<p>I started going grey at 22 and stopped coloring my hair at 37. At 52 (I’m now 55), I was pretty much all white when I saw an Italian woman with multi-colored spikes in her short hair and was inspired to add pink streaks to my short hair cut. I use a vegetable dye (Special FX) and do a light streak just at the front. It adds color to my face. It fades out over a few weeks. </p>
<p>I find women of a certain age, often with hair that looks thoroughly trashed by dye overuse, come stand next to me and quietly ask “how do you do that?” One acquaintance has added a lovely deep purple streak to her grey hair. It’s very becoming.</p>