More and more men and women are deciding to embrace their grey hair for many reasons: they have gorgeous salt and pepper hair, they don’t want the hassle and expense of covering up grey hair or they want to accept life and their body as it comes, wrinkles, grey hair and all. In this article, we’ll show you how to care for your grey hair.

Why Embrace Your Grey Hair?

There are many reasons to let your hair go natural. Here are 5 reasons to go gray.

1. It’s easier. Eliminating the touch-ups that must happen every 4-6 weeks lest you look unkempt will save you time, hassle and money.
2. It’s cheap. Hair coloring, even if you do it yourself, can be expensive.
3. It’s natural. Letting your hair go is as natural as it gets. Coloring it means adding potential toxins like ammonia to your hair and introducing it into your body.
4. Grey is gorgeous. There are a bunch of shades of grey and some of it can be absolutely stunning. Why color your hair when you already have gorgeous hair color?
5. It’s an expression of self-confidence. A woman who goes gray exudes confidence and a high self-esteem. Grey hair tells the world, “I am embracing life in all of its forms.”

How to take care of them?

Ever wonder why your grey hair is wiry and sticks up stubbornly while the rest of your hair lies flat? It’s because the cuticles of grey hair are rougher than hair that has pigment (color). Grey hair tends to be dry. Keep your grey hair looking shiny with a glossing treatment once a week.

There are a few options:

1. To get grey hair to behave well, you can smooth it out using serum, gloss potions, products containing silicone and conditioners. Look on labels for the word “silicone,” which is great for tamping down those stubborn wiry hairs.
2. You can get a great at-home glossing kit from your drugstore.
3. Brushing grey hair every day to distribute oils from the scalp to the ends. After about 6 weeks of nightly brushing, that your hair will become smoother, softer, and glossier. It is advisable to use a bristle hair brush.
4. By shampooing once a week with a clarifying shampoo or mixing apple cider vinegar into your shampoo once a week helps in removing hair product build-up.

Protect Your Hair From Discoloration

Grey hair can turn yellow if exposed to too much sun, chlorine or the mineral deposits in your water. To keep this from happening, protect your hair with a hat or scarf when out in the sun for long periods of time.

If you swim, rinse hair thoroughly with water so that it doesn’t soak up the chlorinated water. Or wear a swim cap. If your tap water contains a lot of deposits, consider getting a filter that attaches to your showerhead.