Great tips for this !!! Dying my hair at a young age is my worst mistake I have made .... and currently I've been trying everything to get my natural color back but now I know what to do
Lourdes Pena, hi this is me a year from now, and I still hasn’t come out all the way. You can still see some blue parts, which looks very weird cause now my hair is it’s natural black( from going it out), a blonde/blown, and the very ends are a light blue.
I've been growing out my natural hair color for 17 months now (July 2014) I haven't been using any color, straightener, hairspray or blowdryer at all since then. Best decision ever :) it was a very very slow process, but totally worth it. . Nice video btw :)
I'm definitely still in the "letting go" phase. I had highlights (and some go blonder experiences.. not proud😅) and the roots are definitely visible now. But I really want my natural hair back💁🏼
be glad you only had highlights... My hair went through bleaching, henna, bleaching, darkening, dying red and now its also purplish, all in two years...My hair dont even rememeber it own colour anymore. lool
I bleached my hair for the longest time (my natural hair is slightly darker than yours). I tried doing the ombre thing.. bleached blonde at the bottom and my natural on top, and I decided it looked a little too different for me to say the least lol. I got it chopped and professionally colored and it's kind of faded at the bottom and a reddish brown on top. It isn't horrendous but it's not too pretty either. I can't tell you how many hair videos I've watched with no results or it's way too expensive. I love your honesty! I too look at pictures of me when I was younger, and you've given me faith that this will work! I'm going to color it one last time in December and follow your steps. Thanks so much!!!
Michaela Blonde Thank you so so much for commenting! That makes me so happy! It is so worth doing it! I just put out a video of my hair care routine if that helps as well! But let me know if there's anything you need help on. :)
Hi this is Sonya, on January of this year I had my hair bleached OMG this guy burned :( on February I started watching you video. I have been watching it every week or two Lol. until this month I finally was able to get a hair cut and shopped off all the blonde that was death totally death ends, now I have short but HEALTHY hear and i am so ready for my one year process. I am glad you posted this video, I love when you say "cheetta print". Thanks for encourage me through this two year process for me because I had to wait until now to start growing my natural hair, I ordered my wooden brush at amazon :)
Sonya Rodriguez Oh my goodness!! You have no idea how happy this made me. Thank you so much for sharing! I'm so thankful that it worked. Ahhh this is so awesome!
you motivated me. well said. i call it quits too. i messed my hair bleaching and dying it to brown again. terrible mistake. i am not going to do anything to fix it and just let it grow
Thanks for sharing your story! I started dying my hair back in 2008 and I regret it now. I have had pretty much every hair color and I got bored. In 2015 I kept the same hair color because it wouldn't budge. I cut my hair short and I am starting over now. I'm looking forward to seeing my natural hair again. I have been taking better care of it now. Thank you for the tips.
Gabriella DeStefano that's awesome! Some times the best ting to do is get a good haircut and just start over! I promise the time will go by faster than you think! Thank you for watching! 💗💗
Hi Lauren! I watched this video and had one YEAR and SIX months of natural roots then went and got “balayage “ done (facepalm!) it was pretty but not me. :( so. Here I am a pile of dye jobs later writing to you hoping to connect and just make an oath that- From this day (September 15th 2018) I, Pamela, will NOT get sucked into damaging my god given locks ever again! I love you and your videos are so genuine. Sending my best Lauren xx Wish me luck!
Do you have any tips on staying confident while your hair color is fading and your natural color is growing in? I have had a messy hair journey and I'm officially growing it all out. Its been about 3 months and you can't see my roots, I mean I can but I know it's there, but I know the color is gonna keep fading over time and I keep stressing about it and I feel less and less pretty as the time goes on. Do you have any advice to keep me going and not covering it all up again? Please help! Lots of love and thanks.
Jeri Cronk I'm so excited you wrote this! I actually just filmed a video today about confidence when growing out your hair. It will be up today or tomorrow! But real quick, the thing that helped me is coming to realize that my beauty was not in my hair but my heart. And ALSO, I didn't deprive my self of heat and doing my hair nice. The color may not look good but I can style it darn good. Curl it, cute pony tails. Don't let your hair go, just because it's not where you want it to be. Try new hairstyles and get cute outfits. Haha! Thanks so much for commenting! 💗 I'll be putting out a lot more videos about growing your hair back!
oh my gosh, thank you so much and I'll be sure to watch that video! I have been battling myself and telling myself that it'll be OK and I just gotta let it grow and be patient but its so hard! but I watch your videos and see how happy you are now with your virgin hair and I know its all gonna work out. ❤❤
Thank you for the motivation! I’m currently in the process of growing out my natural hair color! I have been dying it a chocolate brown color for years now! I want my natural color back!
