Blend away GREY without using permanent hair color! What is grey BLENDING and how to do it.
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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I've always used Shades EQ Gloss and the demi permanent hair color to blend away grey hair, without getting the roots and grow out of a permanent hair dye.
Whether you're just deciding to embrace your grey hair or want to add a little depth and shine.
Learn -
What is grey blending..?
Which products are good for getting the best results..?
How to do it, either for your clients or on yourself at home..?
All my TOP TIPS to blend away greys, save money and not have the commitment of permanent hair colouring.
There's even my go to Shades EQ Gloss formulas and examples on grey hair.
Have you ever heard of colouring hair this way before? I'd love to read your thoughts in the comments...
My Instagram - / craigsworldofhair
I have an entire Shades EQ Gloss playlist -
That's it for this week.
Remember, you leave a comment and I will ALWAYS get back to you.
Thanks for watching, see you in the next one!
CX.
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I wish some super smart DNA/chemist would invent a pill that could return our grays back to our natural hair color. It would revolutionize the industry and the world ❗️
There are some “snake oil” peddlers saying they’ve cracked it already…but if that was true it wouldn’t be £9.99!
@@theworldofcraig 🐍🤣
Personally, I Love my gray hair! I’ve earned it and show it off❤
@@DebBates-h5oThat’s fabulous…but we don’t all have to feel the same way about it eh.
Yes I hope one day they will. In some cases, people's grey has reversed naturally, so it must be possible.
If you want no grey you need permanent dye. I just get a root touch up box and apply to the half inch regrowth once a month on parting hairline. Once every few months I will do a full box on all the roots and pull it through the rest for the last five minutes. If I want to tone I use a gloss. Colour wow powder on the parting covers the tiny regrowth I get after a fortnight.
I used to get highlights but that still left some silver showing. The bleach was also very damaging.
That’s right - every head of hair accepts colour differently but generally speaking, grey blending does not give 100% cover.
Thanks for watching and sharing your hair journey. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
@@stargazerbird I wouldn’t mind the silver looking like highlights.
So glad you’ve covered this ! I’m 47 now but started going grey in my early 20s & have an appointment for grey blending in a couple of weeks & can’t wait 😊
Ahhh, so glad I did! Let me know how you get on and thanks for watching. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
Thanks Craig great explanation on grey hair. I use Wella and love colour touch and colour fresh masks. Affinage is a big selling brand near me and I've had good feedback from clients using their hot shotz masks (similar to colour fresh), 1 client uses it in between permanent colours and it blends the grey regrowth a treat! Sometimes though, they might affect the result of doing the roots with a permanent colour as it might cause banding.
You’re most welcome, thanks for watching…as always.
Yes, I use a lot of Color Touch in salon, it’s great. Definitely - always good to remember any semi/demi can stick around eh. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
I love mixing and matching revlon colour conditioners, they have wonderful colours such as 1011 silver or 8.32 ash beige.
Ooo, they sound great…and GO YOU! Thanks for watching. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
This is extremely helpful. Thank you so much! I have been patiently waiting for this video. I have access to shades eq but wasn't sure about formulation, processing time, applying to wet or dry hair, etc. All my questions are answered. Thanks again!
Oh WOW! You’re most welcome…now I’m even happier I made it. Thanks for watching, so glad it was helpful. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
Love your videos and your sweater matching. Love gray coverage color tips. Thanks Craig. 🎉
Awww, thank you, on both counts. Really appreciate your support. 👨🏼☑️✨
I’ve been umming and ahing about growing my grey out for ages. I’m yet to take the plunge!
It’s a big decision! Thanks for watching.
I always hated my hair until it started turning silver. Now I love it and I will never change it again. Embracing it looks so beautiful on women and men.❤❤
Good for you, that’s FAB. I will say, it is a very personal thing…and personally, I would never want to embrace it. Thanks for watching.
Thanks again so much ok NB here I go lol 😂
You’re most welcome, wahoo!
