Growing Out Gray Hair - 1 Year Update + My Tips 

Thanks for all the love on this video! Here's what my hair looks like at the 2-year mark: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vNqcmSHGYDk.html

Wow! 31?! You look like a teenager! You could totally pass as 18 years old ..

you’re like the main character in a fantasy story written for teens/young adults. the gray hair is a sign that you’re the chosen one. the journey is about to start.

You could let your gray hair grown out, and then do platinum highlights once per year. They would blend perfectly, and your face is so young, that you could pull it off. You look very young, and you are very pretty. The blue eyes and gray look like a model.

Wow the grey with your blue eyes looks beautiful

im 18 now and i started getting grey hair at 14, cant believe ive actually found someone else who's gone grey early like me

I thought you were a teen explaining how you dyed your hair gray and tried to get your natural blond hair back 😄

My grandmas hair turned completely silver at 22. Her hair color is absolutely gorgeous I wish mine would! Same with you, looks so fashionable!

Welcome to being silver. I call it silver, makes me more confident. When people remove a lose strand from my sweater, etc., I tell them to leave my tinsel and smile. It s fun being silver. You 'll find when standing in a line you 'll look around and women will slowly smile at you, they are thinking about it, I can tell. When I turned 50, I thought I m going to show my girls in the family, silver is not looking old, it s showing how being silver you still have energy and you are still young. My son got married mid colour change, dang.... I wore a fascinator and pulled it off just fine. I m growing my hair long and many people actually compliment my hair colour and I tempt them to join our team. So welcome to the team and continue to show confidence and be a strong woman of choice. You are beautiful.

Your hair really complements your skin and eye color...you look absolutely stunning with your natural hair color!

im 18 n premature greys run in my mum's side and im DYING to have grey hair it's so gorgeous i cant wait

Weird that your natural hair looks so contemporary. Look Great!!

I am growing out my grey as well after bleaching my hair light blonde. You look beautiful and there is nothing more courageous than being yourself and ignoring media's view of women. Besides, natural Grey hair is the only truly unique hair color. You be you!

I love when women do this! There was a lady at a store and i saw she was growing her hair out. I said I love your hair and she said I need to cover my roots and I was like no I love it ! You should let it grow out! 👍🏻

You're a real life Elsa from frozen! The grey hair looks absolutely gorgeous next to your porcelain skin tone

Guys I want to recommend something my aunt did. Although this hasn't been yet a concern for me, I want to understand how people perceive beauty against what society sets the standards as and due to my curiosity ended up here. So I want you to look up something called Grey Blending. So basically according to your hair and greying intensity, you can get the grey blended with silver or extremely bright blonde or ash brown kind of colours to make it look like you just had your hair highlighted or coloured. Another plus point of it is that you need much less touch-ups than someone with no greying because your new outgrowth of roots will still blend with the rest of the hair for quite a long time. Hence less damage and a new hair color for you.

Yes, definitely dark blonde naturally. I was too. I started greying in H.S. too. Way to go; it looks fantastic on you.

I would have never guessed this was a year of natural hair growth. It looks like an ash blonde ombré, really pretty 🖤 I actually wanted to dye my hair that color but decided against it because it would be too damaging.

Love it!, I cant wait to go grey all over, I'm 31 now but have had grey strands since I was around 17 (and still only odd strands :( ). Every now and then I get a comment "ohh your going grey, you might want to dye your hair again". Like hell no thankyou, I think there is a real raw beauty in aging, and to cover that up with a dye job seems almost sacrilegious to me. I want to watch how I change with the years, hair and all. Embrace your beauty.

31 my a$$ I just thought you were discussing how to dye hair grey, looks really good on you!

Hello, I have also been growing my hair for a year now, and have a similar length as you so I still have my old died color on the ends. I just wanted to thank you for your video. It is the first one I see about someone my age growing their natural hair back, so it is very encouraging, specially for those days where I think 'What am I doing?'. To anyone that is think about growing their natural hair back, I totally recommend it. It is absolutely beautiful to see the patterns that white hair makes, and so see your hair shiny and healthy again.

GURLLLLL. You are totally rocking this grey hair!

