Embracing True Beauty: Reflecting on Aging, Femininity, and Stereotypes.

For a couple of months now I have started to get tired of going to the hairdresser every month to dye my hair. It all started when the first gray hairs began to shine, marking the beginning of my journey with dyes, always using ammonia-free products. But I have noticed that these are invading all my hair, making me have to return to the hairdresser in short spaces of time. Until suddenly a couple of months ago a thought assaulted my mind, to let my gray hair grow, embrace it, accept it and welcome it. When I shared this idea with some women close to me, many told me “No! You will look old and it will look horrible on you”, something that I took with great grace. But it made me reflect not only on beauty standards, but also on that great fear that we all have of old age, we want to be eternal, we cannot accept the idea that one day we will leave, because our stay in this world, although it may seem long, is very brief. Since I was very young, I haven't used makeup, because I'm allergic to it, something that little by little taught me to embrace my face as it is, with its imperfections, with its pretty parts, and at the same time to accept myself. It's not easy when you have a society with beauty stereotypes and where rules are always being dictated on how women should live their femininity. So then, this makes me feel that it's easier if I accept my age and the evolution of my body and everything that this entails, something that is certainly not easy but that I think gives freedom to simply be and enjoy who you are. A feminine revolution would also be for every woman to live her femininity in the way she decides, the way that makes her feel more BEAUTIFUL than she already is. After all, the purest beauty is that which comes from within, that which arises from the tranquility and peace of a heart and which is revealed through the story of her own life. Let's embrace each other as women, respecting and learning from each other, cultivating what really matters in this life, LOVE. I haven't decided what I'll do with my hair yet, but I'll tell you what my intuition is telling me soon. I'm not trying to tell you how to live your femininity, I'm just sharing my experience and seeing if it can inspire you to reflect. After all, we are all BEAUTIFUL, in the deepest meaning of the word.