Oh those wella colour masks are lovely, I've used the pearl blonde it's lovely 😍
Also, I feel I've had enough of permanent colour at the moment, I'm loving the Shrine colour drops, so versatile 😊
They are fantastic, my clients love em!
So glad I found your video, Craig! It’s SO helpful!
I’ve been using permanent hair colour (a couple of levels lighter than my natural colour) by eSalon for a few years now to cover my greys, but my curly hair - already quite dry - has gone even drier and the ends don’t curl as much as they used to. My hairdresser suggested I try a demi-permanent colour, stating that it’ll be less damaging and I’d like to give it a try.
In this video you mentioned that to blend greys with demi-permanent colour, the resulting colour will be neutral-warm. Following a colour analysis session, I’ve been told I’m a soft summer. Considering that my natural colour is a light ashy brown, do you think it’s possible to get close to it using demi-permanent colour with a view to blending my greys? Also, does demi-permanent colour tend to get brassy as it fades, the way (dark) blond permanent colour does, and if so, what can be done to minimise this without using a blue/violet toner? (Toners tend to dry out my hair!) Hope my questions makes sense. Thanks!
So glad it was helpful, that’s great!
It’s tricky to get a neutral/ashy result - they rely on some warmth to blend, as I mention in the video it’s about less energy/warmer pigment.
They generally don’t “expose” warmth as they fade because you haven’t lifted the natural base, only deposited - results will vary brand to brand.
@@theworldofcraig Thank you for this: that’s good to know! 🙏☺️
Fabulous as always Craig, thank you. I'm going in, 1st time on my own hair so fingers crossed I don't glow afterwards.. 😅
Awww, thank you Helen. If you stick with “neutrals” and “naturals” (depending on what line you’re using) you’ll be fine.
This was so helpful Craig. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm 45 and just greying the last few years. I've found the texture of my hair has become much drier in perimenopause and I really don't want to be using permanent colours to upkeep as it needs more care these days. I'm going to find a shadesEQ salon in Belfast and give the grey blending a whirl xo
Oh I’m so glad I made it and that it was helpful. Please let me know how you get on! 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
Just having a cuppa and catching up on your video Craig 😊
I am starting my NVQ Level 2 training in hairdressing tomorrow 😊
Wahoo! And GO YOU, that’s great news.
@@theworldofcraig Thankyou 😊
Your videos really help and inspire me 🤗
I'm a very warm blonde, my stylist (every 4 weeks touchup) for years used Redken 8NA and 9N with 20 vol. and I want to transition and embrace my gray. I have 9 weeks of silvery pepper coming through and wanted to know what shades EQ would work best for me to cool/tone my hair down. I don't want my new growth touched.
It’s impossible for me to give out specific formulas remotely, there’s so much to it. I would suggest perhaps starting with something like 10N to tone with and go from there - the N series is cool.
@@theworldofcraigso is it possible to blend/cover grey hair on blonde hair with something other than bleach. Have all the hairdressers I've visited lied to me 😭 I desperately wanted to move away from bleach/highlights and have always been told semi/demi colour wasn't an option
@@x-starlight-x I use Demi permanent hair colour to blend grey into blonde all the time - it won’t lift the hair at all, just deposits on the grey.
Ooh im so glad you have done a video like this. I personally dont like the regrowth stripe so grey blending is the way for me. I only have a few greys at the moment and use wella color touch but im still trying to find the right shade as im level 5 but when I colour it level 5 it come out too dark. It also takes ages to fade on my hair.
I have been using it on dry hair 🤦🏻♀️. Could this be why its coming out darker or doesnt that make a difference?
Awww, I’m even more glad I made it now.
CT is quite pigmented - I would suggest using a level 6 but be sure to use the Gentle Developer. Applying to damp hair will make it less opaque also.
Hi Craig, love your channel. Just wondering can I use a semi permanent hair colour on 100% grey hair 🥰
Hi Anne, thanks for watching and your kind words. You can, the results will vary and it might not fade completely.
