Good morning, friends!
Today on the Pursuit we will begin the exploration for one of natures most elusive creatures, the Authentic Dana. She is a most interesting subject and one that has many layers and complex eccentricities. Who is she really? Why does she behave the way she does? What are her interests, passions, desires and motivations? What drives her? And most intriguingly, why does she keep repeating the same behaviors hoping for different results? Extremely fascinating!!
We will cover many transformations here on Dana’s Pursuit but what better place to begin than with me? This time of my life is transformative in and of itself. I have decided to not punch a time clock and dare to face this phase of my life with the question, “What do YOU want to do?” Big question, right? So I have taken a few months to gather my thoughts and this is it. I want to write and create this blog and share the journey with you. Sound scary? Fun? Exciting? Insane? YES!!
Chapter One.
One of the biggest beauty challenges we face in life is our hair, right, ladies? It is our crowning glory, what sets the tone for our whole look and distinguishes us as individuals. Mine is no different. I have had a loving relationship with my hair. I was born with a head full of black hair. My mother likes to say I looked like a little pappoose. It lightened to a medium golden brown and stayed that way until my late 20’s. Being a child of the 60’s and an ardent feminist I had no intention of altering the natural color of my hair. The gray strands didn’t bother me at all because my Grammy had a full head of snow-white hair early in her adulthood and I loved it. But I had friends and loved ones persistently telling me that the gray intruders were not flattering and were making me look older than my years so I succumbed to what became 40 years of the hair coloring roller coaster.
As you can see in these photos my hair has been every shade of blonde, brown, red and purple. It’s been frosted, highlighted, foiled, bleached, fried and flambe’ed. So with this change in lifestyle came the desire to discover what was really under the hood. Fortuitously, I had missed a hair appointment and my roots were badly in need of a touch up. I had threatened to shave my head just to see (yes, I had done it once before 14 years ago and it was blissful!) but no one encouraged a repeat performance. I have a wonderful hair stylist (Tamara Logan at in Bloomington) who is one of the rare finds; a hair stylist who listens to what you want and goes the extra mile to make sure you get it and that you are happy with the results. I told her what I wanted and she delivered. As it turns out I am mostly white with a little pepper thrown in for flavor. It will take a bit to get everything evened out but I am THRILLED with the results!! It is liberating to be able to get off the hamster wheel. But I can use my “women’s prerogative” and change it up if I choose. It’s just color after all!
See you next week for Chapter Two.
Sending love and light your way,
Dana
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