ONE OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS TO GOING GREY ON PURPOSE IS WRAPPING YOUR MIND AROUND CHANGE. MOST PEOPLE THAT REFUSE TO LET NATURE TAKE IT'S COURSE OR THAT STARTED GOING GREY AND REVERT BACK TO DYEING THEIR HAIR IS BECAUSE OF THEIR DIFFICULTY WITH EMBRACING CHANGE. I USED TO BE A STRONG BELIEVER IN THE SAYING "IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT" ESPECIALLY IF I FELT LIKE THE "IT" WORKED FOR ME, NOW I KNOW BETTER, CHANGE CHALLENGES US, IT MOVES US FROM COMPLACENCY & MAKES US GROW. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING GOING GREY THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER IN REGARDS TO CHANGE THAT WILL HELP TO MAKE YOUR JOURNEY A LITTLE EASIER.
1. MINDSET: THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WHAT WE THINK AND WE BECOME WHAT BELIEVE. YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR MINDSET. THROW AWAY ALL NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, IDEAS, STEREOTYPES, MYTHS & EXPECTATIONS ABOUT GREY HAIR. ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IS "GREY HAIR CAN NOT MAKE YOU LOOK OLD, AND DYEING YOUR HAIR CAN NOT MAKE YOU LOOK YOUNG"
2 WARDROBE: CONSIDER WARDROBE CHANGES. TAKE AN INVENTORY OF YOUR CLOSET. PAY ATTENTION (STYLES & COLORS, PRINTS, ETC) NOT EVERYTHING IN YOUR CLOSET WILL GO WELL WITH YOUR "NEW LOOK." ANYONE THAT IS GOING GREY OR HAS GREY HAIR WILL ATTEST TO THIS. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT YOUR COLOR PALETTE WILL CHANGE & THAT BRIGHTER, BOLDER, STRONGER COLORS WILL COMPLIMENT YOU WELL. IF YOU ARE ALREADY COMFORTABLE WEARING THOSE COLORS THEN YOU ARE A STEP AHEAD OF THE GAME.
3. MAKE UP: THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH #2. SAME RULES APPLY. NOT ALL MAKE UP/LIPSTICK COLORS COMPLIMENT GREY HAIR. YOU WILL HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND KEEP AN OPEN MIND TO TRYING NEW COLORS. ALTHOUGH I AM PRETTY ADVENTUROUS WHEN IT COMES TO LIPSTICK COLORS, I DO NOT WEAR RED NOR ORANGE MUCH. I LOVE SEEING THEM ON OTHER WOMEN, THEY ARE JUST NOT "GO TO" COLORS FOR ME. I MUST ADMIT THAT I AM ALWAYS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN I STEP OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND WEAR EITHER OF THOSE COLORS. I FEEL GOOD IN THEM, NOT TO MENTION I AM ALWAYS COMPLIMENTED.
4. GLASSES: MANY OF YOU THAT KNOW ME PERSONALLY OR FOLLOW @GREYBAELYFE ON INSTAGRAM KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE FUNKY GLASSES. GLASSES FOR ME ARE BOTH AN ACCESSORY AND NECESSITY. IF YOU WEAR GLASSES (MOST OF US DO/WILL AT THIS AGE/STAGE) LOL I SUGGEST THAT YOU RE-EVALUATE THE TYPES OF FRAMES THAT YOU USUALLY WEAR OR WORE IN THE PAST. AS WITH WARDROBE AND MAKE UP YOU SHOULD BE OPEN TO TRYING NEW STYLES/COLORS/TYPES OF FRAMES. TRUST ME ON THIS, IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HOW YOU LOOK AND ESSENTIALLY HOW YOU FEEL WHILE YOUR GREY HAIR IS COMING IN OR HAS COME IN.
5. HAIRSTYLES: I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, AS I'VE STATED IN A PRIOR ARTICLE & ALL THE TIME ON @GREYBAELYFE; GOING GREY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT AT HEART. IT CAN BE CHALLENGING AT TIMES AND QUITE HONESTLY YOU WILL NOT LIKE THE WAY YOUR HAIR LOOKS EVERYDAY. MIGHT I REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS NORMAL. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO LIKES THE WAY THEIR HAIR LOOKS EVERYDAY (EVEN WHEN DYEING IT). YOU WILL HAVE TO GET CREATIVE ABOUT STYLING YOUR HAIR. DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE ACCESSORIES (HATS, SCARVES, WRAPS, HEADBANDS, ETC) & SPEND SOME TIME PLAYING AROUND WITH STYLES (BRAIDS, TWIST, PONYTAILS, UPDOS, ETC) THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO FOR EACH STAGE OF THE PROCESS TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THOSE "ROUGH SPOTS." ALSO CONSIDER DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU USED TO, OR USUALLY DO. IF YOU USUALLY GROW OUT YOUR HAIR; CONSIDER A HAIRCUT. IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH SHORT HAIR, CONSIDER GROWING IT OUT AND CONSULTING A COLORIST/STYLIST/BARBER FOR OPTIONS THAT MIGHT SUIT YOU. ALTHOUGH I KEEP MOST OF MY HAIR VERY SHORT (SIDES & BACK) I'VE HAD SEVERAL HAIRCUTS IN THE TOP WHERE MOST OF MY LENGTH WAS UNTIL MY GREY WAS MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT MY HEAD. I HAVE ALSO SEEN SOME GORGEOUS GREY GROW OUTS WHERE IT HAS AN OMBRE EFFECT (BASICALLY WHAT WOMEN PAY TONS OF MONEY FOR, MOTHER NATURE WILL DO FOR FREE) STYLING IS KEY IN THOSE SITUATIONS. @GREYBAELYFE ON INSTAGRAM IS A GREAT PAGE TO FOLLOW FOR HAIR INSPIRATION, IDEAS, MOTIVATION & SUPPORT.