I have been blending my grays for years. I am a natural level 3 but the sun has always stripped and exposed the red underlying pigment so it generally looks like a level 4, and I am under 25 percent gray. I always loved that reddish tone so now I enhance it. I however use a permanent color blend (4N with a little bit of 5R) with 10 volume developer at the roots, and then a 6C with a 5 volume to glaze the mids and ends. The result looks like multidimensional baby highlights with a reflective red tone. In between I use a direct dye toner to refresh the color because my grays lose pigment easily. I don't know what I will change to when I get more grays 🙂
Sounds gorgeous, thanks for sharing and watching. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
*To to mention for folks that perhaps don’t have your knowledge or experience - permanent hair colour used this was can “shift” your natural base, creating a regrowth. It’s definitely NOT wrong but please be aware of this.
@@theworldofcraig Indeed. A demi-permanent would fade out of my hair so fast which is why I use permanent with a low volume. It does slightly shift my natural base but I also want that to lightly intensify the red tone.
@@DanteVelasquezSo glad you’ve found what works and gives you that dreamy result. *Just thinking of all the peeps.
@@theworldofcraig Yes I'm glad you pointed that out 🙂
Hi Craig, you always help me so much and though I have been doing this for a long while now with SEQ, I still get too much warmth after a few shampoos. So, for example, 7NB (more than half, my greys are coming in pretty good now), cap 8N, cap 7VB! I would have thought the VB will take care of any warmth (the shade is good for me) ? You say adding G helps it to last. I get that grey has no color but is there some magic I am not understanding!??:) Great video. Thanks as always!
Happy I can help, thanks for watching.
As I mention in the video - the result will be slightly warm (it’s how it works) and yes, as it fades it will get warmer. You could try 50/50 NB/N but you won’t get do much of a blend.
Good to know! My parents didn't start going gray until their early 60s so hopefully I won't have to worry about it for a couple decades. I have seen a lot of people about my age embarrassing their gray hair lately.
Wahoo! Thanks for watching.
You mean “embracing”
@@wondertwin13 🤣 yes....
Me not paying attention....never 😂
Thanks so much Craig! I’m actually going to try 7NB + 7AG mixed 1:1 to try and give my grays a bit of a neutral to ashy brown color with subtle golden highlights, hope it works!! My natural hair is black but I’m about 50% gray on top 😅
You’re most welcome! If you’re a darker natural base you might want to drop the levels you’re using a little - the formulas I shared are for lighter natural bases.
10 yrs ago when I first started going grey I used color depositing conditioners and it barely made a difference. Now I use it inbetween dying my roots and it works amazingly well. That leads me to believe that the color depositing conditioners are much better now and or my hair texture has changed so much that it is actually soaking up more of the color. So yes, everyones hair and hair journey is soooo different.
Yes…and thank goodness we are eh?!
Thanks for watching and sharing your hair history.
Thank you Craig for the technical details. My hairdresser, who is a dedicated Schwartzkopf 45 year color technician, did not seem to know what I was talking about when I described grey blending. He doesn't like glosses because they "coat" the hair .. but that is what we are talking about, yes?
You’re most welcome. Schwarzkopf have their own version of a gloss called Igora Vibrance.
Shades EQ Gloss works in two ways it deposits colour on the surface of the hair and then just under the cuticle - it does not “coat” the hair. The majority of demi permanent hair colours work this way, whether they are glosses or not.
Great video, i apologize if you have answered this already my hair is 90% gray and ive been using permanent color for along time. at this point, could i start to do the roots with demi permanent color or would that be awful I'm trying to find away to start to go gray without looking terrible or getting a VERYVERRY short haircut. Thanks as always
Thank you. Yes, this would be a great way (I do this for clients all the time) to grow out permanent hair colour.
