It was only a couple years ago that if you would have told us we would soon want silver hair, we probably would have laughed in your face. But here we are in 2017, falling all over the silver dye jobs that look so amazing on celebs and bloggers. Who knew going gray could be so chic"
After the platinum hair trend started to simmer down a touch, everyone got a bit bored with blonde. For those over blonde but not wanting unicorn hair just yet, silver is the obvious choice. It’s cool and uniquely off-beat, but easy to dress around?and it doesn’t really pull your whole style in one direction or another.
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Here’s the thing though. Silver, if you can believe it or not, is actually more difficult to maintain than blonde. With blonde you have to worry about avoiding brassiness (if you’re a cool-toned platinum) but with silver, any hint of brassiness ruins the whole look. A colorist will let you know that this look isn’t for the lazy?silver and light gray hair is one of the most difficult colors to achieve because there’s no silver or gray hair dye, it needs to be mixed using other colors to create the shade you desire. Because it can be a bit difficult to translate to your colorist in words your exact desired shade of silver, definitely bring reference photos. And definitely go to a hair colorist who has done platinum and gray or silver hair colors before. This is not f...