I went gray super young too. I am now growing out the gray at 43 and also bleached my dark brown hair to ease the line of demarcation. The stylist fried it and without toner it’s a trump like orange color. I will be so happy when it’s all grown out. I’m 5 months in! Your eyes are so pretty with the cool tone silver. It’s gorgeous

I am a young man (27) and am seeing more and more grey. I think your hair looks great. It makes me much more comfortable with the idea of going grey at a young age. Thanks for the video!

Thanks so much for this. I’m 29 and have had greys since I was 16/17 like you. I’m sick of dying my hair and spending $100+ every month, and feeling judged for having roots growing in. I also feel like rebelling against a society that says men look sexy with greys and women don’t. Miss me with that! Your hair looks AMAZING and I can’t wait to see how mine goes! This isolation is making it much easier to grow out.

You are so beautiful.. your natural hair colour is better than having dyed hair... what a blessing!!

This was recommended to me, which is great cause I've been dealing with my gray hair since I was about 20. I'll be 30 this year and it is crazy how often people comment about my gray's in person. This makes me feel reassured that embracing my gray hairs isnt weird. I am enjoying getting older and it is kind of cool to see the changes. You look amazing with your natural silver tones. Thank you for this video.

I’m so glad I found this. I’m in my 30’s and I’ve been dying my hair really dark for years. My natural colour, and silver growth, are actually really similar to yours. I’ve been toying with the idea of lightening my hair and growing it out for a while now, but vanity got in the way (roots judgement 😑) Having seen your hair I feel way better about doing it. This is the first honest and real video I’ve seen on the topic, and it’s really encouraged me. Thank you ❤️

It took me about 4-5 years to grow out my natural. Once my natural hair reached my shoulders I chopped my hair off and it’s been growing ever sense. I love having my natural hair - I’m always getting compliments on how healthy it is. ❤️ your root color is so pretty!

I must say you look stunning with your grey locks, it really compliments your eyes. And I think you're very brave to grow them out, especially in a time where almost everything's just not what it seems. Embrace your inner beauty, that should be the new trend. And I really hope it'll stay for a while. Thanks for sharing!

Huh! Thank you for this video... this really makes me wanna stick to my growing-out plan even more... in November I stopped the dyeing... I have/ had a platinum blonde pixie for the longest time and I am sooo over this look, over destroying my hair every 6 weeks and I am looking forward to embrace my natural hair color with all the greys... btw, I‘m 35 and I love that you are in your 30s as well. You look amazing, please keep us updated.🤗🍀

I love this look...the gray with the dipped in beige look! Your haircut and the length are perfect too!

I love the gray with your complexion and ice blue eyes. You look fabulous!

Your natural color is perfect! Ad that's a lot of growth for 1 year! I'll be 2 years in in May!

tip with semi permanent dye, purple colour will fade to grey, you'll still have roots, but once it fades it'll match better! best to apply to blonde/light hair :)

Your natural hair is freakin gorgeous. It's so awesome that it naturally looks like highlights!

Your grey is beautiful! Can I recommend something? I use the Fudge Cool Brunette conditioner to tone the brassiness of my former dye job back. It’s SUPER pigmented and bright turquoise. There’s also a Cool Blonde version. I think just using the conditioner on the blonde part, NOT on your natural hair, would tone it back to pretty much your natural color. Make sure to comb it through with a really wide toothed comb so it blends. The color washes out, so if you get a little on the tips of your natural color, it will wash out in a few washes. I’ve found this to be really helpful to match my colored ends to my cool natural tones. Hope that helps!

I feel like you are reading my mind. I have explored every option. 4 1/2 months into the natural grow out. Trying so hard to embrace it. The reward is baby soft hair and beautiful variation in colors. The tough part is getting used to seeing myself in photos. Thanks so much for the video

omg, you are so pretty! you look like a disney princess or something! and your natural hair color...omg...its lit ♥️ keep up with the good job! loads of love from brazil

Your Natural hair looks gorgeous on you! It has so many gorgeous streaks! It’s really cool toned I actually thought it was dyed blond with lots of purple shampoo. I envy you for making the brilliant decision to grow your natural colour and not falling victim so societal norms. I’m a red head and I’ve always HATED my hair but I’m slowly trying to embrace it. Ive started getting more and more ginger comments and every joke you can imagine so I ended up adding streaks and not I’m stuck with what to do. It’s a journey for sure! Good luck & I wish you lots of love on and happiness on your hair journey.

