While You Wait For Your Gray Hair To Grow Out--It Takes Some Time!

Hey everybody: it's beth welcome to infinite garden. Lately i've been getting lots of comments from folks who are at the beginning stages of their gray, hair transition journey and after spending the last two years going through my own transition into my gray hair. I have some ideas about things that might be good to do while you're waiting, because, let's just be honest, this is going to take a while number one take tons of pictures during the time of my gray hair transition. I was taking pictures of myself almost every day prior to that, almost never i mean, like i've been on instagram since 2012, and i've never been one of um. The instagram accounts to show my face a lot or just like post a lot of selfies. It'S not something i've ever been comfortable with before and during this time i found myself taking tons of pictures of myself looking for progress, looking for evidence of progress and just generally trying to get a sense of what it was. I was going to look like once my transition was complete and i think that that helped me number one catalog the journey, it's kind of fun to look back and see how it went because it really is kind of a slow, steady process. So i really like having the record of what happened, but also, i think, the act of like taking selfies and putting together pictures where i actually thought i looked good. It helped me get comfortable with this very new. Look that i was welcoming in by growing out my hair, so i recommend it highly if you're in the beginning stages, please take lots of pictures two play with color. I found this particular idea very fun what that meant for me when i say play with color it included looking at my clothing and what colors i wear and which colors i like best on me. I am wearing all black again today, which i have to be honest. My entire life black, has always been my number one, favorite color turns out. I still like it you'll see more black from me anyway. I have been experimenting, though, with actually adding some color into my wardrobe. I also really like navy. This also applies to makeup if you've seen any of my other videos, i've shared that i've been experimenting with makeup colors during my gray hair transition, including going through all of my lipsticks and seeing which colors i like best. Now that i have silver hair today, i'm wearing mac's velvet teddy on my lips, which is a color i've been wearing forever. So it turns out. This color, at least, is still a good one for me, but i think it's really fun to go through the experiment. You might find that you're surprised by what colors look good on you now that you're starting to change your hair, so whether it's clothing or makeup, i think it's really a great idea to play around with color and see what appeals as your hair color is changing. Number three be sure to take really really good care of yourself. For me, this manifested in regular nice spa like bath nights and more exercise outdoors in terms of walking and hiking and being very close to nature. I found that was something that was really great during this time. I also think it's good to get a lot of rest and just you know, be careful with what you're eating these are normal things, but i think that, especially during this process, because for a lot of us, we have fear that this, you know, choice to stop Dying our hair and let our gray or show we fear that it will be very aging to us and that's something that prevents us from making this choice. You know for a lot of years before you finally give it up if you're going to make this transition. If that's something that's a fear you've held in the past, i think it's it's a good time to just take great care of yourself. You know check in on your skincare routine start doing a little bit of yoga whatever. That is. I think it's a good idea to do that too and number four. I think it's a great idea to journal about. What'S going on inside of you, one of the things i personally like to meditate on, when i would sit down to journal is: why did this transition require bravery from me? I don't know if it, if that's true for everybody, if everyone relates to that particular word, but it was a word that meant a lot to me. Why did i feel like i needed to have to summon my bravery to be able to do this transition and also, why did i feel, like i had enough bravery now? It was kind of an interesting thing to think about. I i know that some of the reasons why are tied into you know our fears of looking older in society and what that might mean - and i think by getting to the point where you can say. I don't think that matters as much to me as other things that i value more. I think once you make that choice, it's a little bit of like a wedge in the crack in terms of opening you up to other things that you might want to say. No to going forward that you don't feel like maybe are best for you, it's interesting. I i can do a whole video on how going gray has changed my relationship with capitalism, because it really has, i think, it's just important to journal whatever it is. Whoever you are whatever it is that the process brings up. I think it's a really good practice to sit down pen to paper and just get into or whatever you know. However, you like to do it and just get straight with what's going on inside of you throughout the process, i did it. I would sit in journal, maybe twice a month. It wasn't something that i did every single day, but i know everybody's different and finally, while you're waiting and growing out your hair, i think one of the most important things that you can do is own it. This can be difficult. The first few months. I know when you only have like an inch or two inches of growth, showing that can be a period of time during the transition where you really feel sort of just like miserable and exposed. I'M just speaking from my personal experience. But i think it's important as soon as you can to try to own it, whether that's by you know putting scarves in your hair doing something to say like i'm in this process. It'S intentional. I mean to look like this. I'M i'm along for this ride and, in the meantime, i'm gon na put a beautiful silk scarf in my hair, something like that. Whatever it means to you, i think it's important to at some point. You'Ll know when the time is right to grab it with both hands and just loud and proud. I'M doing this. I think a lot of folks wanted to be supportive of that and were ultimately very encouraging. So i think the sooner you own it the better and i'll add one more. This is a bonus one, but it's one of the most important i can even think of. It'S make sure that you're keeping your close and supportive friends closer people in your life that are good to you, the people who are encouraging kind of on your vibe, the ones who like get what what it's all about, make sure you make time for them, because You know those people are are likely to be the ones you want to keep with you. Well, that's it today. I hope everybody had a really great week and i hope you have a great week ahead thanks so much