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Related to my hair product thread, I had a haircut yesterday and also spoke to the stylist about possible solutions to the grays that have been infiltrating my head in the past year or so. They are almost all underneath the top layer of my hair, and are about 95% contained to my hairline/around my temples. There's one spot right near my part where they are very concentrated and I can tell that if I let it go, I'll soon have a gray streak there. Otherwise, there are a few spots of multiple grays around my temples/above my ears.
They grays aren't visible if my hair is down, but when I pull it back, they become obvious (to me at least, DH and my boss/a few other friends say they really can't notice them, and in places where they pop out it looks like maybe a blonde hair or two).
So anyway, I spoke to the stylist about options that were sustainable for me on our medical school couple budget (I was referred to her by a friend/wife of a resident and she told me specifically that this woman very freely gives lots of advice and options for coloring that won't break the bank or require a touch up every 6-8 weeks which obviously isn't in our budget currently). The stylist said the first thing I could try would be to get a OTC box of root touch up color and just apply to the areas where they grays are most prominent. She seemed to think that would be a perfectly suitable solution and also proposed that the salon could do something similar - only color or highlight the areas around my hairline/temples, giving it the appearance of having been highlighted and to blend in with the rest of my hair.
Has anyone had to do this? If so, did it work? Does this seem like a reasonably easy fix to this issue? At this point, they are there - and I see them all the time. Even if they aren't overtly obvious, it bothers me. I don't want to start all-over coloring, but I do want to cover them.
Additionally, if you've used a root touch up box color kit, can you recommend one?
They grays aren't visible if my hair is down, but when I pull it back, they become obvious (to me at least, DH and my boss/a few other friends say they really can't notice them, and in places where they pop out it looks like maybe a blonde hair or two).
So anyway, I spoke to the stylist about options that were sustainable for me on our medical school couple budget (I was referred to her by a friend/wife of a resident and she told me specifically that this woman very freely gives lots of advice and options for coloring that won't break the bank or require a touch up every 6-8 weeks which obviously isn't in our budget currently). The stylist said the first thing I could try would be to get a OTC box of root touch up color and just apply to the areas where they grays are most prominent. She seemed to think that would be a perfectly suitable solution and also proposed that the salon could do something similar - only color or highlight the areas around my hairline/temples, giving it the appearance of having been highlighted and to blend in with the rest of my hair.
Has anyone had to do this? If so, did it work? Does this seem like a reasonably easy fix to this issue? At this point, they are there - and I see them all the time. Even if they aren't overtly obvious, it bothers me. I don't want to start all-over coloring, but I do want to cover them.
Additionally, if you've used a root touch up box color kit, can you recommend one?
