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French grey blending

The art of going grey, gracefully.

A small, light-filled studio in Eastbourne quietly devoted to one thing — softening the way silver arrives. French Grey Blending, customised to you to compliment your natural colour.

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French grey blending is the antidote to coverage. Instead of erasing your greys every six weeks, I work with them — softening, dimensionalising, and re-lighting your hair so the contrast eases into something painterly.

It isn't a hand-painted look so much as a customised one — built around your own grey pattern. Fine threads of colour are placed through the hair, mimicking your natural tone so the silver and the warmth fall together in the same quiet palette.

Every head is unique. No two consultations end with the same bowl, the same placement, or the same finished tone — because no two heads of hair grow grey in the same way.

“I'm not in the business of erasing the years. I'm in the business of letting the hair you actually have look like the most considered version of itself.”

the blend

Dimension,
not coverage.

I work with your natural silver — adding light and shadow around it so the contrast softens, the regrowth disappears, and the colour grows out as quietly as it walks out.

a · blend

Customised threads.

Fine threads of colour, placed through your own grey pattern to mimic your natural tone — never a one-size formula.

b · tone

Cool, mineral gloss.

A finishing tone that unifies the silver and the warmth into a single quiet palette. Never brassy, never flat.

c · grow-out

12 weeks between.

The blend is designed to disappear into your roots so you only see the studio three or four times a year.

d · tailor

No formula twice.

Tone, placement and depth are mapped to your hair, your skin, and the light you live in. Mixed for you.

the method

Five quiet acts
over an afternoon.

The technique is the easy part. The real work is the listening — to your hair, to your life, to the way you want to live with the colour between visits.

  1. i

    Consultation

    A quiet sixty minutes. Your hair, your life, your light — before any colour is mixed. After your appointment I run a small test strand in my own time, to see how the hair lifts and to gauge its health.

  2. ii

    Mapping

    The blend is drawn around where your grey already sits, falls, and moves.

  3. iii

    Application

    Fine threads of colour woven through your own grey pattern, mimicking your natural tone.

  4. iv

    Toning

    A cool, mineral gloss unifies silver and warmth into one quiet palette.

  5. v

    Cut & finish

    Tailored cut, blow-out, aftercare in plain language.

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I'm not interested in covering anything up. I want to make the hair you actually have look like the most considered version of itself.
A side profile of layered, shoulder-length hair with silver blended softly through warm brown

the studio

One chair.
One client.
Your time, undivided.

A small, light-filled studio in Eastbourne — no music shouting over conversation, no overlapping bookings, no one waiting in a row of chairs. Every visit has the studio to itself.

  • i

    One chair, one client. Every booking is private.

  • ii

    Tea, water, slow conversation. Your time, undivided.

  • iii

    Bespoke formulas, mixed for the head of hair in the mirror.

  • iv

    Aftercare advice in plain language — no jargon, no panic.

an aside

You probably arrived
carrying one of these.

You don't have to know which one yet. The consultation is there to find it. Whatever you walk in with, I map a path with you — one considered visit at a time.

  1. i

    Feeling exhausted by constant root touch-ups every four to six weeks.

  2. ii

    Hair feeling brassy, dry, or unlike itself after years of full coverage.

  3. iii

    Earlier blends that left the hair over-highlighted, damaged, or stripey.

  4. iv

    Wanting to embrace your silver — without knowing how to get there.

investment

Honest numbers,
in advance.

Grey blending isn't a one-off appointment — your hair has spent years being coloured, and easing it back into its natural light takes time, in stages. The numbers below are the whole picture.

Consultation
A considered hour. Hair, skin tone, lifestyle — before any colour is mixed.
60 min
$150

the journey

Signature Grey Blending Journey
Over 6 — 9 months
Investment
$3,900
Phase 1
Transformation Session
4 — 8 hours in the chair
$1,450
  • ·Full custom grey blending
  • ·Face framing/lightening
  • ·Root diffusion
  • ·Gloss + treatment
  • ·Signature finish
Phase 2
Refinement Sessions
2 sessions at $650
  • ·Blend balancing
  • ·Dimension refinement
  • ·Toner refresh
  • ·Bond repair treatments
Phase 3
Luxury Maintenance
2 sessions at $275
  • ·Glossing
  • ·Soft brightening
  • ·Styling + maintenance
Bonus Included
  • ·Personalised transition plan
  • ·Priority booking
  • ·Hair health strategy
  • ·Home-care guidance

French grey blending is a journey. I mimic your natural grey pattern, working with the way the silver is already coming through rather than painting over it.

I also look at your skin toning — whether you read as a spring, summer, autumn, or winter — and grey blend to suit your colouring and the way you actually live. The result is a finish that flatters your face and doesn't ask too much of your week.

Payment plans for the full journey are available on request. The consultation is the only standalone fee — everything that follows sits inside the journey price.

Real words from the chair

“

Anne gave me back the version of myself I had been trying to colour over for ten years.
Catherine — client of 4 years

“

The grow-out is the part nobody warns you about. Anne fixed that for me.
Pia — client of 2 years

“

She listens before she lifts a brush. The colour is just the proof.
Marguerite — client of 6 years

About Anne

A quieter way
of cutting hair.

Anne specialises in French Grey Blending, and has been cutting and colouring hair for more than two decades. She trained in Wellington, refined her colour work through years of overseas courses and mentorships, and built her practice around a single quiet idea — that hair should grow out as well as it walks out.

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A finished dark-brown grey blend with subtle dimensional lights

Frequently asked questions

Things
everyone
asks first.

i. How is this different from regular colour? +

Most colour services aim to cover your grey. French grey blending instead works with your natural silver — adding light and shadow around it so the contrast softens. The goal is dimension, not coverage, so you grow out without a hard regrowth line.

ii. What does the journey look like? +

Most clients begin with a 60-minute consultation. From there I plan a series of visits over six to nine months that gently transition you from full coverage (or no colour at all) into a soft, dimensional blend.

iii. How long is each appointment? +

Consultation: sixty minutes. First colour service: four to eight hours. Maintenance visits: two to three. Refresh tones: an hour. Every appointment includes a brief catch-up, application, toning and a tailored cut and finish.

iv. How often will I come back? +

By design, every twelve to sixteen weeks. The blend is built to grow out beautifully — most clients only sit in the chair three or four times a year.

v. Will it work on my hair? +

Almost always — but the right answer comes out of the consultation, not a website. If your hair has been box-dyed in the last twelve months, or has had heavy bleach, I may need a gentle correction visit before I begin blending.

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A feathered, shoulder-length grey blend in side profile — silver lights woven through soft brown
A wavy statement bob with bold silver streaks through dark hair
A dark brown grey blend, section lifted to show dimension
A short, finished silver bob