4 Reasons to Embrace Your Gray Hair (2 of 3)

As women, we have been taught that we must hold onto our youth as much as possible. We are constantly fed marketing that implies and drills into our psyches that we must look like we are in our 20’s forever. But this isn’t true, and it creates unrealistic beauty standards that are ageist and downright harmful to our mental health. If you are graying, you should wear your beautiful, gray hair as a badge of honor.

Gray hair is actually chic

While there is still stigma around gray hair and aging, gray hair has actually become a trend in the last couple of years. With the rise of social media, trends circulate quickly and pick up in popularity faster than ever. This has been the case with gray hair as it has rapidly become a style now considered chic and trendy.

Hair dyeing techniques like ombre and balayage have made gray hair less associated with old age and more associated with trendy Hollywood celebrities. All over the world, people are dyeing their hair gray by choice, and using names like white blonde, smoke, ice or silver for their new hair colors. So while you may be dreading going gray naturally, there are people paying top dollar to achieve a look similar to yours. Are you convinced yet that your gray hair is a lot more attractive than you once thought?

It can be a signature look for you

You may feel like going gray is going to mean you can never have exciting and bold hair again. But that could not be farther from the truth. For those who actually embrace the aging process, there are some who have turned their head full of gray into signature looks. This is the case for people like Daphne Guinness, Linda Rodin, Iris Apfel, or Helen Mirren. Because so many other women shy away from their gray hair, these women loving and owning their gray hair made them stand out in the crowd.