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Welcome to Beauty Beyond 50 , where

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we explore beauty , style and confidence

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for fabulous women beyond 50

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. I'm your host , denise Kylitz

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, and if you've ever walked by a mirror

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and wondered who that reflection belongs

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to , well , you were in the right

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place . As women over 50

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, our insides still feel like we're in our 20s

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, but our outside tells a different story . I'm

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in my late 50s and things are changing

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. My memory is not as sharp , my

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tummy is not as flat , and don't get me

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started about those hairs that seem to grow overnight

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. In my three decades in the beauty industry

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, the best moments are when someone like you

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comes in seeking advice on looking

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and feeling more confident . So I asked

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myself why stop doing what I love ? That's

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why I'm here , sharing my 30 years of knowledge

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. Let's form a community where we can

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talk about midlife nuances , from

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hair care to lifestyle choices

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. Stay tuned for enlightening conversations

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, expert interviews and lots

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of laughter . Remember to subscribe

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, rate and share your feedback . Here's

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to embracing beauty beyond 50 . Let's

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do this together . Well

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, hey there . Welcome back to another podcast

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. As you're probably aware of by

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now , we have changed our

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format around here . We are still

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about beauty and hair and all that

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, but we are really looking at beauty

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beyond 50 . And

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it could be 42 , but

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you know who you are

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. When things start changing

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, your hair starts getting a little bit more

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dull , it's turning gray , hormones

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start kicking in , kids

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start going to college , things

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are happening . This is our second prime

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of our life , right ? So we're going to

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talk about all kinds of things , and

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today I thought we would start with gray

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hair . I get a lot of questions

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about gray hair and let's

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talk about how to wear gray hair without looking

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older . I know when COVID was

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around and we couldn't get to the salon

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, right , a lot of you might have grown

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out your gray hair . I know my sister

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did , a few of my

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friends did , because they couldn't get there

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to get their hair touched up , and

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it actually spawned a movement

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, if you will , within our industry about how

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to take women gray

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and , believe it or not , it's a lot

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harder than you might think . My sister

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, after they lifted all of the restraints

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with COVID , she came

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to my salon and

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we she had probably had three

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inches of regrowth , I think , and

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she was blonde before , and

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so we had her . It

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took about three times , but we did get her

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gray gray looking . She

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has since cut her hair off

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but and she wears it beautifully

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and she is still gray and

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there's all kinds of things about going gray

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. You know , finding the perfect purple shampoo

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to keep the yellow out , how to

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keep that tone . We'll make videos

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and we will make podcasts about that as well

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. I have all kinds of

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information on that . But

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today we're just going to talk about what causes

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gray hair . What can

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you do to embrace gray hair ? If

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that's what you prefer to do , then

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you can look forward to other podcasts

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and conversations about

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gray hair . And if you have any questions about

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going gray or

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maybe what to ask

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your stylist how to ask

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your stylist about going gray

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reach out to me . You can go

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over to my Instagram

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page . I've got two of them D-Kyletts

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, that's D-K-E-I-L-I-T-Z

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, or Hair

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by Denise , and that's hair by

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Denise , spelled with an A-D-A-N-I-S-E

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, and you can message me at both those

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places . I get them directly

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and I can answer some of your questions about

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going gray . What to ask for

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. You do not have to strictly

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go with highlighting . You can

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do gray blending . A lot of people don't

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even know what that is , but I

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should do a video on that . My mother-in-law

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I do her hair about every six

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weeks and we do gray blending

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on her , and it is just a really nice

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way of putting

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a semi or a demi-permanent color

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on and it just gradually

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wears off . So you don't have that high maintenance

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hard demarcation line that

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you get with permanent hair color

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. It doesn't cover completely

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all your grays , in fact it gives more of

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a blending , but it gives you just that beige

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tone that really looks good

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with our skin tone once it changes . Anyway

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, I'm getting way ahead of myself . So

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let's get back to the podcast , shall we ? Okay

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? How to wear gray hair without

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looking older . Yeah , gray

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hair does not have to make you look old . Have

