I love Color!
Well of course I do in the mundane world I work as a hairstylist who
specializes in color! Because of this I
find that I pour a lot of meaning into how I implement color on my body. I thought I would share this with you,
because it is fun and makes me feel more confident and happy! Any magick that makes one feel better is something you need to share so here I go!
I wear makeup every day, and I find that when I
think about it (now it is hardly ever thought about) I employ tricks to help me
magically in my environment and for my own confidence. Eye makeup has been used for thousands of
years to convey messages to onlookers whether it be to let people know what
culture you are from, or what goddess you worship. In Egypt you knew what Goddess a woman or man
worshipped based on how they wore their eye makeup! Some days (since I worship Egyptian deities )
I dedicate my body to a certain deity I am working with or just feel like
merging with that day…I talk to them while I am putting on my makeup and then
say after I am done. “May everyone who
sees me today see you! May your words be
on my lips, May your hands be my hands.”
I also use the trick of color when it comes to
eyeshadow. To me whatever color I am
using is the color people will see and thus…if I want to use all the “tricks in
my magickal tool box” then correlating color magick with my makeup only makes
sense. I also use it when I wear
lipstick, but understand I only either wear “colored eye makeup” or “colored
lipstick” never the two together I feel that is very confusing to people and not
clear enough for my intent…when it comes to beauty or color magick like
anything else keeping it simple is effective. If you do not wear makeup (and
may pagan women do not) you may wear nail polish and use the same tricks; I
have found even the most dye hard natural witchling woman employing this magick
time and time again.
So, here comes the fun part! If you color your hair you can also use color
magick to change the vibration and resonance around you to what you want to
align yourself with. I am going to
explain this sentence because to me this is magick being explained in practical
terms. IF you want to convey passion and
excitement dye your hair red! If you
want to convey high energy or have high energy then by all means dye it orange
(people call this red but we all know it is not)! Also keep in mind, that all colors have
elemental associations behind them…thus when I color a clients head that I know
is already brimming over with fire, and she wants a reddish color I always GROUND
it by adding in browns and ashes to make it turn out more auburn, mahogany or
burgundy…that way she does not come across as so “harsh”.
If you know me at all though, you realize I color
very nontraditional so I employ literally PURPLE this month, pink last month,
green when I was starting a temple, orange after I had my son, Blue when I was
doing women work, Red after the three month waiting period of having a child,
and so on. There, see my crazy color
ideas do make sense don’t they?
If you do not use hair color you can use head bands,
barrettes, scarfs or hats of course most witchlings just employ the color they
want to convey in the clothing that they wear; and that is more than fine
too. Below you will find a color chart that
you can print out and use yourself every day and I hope you found this post fun
because that is what it is meant to be…fun!
Try not to stress out during this YULE season, and
remember COLOR is your friend! (PS if you get your hair colored PLEASE employ a professional they ingest love into your locks, scalp, and body!)
Color Associations and Symbolism
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This is awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteI just dyed my hair purple a few weeks ago. It's faded now to a light pink color, so I'm going to redo it really soon. I'm glad I came across this post.
I have been tempted to add small streaks of blue or purple to my hair, but I tend to be a little cautious about color; I have never actually veered from the typical red/brown/accidental blonde spectrum. Are there nice temporary colors out there for people like me to experiment with?
ReplyDelete@Sara yes it is called Spray on color...or try a clip in extension!
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