We are both from 88! I started growing white hair at 19 ☹️, my natural hair color is dark brown, now at 32 it shows a LOT. The good thing with you is that you have fair skin and blue eyes, white/grey hair will look amazing on you, as for myself not so much, I hate seeing full white/grey hair on olive skin toned people who have dark eyes 😩

I was thinking of growing grays for a while, and finally I decided to do it while staying at home due to Covid 19. It's been 3 months since I touched up my roots. Thank you for the tips. Very informational video :)

Hi you are adorable. Love you and your message about going grey. In August it will be two years since I started. I had tinted dark hair. I'm over seventy. I never knew what my real hair looked like. I started letting it grow at its own pace, not worrying about the demarcation line. I had middle lenght hair. I kept cutting the ends of the hair at the same rate I thought the hair was growing, so about 1cm or so every month. Consequently I always manteined the same length of hair. At 18 months my hair was completely silver. Really, It was the most shine, lovely, lightish silver color. I could not believed it. I deeply regret not having had the courage to go grey years ago. So ladies, listen to the wise advise of this nice young lady and to others like me. Go for it. be patience, you will not regret it when you enjoy the beauty of your crowning glory.

the grey works SO WELL FOR YOU!! i love it

A couple of years older but I am on the same journey that you are in. Letting the grays come and accept them because they eventually come harder on. You are an inspiration! :)

Your hair looks awesome and it looks great on you! Thanks for sharing, I’m also in the process of growing out my greys. My natural color is dark brown and like you said it’s more challenging because the line is not subtle at all. I’m still in my 2nd month, one of those months where people can think that we’re not taking care of our roots. 😬 Anyway, I’m happy to come across your video. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing your wisdom on growing out grey hair. Your hair looks really nice... and your tips are spot on too. I'm nearly five months into doing this and found that lightening the coloured part of my hair really helped a lot, as well as using purple shampoo. I've gotten past being self-conscious about it, and really enjoying the freedom of that root touch up chore - so boring. I'm in my mid-fifties and just wish that I'd have done this much earlier.

Grey hair definitely doesn't make you old. Mine is genuinely greying and I'm 15. Found my first grey hair at 13.

you look SO GOOD. idk why young people with grey hair think they'll even look old and dull like... your grey hair just highlights how young you look.

You and your hair are beautiful!

I'm so glad I came across your video. I am in my mid 50's single, no children, or husband etc.....I have been coloring my hair medium rich brown or some brown tones for quite some time. I would really like to go all grey as I know there is a lot, I mean a lot. My roots are coming out now and I have 1 box color left and after watching your video, I am thinking about not coloring it, and see what it looks like. I wish there was a way to go and have all the color taken off and see what it looks like, but it sounds like that is not an option. My hair is long (past my shoulders), I have cut about 13 inches off before and said I won't do this again and I did. Now it is long again and I really want to keep it long (no matter my age) as I think women should dress and wear and do for themselves what makes them happy. I am very self conscience about my looks and have had an eating disorder since about 20 yrs. old. So, I'm at a cross roads on what to do. I see a lot of women that are grey younger or went grey because they wanted to and they look so pretty. When I see someone I usually tell them how pretty their hair is, because maybe they are feeling old and self conscience and maybe put a smile on their face to know someone thinks they look pretty. Thank you for the nice video and you and your hair are beautiful and it looks really nice on you. I subscribed after seeing your video and look forward to seeing more I hope. God Bless you and Thank you. You look beautiful.

Awwh, I had a teacher who went grey at 16yo, he would always dye his hair, and he didn't wear a buzzcut, so roots were showing many times. We told him he would rock the grey hair once and he tried growing it out and being more confident about it. And let me tell you, he looked totally different, but in such a handsome way, all the girls would start having a crush on him all of a sudden xD

Thank you so much for this video and sharing your experience in details. For me it was really important. I’m 35 and have decided to grow my natural hair back which have some gray already, so I’m constantly looking for other women’s stories and yours is truly inspiring. :)

I've had a dyed blonde pixie cut for 8 years. I've been growing my hair for 5 months and now due to social distancing etc my hairdresser is closed. I'm going to embrace my grey and grow my hair all at the same time. I'm 50 years old and I haven't seem my natural colour for along time. Thank you for this, very inspirational 😎❤

its very pretty naturally. Look forward to seeing it long and all grey

You're hair grows very fast. Your 3 months is my 12 months (mine grows very slow). You look amazing and well done on embracing the Silver!