I have natural brown hair with probably 30%silver, so I don’t have a demarcation line. Is there anyway to blend hair that has no distinct line?
You don’t need to have a demarcation line - it’s about the blending over the situation.
Thank you for your in-depth video using shades EQ to blend gray hair. I found it very helpful as a professional hairstylist. I have been low lighting with a 10 volume and permanent hair color usually a level four sometimes at two depending on my clients desire look I think your technique would be so much, more fast and affordable for my clients. Excellent video.
You’re most welcome, I’m so pleased it helped. Yes, Shades EQ Gloss is fantastic to low light with…it’s all I use for adding dimension and the formulas in the video work well.
Thanks for watching. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
Seriously I want to squish you so much Craig 007❤ this vlog has explained so much too me and thank you lots for imparting your knowledge and wisdom x
So glad it was helpful.
Hi Craig! I live in Puerto Rico and haven’t seen the EQ Glosses here. After 2 years of “embracing “ my grey hair, and hating it. I wish I could go back to the very light blonde 10 I had. The picture you see of me is a wig. I would say I’m like 85-90% grey. I used a High lift which I don’t remember the brand and never bleached my hair. Could, should I try a semi permanent color in a very light blond and get good results. * side note I live in a beautiful small beach town with not many hairdressers. My hair is very slightly waved and have a medium length bob. Thanks in advance, I’ll go with your professional recommendation. Have a great day. I’ll be binge watching your videos today.😅 Watching some of your videos I think maybe light blond baby lights would be an option. Thoughts 💭
Hi Madeline, it sure sounds beautiful where you live!
I’m afraid it’s impossible for me to recommend formulas/specific hair colour products remotely, there’s just too much to it.
I hope you find some inspo in some of my other videos. Thanks for watching. 👨🏼🙏🏻✨
@@theworldofcraig Thanks
Thanks so much for your efforts in these videos. Difficult subject, I imagine.
You’re most welcome, thanks for watching. Yes, the technical ones can be tricky, the info has to be relatable to hair pro’s and consumers…and of course correct! Ha.
Would LOVE for you (and my apologies if you have as I did look and didn’t see it😢) to cover some grey ANYTHING for men……from your Moustache to Goatee to the back of a head that is “spotted” and not equally colored and HOW to make it so……
For example, I do cut my Husbands hair (as I used to “cut” my Grandfather’s and my Daddy’s Hair before he passed so I have definitely gained my husband’s trust insofar as my limited skill set in cutting and styling his hair as he is fussy one! LOL!) and I use an electric razor to trim from the back to approx just above the ears…..I use a #2 at the back and then slowly “fade?” It to a #2-3 until I get to the top of the ears and THEN I pull out the shears (GOOD$$$ONE$ LOL) and find my “guideline” and follow it for the ensuring that there isn’t ANY OBVIOUS LINE from the back of the head to the top of the head…..I have it down to a science! He has yet to complain and his buddies have asked who does his hair and are they taking new clients ROFL! Sooooo I MUST be doing something right. BUT to get him to even use a tad of purple conditioner for even a minute or two just to brighten up his silver a bit which would be fabulous. He is strictly AGAINST MEN USING ANY COLOR on their hair…..so if you did have the urge to do a vid that covers that on men….gray shading….showing the before and after etc as well as the “WHY” a man should not be afraid but want to do it just to give them a shine! Just even to show how touching up some of the areas that are part of a goatee that are black and then that silver fox that really need to blend or he is going to start to look like a Zebra!
Just ANY before and afters of men who have had you do the blending on them as well as the fact that you are not going from Silver FOX to SKUNK would be a bonus. I really feel he is afraid of ANYONE making him look like that “Ron Popeil” Spray on hair look. YIKES!!!!
He is NOT bald, his hair is so close to yours actually! That gorgeous SILVER FOX (of course I have not really SEEN the back of your head to compare!) but to just have him TRUST me to use a semi/demi to even it out at the back color wise vs looking like he “spray painted” or used “shoe polish” on his head as he has said far far tooo often.
