The 411 on "The Granny Look"

I know you have seen it, well unless you have been living under a social media rock!

All the buzz this week has been about a new hair trend called "The Granny Look" where ladies are rocking gray hair no matter their age! 

This blog is my personal opinion and take on the process of getting those silver locks. 

First of all, incase you aren't sure what I am talking about, click here to see the original blog that has taken the Internet by storm. http://elitedaily.com/envision/going-grey-for-fashion-photos/979772/

To achieve this look it is quite the process and comes with a very high maintenance up keep! 

Unless you are starting out platnium blonde this is going to be a long , multi step process. Meaning it will take many hours and lots of different processing steps to prep your hair. Not to mention very expensive. 

Most of the ladies you see floating around social media with this look have a weave in or a wig on & it's not even their real hair! 

The girls that have committed and made their actual hair that gorgeous gray color have bleached their hair multiple times , and then toned their locks with a violet or steel blue toner (that is actually used to correct coloring techniques when blondes pull yellow or brassy tones... leaving them a vanilla or platinum) 

So in a sense they have just over toned their hair. In the 5 professional color lines I have used there is not a demi or permanent "gray color" to achieve this trend. 

I have had multiple clients and friends blowing my phone up asking if they could pull it off... or if this was possible to achieve ..'mm

I am going to be brutely honest, no! Most woman can't pull off gray! That is why elderly woman still are concerned about gray coverage and make trips to the salon every 4-6 weeks to keep their dirty little secret, a secret! 

You have to have the right skin tone! Gray does not look good on everyone like they say! It washes most out!

Once you are gray you also have to rethink your daily wardrobe. No more rocking that favorite gray cardigan of yours! Gray hair needs to be paired with more bold & jewel tones!

Also if you are already naturally gray, there is NO color that is going to be the perfect match for your natural sparkles. 

Your ends would always look different !

However, If you are still convinced you want "the granny look" the toner applied to you're bleached hair, is going to fade. And fade quickly. Hince the high maintenance part of this style. You would have to be toning it your self at home (which I never recommend), using a purple & blue shampoo DAILY (which is also not usually recommended) or making trips to the salon every couple weeks to get it re-toned! Which can get rather pricey. 

This is one trend I hope goes as quickly as it came onto the scene.  

Again, this is purely my OWN professional opinion & I hope this answers many of your wondering questions! 

Xoxo- Molly