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Naturally Gray

This is what no one tells you when you begin to color your hair: at some point—the point at which your hair begins to turn gray—you won’t be able to stop. Most people, of course, don’t want to stop. But what if you tire of coloring your hair and just want your natural gray?

Got a year? “It takes about a year to make the change, unless you choose to cut your hair very short,” Kathleen Troy, a colorist at Paulo’s Atelier Hair Salon in Bedford Hills, says. “Blondes have an easier time of it than brunettes; you just do a lot of highlighting to lighten the hair, then let the grays come in around the face and go from there. With darker hair, there is more of an awkward transition. We can add low lights, but at some point, you are going to need to cut your hair to get rid of all the solid color at the ends. I find that only five percent of my clients who try to go gray stick with the challenge. One woman who did came back to me saying her husband and kids hated it!”

If you do decide to take the challenge, Martha Clemence, a stylist educator for nationwide chain Fantastic Sams Hair Salons, advises: “There is no specific cut that looks best with gray hair, but flatter your face shape and use your gray as a highlight. Update your hairstyle; if you’re older and your cut is dated plus you have gray hair, you’ll just look old!”