OHHHHH I WOULD OWE YOU MY LIFE LONG GRATITUDE CRAIG❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!!
I do NOT touch anyone else’s hair, nor would I, and the ONLY reason I started to do his was the “Plandemic” as it is being known as now…..yikes….and of course men suffered right along with us so the struggle was REAL!!!!
If you do decide to do a men’s vid on tackling the “grey shade” vs “GETTING SHADE FOR YOUR GREY” it would be fantastic and I really can’t be the ONLY ONE out here doing their husbands hair can I?????
I’ve even told him to GO BACK TO YOUR “OLD” Stylist and see what SHE SAYS as I am not blind and I KNOW WHAT I SEE IS REAL so…….. she MUST have “ideas” as she IS THE REAL PROFESSIONAL, NOT ME!!! However, he says no, he loves how I do it and he gets a lot of compliments so “why fix it if it isn’t;t broken”……..OH YOU LEO’S WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME!!!! LOL!!!!
Alrighty Sir Craig, there is my whining for the day……truly filled with a challenge for you. I’ve not even LOOKED for or at anyone else on here because you always cover the best ideas and angles as well as the why and when, BETTER THAN ANYONE so as my hubby said “Why fix it if it isn’t broken!”. It is hard to step away when you’ve spoiled us as if would feel like cheating on you as well as getting bad ideas…..it just FEELS WRONG!!!!
One must stick with their “gut” and that is what I am doing……starting at the top (Ohhhhhh PUNNNY!!!!!).
Thank you regardless of tackling suck a HUGE task as it IS! A HUGE TASK and ENORMOUS ASK!!!! ANYTHING you do (even a short) would be one filled with a ton of knowledge that could help push him over to MY LOGICAL SIDE at the very least…..well, one could hope……..🙏🏻
Much love and humility from another fan from 🇨🇦!!! You are just so great at explaining the why and how and when to those of us with next to NO knowledge of your very technical world which is a HUGE skill set unto itself! Thank you and don’t ever stop being YOU! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
❤🙏🏻💋
Thanks for watching and for all your kind words, it’s great to have you following along.
Check you out with your barbering skills, wahoo!
I’m not sure there would be much call for an entire video on men’s hair colouring - the specific “men’s” products are very limited and tricky to get good results. I will however add it to my (very long) list. Thanks for watching!
If he is strictly against men dying their hair, why are you trying to force it? It is his hair, after all. Let him be himself.
Hi! I wish I could come visit you! I've been copper haired for years, but the silver grey roots are too much to keep up so I had a ton of blonde highlights added. I hated it and did a demi light golden brown over it. The goal I'd really like to work toward is to transition to my grey hair with a taupe color. Does shades EQ have a gloss to achieve this? Best wishes!
Hi! It’s really tricky for me to give any specific formula advice remotely - there are many tonal “families” within Shades EQ Gloss….there does always need to be some NB in order to get a blended result. Some of the other videos on my channel might help…
@@theworldofcraig thanks for the reply! I will check out more of your videos. :)
A full head of beautiful white hair looks absolutely stunning. My mother has that. The problem for me is when grey is only in certain parts of the hair and it does not look great when it’s so patchy. I tired bleaching my hair and blending it that way. It did not work so I have dyed it again. Annoying.
That’s a tricky one. To get a true grey the hair has to be bleached to as near as white as possible before toning.
@@theworldofcraig Oh you are so sweet for replying. Yes, I know it is tricky. I talked to several hairdressers and they say I have to bleach it to get the desired effect but they also say that I will damage my hair so they would not recommend it. I don’t want to end up with straw hair! 🤣
Sorry to ask, who own the K18 hamper from the last video?
I’m drawing the name tomorrow - I wanted to give it 2 weeks.
