Meditation, Mindset, and Mirror Time ✨

By Tara Gowen

How to Connect the Inner Glow with the Outer Glam

Over the past few weeks, we've explored different ways to practice self-love--from choosing professional products to protect and nourish your hair, to creating a salon looking blow out at home, to remembering that taking care of yourself is never selfish. Now, as we close this series, it's time to bring everything together. Meditation, mindset, and mirror time are where the inner glow and the outer glam finally meet.

Meditation: A Quiet Place for Renewal

Meditation is more than just stillness--it's an invitation to reconnect with your spirit. For some, it's deep breathing and clearing the mind. For me, it's prayer, speaking honestly with God and allowing His peace to wash over my anxious thoughts. However you approach it, this time to pause reminds you that you are more than your schedule, your to-do list, or your outward appearance. You are deeply loved and divinely created.

Mindset: Choosing Truth Over Criticism

The words we speak to ourselves carry incredible power. Negative self-talk can weigh us down, but a shift in mindset can breathe new life into our hearts. Try replacing thoughts of "not enough" with reminders of your worth. When you feel those nasty little thoughts flooding in try telling yourself:

**I am worthy because I am divinely and wonderfully made.

** I am strong because I have overcome 100% of my worst days.

**I am beautiful because goodness radiates from within me.

When your thoughts align with truth, your mindset becomes a source of strength instead of stress. This is where inner peace starts to show on the outside--in your confidence, your smile, and your presence.

Mirror Time: Seeing Yourself With Love

Standing in front of the mirror isn't just about fixing your hair or applying makeup. It's also an opportunity to really look at yourself and speak kindness. Thank the woman you see for showing up even when she didn't want to. (Or thank the man who withstood the rain so other's may be dry.) Honor your resilience. Recognize that the reflection staring back at you is not just surface-level beauty, but a reflection of divine craftsmanship. You earned each laugh line, every stretch mark, and you have been blessed to be here long enough to see the silver hair. Mirror time becomes more than routine--it becomes a ritual, a moment where you align how you see yourself with how you were created to be seen: radiant, capable, strong, and enough.

The Coastal Glo Philosophy

At Coastal Glo & Co., we believe beauty is holistic. We love creating stunning hair and enhancing outer glam, but what truly matters to us is helping you feel seen, valued, and renewed. When you nurture your spirit with meditation and prayer, shape your mindset with love and truth, and embrace your reflection with gratitude, your inner glow and outer glam become inseparable. That's the heart of self-love--and the heart of what we want you to experience when you step through our doors.

Closing Out Our Self-Love Series <3

As we finish this series, my hope is that you've felt encouraged to embrace self-love in new ways--not just for your hair or your outward style, but for your heart, your soul, and your everyday life. Beauty will always be more than what meets the eye. It's how you carry yourself, how you nurture your mind and spirit, and how you allow love to shine through you.

This is not the end of your self-love journey--it's the beginning. Keep building those rituals, keep speaking kindness, and keep showing up for yourself. When you need a reminder of how beautiful you truly are--inside and out--we will be here, ready to welcome you into a space that celebrates all of you.

Thank you for walking through this series with us. May your glow always reflect the beauty that already lives within you.

NEXT UP: Our next series will be a four part series on Behind the Chair. This is your exclusive peek into the heart and culture of Coastal Glo & Co!

Week 1- The Stylists' Perspective

Week 2- Luxury With Heart

Week 3- Education

Week 4- Community & Connection