Gray Hair, Don'T Care
- Posted on 23 November, 2017
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- By Anonymous
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Gray hair is having a moment. Now more than ever, women are feeling empowered to embrace their natural roots as they age. Watch these women rock their gray and speak their truth.
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♫, I've never felt more youthful., More confident., More free., I'm proud of my gray hair, because my mother had it too. My hair says I'm powerful, original and independent.. This is me now. At 15. I thought ``. Oh my God. I have a gray hair !'' and I instantly yanked it out.. My fear is that it was going to make me look older than I really was.. I feared that going in to job interviews. It might not go so well. That, because I was gray that maybe I was not strong enough or brave enough and I feel it's the exact opposite. Once I got in my early twenties, I started to see more and more come and then I just started embracing It., I'm not pretending anymore. With age, you become more fearless., You don't care what people are thinking about. You. You're, just doing you. Women ask me ``. How did you do that ?''? My hair makes me feel sexy.. Oh, my gosh there's so much freedom in being sexy.. I went through my phases of purple hair and blonde brunette red head. You name it., But honestly none of them felt like me the way that this does. Now it's just all here, all out and all good. [ laughing ] [. Do YOU OWN YOUR GRAY, ] [ Tell us @ AARP # DisruptAging, ]
Comments
Lou Mière: I think it's going to be more than just a moment! Women all over the world are embracing their natural hair... it's a new era! :-)
Maryam Remias: Great video! It truly is empowering to embrace and rock gray hair
Paradise Awaits: I know that's right! The freedom of it all for me is so priceless! I have been premature grey since my twenties, I use to dye it constantly. Ironically, I have finally learned to embrace and love it when I reached my 50's. I've learned to enhance it and take care of it. I have more confidence in myself than I have ever had before, and people pick up on that in a positive way for me because I don't care anymore what others think, I love my hair and me "for me." I get more compliments now than when I use to dye it. I can't believe I wasted so many years not embracing the grey and wasting so much money on expensive hair dyes (not knocking hair dyes though, it serves its purpose for those who love it, I still like them, I just don't need them anymore).
Nappy Scribe: I’m in the process of letting my gray grow out on braids! LOVING IT!! However I hope I keep it!!
Jackie C: I love the freedom of not coloring my hair any more,YAY!
maria de jucilene: I love the freedom of my natural hair. It says I am what I am, I don't need to pretend, I am free to be me x
Angela Fassett: I am in process of letting the grey grow out. We shall see if I like it. I love the way these women look and feel. Very strong.
Matilde Osorio: I love my gray hair! I’ve had gray hair since I was 27 and have dyed it. No more! I get soooooo many compliments now!
SJ S: Grey is considered a “nothing” color, between white an black. Just drab and colorless. Oh no, not today’s hair color. It’s now called “silver” hair. Beautiful, shiny with products, and reflects such light. Come on AARP........SILVER!
Gemykat: They look lovely!God bless you! Be who your meant to be!
Susan Westerberg: Me too!! I get comments these days and other women who want to stop colouring ask me how I did it. I feel so proud! I stopped colouring at 40! It was just too much hassle and too much of chemicals that made me finally stop for good. I feel strong and super confident! Be brave sisters! You're all worth it!
Nappy Scribe: I’m writing a book and I think my gray braids make me look more like a Writer!
Melanie: i'm bucking the trend and starting to dye my hair again. after a year of gray I extremely dislike it. i DO love that women dont feel like they *have to* color their hair anymore. big YAY for that <3
Diane Demnicki: I realize now that the beauty industry and society in general led women to think we had to enhance/change our looks to be better. Letting my hair grow out light gray blonde has freed my time money and anxiety over coloring it. In the salons it was expensive and next to never the color I wanted. I did it at home L'Oreal was close but never quite right to me. I tried them all. It was a huge waste of time energy and money. This trying to look better younger for what real is truth. Look around every single human has some flaw. Whether it be in facial or body features it's there. I personally don't notice that. What I notice is if a person is good kind giving and such. This trying to be perfect is an allusion a false allusion of self. Mostly conjured up by the beauty industry for money. They suckered us into this belief. Wish I became truly aware sooner. My own natural color was blonde it was beautiful should have been enough. I was lured into believing light blonde was more beautiful. My mother colored hers light blonde she encouraged me. I hated having roots in 1 to 2 weeks. I was embarrassed by them and sometimes would not go out because they where not done. Spent a lot of time trying to look natural. Now that I am natural, I LOVE IT at 57. Sometimes I catch myself in a reflection when I'm out thinking I look older, but then I think, I AM SO WHAT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT, such is life. It's boils down to self acceptance not others opinions. Really when all is said and done, at the root of this over focusing on self, is vanity and pride. Wow does the beauty and fashion industries like/try to lure us in? Yes they do and a lot of us fall for it big time.
Deb C: 2 1/2 months dye free. Oh what a journey. Can't wait to get to the end.
Bella Donnelly: Yup agree totally with going grey. Embrace it after all grey is the in thing.
Raenett Williams: LOVING THIS!
Randi Hofmann: LOVE this.
Dr Di B BB: Love it
Europa 17: Beautiful hair
Norma Fruin: As a Baby Boomer Silver and gray are outnumbering All other shades
betzy vargas: Beautiful.
L'Nya Williamsmoore: A better world is near-Job 33:25;Prov 16:31;Isaiah 65:17,25;Psalms 37:10,11,29;Rev 21:1,3-5;Psalms 37:10,11,29
Stephanie DeGange: congratulations!
Estycki: It's just weird when the rest of your hair is a shiny golden brown and then more and more wire-y silver ones come in. Would rather it all be grey like these ladies. I want it to be one or the other hmmm
Angel777: I'm 55 and my grey is slow coming I cannot wait to go white
Lajoy Willis:
Roy G. Biv: Beautiful
Angela G M: Thank you AARP
Ashley Adam: I have one gray hair in i am happy
Jovonne Alexander: They pick the right one for the thumb nail
ReeRee Box: You all are Beautiful
Nagy Iskander: Nice
Charlie Chan: I thin it looks pretty or elegant but died hair looks tacky
Rashone: Once again we are seeing beautiful women not yet old enough to have the classic chicken neck we all get UNLESS we can afford face lifts. The women "embracing" their grey hair all have thick hair. They should visit an assisted living center or a nursing home and see what they think about REAL women who have grey or STONE WHITE (it's not silver, girls) hair.
LittleMy0817: So who’s the thumbnail woman at 1:28?
lynne robinson: Big deal