In light of this past weekend’s Pride event, this week’s Beauty Unleashed is about showing your true colours.

When you’re a hair designer you see a lot of different hair styles, colours and textures. I’ve seen lush and long hair; people wearing their hair in whimsical styles; highlights that didn’t do the hair-wearer any justice; and I’ve seen hair so damaged from incorrect chemical treatments or so much spray and gel that It’s surprising it hasn’t broken off.

In this industry, you see a lot of people whose styles, colours and textures don’t really fit people as well as it ought to. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Each of us is born with hair in a particular shade, and as we get older it tends to change based on several factors. For instance, my business advisor, Sean (author Beyond Beauty here on goldentouchmedispa.com), said that when he was born his hair was completely blonde, full of these bouncy curls that seemed to have a live of their own. But now it’s a dark brown with greying spots. (For the record, I love Sean’s curls. They’re the type that us women would die to have and for him it’s completely natural. How fair is that?)

My job as a hair designer is to help you bring out your true colours via your hair. Like I mentioned above, we are born with a specific colour that we may or may not like. And that’s fine, but it doesn’t mean we should completely do without our natural colours just to spite ourselves or to feel socially accepted. Our hair means something, so let’s make the most of it.

I recall this one lady who came to see me with a severely botched highlighting job she had done at another salon somewhere in Toronto. And I mean botched; the colours weren’t evenly applied,  the shade was awful and to make matters worse, the cut she had done didn’t do her any justice at all, an insult to anyone with any amount of dignity.

I was aghast, imploring her to say she didn’t pay for this monstrosity. Unfortunately she did.  She was appreciative of the fact that I was willing to help rectify her situation.

Given the state of her uneven hair, I had to cut it shorter to achieve an even appearance. This could not be avoided, however it was relatively unnoticeable as even she remarked the shorter locks looked better on her, more than she imagined. I corrected the colours to make it more conducive to what she originally intended. I worked magic on her.

Luckily, she left with a more even—though shorter—cut and highlights in a proper colour that complemented her face and figure. She looked ravishing, her true colours shown forth.

We’re born with our natural colour, so why do some people attempt to completely erase any trace of its existence? There are people who would DIE to have your hair.

Ok, sure, some colours that we’re born with don’t do us any favours, and though it doesn’t mean we have to live with it, we shouldn’t be completely unforgiving to it either. There are ways to amplify the look of your natural colour that complement rather than conceal.

My salon is in Yorkville; there are a LOT of other salons in the area. But I’m quite sure that it’s my special caring touch that encourages people to come see me over the others. I personally like to help people discover and bring their true inner beauty to fruition.

That’s why I named my practice Golden Touch.

How will you let your true colours shine?