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you seen these 20 and 30 year

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olds sporting gray hair ? I

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tell you , anyway

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, there's no denying that our

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hairstyle can play a

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huge part in how old we look , and

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you know there used to be lots of

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rules dictating hair length , meaning

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the older we get we had to

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cut our hair short or

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we definitely couldn't wear long

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hair , for goodness sakes . But you know

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the rules don't apply like that

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anymore . We are going through

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a lot of like hormonal and biological

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changes in our bodies and

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that does affect how our hair looks

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and how it feels . Have you noticed

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that it's updating your hair

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? You don't have to chop it all

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off , okay , and you don't have

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to cover every single gray

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hair that you have on your head . You

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can actually embrace this change

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and let your hair color

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evolve over time and

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just establish a gentler hair care

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routine , because , really , what your goal

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should be is just get

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your hair looking healthy , glossy

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, shiny . That's what you want

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. You want to make sure it looks good on you

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and with your skin tone , eye color

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, all that good stuff . My biggest

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thing would be just open up to

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new ideas , your hair color and your cut

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. If it's fresh and it's

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done for your face shape

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and your personal style , it's always

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going to look more youthful . I know

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that we tend to sometimes

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hang on to what used to make us feel

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pretty . Usually , when we were in

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our 20s and 30s , most of us would say

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, yeah , obviously my prime , I felt good

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, but don't continue wearing

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that hairstyle that you had when you were

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in 30s or 20s . Okay

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, you need a fresh hairstyle

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, because if you're

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still wearing that hairstyle that

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you had 20 years ago , I

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can probably guarantee you

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it looks dated . Sorry , it's

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not as hard as you might think to

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go with gray hair because there's a even . I

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know the Emmys were just on

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there's a lot of people rocking gray

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hair right now . It's not too bad

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. Have you seen Helen Marin

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lately ? My goodness

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, she's beautiful . Anyway

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, let's start with why

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does your hair turn gray in the first place

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? Now , there's all kinds of reasons why

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, but we're just going to look at the top

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five reasons , okay . Really

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, the main reason it turns

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gray is a decline in

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melanin production . Yeah , there's actually

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these things in your hair that

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produce melanin . That's the color of your hair

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. That depends on if you're brown

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, blonde , black hair , okay

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. And there's a decline

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in the production of these little molecules . That's

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really why your

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hair color is turning gray . Scientifically

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, in layman terms , we can break

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it down . I could show you all the slides and all

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that stuff and really give you all the chemical

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names and all that . If you want that

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, reach out to me . If you want

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that , I'll let you know that . But most

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of us just need to know that it's the melanin

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in our hair that's decreasing and

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that's why we're turning gray . Okay , not

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much you could do about that . Number

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two reason is genetics , your family

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history . It strongly influences

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when and how quickly you

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will turn gray . If your parents or your grandparents

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experienced early grain , there's a higher

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likelihood that you might too

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. Keep that in consideration . Number

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three oxidative stress

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. And what is that ? It's

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like pollution or UV

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rays . Yeah , it contributes

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to grain over time . Number

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four nutrient deficiency . If

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you're not putting in the proper

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vitamins in your body , it's going to

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affect not only all your health but your

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hair too . So a lack of essential

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vitamins and minerals like B vitamins

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, copper and iron , that can really

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impact your hair health and it can contribute

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to premature aging or grain

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Aging too

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, I guess . And

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then there's hormonal changes . We're

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all going through hormonal changes . We're at

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that age , okay , but especially

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, like menopause , it

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can affect melanin production

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and it leads to gray hair . Again

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, a lot of this we can't do

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much about , okay . So we can

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only control what we can control

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when . What is that Our mindset

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, how we rock the gray

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hair and what are we going to do

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about it ? All right , so as for your haircut

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, just simple tweaks can be that all

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that's needed . Okay , you might switch

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your hair care routine at home

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, maybe for your hair thinning

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or if you've noticed that your hair's gotten drier

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after menopause , which is a thing

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, unfortunately . You can do some little

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minor tweaks at home for your hair care routine

