If you’ve decided to go gray or you already have gray hair – you need to take a look at what you’re doing with your make up. It’s all too easy to let your hair go gray and forget about your face.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking because your gray hair is natural then your face should stay as nature intended too.

The reverse is true – gray hair color means that make up needs more attention not less. The real trick is to make it look like it’s natural – the “no make up make up”.

Even if you don’t usually wear make up – going gray means you should start. Gray hair will definitely make your complexion look more pale and could give you a washed out look. You need more colorful make up to boost your skin tones and define your features.

Here’s some simple make up tips for a great new look with your gray hair.

For lips – use rose, red, apricot or peach but NOT brown shades. Brown looks too muddy and dull with your gray hair.

A blusher is a must – use rose tones and pastels. Cream or cream-powder is best to avoid a powdery look.

For brown eyes choose a gray or brown palette of eyeshadows and for blue eyes – you need a trio palette of gray, slate and navy

Brows matter as we get older – the problem is they tend to lose definition and hair regrowth is weak. When you’ve gone gray you need more definition to your brows.

Keep them shaped and add a boost of subtle color with a brow shaper or brow pencil. If you’re using a pencil apply it against the direction of the hair growth for a more natural look. Then gently smooth back in place with brow brush or your finger.

Don’t just stick with the same old make up base – check out your current color in the daylight with a mirror and move up a shade if it’s too pale.

Try out your new makeup at home and experiment until you find the look that works. Surprisingly your new gray hair will probably make you look younger rather than adding extra years.

With the right make up you and your gray hair will look fabulous!

You may have been color treating your hair for years and hate the look of your gray roots.

Gray hair may be just the right decision for you – think Meryl Streep in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ But how do you get to full on gray without looking and feeling more like the Wicked Witch of the North in ‘The Wizard of Oz’.

It’s all about managing the transition. You have to put in a little effort and give your gray locks some tender loving care as they emerge.

Here’s some great tips for getting beautiful gray hair effortlessly:

Keep your hair in tip top condition. Hair texture changes when it loses color – you may find it’s more wiry or coarse and certainly drier than it was before. Step up the deep conditioning treatments to restore gloss and shine. Use a special extra conditioning shampoo and conditioner with every wash.

Give your hair a treat – use a deep conditioning hair mask once or twice a week.

Use finishing products after you style your hair to give the appearance of gloss and shine to your gray hair.

Eat to give you hair shine and body – make sure you get plenty of vitamins and eat an antioxidant rich diet to boost hair condition from within.

Drink lots of water – 2 liters a of pure still water a day to keep your digestive system cleansed. A sluggish digestive system shows in dull hair.

Take a supplement specifically for hair health or even for hair restoration to boost essential vitamins and minerals.  Taking a natural hair restoration product can make your hair grow at a faster rate and will help you go gray more quickly.

Revamp your makeup as more gray emerges – gray hair can make you looker more pale and may lead to a washed out look. Treat yourself to some new makeup in colors that boost your complexion and strengthen your skin tone.

Pay extra attention to skin care – shiny gray hair and a younger looking skin is a great combination. If you haven’t given much tender loving care to your skin now is the time to start.

Fade to gray gradually if you have colored hair.  Visit your hair salon more regularly to cut off the old color treatment and get some lowlights to blend in the new gray as it emerges.

Get a new hair style. Stylish gray hair means a great cut so talk to your hair salon and revamp your look.

That’s it – follow these simple tips and you will be well on the way to having great looking gray hair – stylishly!

Whether it starts that early for you – by 50 you’ll probably have quite a bit of gray hair. Once seen as a liability to be hidden – smart women are increasingly choosing to see gray hair as a style statement.

Gray hair gets to us all sooner or later so the question is how do you deal with it?

Are you going to flaunt your gray hair or should you hide it beneath a color treatment. If you’re going to go for color – should you opt for a natural look or make it obviously and loudly false?

One of the most common complaints when it comes to coloring gray hair is that the color doesn’t take as well on the gray areas as it does on those areas of hair that aren’t yet affected. This is because gray hair has lost its pigment. As a result it’s more coarse than pigmented hair and resists the color.

The trick is to treat gray hair beforehand with peroxide – that makes it softer and more open to artificial color. If you know what you’re doing then its possible to do this at home but many women prefer the professional attention of a good hair stylist.

When Cher and Elizabeth Taylor first went gray, they both opted for platinum blonde in order to cover the giveaway signs of aging. Hilary Clinton and Diane Sawyer, on the other hand, opted for a softer honey blonde which gave them a sense of glamorous maturity.

Gray blends in with blonde more easily. Helen Mirren’s hair is a great example of a lovely soft blonde cut that merges with gray and looks totally natural.

Which color you choose will be determined by your lifestyle and your skin coloring – an accountant or a lawyer needs a more conservative approach – even if your feel like purple highlights – your clients won’t let you get away with it.

Whatever color you choose – don’t forget to dye your gray hair regularly. Clearly visible gray roots will make you look older than a whole head of gray hair.

It’s also important to avoid totally flat all over intense colour – very aging and not at all natural. Introduce variations in colour with highlights or lowlights to soften color in line with your natural skin tones.

Since gray hair is notoriously difficult to color and color on gray is hard to keep looking good – for many women – gray really has become the new black. Gray hair has become something of a statement for chic stylish women of a certain age.

There’s no doubt that silver gray or white hair can look extremely glamorous and stylish. Whether or not you can pull it off is largely down to attitude – you need confidence, a superb cut and a good sense of style.

Many women are now arguing that – unlike men – they’ve spent too many years covering up what can be part of the beauty of aging.

If men with gray hair are deemed attractive – then why shouldn’t women with gray hair look young and desirable too?