So craig I have a question for you This is a perfect thing for me to do as my hair is 50% gray My natural hair color in the front is blonde A medium medium medium blonde In the back it's a dark ash blonde On my part blonde it's pure white And everywhere where else I normally use a permanent I'm just my roots only and then shades EQ I love gold dip, baby9VG I'm always playing with different colors papaya Mixing and matching so my question to you is to blend my roots Without going Ashley because I hate ash I have green eyes I love golden golden blonde hair What would you What would you suggest for using shades Find my roots And then as a toner, I also heard that putting 10 Volume on the roots for 5 minutes Helps to open up the shop a little bit for the shades To sit better I would love a great Base color Blend my roots Again I never do it on dry hair but I'm gonna listen to you I adore your videos I know this is a long question But it should be in your Wheel house, love the videos keep them coming definitely would love the answer to the above
Hi there, thanks for watching and your kind words.
Impossible for me to give out specific formula advice remotely…there’s just to much to it.
A good starting point is to have 50% NB in your formulas for grey blending - you can then add whatever you want into the mix. Wahoo!
@theworldofcraig well then. Lol chemist I come. I have 9nb, 8gg,8c,9vg,9gi.and clear Lol. Will have to come up with something. Will post on Instagram.
@@theworldofcraig ps xxxxxxzooooooo
how do you remove yellowing in gray hair please?
That’s a tricky one, my first step would be to use a clarifying shampoo for a few weeks and see if that makes a difference, then perhaps a gentle violet shampoo.
Watching again now. Lots to learn.
Awww, so glad it’s helpful. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
very helpful thank you
That’s great to hear, thanks for watching 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
How about fanciful roux? It's not even demi permanent I don't think. It's meant to wash out after one washing.
It doesn't stain (your sheets I mean) or run.
It’s a great product - a coloured setting lotion, I use it for the film work I do. Not the most practical product for everyone to use.
@@theworldofcraig thanks. It is getting harder to find where I live (vancouver) and it is a lot of work, but its a low risk product anyway.
It feels sticky and fake to me. I couldn't wait to wash it out. Maybe it will work for you tho.
Thank you 🙏💕💕💕
And thank you 👨🏼🙏🏻✨
Ok. So my roots are a 5 and my top layer of hair is getting a little brassy with some gray ling hair that I haven’t touched with color in a looong years.
6nb or 7nb I don’t understand the difference and they lookvery redish and I want a soft not ashy but neutral tone .
Is 7nb + 6n too much? Or is better 6nb + 7g?
It’s impossible for me to give formula advice remotely - a grey blending result will never be ashy, as I explain in the video, it uses warmth to blend.
@@theworldofcraig yes understand and the video helped a lot My main confusion here is the base nb i, i see that adding a n alone to the nb will be too intense
Great…not sure what you mean here - there are formulas in the video.
@@theworldofcraig thank you
I just loved this video, loads of explanation and the hair science is always to my liking, thank you Craig!
It helps me enormously to know the formulas you mentioned here and to understand the coloring, as I struggle with, how much of what to put into the formulations when hair is lightened to a level 9-ish and needs to be glossed on the level or down a notch.. I’d love to see an hair science video on the NB vs NW GB series and V, VB, N, NA and kickers and pastels would help to understand better in order to formulate. Background color and hence results like for example. I hope I managed to explain it here comprehensively enough.
Awww, that’s great, thanks for watching.
There are videos on all the shade “series” you mentioned here on my channel and ways to use them and of course the toning videos. There isn’t “science” as such for each shade line and my theory videos cover everything.
I have dark (almost black) hair and just started getting my first 'greys', and they are pure twinkling white.
I assume I am going to go pure white like my grandmother (she had the same colour hair) and, while it is a beautiful colour, I don't think it will suit me to have hair much lighter than my skintone.
Is there any way to dye it a much darker grey and blend that so that the white regrowth is not so stark? Or would it be better to just dye the whole thing?
I’m not entirely sure what you’re asking - you could “blend” the grey with a cool toned blending formula.
