Celeb hair clinic; Silver fox or ashtray grey?

Byline: Andrew Barton 

After Robbie Williams stepped out with what looked like some serious silver streaks earlier this week, here are some tips on how to handle your hair when the inevitable greys start to appear...

The curse of grey hair will come to us all - there's no lotion, potion, vitamin or tonic that will stop it.

So we've got to be prepared. There are only two options for most of us - either dye our locks for years to come, or embrace our silver side and make it work.

The 10 Years Younger TV hairstylist and Mirror writer Andrew Barton says: "Robbie actually looks all right with the grey strands that seem to have recently appeared."

But he reckons even silver foxes Dame Judi Dench, Honor Blackman and Meryl Streep could benefit from some colour round their faces. "I'm not a huge fan of the silver thread," Andrew admits.

"Of course these lovelies are exceptions but I think colour around their faces, even if artificial, would be more youthful and flattering."

The old days of carpet dyeing, colouring every strand of hair, are long gone.

Today's approach, using natural ingredients like grapeseed oil on a few strands of hair, is much softer and achieves a glowing look with tweaks of colour woven around the face.

"As a style expert I think even a few strands of the right colour - beige or mink, golden or toffee - adds youth to the face and colour to skin tone," adds Andrew.

But, if you're determined to ditch the dye, it's all about getting a great cut that suits your face shape.

And make sure you keep your hair well conditioned with deep treatments every week, as dry grey hair can look ashtray dull.

Andrew's secret tip for grey hair is to use his Blondes Have More Fun shampoo, as the camomile extract that brings out the colour in blondes makes silver hair brighter.

Grey hair myth busted If you pull out one grey hair more will grow in its place.

False if it were true men all over the world would be pulling out their grey hairs to stop themselves going bald!