Hair conditioning

A single shade of hair dye can quickly cover grey, but often the result is flat and lifeless. Youthful hair naturally has a range of tones, so asking a professional hairdresser for a few highlights can be supremely flattering, and is less obvious as it grows, meaning you won’t worry so much about a harsh regrowth line and you can visit the salon less often. To get the look at home, seek out box dye that offers a radiant, multi-dimensional finish.

Another trick to add luminosity and depth, particularly on coarse silver or grey hair, is to use a shine mist or a hairspray that has a reflective finish to return some shine to your locks. Avoid the root area, and mist the rest of your hair as a final step when styling.

Consider a change. If you’ve worn the same hairstyle for close to a decade or more, it’s worth re-evaluating if there could be an updated option. If you’ve always worn hair parted in the centre, you might find you achieve more volume by parting it slightly to one side. Likewise, a blunt fringe could be softened at the corners by tapering downwards towards your ears, or grown a little longer and swept to one side.

Try out a root concealer powder or spray, which is handy for covering grey regrowth when growing out a dye job.

Protect your ends. Dry, frizzy and split ends are immediately obvious and make your hair look unkempt. Put a little hair oil or serum in your fingers and slide though mid-lengths and ends to temporarily smooth and disguise them.