
That blonde right there minus the extensions to make the side ponytail is my natural color. However, I have been messing with it for years, since I was 16 to be exact. The day I turned 16, I walked into CVS and bought a box of the cheapest ‘red’ (more like maroon, seriously it matched my catholic school uniform) dye I could find and went home and started the long road to where we are now. It was horrible, I really wish I had a picture of the mess I made of my pretty blonde hair, I looked like I poured a bottle of Kool Aid on my hair and the worst part is, I thought I was soooooo cool. I didn’t learn though, no matter how many times I dyed it, missed the blond, tried to get the blonde back and turned my hair orange or green (yeah that happened) I kept on going whether doing it myself from a box, buying stuff from Sally’s or going to a professional my hair has been blonde, brown, red, pastel. I’ve had highlights and low lights and I did the whole darker color underneath thing for awhile. In that time, I have gathered some tips and tricks to take care of my color treated hair sometimes while only hanging on to a hope & a prayer that it won’t fall out & do my best to keep it healthy.
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Seriously you are so cute! I LOVE the fist photo of you in the collage with the short hair and “cotton candy” colored hair… LOVE!! You are too stinkin adorable!! Great tips girl. I am with you, I get bored with my hair too.. and Well because it grows back and can be changed I love to change it up often. (Not as often as you I can see! LOL but change is good!) ♥
Sharing this! Cool to see all styles and colors your hair went through. Btw, you have such a nice smile. 🙂
I have to echo the sentiment regarding your natural hair colour – it is amazing, and must be to easy to dye! As an excessive home-dyer I am jealous ;D
These are some great tips, and I wish I had picked up some of these when I was a little younger. Hair tragedy solidarity <3
Really helpful post thanks xXx
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Great tips! I used to color my hair all the time – I’m not as a fanatic about it now that I’m older. My daughter though, she really needs to read this post 🙂
Seriously you are so cute! I LOVE the fist photo of you in the collage with the short hair and “cotton candy” colored hair… LOVE!! You are too stinkin adorable!! Great tips girl. I am with you, I get bored with my hair too.. and Well because it grows back and can be changed I love to change it up often. (Not as often as you I can see! LOL but change is good!) ♥
Sharing this! Cool to see all styles and colors your hair went through. Btw, you have such a nice smile. 🙂
This was an awesome post. I always get a ton of crap for dying my hair all the time, glad I’m not the only one who likes to change it up.
Fantastic post Love. Ive recently gone back to my natural color to try and grow it out after all the dying ive done the past few years (like from Dark brown, blond, red etc). My biggest no no is the fact I hate having my hair trimmed and never do it. I have an irrational fear of scissors near my face lol. Its been over a year. Oops:) xx
Fantastic post Love. Ive recently gone back to my natural color to try and grow it out after all the dying ive done the past few years (like from Dark brown, blond, red etc). My biggest no no is the fact I hate having my hair trimmed and never do it. I have an irrational fear of scissors near my face lol. Its been over a year. Oops:) xx
I have to echo the sentiment regarding your natural hair colour – it is amazing, and must be to easy to dye! As an excessive home-dyer I am jealous ;D
These are some great tips, and I wish I had picked up some of these when I was a little younger. Hair tragedy solidarity <3
Really helpful post thanks xXx
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Great tips! I used to color my hair all the time – I’m not as a fanatic about it now that I’m older. My daughter though, she really needs to read this post 🙂
Thanks for the tips! Last year, I had my hair bleached and dyed red the very first time. I wanted to go lighter but if I did, I’m going to kill my hair further. Decided to go darker (coz’ I have natural black hair) until my hair is healthy enough again. 🙂
This is useful!
xo Kisty
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LoL Ohhh Ange 🙂 The joys and pains of hair color. I’ve had blonde, red, and brunette, but I always go back to blonde. I had strawberry blonde as a little girl, but it’s gradually gotten darker every year since. It’s like a mousey brown now. Everyone laughs at me because I want to be totally grey so I can easily get that pretty pale blonde shade. Thanks for sharing all your tips..the wig thing really isn’t such a bad idea 😉 xo
This was an awesome post. I always get a ton of crap for dying my hair all the time, glad I’m not the only one who likes to change it up.
Thanks for the tips! Last year, I had my hair bleached and dyed red the very first time. I wanted to go lighter but if I did, I’m going to kill my hair further. Decided to go darker (coz’ I have natural black hair) until my hair is healthy enough again. 🙂
This is useful!
xo Kisty
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LoL Ohhh Ange 🙂 The joys and pains of hair color. I’ve had blonde, red, and brunette, but I always go back to blonde. I had strawberry blonde as a little girl, but it’s gradually gotten darker every year since. It’s like a mousey brown now. Everyone laughs at me because I want to be totally grey so I can easily get that pretty pale blonde shade. Thanks for sharing all your tips..the wig thing really isn’t such a bad idea 😉 xo
These are really good tips! I’ve been colour treating mine as well 😉 i have been a brunette, a ginger and a redhead so far! Going back to my natural blonde colour now :p x
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These are really good tips! I’ve been colour treating mine as well 😉 i have been a brunette, a ginger and a redhead so far! Going back to my natural blonde colour now :p x
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Ohhhhh, I could probably write a whole blog post on the scary things I’ve done to my hair with home box kits!!!!
I agree with your no-wash tips. I used to wash my hair daily and always though “ugh!” when people said to follow the two-day rule, but I’ve found that after a few weeks of toughing it out my scalp actually started producing less oil.
Great tips.. Thanks.
xo janika
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You are a gorgeous brunette! Awesome tips, I have been thinking about going lighter since my hair is a little crazy right now but I may just leave it up to the professionals xx – Boho Vanity
Nice wig girlfran! I am trying to bring my hair back to life after a total bleach out last summer. My hair is FRIED! I wish I could change up my hair all the time, but I am scared I will go bald. I use Enjoy hair oil…smells so good!
Ohhhhh, I could probably write a whole blog post on the scary things I’ve done to my hair with home box kits!!!!
I agree with your no-wash tips. I used to wash my hair daily and always though “ugh!” when people said to follow the two-day rule, but I’ve found that after a few weeks of toughing it out my scalp actually started producing less oil.
Great tips.. Thanks.
xo janika
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Funny pics and nice post!;)I wait for you on my blog if you want
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You are a gorgeous brunette! Awesome tips, I have been thinking about going lighter since my hair is a little crazy right now but I may just leave it up to the professionals xx – Boho Vanity
Nice wig girlfran! I am trying to bring my hair back to life after a total bleach out last summer. My hair is FRIED! I wish I could change up my hair all the time, but I am scared I will go bald. I use Enjoy hair oil…smells so good!
I love all of you different hair colors! I wish I could do that! Thanks for all of the tips!
I love all of you different hair colors! I wish I could do that! Thanks for all of the tips!
I think an important tip that you should add, and which has completely saved my hair, is to stop using the drugstore boxed dyes. I buy the developer and the dye separately (the boxed drugstore developer is 40, which is really stronger and REALLY damages your hair). I use ION and haven’t looked back since. It’s essentially the same process as the salon dye without the $70-$100 labor fee. Just make sure you buy a pre-treatment and a post-treatment conditioner, which are very cheap.
I love your blog and you have some amazing tips I can’t wait to try out. You have just found a new reader 🙂
Hiya, Advice from you thanks would it be possible if you can let me know what is the best way to stop Hair dye from fading stripping away. As am using natural Onion juice on the hair scalp for new hair re-growth, and because I have gray hair it showing up to quick….Any suggestion please can you let me know look forward in hearing from you.
Thanks