Your videos have been so real and SO helpful! For the longest time, I have gotten highlights. But for whatever reason, back in October 2016 I wanted to have that "FULL" blonde color, and no roots growing in. So I went to my hair stylist and we bleached it. It looked good for awhile, but it was definitely a huge mistake. I wish I wish I WISH on all of my life that I would have never done that. The blonde was bright, and extremely white, but it eventually washed out and had orange-y and ugly yellow-ish tones to it. Needless to say, I should've just gotten my highlights re-done, because the effect is almost natural looking for me. So here I am now, 7 months later, trying to decide what to do with my hair. My friends keep pressuring me to dye it back to a color that's closest to my natural color, but I feel like it's not that easy! I feel like it takes a lot of thought and my own personal want to do it. I of course want to do it, because I haven't seen my natural hair color in so long, but I have been going blonde for so long I'm so scared I won't like it or feel beautiful with it. I guess I just have a few questions for you! So since I have been growing the ugly, nasty bleached color out since October of 2016 (roughly 7 months) would it be safe for me to dye it close to my natural color? These roots are driving me crazy, (considering my roots are a dirty blonde/light brown-ish color like yours). Do you think I would be okay to just dye it close to a natural color, or should I take the steps of no color, hairspray, and products first and wait a few months and then re-dye it? Don't feel obligated to completely know the answer haha! I just thought since you have so much experience that I could ask you for some insight. Your videos have seriously inspired me so much, and I have been so on the fence with this idea and watching your videos have honestly motivated me. Any help or suggestions you could give me would honestly be soo appreciated!
Natalie Van Buren Thank you so much for commenting! That is so encouraging to me. Honestly, I think you would be fine to go a head and dye it back to your original color. You have let your roots grow out for a while now, and I don't think it would hurt it any more than it has been. I would probably suggest going ahead and dying it back to your natural hair color and then stay away from hair products and hairsprays to rejuvenate your hair. Your hair has had a long enough break in my opinion. That's how long I waited. Dye it back and go easy on all products and hairsprays. Even though your hair may not look or feel beautiful, YOU still are (I can tell by your profile pic hehe)! I had to let go of all my insecurities for a time and I couldn't be happier because now I have healthy hair again! I hope this helps! 💕
You are so sweet, thank you so much for the kind words and your reassurance! I'm going to go ahead and do it, I really am so ready for this change! I am determined and it's because of you. The way that you portray your self confidence is amazing and I love your story and how it has essentially built up your confidence. Thank you for everything, especially the courage to go natural, I have been wanting it for so long! :)
your video got me so motivated! right now I have a bad hair cut with ugly layers AND a weird orange brown Color so I wear it up in a bun all the time. My natural hair colour is the same colour as yours and I want it back so bad💞😫
you're so motivating! thank you! I been growing my hair out for a year from a terrible bleachinh process, it took me so long to get my natural color to my shoulders. I'm hoping one more cut and all the damage is gone.
Lauren Dawn thank you so much! my hair is naturally the same color of yours, it just made me wanna continue growing it because I was stressin all week about dying it.... I was a hair dying addict from the time I was about 12 til the end of last year, I'm about to be 23 and my hairs gon through so much. I honestly think this is the greatest thing for my hair. can't wait to have it really long and thicker, my hair thinned out so much over time and when it got burnt it just shedded so bad.
Hey girl, thanks for posting the video. I've recently decided to grow my natural color hair out. My natural color is much like yours and I miss it. I really needed the encouragement :)
Thank you so much ! I really needed to hear this !😭 I made the mistake of getting highlights bc I wanted a "change" and they came out horrible 😭 I just want my natural hair back !
Evelyn Valencia You're so welcome, girl! I'm glad this helped! Even bad highlights will grow out! I promise you! Let me know if you have any other questions about my hair or anything. 💗
Yes, but since I'm dark skin they look horrible on me ! I'm gonna dye my hair back to my natural hair color which is dark brown i just hope it goes by fast😭 it makes me feel ugly lol you really inspired me !
+Evelyn Valencia Girl, I know the feeling, I'm not even going to belittle it. But I'm so glad I could help! Your hair may not be "beautiful" but YOU are! 💗
I'm nearing the "dye it back" phase; except I bleached mine and need to dye it back and I wonder if that would change your process? Cause you went darker in yours so obviously that was bleach free...
This was really motivating! Btw my natural hair color looks JUST like yours! Can’t wait to grow it out! Right now I am 6 months in to growing it out, my roots are about 2.5 inches now. It’s hard to stay patient!
I dyed my hair red (without bleaching it) and now I'm trying to get it back to its natural color. I am wondering if I should: grow it out, dye it back to its natural color (dark brown), or wait until it fades. Thank you Lauren
No problem Joey, thanks for commenting! If your hair is brown, I think letting it fade would look good. I feel like red is one of those colors that fades nicely! :)
Thank you so much for this! I had a really similar hair journey. My hair is naturally blonde but I started dying it black when I was 16. Since then I've done so much to it... bleached it, color oopsed it a million times, etc etc. I'm just done with it. I can't afford it anymore, and I don't want all of those chemicals in my body. I also want my hair to just be healthier already and go back to what it naturally looks like. I cut my hair a few weeks ago and so far my natural color is coming in a lot. My hair is a dark brown right now. I cut it really short so I'm going to wear extensions until it grows in more, but other than that I'm leaving it the hell alone. I'm also using the same shampoo you are in its been working great! Thank you so much for this motivation!!