Could you please do some of these vids with demos on either mannequins or real clients so we can also get more side-by-side visuals or what you're explaining? You don't have to go full Guy Tang, but it would help to fully comprehend the process. :)
There’s an entire playlist here on my channel that has lots of videos on line models. Thanks for watching.
I needed this video about 10 years ago! Sadly, demi permanent is permanent on my hair. Yes, that was a shock. FADE!!!
Awww, well I’m glad you found it now and thanks for watching.
What color hair is the combination you suggest for? Can you you also do other hair color, still.using the 7 NB. How do you figure out the ratios if you 're doing it a DIY.Thanks.
It could be for any colour, you could apply it to any base. There are videos here on my channel that take you through the level selection process. The more grey, the more NB you want to have in your mix for grey blending.
I am new here and loving your videos, Craig! I am super interested in grey blending and wonder if it could cover grey blending with colors, like a rose gold. Would you mix a 7NB with rose gold? Thank you
Awww, well it’s great to have you here. You could mix that in but it wouldn’t “read” as rose gold on the result so much.
I am looking for a gloss without making it sticky. Also something against frizz. Grey hair is soooo frizzy 😢
The products I mention in the video are hair colour, they don’t make the hair sticky. They do make the hair shinier, so help with frizz.
My Grey is blond and I like it. I used to go platinum and I think it's prettier then that bleached blond look.
That’s great. Thanks for watching.
What do you recommend if we are trying to blend our dyed bleached out brown/blond hair TO our natural silver? The example you shared (thanks) was the other direction (blend grey to brown). So looking at Shades EQ colour chart would a blend of 10AG+08NA+7M possibly work?
You always need NB in the mix to get a blended result, as I mention in the video - I would perhaps suggest you start with 9NB perhaps (that’s without seeing your hair) but remember it will be slightly warm…and won’t blend completely with the bleached hair.
Will try that, thanks! My natural level is about 09..
Oh I wish I had seen you two months ago! My last color appointment was December 2019, and I was surprised to see how gray I was underneath it all. (I'm normally dark brown.) But i managed the grow out and it looked good for a couple years. But recently I felt like I was looking too old with my 70% gray. (In my late 50s.)
So, on impulse in Walmart one day, I picked up Clairol Natural Instincts 6G vegan color that says "washes away gradually." I wanted to get at least a medium brown so it would blend with gray. Well, it was awful. It looked orange or rust colored and I hated it.
It's been 54 days though and looks much better as it has faded. I calculate that I've washed it about 22 times since the color. I don't know why I thought it would wash out in 28 -- it doesn't mention that on the box but I must've seen that on other boxes at the store while I was choosing which to use. Evidently I was so desperate at the moment that I chose the 6G just because it was in stock -- I would've preferred the one defined as "ash" colored but it was out of stock.
This is not the first time my impulsivity has gotten me into trouble. I am grateful this is growing out and will be more careful next time.
When do you think it would be safe to try another semi-permanent color? Should I wait until it appears completely washed out? Or wait for a specific amount of time or number of shampoos?
It is so confusing but with following your channel and watching more, I hope to get better results next time.
Thank you so much, especially if you read all this! 😊
Awww, well I’m glad you have now!
The G in the colour you selected would have become quite vibrant on the grey hair - they are quite translucent, (there is a video about them on my channel) stick to N for less warmth.
How long they last is down to the head of hair…but they will never wash out completely.
That’s a tricky one for me to answer remotely.
If you went for 6N, I would only apply to the root - then take it through to the ends after half the processing time perhaps, to tone the already coloured hair.
@@theworldofcraig Thank you so much for your reply 😘
Thanks for the informative video! I've only used hair dye that fades/washes out after some time because of the little bit of gray but it's time to try gray blending now. Can you please tell me what the "NB" stands for in 6 or 7NB? N is probably neutral but B? Does the "G" in 5G stand for golden undertones? Sorry if it's a stupid question, just trying to understand gray blending and hair dye in general better.
