A resident of the United States was embarrassed to show her real hair color, and when she stopped dyeing it, she couldn’t believe her own eyes.
She did not know – nature gave her what masters of beauty salons do for hours and charge a lot of money for their services.
Miranda Parker is a 41-year-old mother of three from Michigan who began to be self-conscious about her hair when she was 20, when she began to turn gray.
Since then, and for 12 years, she tried to hide the defect by constantly coloring the roots in brown color.
According to Miranda, all this time she took about $21,000 from the hairdressers.
When my hair started to turn gray, I didn’t want to accept it and did everything to hide it. Sometimes I wanted to let them grow naturally, but I just didn’t have enough confidence in myself, Miranda admitted.
Even once a month was not enough for a woman to hide her gray hair at the root. Then she began to paint on it until the next visit to the master. This began to gradually wear down Parker, who was too obsessed with her hair.
I was hoping a famous female celebrity would come out and publicly embrace her gray hair to make it acceptable to others as well.
Years later, when it never happened, I realized I could become that “celebrity” myself, Miranda said.
In 2017, she let go of her gray hair and started posting pictures of herself on Instagram, creating a positive environment to overcome the negative attitude towards gray hair.
And her message to the world has resonated with other women on the internet who have also faced this problem.
Society says gray hair makes you look older, and getting old is bad.
For me it was the opposite. Going gray has given me the freedom to be myself, and I’m much more confident than ever.
In addition, her gray hair looked like highlights, for which the girls spend all day in the master’s chair, lightening thin strands.
Miranda’s gray hair highlights were given by nature itself. Although, as the woman admits, she also has to deal with some nasty comments.
But soon the skepticism turned into compliments – most of my friends and family supported and encouraged me.
According to Miranda, by accepting your flaws, such as gray hair, you learn not to depend on the opinions of others and understand that you only live for yourself. Moreover, on the path to acceptance, it is inevitable to understand that this is not a disadvantage at all.
I’ve been able to give that perspective to other women by talking about my journey, and I love it.
The opportunity to encourage all women to come to terms with their perceived “flaws” and see what happens in your life when you do has been invaluable.
