MEET AMBER 44 | Customer ConnectionsKantha Bae | Silver Since 2018 September of 2018 at 40 years old, I was at a wedding and really wanted to pull my hair up. But I couldn?t because I had my hair colored the day before and dark brown dye remnants stained my ears and the top of my head. So I sat there ~ hot, just wishing I could just pull up my hair. And then the thought hit me - what if you stopped coloring your hair? Where did that come from? I was shocked! But then I was met with another emotion. FEAR. There?s no way that could happen now. I?m too young. What would my natural gray hair look like? Later that day, I went on Instagram to scroll, and I saw a beautiful young woman with salt and pepper hair. ?40 Year Old Decided To Ditch The Dye and Embraces Gray Hair? Whaaaaaaaat??!! I had never seen anything about that before, but all of a sudden, my soul was screaming! I read everything about her, which led me to an Instagram
@embracingamber | NORTH CAROLINA movement called @grombre. For 2 weeks, I was obsessed with reading everything I could about this journey and decided that this was my next step. However, that little emotion didn?t want to leave. FEAR. I went for it and jumped right in. I?ve never been a huge selfie person, but this was what this movement is all about. I loved seeing all of the gorgeous, diverse women post their journeys. Documenting and inspiring is where it?s at, and I decided to be all in. I decided to embrace my silver, instead of hiding it. I had been in hiding for a long time. This gray hair that I was so afraid of, ended up setting me free. What I?ve learned over the last 4 and 1/2 years, is t hat t he only way t o combat fear is wit h love. Love of self. Love of t his journey. Love of my circumst ances. Love of my creat or. Love of all the beautiful women that I?ve connected with along the way. Love has carried me, and now I am no longer afraid. I?m not afraid of what people think. I?m not afraid of how I?ll be perceived. I?m not afraid of aging. Loving me, as I am, has been the anecdote and the cure. When I look in the mirror, and see my beautiful silver, I love me. When I look in the mirror, and don?t recognize myself, I love me. When I do the hard things, I love me. TangledSilverMagazine.com
