Anne, those sneaky silvers slide in when you aren’t looking.
Lisa, enjoy the journey. You will be more comfortable if you make it your own and take steps, or not, on your timeline.
Jill58, ahh, a nice smooth slide towards aging gracefully, like yours, would have been my first choice.
SW prof. Your stylist might be right. Your stylist is probably aware of options to avoid the blotches or skunk stripe. My hair has blotches that are darker. That is why we have been highlighting and using toner as needed. Each time we have highlighted less, focusing on breaking up the dark patches. I just returned from having some toner applied to cut the gold. My stylist used a new shade called Pearl. I really like it....it helped blend the darker hairs underneath and gave my hair an ashier blond/ white color. This is a cooler shade and I think it works well with my skin.
Jenni NZ, I think the best stylists are the ones who tell you the truth! My stylish is as thrilled with the results of my process to gray as I am and she has some new customers because of it!