Simply Salubrious: Silver

At 16, I found my first few silver hairs. How embarrassing! At 20, I began to dye my hair my natural hair color, DARK brown (practically black)...and I never stopped--until now. My hair grew so fast that I was having my husband dye my hair every three-four weeks. But this past January, I stopped dying my hair for a few reasons...
1. My nieces think I look like Elsa.
2. It's annoying to constantly dye it.
3. It's costly, even if it is from a box.
4. I was curious to see what it looked like grown out.
5. I saw beautiful women with silver hair.
6. I was mostly dying it because I was ashamed of my silver hair and worried about what others would think.
7. I'm 28 and I don't want to dye my hair for the rest of my life.

Sarah Harris

Sarah Harris, Fashion Features Director of Vouge was one of my inspirations. She had premature silver hair too and never dyed it. Some have raised concerns that if I let my silver hair grow out then I will look old. Who knows? I might hate it, but I'll never know unless I grow it out and try it. Besides, it's been liberating for me to embrace it. My silver hair is symbolic of me embracing who I am and not worrying about what people will think of me. I am doing this because I want to and I don't want to dye my hair brown just to conform. And as far as looking old goes, I'm still going to exercise, eat healthy and get ready for the day. I think as long as we take care of ourselves (make our eyes and eyebrows pop with a little makeup tweaks and wear certain colors that flatter silver hair) then we won't have to worry about looking like an old and decrepit hag. Some will hate my new hair and others will love it--but the fact is that I'm not doing it for anyone but myself anymore. My natural silver hair isn't quite there yet, but so far, so good. We'll see how I like it in the end.

This lady has a lot of tricks and tips for going silver naturally: http://howbourgeois.blogspot.com/

My favorite product to help with the transition was Gray Away spray. It helped my hair blend more. I used the dark brown one. It washes out and it's basically like a hairspray. I'm not using it in any of the above pictures, but sometimes I use it. You can purchase it at Walmart, Target, Walgreens or online.