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, but ask your stylist

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for a softer haircut and

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we'll get to that in just a second . Number

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one let's keep your color soft

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. The key to keeping

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color fresh as we age is softness

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, and what do I mean by that ? You

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don't want that solid root

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to tip color . It's almost always

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too harsh for us , okay ? And

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what I mean is like if

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you're doing your hair color at home and

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you're doing a box color that's what we call it , box color

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Usually what you find that

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you're doing at home is

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you're putting it on your roots , but then

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you're putting it all over . I mean , I've talked

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to many , many women that they put it all

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over all the time because that's what the instructions

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say to do . Well , those instructions

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say that because

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they want you to cover up

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all your gray and

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they don't want to hear from you saying

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that , hey , it didn't cover my gray , so

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they're telling you to keep

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covering all your hair . Or

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if it doesn't say that , and it says

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just put it on the roots , typically

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what happens is when

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you're doing your hair color at home , you

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can't see the back , so you give up and you just

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like oh , screw it , I'm just going to put it all over

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. What happens is , over

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time , you put it layer

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on top of layer on top of layer

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and you come up with this very

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opaque , harsh

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hair color that has

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no dimension whatsoever and

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that's not how hair looks . Hair has

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so many different , multifaceted

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colors in there . Not every strand

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is the same . So even if

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you look at someone and they look like

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they have really dark hair , if

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you really get in there , their hair strands

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are not all the same color . That's

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a long way around saying

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if you're coloring your hair at home

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, you should only be doing the roots . Okay

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, what I used to always suggest is , if

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you're coloring your hair at home to because

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of time or convenience

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or money , about every third

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time I would go in and have your stylist

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color it for you . That way they

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can look in the back and they can make sure everything's being

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covered , but then also they can break

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up some of those lines that you've added

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in there . You

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know we've all done it . So if

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you are at the salon and you don't

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color your hair at home , one thing

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that you can ask for is to get balayage

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. That is the new term for painting

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hair color onto the hair . This

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is a wonderful technique because

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it's soft . It makes

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it look very multi tonal

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. It's really in right now . It's

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very low maintenance . You don't really have

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to worry about getting it done every

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single time . Now , if you have Full

12:45

gray coming in , you might go in and get your roots

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done , but then you get your balayage done

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like every third time . This

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skin saves time and money , because

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it does cost a lot of money to to

12:56

get your hair color at a salon . If

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you have a good color is a good stylist , they'll

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make sure that your hair color

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is kept soft . Okay , and

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speaking of the multi

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tonal hair color , if you see

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, you know your roots growing

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in . Don't panic . Actually , darker

13:14

roots right now Would make your hair

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color look more modern . I know

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, can you believe it ? Darker

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roots , especially if they're darker than the rest

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of your hair color , like if you have

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gray or if you have dark blonde hair , it

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actually looks very intentionally done . So

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keep that in mind . Don't panic the

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first time you have roots coming in . And

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also bear in mind that your highlights

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and your balayage they don't need to

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be uniformly applied either

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. Okay , gone are the times , no

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, there's still out there . Highlights

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, I mean where , evenly spaced , did it

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at a Highlights are still

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around , don't get me wrong . But this balayage

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and a couple of face

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framing Highlights that

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don't even go all the way up to the root , actually

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that's really , really beautiful right

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now . I know it's a little bit different than

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what we've grown up with , but it's a

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beautiful and it's just . It's low

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maintenance . It's easier on your

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checkbook Checkbook . There

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we go . Do you even carry a checkbook ? I

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Carry a checkbook

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, all right , it's easier on your bank balance

14:21

and you have less time in the salon

14:23

chair . So , hey , there's a lot to love , right . And some

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more relaxed approach to hair color All

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right . Number two I know I spent

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a lot of time on that softer hair color

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. It's a big thing , right ? Number

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two Avoid severe cuts

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. And what do I mean by that ? A

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softer haircut . A softer

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haircut can Instantly lift the face

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and look incredibly modern

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. As we get older , that means

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you want softer , layered

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styles . You don't really want