6. ROUTINE: LASTLY, I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL LIVE A LIFE THAT WE ENJOY. DURING THIS JOURNEY YOUR HAIR WILL NOT BE THE ONLY THING CHANGING. THIS WILL LITERALLY CHANGE YOU AS A PERSON JUST AS ANY JOURNEY WILL. AFTER ALL, ISN'T CHANGE & GROWTH THE GOAL? (YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN AS YOU GO THROUGH WITH IT) WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I STARTED THIS ARTICLE OFF INTRODUCING THE IDEA OF EMBRACING CHANGE AS A WHOLE & CHANGING YOUR MINDSET FIRST. I WANT YOU TO GO INTO THIS JOURNEY WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF "NEWNESS." FIND A HOBBY IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE AND ENGAGE IN IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WHY, YOU ASK? HOBBIES WILL BE A GOOD DISTRACTION FOR YOU DURING THIS PROCESS. YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE COLOR OF YOUR HAIR TO FOCUS ON. STAY BUSY, STAY ACTIVE & STAY PRODUCTIVE IN THE THINGS THAT YOU ENJOY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED ME DURING MY PROCESS WAS THAT AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT I MADE THE DECISION TO STOP COLORING MY HAIR; I ALSO MADE A COMMITMENT TO BECOMING MORE FIT. I FIGURED, MY CHILDREN ARE OLDER AND PRETTY MUCH HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES. IT WAS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO NOT ONLY CONTINUE DOING THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO; BUT TO FOCUS MORE ON ME. PLANNING MEALS, GOING TO THE GYM, WORKING, THE BIRTH OF @GREYBAELYFE, FAMILY LIFE, MARRIAGE AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I ENJOY DOING HAS KEPT ME BUSY SO I DID NOT FOCUS MUCH ATTENTION ON MY HAIR. MOTHER NATURE IS ISN'T WORRIED ABOUT YOUR HAIR AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT IT EITHER. SHE IS DOING "HER THING;" I WANT YOU TO FIND "YOUR THING" AND DO IT TOO.
1. MINDSET: THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WHAT WE THINK AND WE BECOME WHAT BELIEVE. YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR MINDSET. THROW AWAY ALL NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, IDEAS, STEREOTYPES, MYTHS & EXPECTATIONS ABOUT GREY HAIR. ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IS "GREY HAIR CAN NOT MAKE YOU LOOK OLD, AND DYEING YOUR HAIR CAN NOT MAKE YOU LOOK YOUNG"
2 WARDROBE: CONSIDER WARDROBE CHANGES. TAKE AN INVENTORY OF YOUR CLOSET. PAY ATTENTION (STYLES & COLORS, PRINTS, ETC) NOT EVERYTHING IN YOUR CLOSET WILL GO WELL WITH YOUR "NEW LOOK." ANYONE THAT IS GOING GREY OR HAS GREY HAIR WILL ATTEST TO THIS. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT YOUR COLOR PALETTE WILL CHANGE & THAT BRIGHTER, BOLDER, STRONGER COLORS WILL COMPLIMENT YOU WELL. IF YOU ARE ALREADY COMFORTABLE WEARING THOSE COLORS THEN YOU ARE A STEP AHEAD OF THE GAME.
3. MAKE UP: THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH #2. SAME RULES APPLY. NOT ALL MAKE UP/LIPSTICK COLORS COMPLIMENT GREY HAIR. YOU WILL HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND KEEP AN OPEN MIND TO TRYING NEW COLORS. ALTHOUGH I AM PRETTY ADVENTUROUS WHEN IT COMES TO LIPSTICK COLORS, I DO NOT WEAR RED NOR ORANGE MUCH. I LOVE SEEING THEM ON OTHER WOMEN, THEY ARE JUST NOT "GO TO" COLORS FOR ME. I MUST ADMIT THAT I AM ALWAYS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN I STEP OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND WEAR EITHER OF THOSE COLORS. I FEEL GOOD IN THEM, NOT TO MENTION I AM ALWAYS COMPLIMENTED.
