How to Color Stubborn Gray Hair

Meet Dinna Elgelda, Professional Colorist, and Madison Reed Color Crew team member. We love Dinna for many reasons here at Madison Reed, not the least of which is that she has very stubborn gray hair which she grows out for us on occasion so that we can make videos like this to show you how to get gray coverage when coloring your hair at home. Follow along for pro-tips on how to cover stubborn grays.

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Has anyone ever told You that You are a genius? I have just finished coloring my 99% white hair first time in my life by myself according to Your tutorial and I was successful !!! Thanks and blessings!!! I could never imagine that I would do it. These days when every hairdressers are closed Your tutorial was so helpful.

[birdyfilovingheart]

You're so nice! I started going grey at 26 and am now 51 so one year short of being grey for half my life! Great tips for applying the colour.

[a.phillips]

Best hair color in the world. She’s very pretty and does a great job of explaining the how to get best coverage.

[strawberry]

I love your 'pages of a book' application style for front AND back. Makes perfect sense and is simpler. Thank you.

[doris]

Excellent tutorial that's makes it look like I can do this at home! I had gone to my colorist/hairdresser every 4 weeks for the last ten years. We both retired, and I can no longer afford a monthly colorist and "need" to do this myself and haven't had a best results. Tried semi-permanent last week, and it didn't take, then tried again this morning, and it looks like crap. I will order Madison Reed, follow the video and pray. Watching this video is giving me the confidence I need to try again. Thank you Dinna!

[dotholcomb]

When the corona virus shut everything down, I panicked. I had colored my hair when I was young, but now, I'm 71. HOWEVER, everyone has complimented me on my hair color. Got someone to check for places that I'd missed & they said there were no "places"! My hair is better than ever. This is better than what my stylist uses at his salon & he is very picky! I've already asked him if I could bring my own color, but pay him the same. That's how much I like it! He said "YES". It appears to be good for your hair!

[bonstance]

Hi, Dinna. I am also a hereditary grey girl. I have a daughter with the best, most thick hair who also got this, sorry Amanda. I went blonde at age 40 due to this as I was coloring my hair every 3-4 weeks. Now, I color every 12 weeks as the white blends. Also, I went shorter. I use a Capri blonde and love it. Thanks for the video.

[heatheresders]

Omgosh!! I LOVE THAT COLOR ON!! Gives your skin a nice glow!

[samantharecollet]

Thank you I’m 22 and I noticed that I’m starting to get gray hair and this for some reason made me feel a little better out it

[venuswings]

This is the best up close tutorial on hair coloring I've seen yet!
Planning on coloring my hair today. A million thanks.

[pierrewins]

Why is it so cathartic to watch someone else section their hair with a tint brush? I feel like my blood pressure just dropped by watching this! I love it and I love that this video shows both application methods =)

[rebeccabradbury]

Lovely hair colour I have greys in my hair bad really I used a bottle application but still greys

[benicio]

I’ve had so many hairdressers try to scare me away from dying my own hair by warning me that special steps have to be taken before you can safely and effectively dye grey hair. You seemed to have no problems and just went straight to coloring. I guess you don’t need two or three stages after all. I don’t feel so afraid now to color my own hair at home.

[tomkots]

Beautiful....if color gets on skin how do you remove?

[ranasabbouh]

I love how spontaneous you are and beautiful smile you have. Thank you for this lovely video

[ladeedaa]

A little trick I use if my barrier cream
doesn’t block color from staining my skin,
is glycolic acid.
I’m a sensitive skin type so I don’t use
any AHA’s for a week prior.
After I wash the color out, I use any AHA
(exfoliates top layer of skin) on
hairline stains.
Hope that helps

[carmelkaton]

Best root touch up vid. Answers all questions!

[clarisasomido]

Hey Dinna...could I possibly ask what brand of dye you're using. Thanks for the tips...

[neena_gems]

I just started graying and was recommmed the pescara black and it is the best. I keep the mixture on my hair for a solid 45 minutes.starting from front to back. Loyal customer.

[Kjak]

Thank you for sharing! It’s good to see a real video. Some people have a handful of grey hairs and refer to themselves as grey etc etc. I’m 90% grey at 45. So I decided to go platinum blonde lol. But I’ll hang around and watch some of your vids ❤️