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a blunt haircut . You know , like those blunt

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bobs . Blunt Bob doesn't have any

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layering and it could look really

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severe . As we age , we

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lose that plumpness in our face and

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our face shape starts looking a little

15:06

bit more angular , and so if

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you have these severe hairstyles

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with angles , it could really have an aging

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effect . So softer styling

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and softer haircuts , lots

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more layers , especially around the face , and

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also work with your natural hair

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texture . This can create like an

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undone feel . Texture

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is really in right now and

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with that texture you you get . Movement

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makes your hair look thicker . I know when I

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wear my hair curly , my hair

15:36

does look thicker than it does

15:38

when I round brush it out . If you do

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have hair like that and you want to round

15:43

, brush it out and still have full hair , don't

15:45

go overboard with the back combing and

15:47

your volumizing products , because

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the last thing you want is your hair

15:52

to look like a helmet , and if you put

15:54

too much back combing or too too much Products

15:56

in there and your hair is not moving

15:59

around , it starts making your

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hair look Well too done

16:03

and it also causes your

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hair to become dry and brittle , and those

16:07

are two issues we already have as

16:09

we get older with our hair . So

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take a break from the hot tools every

16:13

now and again too , because , as with

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the over styling , it can damage

16:18

your hair , and older

16:20

hair is really more vulnerable

16:22

to breakage because it loses its elasticity

16:25

, like everything else , right , our skin , our

16:27

hair . I tell you that list just keeps getting longer

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and longer . So maintaining

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the healthy condition of your hair is

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king and we will get to that All

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right . Number three when you're at

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the salon , ask your stylist

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for a toner . You know I had to get it completely

16:44

all colored . You don't need a root

16:46

touch up , just ask for a toner . A couple

16:48

of reasons why Yellow tones

16:51

in the hair can look brassy

16:53

in old fashioned . And we pick up yellow

16:55

tones in our hair just by oxidation

16:58

, meaning your cuticle

17:00

is wide open , you're losing color molecules

17:03

and it turns yellow . It

17:05

could be caused by pollutants in

17:07

the air If you smoke things

17:09

like that . So whenever you're at the salon , ask

17:12

your colorist just to use a toner . It's

17:14

going to make your hair look shinier , it's going to

17:16

add depth and

17:18

it'll make your hair look brighter , healthier

17:20

and more vibrant . So if you

17:22

have yellow in your hair

17:24

and you want that tone of that cool

17:27

hair color and cool if you

17:29

think of winter tones

17:31

, meaning blue , purple

17:33

, ac , kind of that's cool , okay

17:36

in hair terms . So you would want your stylist

17:38

to use like an ash or a silver , a platinum

17:40

toner and then you would want to use

17:42

a silver or purple shampoo at

17:44

home . But sometimes

17:47

you don't need to cool down your hair

17:49

. You might need to warm it up just a little bit . It

17:52

happens all the time . Say , you've just

17:54

grown out your gray hair and it took you all this time to

17:56

grow it out and you're still not . You're like what's

17:59

wrong with it . It could be that the tone

18:01

of your gray hair is

18:03

not going with your skin tone . And

18:06

it's not like you need to add yellow to your hair

18:09

. You don't need to have golden

18:11

hair , you just need to put

18:13

like a little bit of warmth . And it's just

18:16

a toner that has just a little bit of warmth , not

18:18

too cool , not too warm . I always say a nice beige

18:21

works wonders because

18:23

it actually blends our

18:25

skin tone . It really does go with mature skin

18:28

tone a lot better , even

18:30

if you're toning your hair . Say you like

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myself , I have brown hair and I use a

18:35

beige toner because I need just a hint

18:38

of warmth to that , even

18:40

though I have warm tones in my hair

18:42

. Also , keep in mind

18:44

that a deeper tone makes

18:47

your hair look shinier . So what do I mean

18:49

by that ? Brown should be rich in chocolatey

18:51

reds , and coppers should

18:53

be deep but not too bold . You don't want

18:55

it to look cartoonish . And if you're going

18:58

for gold , colors

19:00

should be sophisticated and warm . Keep

19:02

an eye out for brassiness . You don't want brassiness

19:05

? Okay , and you know what brassiness

19:07

right is right . And if not , go

19:10

watch my video on why does your hair color

19:12

turn brassy . I've got many

19:14

, many examples . Okay , all

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right . Number four embrace long

