Time for a Silver Locks Project update, no?
As a recap, the last time I colored my hair was April 13, just shy of six months ago.
On September 13, my stylist cut just under 2″ off, removing a lot of the dead ends along with the orange-ish ends. Ends, it seems, soak up more color, so when we bleached and colored it blonde in April, the ends were saturated. If I continued to color, this wouldn’t have been noticeable because the whole head of hair would have been re-touched every five weeks.
Today I measured the silver at about 2.25″. I am so pleased with the shades that are growing in. Want to see?
Em, my stylist, gave me some tips for babying my hair. She’s great about not trying to sell me product (although sometimes she uses a product on me that smells sooo good that I ask for it!). She said any conditioner I want to use is fine, but the shampoo I use is more important. Of greatest import: no sulfates. You might have read about this in other places (the Curly Girl method is a big proponent of no sulfates, no silicone. Even though I’m no curly girl, I am going to take up their methods). Other tips that have helped keep my hair healthier:
- Healthy diet. This goes without saying, but my vitamin-rich diet seems to work. My hair grows fast and has good integrity.
- Minimal washing. I wash every third day or so.
- Avoid blow drying as much as possible. Over the summer I only used the blow dryer twice. Now that I’m back in the classroom, I blow it out most days, but when I’m not working, I let it air dry.
- Use a wide-tooth comb when hair is still wet. Even if I’m not washing, I usually rinse my hair. I don’t know what I do in my sleep, but I wake up with wild hair! The wide-tooth comb helps prevent breakage.
Want to read more about my Silver Locks Project? Check out these posts.
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Wow Bev…this is going to be an easy transition from my perspective! Will I see this head if hair at Rhinebeck?! Looks great!
I’m bummed; I won’t be there this year. First time I’ve missed it since 2006!
I need to turn off my hair dryer and get a wide tooth comb. Your hair looks great!!
Your hair is looking great! My grey hair has multiple blonde streaks now just from being outside in the sun. It couldn’t look better if I had paid to have it done.
Welcome to the club!
Just looked for this post after seeing your hair photo on Twitter. Your hair looks lovely and I swear it looks blond more than silver. I agree with Sandra that it looks like it’s professionally colored.
I sometimes consider cutting my hair short (it’s naturally wavy and I flat-iron it daily – mostly touch-ups, as I don’t wash it all that often) and letting it go gray (my stylist says it’s 85% gray now and I color it every 4 weeks). If I knew my hair would look as good as yours, I would go for it.