I started having grays in my teens , but dyed throughout lifetime and even missed my tempting pandemic opportunity (due to outside pressure) to start turning natural. But finally my mind made up, with spouse’s encouragement , announced my intention and just begun. You are so beautiful, very happy for you.

Keep going on your effort. Your silver gray natural tone looks beautiful. It lightens your skin tone. And dont worry about your age because you are very young. I am 51 and am considering going natural because when i dye it, it lasts me only a week and a half. It feels slavery🙃. Greetings from Puerto Rico and blessings for your channel👍🏻

Your hair is beautiful.

Your hair is beautiful, I've been trying to match this shade artificially for a long time to blend with my natural grey hairs. Tbh I can't wait until I get to your stage of greying, you look pretty rad.

I’m at a year also. Same amount of growth. It looks great on you!

I haven't dyed my hair in 2 years, and now I'm about to cut the hair that's dyed off, and I'm looking forward to it. Now all we need is it has covid-19 time over so I can get to the hairdresser here in Denmark

You will be a happier person when you learn that what other people say about your roots, your face, or your wig says much more about them than it does you. I love the gray! I’ve been waiting for mine to go gray for 45 years. It just won’t. Gray hair is so beautiful.

I think you are very lucky because you have light hair! My hair is black, like very black but I'm full full of grey hair and it's so noticeable

I stumbled upon your video and it’s inspired me to continue on my gray hair journey. I’m also 31 and I’ve been told I’m too young to be embracing my hair, but I’m sticking to it. I did cut my hair shoulder length but I’m excited to see how it turns out.

31 ! you look 22 . I just started grow out my white hair about 48 days ago. (for lent) and my hubby loves it ! hug friend connie ... AKA over70 stillglamorous" :)

Your grey hair is GORGEOUS I love grey hair

I had to click this video because I just couldn't believe someone who looked as young as you had naturally grey hair. I think it looks great honestly!

I love your hair hair and you look beautiful!

I also had my first gray hairs at 17 and I'm 31 now too. A few years ago I shaved my entire head and kept it buzzed for a while. I wanted to get rid of all the damaged and dyed hair and embrace my natural hair color. You are right that buzzing your head leads to a long and awkward growing out phase, but I don't regret it. It's something I really wanted to do. So now my hair is finally just below my shoulders and it's a dark brown mixed with lots of silver grays all throughout. I also stopped straightening my hair last year and I have been on a separate journey of accepting my natural 2a/2b wavy texture. Whew. I've had ups and downs accepting myself and my hair for what it is, but I'm overall happy with my progress. 💜 Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience with us. 🙏

It is so absolutely beautiful! Silver hair is such a trend right now, so it looks utterly incredible to see such shiney beautiful natural hair. You have such beautiful blue eyes and cool skin, so you look like Elsa or an ice queen. Love it

Your hair is stunning n it matches ur eyes ,l love it

Thank you for this video! Your gray looks amazing and so healthy. I have bene going gray since my teens. I am going natural now at 38! Do you find you need different products now with gray hair?

It may sound weird, but I love grey hair and can’t wait to get some. Wisdom streaks!

You look stunning. Your natural color is beautiful and you have amazing skin! I went grey at 17. I'm 51 now and my hair is white in the front around my face with a thick dark streak where my part/widow's peak is (think reverse Lily Munster) and the middle and back are salt and pepper, while the underneath back is still dark. It is really cool and I cannot wait for it all to be grown out. I'm lucky as my hair grows about an inch a month, so it won't be long! 😊

You look incredibly Scandinavian to me, like if you were to walk down my street i wouldn't think twice about it :P Do you have Scandinavian genes?