19:20

hair . Yeah , I said

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it right . There is no reason why

19:24

older women shouldn't have long hair . Fashion

19:27

really has no age limit and women

19:29

can look absolutely amazing

19:31

with longer lengths . The

19:33

only caveat is making sure that

19:35

your hair quality and the density

19:37

supports a longer style . What do

19:40

I mean by that ? Okay , I

19:42

love long hair , love it on me , but

19:45

my hair is getting thinner

19:47

and so when it gets to a certain

19:49

point and it just looks thin

19:51

, so I find that that collarbone

19:54

length , it's still past my shoulders . It's

19:57

not a bob , but it's right at

19:59

the collarbone . It's still long enough

20:01

to get up in a ponytail . It's long enough

20:03

to be I don't know , make me feel

20:05

like it's long hair . That's about

20:07

the right length for me

20:10

to make my hair still

20:12

feel like it's got some volume

20:14

. Keep that in mind . But

20:16

say you want long hair and

20:19

you've tried growing your hair and

20:21

it maybe it's finer , maybe it's on the

20:23

thinner side , like mine . Guess

20:25

what ? There's so many products out there

20:27

right now . Yes , you can take

20:29

supplements and it can help promote

20:31

growth and keep your hair healthy

20:34

. I know one that I used to take

20:36

is Vivis Gal . They've got one . You

20:38

could pick it up , like at Ulta , or they might

20:40

even have it at Walmart , I don't know . So

20:43

say you want to try go longer

20:45

or you just need a little bit more thickness

20:47

on the sides , like right around our ears . Ask

20:50

your stylist about tape in extensions

20:52

. Wow , they make a huge

20:55

, huge difference . Make sure they're that

20:57

your stylist certified and putting them in

20:59

it's a no commitment

21:01

. It's not going to damage your hair . It's

21:04

a wonderful way to just add

21:06

some thickness to the sides and try

21:08

on if you like longer hair . But , like

21:10

I said , if you're on the fence that

21:12

collarbone length is the perfect . In

21:14

between , get a little bit of subtle

21:17

layering in there and you can

21:19

do all kinds of things with your hair . Okay

21:21

, number five don't

21:23

assume that gray hair makes you look

21:25

older , so

21:27

gray shades can be stereotyped as aging

21:30

, but a clean looking gray is

21:32

stunning . Ask

21:35

your hair stylist for a light

21:37

, reflective shade . Okay

21:39

, if you are more on , we

21:42

call it salt and pepper . Right , salt and pepper

21:44

. You got the white , white gray

21:46

and then you've got darker grays . If you're

21:48

more of the salt side

21:51

, you might want to go for more of a white

21:53

or platinum look , meaning

21:56

you want to use like blue or ash

21:58

tones , or so you can

22:00

get more of an edgier gray . It

22:02

actually will make your hair

22:04

look a little bit bluish

22:07

, gray , purple-ish , and

22:09

that's okay . It's okay , okay

22:11

. Number six Adjust

22:14

your hair care . First of all . Healthy

22:17

hair starts at the root , so taking care

22:19

of your scalp first is going to pay off . A

22:21

poor scalp environment can lead to poor

22:23

growth cycles and the structure of

22:25

your hair is going to become thinner as a result . It's

22:28

a thing . So if you've noticed that your hair is thinning

22:30

or that your scalp feels dry , go

22:33

to your stylist . Okay , they can

22:35

recommend tailored solutions , maybe

22:37

a prescriptive hair care system

22:39

that's going to help you create fuller

22:42

, thicker hair . Go to the pros . Don't

22:44

take it in your own hands or call me . I've

22:46

been in the industry 30 years , so I

22:49

can help you . It's also important to choose

22:51

products that protect the hair against

22:53

, you know , the damaging free radicals in the

22:55

air or the sunlight

22:57

, because these all affect their hair . Have

23:00

you noticed that gray hair and aging

23:02

hair tends to be coarser too ? This

23:05

even makes like conditioning and

23:08

weekly masks even more important