You’re most welcome, thanks for watching.
The NB = natural beige…G = gold. You can find a Shades EQ Gloss colour chart online for sure.
@@theworldofcraigbeige, I think I would never have guessed that. Thank you so much for your reply and your help!
So torn. I'm in my mid 50's and the pepper is slowly but surely giving way to the salt. I don't know if i'm ready to accept my greys in all their glory yet - but then my father died at 54 with a head full of black hair so i sometimes think my greys are a privilege. But this blending sounds ideal. Are the treatments generally safe? I've read bad things about traditional hair dyes.
It’s a tricky call…but that’s why I blend mine as opposed to covering them permanently.
They are “safe” but anyone can be allergic to anything so always patch test. Thanks for watching.
@@theworldofcraig Thanks for replying so quickly! I went in for 'grey blending' here in Germany at the start of the year. I thought my German was sufficient enough to convey what I wanted....came out looking like an extra in a Vincent price vampire film. I need to find some trust to go back!
Can you show more before and after photos?
There is more grey blending content over on my Instagram - and in Shorts on here.
What should those of us who have patchy grey hair and want to add a bit in places that now look too dark
I’m not sure what you’re asking, sorry..? You can blend the grey areas to match the deeper colour, you would apply it all over the head.
@@theworldofcraig im asking the oposite. I want to stick with my natural grey
I just need more in certain areas
Im too old for my natural dark hair. Doesn't looking right anymore
So i want to add grey in short
@@enjaygaltee252Ahhh, I see - that’s a big bleaching job, the hair has to be lifted to a very light level before toning.
I never use permanent colours now. I love L'Oreal Casting Creme Gloss semi-permanent. Excellent product, 20-25 minute processing time. Doesn't damage my hair, covers or blends my greys, lasts longer - but then I only shampoo once a week - and it gives it a beautiful gloss as per the name.
That is a great line eh?! I’ve used it several times when I’ve been on a session job and not had colour with me. Thanks for watching.. 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
Does it not have a reddish tint? On the packaging shade 600 looks soo reddish, that's why I'm scared to try it. Which shade do you use and did it look as warm toned as on the front of the packaging or more like the example pictures or just neutral?
Can you link what you're talking about I would love to take a peek at it
I checked with L'Oreal and it is 15 vol .. so that is really high, would dry out the hair (especially grey hair), and not at all what Craig was discussing.
@@susanstewart1402 Casting is a brilliant formula, 15vol (I’m pretty sure it’s not quite that) isn’t “high” and it’s very, very similar to something we have in salon, it wouldn’t “dry out the hair” if used correctly. It’s not the same as Shades EQ Gloss.
I loved the actual color product explanations and what the demis do, etc. How they wash, etc. Very informative. I've been coloring for years as I started going gray in my early 30s and enjoy still coloring my hair now in my 40s. The full gray look is very aging! Not flattering, in my opinion.
I’m 57 and no way I can bring myself to go gray!
That’s great, so pleased you enjoyed the video. I’m with you on that, definitely not ready to be grey…for a long time! 👨🏼🙏🏻☑️
So in other words, blending gray would be like filling a blonde to a darker shade right? Well with shades eq
It is similar - but I might not always use NB to take a blonde deeper/darker, it would depend on the canvas…where I would always have it in a grey blending formula. Thanks for watching.
You need a microphone
The sound quality is pretty good. Thanks for watching.
@@theworldofcraigit's a wee bit echoey
@@MsRainingDays Yes, a tiny bit, I get that. I work full time in a salon and also do a lot of freelance brand work, it’s a 7 day week, often 15 hour days with all the content I make as well - I love it but it can be a lot.
I’ve experimented with mic’s but I don’t want one strapped to me and the only other option would mean a much longer editing process.
I’d moved my set up for the summer months (using natural light, it is my home after all and one tiny space) but it will be going back to where it was and hopefully that should sort it.