Gray hair used to be a symbol of old age, but recently, grey highlights have become a significant hairstyle trend among younger women across the globe.
You don’t even have to dye your hair entirely, and gray hair highlights are enough to switch things up and rock this trend. If you think grey hair will make you look older, sorry to say you still follow old-style thinking! Scroll down to see some of the coolest highlights ideas and learn a thing or two about grey strands.
How to Get Grey Highlights
Getting grey highlighted hairstyle requires a lot of patience, especially if your hair is naturally darker. The very first thing you need to do is to determine what kind of highlights you want, i.e., whether you want them all the way from the scalp to the ends i.e. full highlights or just partial highlights.
In order to go grey, you have to pre-lighten your hair first. The goal is to get to the clean white-blonde shade, which you will tone with grey hair color then.
Remember that lightening your hair tone can weaken it and using bleach can sometimes damage hair if not performed properly.
That’s why the best thing to do, especially if you want gray highlights in brown hair, is to see a professional hairstylist who will give you the highlights of your dreams without causing damage to your hair.
Stunning Gray Hair Highlights Ideas
Let’s take a look at some of the most awesome highlights with grey hair shade you can do with grey shade. You’ll be amazed at their versatility and beauty. Check them out.
1. Wavy Hair with Bangs
The beauty of highlights in this gray shade is best depicted by the fact we can style them in more ways than one depending on our personal likes and preferences.
For instance, if your style is feminine and romantic, then these subtle highlights will do the trick. This is also the perfect representation of black hair with grey highlights.
2. Bob and Bangs with Highlights
Here’s yet another amazing example of how you can style black hair with gray highlights. The long blunt bob is coupled with bangs that perfectly frame your face.
The beauty of this style is that you can keep it straight and sleek or you can opt for a layered or messier version. Also, this style suits both younger and older ladies.
3. Chunky Highlights
A combination of light and dark sections makes hair visibly fuller, and it also gives you an elegant vibe. If you don’t want too many highlights, you can just go for a few sections that will still make a huge difference.
Grey highlights on dark brown hair look wonderful regardless of the length, and that’s why we love them.
4. Luscious Locks
Turn gray highlights on brown hair into a truly sensual look with luscious locks as shown in the photo below. Both medium-length and long hair can work.
All you need is to make gentle and subtle grey curls that will bring more bounciness to your hair and also accentuate highlighted areas.
5. Ash Grey Hair Highlights
Highlights in grey shade and brown hair color are a perfect match. If you have long hair, then you may want to spice things up with this look. Get highlights and style your hair in sexy waves for a sensual and elegant appearance. Take a look and see how awesome it can be.
6. Dark Bob + Grey Babylights
Out with the plain, and in with the gray! While a dark lob looks mysterious and edgy, adding grey babylights can make it look more sophisticated. You can add in a few shades of darker greys or browns to create a natural grey blended hair.
7. Salt and Pepper Long Pixie
Why hide your greys when you can’t flaunt them? The best way to do that is to go for the salt and pepper hair technique. This coloring technique involves adding highlights in different shades of grey along with a few strands. To make the look more stylish, you can even throw in a few blonde strands too.
8. Dark Hair + Grey and White Streaks
Here’s another example of beautiful salt and pepper hair. Featuring a combination of black, gray to silver, and white, the result is an eye-catching look. Creating some gorgeous waves on your long hair is the best way to show off this amazing color combination.
9. Moneypiece Grey Highlights
Moneypiece is a coloring technique wherein the grey highlights are applied only at the front hair strands. This is a face-framing technique designed to make your face look slimmer, brighten your complexion, and highlights your best facial features.
It’s like the bronzer version for your hair!
10. Red Hair + Grey and Pink Highlights
Who says grey highlights will only look good on dark hair? This red hairstyle will surely beg to differ!
If you’re all about experimenting with colors, don’t miss out on this red and grey combo. The reds are known for their richness and vibrance, so adding a few grey strands can help balance off the entire look.
11. Flower Accessories
You deserve to have the most gorgeous bridal hairstyle on your big day, and this might just be what you’re looking for. When braided, the blend of light brown, grey, and dark hair strands creates a mesmerizing appearance that will truly catch everyone’s eye.
Make your bridal look even more romantic by adding white floret accessories all over your hair.
12. Grey Peekaboo Highlights
Do you want to make your short bob look even edgier? Add grey peekaboo highlights! This technique involves applying the grey dye at the bottom layer of your front strands.
When you run your fingers through your hair or create curls or waves in your hair, the shade peeks through the top layer, adding a pop of color to your look.
13. Spiky Pixie + Grey Tips
A spiky pixie already looks badass but you can even add more oomph to it with a combination of grey tips and babylights. While the grey color is not that obvious, it adds a subtle depth to your short hair and boost the movement of your spiky strands.