23:10

. So make sure you're

23:12

using a lightweight conditioner on the ends

23:14

of your hair , and then your weekly

23:17

treatment masks will penetrate and smooth

23:19

the more porous hair cuticle , and

23:21

if you're using a quality one , they won't leave your

23:24

hair limp and heavy . Then you also

23:26

want to use styling products that

23:28

has added moisturizing ingredients

23:30

such as ceramides . That's going to elevate

23:33

your style and the condition of your

23:35

hair . You don't want to use anything too

23:37

heavy and , for goodness sakes , you don't want to use

23:39

too heavy of a hair spray . You could still use

23:41

hair spray . Okay , I love

23:44

me a good hair spray , but just don't make it a

23:46

stiff hold type

23:48

hair spray . That's really really out right

23:50

now . If your hair is not moving with you . You

23:56

know what I mean . Try to avoid overwashing

23:59

your hair , because you really want to

24:01

preserve the strength , the hydration and

24:03

the color of your hair , especially

24:05

if you live in a hardwater area

24:08

. And what this will do is it's going to give

24:10

a chance for the natural oils from

24:12

your scalp to move from your

24:14

scalp down the hair shaft . And yes , as

24:16

we get older , our scalp produces

24:18

less and less of this oil , so

24:21

it takes more and more time . So if you can

24:23

go a few days between shampooing

24:26

, that's probably the best . Plus

24:28

, who likes to wash and

24:30

dry their hair every day ? I hate getting

24:32

ready . I don't know about you

24:34

. So that wraps up

24:36

the gray hair . I thought it would be kind of fun

24:38

to go on the internet and

24:41

actually see what people are actually

24:43

asking about gray hair , and

24:45

the top questions I came up with , okay

24:48

, was is gray hair

24:50

caused by stress ? We have all

24:52

heard that , haven't we that ? People

24:54

who go gray overnight ? Now I

24:56

have heard that , and I've seen that in a

24:59

couple of my clients that something

25:01

so stressful has happened

25:03

that they seem to wake up the

25:05

next day with a patch of gray hair

25:07

. Not all their hair turns gray . There's

25:09

no way that can happen . I'm sorry that

25:11

cannot happen . Your hair

25:14

cannot gray from the bottom to

25:17

the scalp . No , because once

25:19

it grows out of the scalp , it's actually dead

25:21

. It's not alive

25:23

, so the only way that it can turn gray

25:26

is from the scalp out . Okay

25:28

, is gray hair caused by stress

25:30

? Yes , a new study

25:32

shows that stress really can give you

25:34

gray hair . Researchers found

25:37

that the body's fight or flight response

25:39

plays a key role in turning

25:41

hair gray . Your hair color is determined

25:43

by pigment producing cells called melanocytes

25:46

. While stress is often associated

25:48

with premature graying , the direct link

25:50

between stress and gray hair is not

25:53

entirely straightforward . Here's how stress

25:55

may play a role . There's three stages

25:57

of growth in hair

25:59

. Intense stress can

26:01

trigger a condition called telogen

26:04

effluvium , and that's

26:06

where the hair follicles shift from

26:08

growing phase to a resting phase

26:10

and after a few months , affected

26:13

hairs may fall out and the new ones may grow

26:15

in with less pigment , resulted

26:18

in what you may appear

26:20

sudden appearance of gray hair . But

26:23

this doesn't , doesn't happen overnight . It

26:25

happens like maybe two months

26:27

after the stressful thing

26:30

happened when you start noticing

26:32

it . Okay , so same

26:34

with if you're losing clumps of your

26:36

hair , same thing . Look back about

26:38

two months before . Did something

26:40

stressful in your life occur ? That's

26:43

probably what it's caused from . You

26:45

know , did somebody die ? Did something terrible

26:47

happen ? We don't want to

26:49

go down that road . But the

26:52

second thing about stress

26:54

oxidative stress and we kind of talked about

26:56

this . Chronic stress

26:59

can contribute to the oxidative

