My New Grey Color Scheme

The new grey color scheme mentioned in the title of this post is not in my house, but on me!!!
Many of you have commented that you have seen my updated photo in my blog’s sidebar and on social media. I am smiling big time because I am almost finished the transitioning process of going from coloring my hair to my natural grey – salt and pepper hair color.
I can not tell you how liberating it feels and how happy I am about being, 99% done with the transition (still have a few areas of color left), but also being done with coloring my hair!!!
Some may not understand and think that having grey hair makes you look old, I am fine with that perspective as every one of us has different life experiences that form our opinions, but I feel better and younger now than I did 8 years ago when I started coloring my hair. One of my favorite song lyrics rings true here: “Ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself.” – Ricky Nelson
If you are a long time reader then you may remember I did not color my hair in the early days of my blog. You can see it in this post: The Best Two DIY Projects I Ever Made
We all tend to go for certain colors and are more geared to warmer or cooler colors both in our interiors and the colors we wear. I have always felt better around cool color tones and only like using warmer tones in the fall.
Cool colors just make me feel better, so imagine how I have felt the past 8 years when I looked in the mirror since I colored my hair a dark brown that always took on orange tones. I never felt quite right….
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