Hair tip of the day: Finding myself through color!

Color hasn't always been a way for my to express myself. I have been every color and combination of colors imagainable. But this wasn't always true. I was the client that said "I'll have a trim". I'd threaten not to pay the stylist if they cut off more than 1/2". I shudder that I actually would say that! LOL! Then came the day that I begin to experiment. This experimentation came through error. One time when I was apprenticing my bangs were cut too short and I shaved my head... YES! I really did! I was tired of having bad hair days, I was tired of worrying so much about my freakin' hair! So I had a man that I worked with clipper it off and it was liberating! Here I was with nothing to hide behind and I actually liked it. I wore big earrings and fun make-up. I had it about 1/4" long and I colored it like mad. I bleached it, had it blue... I even painted a picture on my head using every color of dye that I could get my hands on. What I discovered is that I am still me no matter what is happening on my head. At that point I begin to try every cut and color. I wanted to feel what it was like to be these different looks. The thing that I discovered is that it doesn't feel like anything other than who I am. Hair to me is like a seasonal coat. I change with the times, my mood and I just have fun with it. Sometimes I'm more playful and sometimes I'm more conservative. But I'm always me. This belief started with my hair and moved in to other areas... I am not my weight, or my bank account. I am the essence that is Kimberly and that is ever changing but also the same to some degree. My essense is not my outside appearance. My outside appearance is just my hobby. My outside appearance may show when times are good or bad in my life to some extent but it is only the tip of the iceburg. I strive daily to not worry about if people notice I gained weight after some deaths in the family or that I lost weight after a difficult break up years before. The people that really see me, see the whole picture in and out. When I see my friends I don't see their hair unless they are coming to see me for an appointment. When I see my friends, I see the people that I love and who love me. I have a special friend who is struggling right now and she inspired this whole post. You know who you are and I love you girl. You will find you again, because she is still there, I promise!:)