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Gray Hair: Makeup Tips for Silver-Haired Women

by Deborah Dunham (Subscribe to Deborah Dunham's posts)
Posted May 6th 2010 at 7:00AM  
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Jamie Lee Curtis enhances her gray locks with soft, neutral makeup. Photo: Getty Images

When their hair goes gray, white, or silver, many women stick with the same makeup shades they've been wearing their entire lives.

But their old color palette may wash out their newly lightened look.

Celebrity hair stylist Brett Freedman says that it's very important to calibrate your makeup to gray or silver hair. "You want to avoid overpowering your locks. Subtlety is the key," he says.

He recommends choosing cooler tones for eyes (shadows and liners) and warmer tones for cheeks and lips. "Cool tones like pewter and lavender for eyes and golden pinks and apricots for lips are best," he advises. "Also, go light for day. When the hair is light you want to bring vividness to the face without looking too made up. A little goes a long way."

What else is important to consider with gray or silver locks?

Don't underestimate the importance of the brows, says Freedman. "When filling in brows, choose a light shade to define the shape without going darker than the hairs. I formulated my Vanitymark Blondest brow pencil to work beautifully on silver foxes."

And if your hair and skin is looking a bit dull -- as it often does when we get older, Freedman advises adding extra sheen. "Use finishing sprays with glisteners for the hair and give skin a dewy youthful glow by using a fab mineral powder with illumination to add depth," he recommends.

Whatever you do, just avoid the number one mistake that women with gray hair make with their makeup. Steer clear of the copper or orange shades, says Freedman. "It looks muddy when combined with silver hair. Go for more peachy tones."

These days, silver hair is not just for mature women -- take a look at these younger stars who are intentionally going gray!
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Mimmkj, 5-13-2010, 5:24PM

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Mimmkj

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carole brinkert, 5-13-2010, 3:08PM

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carole brinkert

The old saying, you are what you are what you eat....and not to mention exercise. I sure the cream of choice will enhance your looks also. JUST plain ole taking care of ourselves.

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Lily, 5-13-2010, 3:38PM

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Lily

As of this reading.... there are 6 comments, but 5 are just to plug certain products !!!

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Cappy Lills Kid, 5-13-2010, 5:09PM

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Cappy Lills Kid

maybe one day the site will start catching and eliminating spam

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Sue, 5-13-2010, 3:44PM

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Sue

I have been gray for a number of years and have difficulty finding light-gray brow pencils. Brown (or the ones they make for blondes) just don't look right. Blacks or charcoal are too dark. Does anyone know of a good product to use?

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Mitchell, 5-13-2010, 3:53PM

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Mitchell

As a professional makeup artist I like to use a deep gray or taupe powdered shadow with a stiff eyebrow color brush instead of a pencil on my gray haired clients The look is softer and one can find any number of matte shadows at a low price rather than actual brow color cakes, which are more limited in shades.

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mymkcareer, 5-13-2010, 4:18PM

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mymkcareer

Sue, try finding an eye shadow that's close to the hair color you're looking for and use an angle brush to apply. I am an Independent Beauty Consultant with graying and thinning brows who has used this technique for the past few years.

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Kathy, 5-13-2010, 7:04PM

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Sue, I recommend using eye liner pencils, which you can find in multiple shades of gray. The cheap ones are harder, so they are perfect for brows. You can also use a small brush and fill in with a gray eye shadow powder that matches your brow color. I use the powder most days, but travel with a pencil for ease.

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MaryADaniels, 5-13-2010, 4:11PM

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MaryADaniels

I like Jamie Lee Curtis, but I'm a comtemporary of her parents and, frankly, that picture makes her look older than I do. Not the best recommendation for the advice given!

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Shawn, 5-13-2010, 6:22PM

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Shawn

I love Jamie Lee's looks. I'm her age and would kill to look like her. Whereas this lipstick looks wonderful on her, I am very fair-skinned and this would only wash me out to sea. I do believe older women should use less makeup, not more. It just settles in every nook and cranny and looks awful when there's too much of it. And if you're still dying your hair dark-dark and you've hit a certain age, you are probably doing yourself a disservice. As my hair-dresser said, our skin, eyes, lips, everything fades and that ol' dark-dark dyed hair on a too old woman is not flattering.

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joella redmon, 5-13-2010, 5:03PM

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joella redmon

I am a very dark skin female and i need to know what suggestions do you have for me and my gray hair. I enjoy
wearing my hair and I need to know what color should I wear on
my lips, nails,feet, and eyes. I need help on the colors to wear
other than black and white.

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Theonita, 5-13-2010, 4:44PM

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Theonita

I love, love, love gray hair...I have been wearing my gray hair proudly for three years now, and, I get a lot of compliments. Its looks so good against my skin tone. Go gray haired diva's....

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Larry Caldwell, 5-13-2010, 4:55PM

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Larry Caldwell

There were five ADS in a row that had nothing to do with the story. PLEASE REPORT these ads every time you see one and sooner or later they will be gone.

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Nina, 5-13-2010, 5:25PM

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Nina

Avon has grey tone pencils for brows and eyeliner

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Judy, 5-13-2010, 5:29PM

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Judy

I want to know about gray hair style. Now that I am older, do I wear it shorter or do I keep it long. It is in the middle of my back. I think it looks good the way it is. Do we gray haired ladies still go by the shape of our faces? Or are there any rules? Please let me know.

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Suzy, 5-13-2010, 5:44PM

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Suzy

It's amazing.. I'm almost 47 years old, and I still don't have gray hair! I don't even think about it actually. I get my hair foiled every
three months but even when my roots grew out alot longer than they should have, my stylist and my husband both told me, there
wasn't one hair on my head that was gray! It's odd, b/c my father
went gray in his late '20s, with his jet black hair. My mom, on the
other hand, had blondish hair and she never went gray, but passed away at age 52. Her mother, my maternal grandmother, passed away at age 80, with brown hair, and not one strand of gray! I don't know if it's hereditary or what b/c my older sister has
had gray hair for a long time but she's only 5 years older than me.

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nancy, 5-13-2010, 6:57PM

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I've allways thought Jamie Lee was pretty. Shes one of few who can pull off short hair. Another pretty grey haired lady is Emmylou Harris. Shes prettier now, than she was when she was young. Im 48, and just beginning to grey in the temples and bang area. Being auburn, I just put a few highlights here and there, and the grey sort of blends in. It works now, anyway.

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Gary Mayer, 5-13-2010, 7:27PM

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The women who appear in the article are pure class. Why don't we have women like that in my town? I'm a brilliant (145 IQ) retired auditor (now aspiring writer) and I don't go out because most of the intelligent and lovely women are either married or lesbians. The rest are fat, lazy, stupid and bordering on insane.

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Linda, 5-13-2010, 7:41PM

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Linda

Grey hair makes people look older.Especially if you are a women.I dont think anyone under 70 should keep grey hair.It is just is not worth the years that it adds.No matter how young your face looks, grey hair makes you look older and washes out your face.The hair dye is so worth the extra effort. With Jamie,yes shes pretty.But,lets face it shes looks better as a blonde and YOUNGER!!!

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Di, 5-13-2010, 7:51PM

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Di

Thank you for this article we need more like this. I have allowed my natural color to come in and it is beautiful. I feel beautiful! It is a mixture of black with streaks of grey. Actually I found that it was almost impossible to color my hair effectively so I surrendered to the grey.

What I would like to see now are some hair styles for all types of hair.

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