I finally understand why some people look better without their grey hair showing. Year ago, I was trained in a salon that believed no one should color their hair...I went with it for awhile. But then I grew as a stylist and trained myself in hair color, I liked to learn, and frankly would get bored just cutting. Providing hair color services in the salon created variety and more range in my skill level, a stream of income I wouldn't have had, and a whole world of creativity opened up for me. Even so, I am very open to people showing their grey hair. I've never said, "you must color your hair." It took a long time to understand the nuances of hair color shades, and tone, in short, I made a lot of mistakes and learned from them. But it's not until recently, that I learned why some people absolutely should color their hair. I never put together why some people look amazing with grey or white hair. I knew it had some to do with these people usually were Winter types. I never asked myself, why? Winter types, or Summer types, or people have cool tones in their skin. Grey hair, in all its varying tones, is cool in tone. You put the two together and it's fabulous, especially when they have a great hair cut as well. The look is congruent.
But, then you take a person who has warm tones in their eyes and their skin, and they are wearing grey hair, it's all wrong. The warm tones in their skin and the cool tones of the hair, don't mix, so the person wearing it feels "Off" somehow. These are the people that really ought to color their hair. Warm, or natural tones look best on them. This realization is allowing me to look deeper into the question, should I grow my hair color out? And, if a client has been coloring their hair for a long time, and they don't know what they have underneath, I suggest they grow it out to see it. Then reevaluate.
I don't buy that everybody should color their hair, and I don't think it necessarily makes a person look old. If there is a vibrancy going on inside, a youthfulness, a positive attitude, a person will shine even more so, if their color is right for them, even if it is grey. It is a look of elegance and simple beauty on the right person.
Sometimes the obvious takes awhile to sink in.