14. Updo + Grey Highlights
With the grey blending technique, there’s no need for you to dye over your gray hair anymore. This technique involves the application of both highlights and balayage to blend in the grey strands with your natural hair color.
15. Brown Mullet + Silver Highlights
The iconic Mullet hairstyle is coming back with a bang! But this time, it’s all about showing off natural hair texture and sporting fun hair colors. Case in point– this brown + silver hair color combination.
If your hair color is on the ashy brown side, adding ashy grey to silver strands will emphasize its cool tones.
16. Medium Brown Bob + Grey Highlights
Here’s another prime example of how amazing brown and grey look together. But since the brown hair color is on the lighter and warmer side, it’s best paired with a lighter shade of grey.
17. Chunky Grey and Blonde Highlights
Chunky highlights have become popular a few decades ago and now they are making a big comeback. But the chunky highlights that you’ll see today are not just limited to one color. Just like the hair color in the photo, it now includes the use of different shades and the addition of coloring techniques (balayage and babylights) to create a more natural and seamless look.
18. Blonde Balayage + Grey Moneypieces
Gone are the days when women want to cover their grey hair. Now, you can proudly show it off and even turn it into something more glamorous with the help of different coloring techniques.
The combination of blonde balayage and grey moneypiece highlights creates an icy appearance all over the hair and gives the face that youthful glow.
19. Spiky Grey Bangs
These spiky grey bangs are a shorter version of moneypiece highlights but it does the same job– frame the face, add a pop of color to your look, and brighten up your complexion in an instant. Plus, it’s low maintenance. What more can you ask for?
20. Undercut and Highlights
Same with peekaboo highlights, the undercut highlights are located underneath the top layer of the hair. Because of this, it’s concealed when your hair is down and gets showcased when you toss your hair up, adding an element of surprise to an otherwise simple hairstyle.
21. Babylights
Some women love striking gray highlights that make them stand out, while others are more inclined to subtle shades. If you’re in the latter group, then you’ll definitely love this look.
In this case, only a hint of grey is used to upgrade the look, and that’s it. Dark hair with greyish highlights can be as simple as adding a hint of grey strategically as seen in the photo below.
22. Choppy Bob
Bob, regardless of the length, is one of those haircuts that will always be in style. Take your choppy bob to a whole new level with grey highlights in brown hair.
For the best effect, make sure your bob remains straight and sleek. You can rock this cut with casual outfits, but also with those more formal options.
23. Highlighted Ends
Highlights don’t always have to start on the scalp and go all the way down. You can also opt for getting them done in the lower section of your hair and look fabulous anyway.
This medium hairstyle is particularly awesome on round-faced women with gray hair. Blow-dry your hair to make it bouncy and playful, and you’re good to go.
24. Short Grey Hair
Grey highlights work on short hair just as they do on long hair. If you have a pixie cut, there’s no reason not to sport these highlights as well. For the best effect, tousle your hair with fingers to get a layered and choppy look that will accentuate the highlights and make them pop. As far as the shade is concerned, you can go for a subtle or more noticeable hue.
25. Metallic Silver Highlights
Are you looking for highlights that will be easily noticeable on your dark hair? Then metallic shade is ideal for you. This shade is both edgy and elegant. When paired with long hair, metallic gray highlights can accentuate your locks and curls.
FAQs
Read the following frequently asked questions to learn more about grey highlights.
Grey shades can be seen as an “older” or “dated” look, but clean and shiny grey is powerful and stylish. If your hair is naturally turning grey, dying it other colors may not compliment your skin tone.
Brightening the grey in your hair can help you look younger, not older. Brightening the grey in your hair can help you look younger, not older.
Yes. Grey highlights look great on dark brown hair to have a more natural look. A silver or grey highlight is a smart choice for brunettes since the tone is similar and complements one another. The highlights can be added through ombre, highlights, or balayage techniques.
If your hair is turning grey, you can highlight the hair with blonde. The goal of this technique is to blend the silver and the bright blonde for a natural look.
There is no precise answer to this question because it all depends on the effect you want to achieve. Generally speaking, a combination of dark or brown hair with grey highlights produces the most powerful impact. But, you can still rock this trend with lighter hair too.
Yes, gray or silver highlights can be tricky to maintain. Bear in mind this hair dye fades faster than others, so you may want to wash your hair less frequently.
Instead of washing your hair every day, do it two to three times a week. Unless your hair is oily, washing once during the week can be enough to make your highlights last longer.
Your hairstylist will probably recommend you should use some products to maintain your highlights properly and you should definitely listen to them. The beauty and durability of your highlights depend on the effort you put into maintenance.
Gray highlights are trendy, elegant, and edgy. Getting these highlights requires some hard work and effort, but to make sure everything’s done properly, you may want to consider letting hairstylists do it rather than opting for the DIY approach.
While these highlights are beautiful, they do require a lot of maintenance. Choose your favorite style of highlights and upgrade your look today.
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