Luckily, the industry has evolved, and we’ve now got some amazing products to help keep that color in. There are shampoos and conditioners specifically made for gray hair. Some are full of pigment to help deposit more gray onto your highlights to refresh the color completely, but there are also purple-toning shampoos and masks that help to keep out those unwanted yellow tones.

Even blending gray hair with highlights and lowlights can damage your locks. The most important thing you can do before and after you’ve gone gray and started this whole process of letting it grow in is to take care of your hair. Protein treatments and bond treatments make a significant difference in how your hair holds color. If the hair is too damaged from a huge change in color, it can completely spit out the gray you’ve worked so hard to get in. Keeping your hair happy and healthy throughout the entire process is the key to getting to that low-maintenance look you’ve been wanting.

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