27:01

stress , which is just the buildup of

27:03

stress in the body , and

27:05

it can impact the melanin why

27:08

can't I say that word Melanocytes

27:12

responsible for producing melanin . So

27:15

chronic stress , and then there's hormonal

27:17

changes . So stress can influence

27:20

hormone imbalance and

27:22

hormonal changes may in turn impact

27:25

the melanin production , again

27:27

contributes premature grain of

27:29

the hair . And then inflammation

27:31

prolonged stress can

27:33

lead to inflammation throughout the body , and

27:36

I don't know about you . Inflammation it's

27:39

this chronic inflammation in the body

27:41

that causes so many things . But

27:43

it also affects the hair follicles because

27:46

it'll suffocate your hair

27:48

from growing . Not

27:51

only will it thin out the hair , but

27:53

it'll also it could squeeze

27:55

out the melanin producing cells

27:57

, which speeds up the grain process

27:59

Make sense . It's important to note

28:01

that the relationship between stress

28:04

and gray hair is complex and it's not

28:06

experienced by everybody . So

28:09

more than likely genetic factors

28:11

, lifestyle choices and overall

28:14

health play more of a role

28:16

in when you're gonna turn gray . Here's

28:18

another question that was out there Can

28:20

you reverse gray hair ? No

28:23

, there's no scientifically

28:25

proven way to reverse gray hair . No

28:29

, if somebody tells you there is run

28:32

. They're selling you snake oil . So

28:34

once hair turns gray , it

28:36

is a permanent change in the body . Now

28:39

you can slow down the

28:41

grain process , like

28:43

with supplements and managing

28:46

your stress , but

28:48

I don't think you can . Well , I

28:51

know you can't reverse the grain process

28:53

, but research is ongoing

28:55

and you know who

28:58

knows what the future is gonna bring ? Heck

29:01

, they might have something AI generated

29:03

to reverse gray

29:05

hair who knows ? But no

29:07

, as of right now , you can't reverse

29:09

it . Here's another question that was

29:11

out there what's the average age

29:14

? Most people get gray hair , everybody

29:18

. This is so widely

29:21

varied it's really really hard to

29:23

pinpoint because it's both genetic

29:25

and it's environmental . But generally

29:28

Caucasian tend to start

29:30

grain in their mid-30s , asians

29:32

in their late 30s and African-Americans

29:35

in their mid-40s . However

29:37

, these are just general trends

29:40

and many people may experience gray

29:42

hair earlier or later than average

29:44

. Again , genetics play

29:46

that significant role . So

29:49

if your parents or your grandparents experienced early

29:51

grain , there's high likelihood you're going to

29:53

as well . Look

29:56

, it's important to note that grain's just

29:58

a natural part of the aging process and one

30:00

of those things we're gonna have to accept . Right

30:03

, and it's how well we accept

30:05

it and what we're gonna do with it , whether we

30:07

wanna go gray and

30:09

just go with the flow and accept

30:11

it , or we're gonna fight it till the very end

30:13

. There's so many different ways to fight it , as

30:16

if that's your game plan . It's

30:18

my game plan . You

30:21

can gray blend , you can touch

30:23

up , you could do softer hair

30:25

color , but

30:28

just being confident in who

30:30

you are . There's no rules to the game

30:32

anymore . You can go gray or not

30:34

go gray . Nobody , nobody , should

30:36

judge you . The only person you

30:38

have to wake up to and be judged by

30:40

is yourself , that person looking

30:42

in the mirror . So enjoy the process

30:45

. If you have any questions about

30:47

gray hair how you should talk to

30:49

your hairstylist , reach out

30:51

to me . Like I said , I'm on Instagram

30:53

, I'm on Facebook , you know . You

30:55

can go to my website , contact

30:58

me there . Please note that my website

31:00

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31:02

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31:08

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