Lightening up a dark one process for grey blending

This week I had a new client at the salon.  She was young, only 39 years old and her hair was 85-90 percent grey.  The first thing that I noticed when I looked at her was that her hair was much too dark for her skin tone.   There were bands of different shades of dark brown from many different colors being applied without a good transition.  Although her original goal was to stop coloring her hair altogether, once we spoke for a while I suggested that we do something called lightening up a dark one process for grey blending.    I know that coloring your hair every few weeks is a lot of work, but at the same time going fully white will instantly age someone by 20 years.  So basically, even if it seems like an option, it's not an option.Although my long term goal for the clients hair is to get her base color to a dark blonde with tons of golden blonde highlights to make it as light as possible.  Dark blonde isn't white, but because there is so much less contrast the white hair won't be as obvious as it grows in.During the initial appointment I changed her single process color to a light brown color which was three shades lighter than the dark brown black color that she started out with.  I highlighted the ends of her hair heavily to a light brown shade.  Especially around her face frame and on the top, I took as much of the dark hair as possible and placed it into foils so that it wouldn't be as inky and dark.  After the foils processed fully and got as light and cool as they would get in one appointment, I washed out her color.  After washing out the color I applied a gentle product to loosen up more of the dark color that had not been lightened up in the foils.  After chelating it through the hair for a few minutes the color loosened up several levels and washed away in the sink during her shampoo.The last step to finish up her first corrective appointment was to apply a caramel brown glaze combined with Olaplex to her hair.  This step helps to condition, even out, and add shine to hair.  Highlights melt into the hair so much more naturally with a glaze.  The final result was a beautiful, much softer dimensional brown the result of Lightening up a dark one process for grey blending. I always want to complete the entire correctional process during the first appointment, but there is only so much that can be done in one appointment.  I was thrilled with how much I was able to accomplish in one visit, as was my client.  To book an appointment with me for a correction, or a maintainance appointment call the salon at: 617.236.8100xoxo,  Megan