I've dyed my hair before, but never to cover the Grey, only because well I wanted a change! Im not sure why I'm not obsessed over my grey hair like everyone else but seeing how many people needed your video to feel confident in their own hair, well, I can only say more people should start doing it!

The grey is soooo beautiful ! I'm honestly jealous

I gave up my hair dye at 36.. I went and got grey highlights to help mine along.. I look older but I am so over trying to cover it

it literally just looks like a grey balayage omgg

I cannot decide whether to go grey, when I see you I feel inspired but yours looks so good on you.

It's really very pretty - congratulations. Like you, I started going gray in my late teens. I never colored my hair and it's been pure silver for the past 50 years. Keep up the good work!

Thank goodness I found your channel!!!! I have dark dark almost black hair, and I started getting grays at 18. I used to only have a few and I would, get this... pluck them out. I will be turning 31 this year and let me tell you! There are very few young people that are going grey or at least showing in off in the media! I'm so glad to find someone who is experiencing what I am. Thank you!!!

I found my first grey when I was about 15. I'm 26 now and not ready to embrace it yet, especially since I've always been dark, and I will probably have a full head of grey by the time I'm 30. By then I hope to go blonde to make it easier for me 🤞🏻🤞🏻 its comforting to see someone with greys like mine! Whenever I tell people they think I'm lying 🤣🤣

Your natural hair is so beautiful! I too had the dilemma of working in a professional environment and growing out my natural hair. It was hard. I felt so sloppy. People judge. I started one year ago and have no regrets. I love my grays and feel so free. No more salon visits and am saving so much money. You go, girl! Your hair is beautiful❤

The soft warm brown really suits you, your natural color is cool but definitely really cold looking

Yes! I'm so happy to see more young women doing this! Same as you I started going grey at 16, at 24 istopped dying it, that was 6 years ago. Now I just turned 30 and I have a lot of silver, much like yours. My hair is super dark naturally and my greys really pop against it. But its amazing, I love it!!!

Thank you for this :) very refreshing to see someone welcome there grey hair and letting it grow, As I live with life shortening illness having grey hair and ageing is so exciting to me (none yet) and don’t understand why ppl would hide it, age is a privilege some don’t get so love you’re beautiful grey hair 💕 xx

Wow, this haircolour is so wonderful together with you eyes and your fair beautyful skin👌

I'm 38, & went cold turkey 7 months now ago, scarfs really became my best friend. Scarfs helps me a lot because my hair is actually now very 70% silver but still have the brown ends. In a few months I will cut the brown off ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍

Wonderful advice! You actually look younger now than in the photos of you with dyed hair. 💗

It's beautiful! Keep it going!! It is such a relief to go natural and it will look so stunning at your young age!

I am 27 and I've had grey hair since I was 15ish. I found my first one around then around dying my hair black. I have brown hair. I have alot of of grey hair all over my head the same length of my hair currently. I have had friends and my husband point it out...I'm not at all caring that my hair is grey and I dont think anyone should. It's beautiful! Especially since alot of people are trying to get this hair color now a days.

Your gray on your young face and beautiful skin is stunning! Good choice. At 64 I used the quarrantine as an opportunity to grow out my gray. Same reasons as you. 3” in I had a friend buzz me down to 1/4”. I feel so free! Loving both the gray and the super short hair and actually look younger than with a shoulder length warm brown bob.

I actually think the gray looks really trendy and cool!!!! :). I hope you keep growing it out.

Thank you for the video! I'm 27 and I'm about 70% grey, I naturally have very dark brown almost black hair so as soon as I have a cm of grey it stands out so much! So currently in the process of lightening my hair so I can grow it all out.. I'm at the ginger phase at the moment and cant got back for a couple of months to give my hair a rest.. but nice to know that I'm not alone! Haha

I totally agree with the below statement. Your hair is awesome!

It suits you so well! I found my first gray hair as a 23-year-old (two years ago) and I'm growing out my natural hair color now. I only have a few gray hairs, but I'm sick of coloring my hair. I'm just going to embrace my natural hair from now on.

You inspired me so much! Thanks a lot. I'm 31, two months dye-free, and feeling like I'm no longer a dye slave 😊

I transition a year and three months and it was the best decision. I did bleach my hair to make transition easier. Thank ya for sharing your story.