4. GLASSES: MANY OF YOU THAT KNOW ME PERSONALLY OR FOLLOW @GREYBAELYFE ON INSTAGRAM KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE FUNKY GLASSES. GLASSES FOR ME ARE BOTH AN ACCESSORY AND NECESSITY. IF YOU WEAR GLASSES (MOST OF US DO/WILL AT THIS AGE/STAGE) LOL I SUGGEST THAT YOU RE-EVALUATE THE TYPES OF FRAMES THAT YOU USUALLY WEAR OR WORE IN THE PAST. AS WITH WARDROBE AND MAKE UP YOU SHOULD BE OPEN TO TRYING NEW STYLES/COLORS/TYPES OF FRAMES. TRUST ME ON THIS, IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HOW YOU LOOK AND ESSENTIALLY HOW YOU FEEL WHILE YOUR GREY HAIR IS COMING IN OR HAS COME IN.
5. HAIRSTYLES: I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, AS I'VE STATED IN A PRIOR ARTICLE & ALL THE TIME ON @GREYBAELYFE; GOING GREY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT AT HEART. IT CAN BE CHALLENGING AT TIMES AND QUITE HONESTLY YOU WILL NOT LIKE THE WAY YOUR HAIR LOOKS EVERYDAY. MIGHT I REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS NORMAL. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO LIKES THE WAY THEIR HAIR LOOKS EVERYDAY (EVEN WHEN DYEING IT). YOU WILL HAVE TO GET CREATIVE ABOUT STYLING YOUR HAIR. DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE ACCESSORIES (HATS, SCARVES, WRAPS, HEADBANDS, ETC) & SPEND SOME TIME PLAYING AROUND WITH STYLES (BRAIDS, TWIST, PONYTAILS, UPDOS, ETC) THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO FOR EACH STAGE OF THE PROCESS TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THOSE "ROUGH SPOTS." ALSO CONSIDER DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU USED TO, OR USUALLY DO. IF YOU USUALLY GROW OUT YOUR HAIR; CONSIDER A HAIRCUT. IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH SHORT HAIR, CONSIDER GROWING IT OUT AND CONSULTING A COLORIST/STYLIST/BARBER FOR OPTIONS THAT MIGHT SUIT YOU. ALTHOUGH I KEEP MOST OF MY HAIR VERY SHORT (SIDES & BACK) I'VE HAD SEVERAL HAIRCUTS IN THE TOP WHERE MOST OF MY LENGTH WAS UNTIL MY GREY WAS MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT MY HEAD. I HAVE ALSO SEEN SOME GORGEOUS GREY GROW OUTS WHERE IT HAS AN OMBRE EFFECT (BASICALLY WHAT WOMEN PAY TONS OF MONEY FOR, MOTHER NATURE WILL DO FOR FREE) STYLING IS KEY IN THOSE SITUATIONS. @GREYBAELYFE ON INSTAGRAM IS A GREAT PAGE TO FOLLOW FOR HAIR INSPIRATION, IDEAS, MOTIVATION & SUPPORT.
6. ROUTINE: LASTLY, I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL LIVE A LIFE THAT WE ENJOY. DURING THIS JOURNEY YOUR HAIR WILL NOT BE THE ONLY THING CHANGING. THIS WILL LITERALLY CHANGE YOU AS A PERSON JUST AS ANY JOURNEY WILL. AFTER ALL, ISN'T CHANGE & GROWTH THE GOAL? (YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN AS YOU GO THROUGH WITH IT) WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I STARTED THIS ARTICLE OFF INTRODUCING THE IDEA OF EMBRACING CHANGE AS A WHOLE & CHANGING YOUR MINDSET FIRST. I WANT YOU TO GO INTO THIS JOURNEY WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF "NEWNESS." FIND A HOBBY IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE AND ENGAGE IN IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WHY, YOU ASK? HOBBIES WILL BE A GOOD DISTRACTION FOR YOU DURING THIS PROCESS. YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE COLOR OF YOUR HAIR TO FOCUS ON. STAY BUSY, STAY ACTIVE & STAY PRODUCTIVE IN THE THINGS THAT YOU ENJOY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED ME DURING MY PROCESS WAS THAT AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT I MADE THE DECISION TO STOP COLORING MY HAIR; I ALSO MADE A COMMITMENT TO BECOMING MORE FIT. I FIGURED, MY CHILDREN ARE OLDER AND PRETTY MUCH HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES. IT WAS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO NOT ONLY CONTINUE DOING THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO; BUT TO FOCUS MORE ON ME. PLANNING MEALS, GOING TO THE GYM, WORKING, THE BIRTH OF @GREYBAELYFE, FAMILY LIFE, MARRIAGE AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I ENJOY DOING HAS KEPT ME BUSY SO I DID NOT FOCUS MUCH ATTENTION ON MY HAIR. MOTHER NATURE IS ISN'T WORRIED ABOUT YOUR HAIR AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT IT EITHER. SHE IS DOING "HER THING;" I WANT YOU TO FIND "YOUR THING" AND DO IT TOO.
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