For years, women have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to cover up their natural gray hair. They have long thought that gray hair was associated with being old and washed up, and immediately covered every silver streak with globs of dye to make it disappear. But, today, things are much different. Now, women spend hundreds and thousands of dollars to get gray hair. I’m one of those people and trust me, I’ve spent a lot on shampoos, dyes, hair masks, and just about anything else to get a silver tone to my locks. But, what about the older generation who used to cover their grays?
It turns out, many of them are deciding to embrace their hair, letting that natural, lovely, silver shine on through. And, 26-year-old Martha Truslow Smith decided to embrace these women via an Instagram page titled: @Grombre. The page has set out to celebrate women who have decided to “go gray” and embrace their natural beauty. When speaking to Bored Panda, Smith said:
“The underlying reason I started Grombre was to start a different dialogue around gray hair on women and find the answer to some earnest questions of my own: “Is it true that my gray hair is ugly, makes me look old, and means I’m no longer good enough? I’m only in my twenties. If that is true, how will I feel and what will I believe about myself when I’m in my 40s, 50s, 60s?” I want to challenge the way we think about what we consider “beautiful,” and why, and propose that we have more important things to spend our precious time, energy and resources on if we find our hearts aren’t aligning with the things we find to be someone else’s biases.”
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