MEET JEN 51 | Creative Soul, Jewelry Designer, Writer | Silver Since 2020 I was in my early 20's when I began getting gray hair. My hair was naturally very dark and they were very easily seen. When I first noticed them I remember feeling terribly embarrassed and thinking that I was way to young to start getting gray hair. I remedied them by plucking them out anytime I found one. That is until eventually there were to many and I began coloring my hair in my mid 20's. It was in the end of January 2020 when I decided that I would no longer color my hair. I had colored it for the last time the week of my 48th birthday at the end of January. I mostly stopped coloring it because it just became to much to keep up. I was coloring every couple weeks and my hair was no longer healthy. The chemicals in the color also played a huge role in my decision. I wanted to be the healthiest me and I knew that the chemicals definitely weren't helping. I stopped coloring about a month and a half before Covid hit and the lock downs happened. I do believe that made it easier for me to continue to
@jens_going_gray.zy | OHIO let my natural hair grow out. What have I discovered during the process of growing out my gray? Many things! For example... I've learned that women tend to overthink and even complicate the process of going gray, myself included! Wondering the best way to do it, worrying what people will think, even stressing about the best products to use. Ladies, please don't do this to yourself. I promise you that your way is the best way...I promise! Don't look around too much...look inside. The most surprising gift t hat I've received is a confidence t hat I have never had before. The t ransformat ion is not only physical it also occurs very much inside us! I t hink it comes from t he freedom of let t ing go of ot hers judgment s and our own fears...it makes you feel like a rebel! What I want people to learn from my story is to do what makes you happy (as long as you're not hurting others). Please don't complicate the process, but instead embrace it and enjoy the entire transformation. Be happy with yourself so you can offer your love and light to the world. Stop listening to what society says we need to do to make us happy and start listening to what your heart and soul is telling you! TangledSilverMagazine.com
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