Italian brand product, Sens.us,  which is a professional range of toners and shaders that serve several purposes, depending on what you’re trying to achieve:

  

• Distort the white i.e. tone down the grey!
• Revive colours i.e. making your colours last longer between visits
• Freshen natural hair colour i.e. enhance your natural highlights whether they are blonde or silver!
• Neutralise unwanted tones on streaked hair 

This was the advice from, El Esha:

• Silver – great for bleached hair, to brighten white or to knock out warm tones, especially the yellowing that heavy smokers experience - I would imagine Winters loving this!
• Beige – for someone who wants less white, taking it to a light blonde (similar to Chris Evans’ colour above!)  This sounds as though it would be good for Springs.
• Gold – for keeping golden highlights fresh, it can add a gold tinge to medium brown hair.  Sounds like Autumns and Springs to me!
• Copper – to brighten naturally auburn hair, old highlights or tone red down to copper.  Autumns and some Springs.
• Red – can be used on any red but is primarily to keep your fashion red topped up.  Winters and Autumns are probably most likely to use this but if you’re daring enough to go for Red, this is for you!
• Brown – for those not quite ready, this naturally distorts the white, including re-growth, between colour visits. This is ideal for Winters and Summers, Autumns and darker Springs could also find it useful.

Brown, Red and Copper are shaders, as deeper colours they need to be left on for longer while the Silver, Beige and Gold are toners that need no more than 5 minutes. 

El Esha don’t currently have a web shop but are happy to take phone orders and offer advice on 01733 310879.

Remember, it’s not what you’ve got but what you do with it that makes the difference, never more true than with our hair. I might not be ready to embrace my grey yet but I certainly want my hair to continue looking as natural as possible while remaining ‘low maintenance’!