I started fantasizing about not dyeing my hair.
So, I consulted my dear hairdresser about going gray, and she said that it tends to wash women out and many feel like it ages them.
My boyfriend said that I was beautiful no matter what color my hair was but that he thought it would be stunning with my olive skin. And I decided right then… no more dye.
As many of us do, I became obsessed with the notion of gray hair. In 2013/14 there were fewer options available than there are today. I read Anne Kreamer’s Authentic Self, and began reading Lauren Stein’s blog How Bourgeois.
When I saw strangers staring at my grow-out, I exclaimed “Isn’t it wonderful? I’m growing out the ugly dye and I’m so excited to see the white grow in. I LOVE it!”
I realized that there were some women with gorgeous gray hair that I’d never noticed in the past and I went out of my way to compliment their hair and talk to them about mine.