I think I now have the same problem as you. I’ve noticed that my 4 months worth of roots are literally impossible to spot. This is a good thing but I was just wondering, how did you notice that all the dye was gone if your natural colour is so close to the dyed colour? I’m just assuming that my hair is slow at growing but a part of me just thinks, “oh it’s just super close to my natural colour it’s hard to see” x
Omg same thing happened with me I wanted to dye my hair dark brown, ended up going black. I dyed my hair 12 times that week. God I miss my natural hair😂
Ysabelle PB19 My hair was extremely long and it took about 2 years to where it looked like it had all grown out. At the time, I knew that there was a little color on my ends because my hair was so long, but you couldn't see it at all. Hope this helps! 😁
Thank you for this video. I am going to go into the process of getting my hair back, and my hair has gotten a looot of damage over the years. Bleaching and dying it all colours of the rainbow is not the smartest thing I have done haha. I luckily already didn't dye it for a couple of months, it is still damaged but I think it will be allright. I can't wait to start the 2nd phase of this in a couple of weeks. I will make sure I will be able to find the shampoo and conditioner you where talking about because it does sound very good.
Thank you so much commenting! That's so awesome! Trust me, the time will go by so much quicker than you think! The wonderful thing about hair, is it gives us so many "second chances" by regrowing! Keep it up! You can do it! Let me know if there is something else I can help with or make another video to help.
+Lauren Dawn that's so great. My natural hair colour is kind of the same as yours so I'm kind of excited. My hair is now all different shades of orange so it's not really nice. I can't wait to start.
I am 10 and my mom finily let me bleach my hair a little at the end and I did this in Agust 2015 now it's February 2016 and my hair is still really healthy and growing
Hey Lauren I'm referring back to this video as I stupidly thought it would be a good idea (after growing my hair out for months and months as you know!) to bring my blonde up higher well I bleached it .. I still have about an inch worth of my natural roots as I only wanted to bring the blonde hobbit now my hair feels awful ! I'm going back to the macadamia range and sticking with it and going to be soo careful with it now. I'm NEVER bleaching it again ! I want my natural colour back so bad! I'm such an idiot lol. Anyway I just wanted to say this is still the best video on RUclips for growing out your natural colour ! And congrats on over 34,000 views that's amazing ! Xx
+Lauren Hill Oh no! I did the same thing during the whole process and set me another 6 months back. But hair grows no matter what! Thank you so much for your constant support on my channel! (Apparently there's a bunch of people with dyed hair lol) Thank you again! 💗💗💗
Lauren Dawn I really don't know why I did it , it was nearly out as well :( it's starting to get long too and I'm tempted to get it cut short to speed up the process but I've spent so long growing it! I'm thinking it's going to take at least a year to be near where I want to be maybe even 2 as I don't want to dye it again even to match my natural colour. Youre so welcome I'll always watch your videos as long as you continue to post them ! Your videos are great and the way you speak about acceptance of things and ' letting it go ' is so empowering, especially in this commercially driven day and age. Xx
+Lauren Hill I find myself tempted when I go and look back at old pictures of me with really blonde hair, the color was great and that's all I see in the picture but forget how damaged it was. I literally have to stop looking at them lol. Thank you so much! That means so much!
Very informative video. I just started the process of growing out my natural hair from almost black ( what I have now) to light brown/blond ( my natural). Looking forward to see the results.. sending love and light from Portland, Maine!❤️❤️
Hey! I really need some advice and motivation from you.. I had gorgeous light brown hair, similar to yours, and I dyed it blonde and then trying to get it back to natural it turned black, like yours.. I tried removing it at the salon, really paid a lot of money and just got more damage, now it's still really dark brown, some parts black. Really wondering, how you removed the black after the let it go phase? I want, I NEED my natural color back as soon as possible.. I just can't dye it anymore or do anything to it, don't want to waste my money 'cos I now it won't help. I know I have to grow it out, there is no other way, but it won't look like an ombre or trendy, I'm really afraid of people making fun of me and the worst part is that I'm starting my first year of college in a month and leaving my family.. Do you suggest any hairstyles to make my roots less visible? I'm also planning to cut my hair short as soon as I have enough of my natural hair, I don't mind having it short, but it will take me 7-8 months to do it, to grow all the black out.. sorry if I wrote too much, but I'm really sad and depressed, lost all of my confidence and don't know how to get over this period in my life.. thank you for this video, I hope you'll see this, lots of kisses! 😔❤❤
Rose Hathaway Hi Rose! First of all I know, know, know how you feel. How your confidence can go down. How you really do not feel like yourself, or feel pretty. But the moment that I came to grips that there was nothing I could do (beyond what I explained in this video haha), that my beauty did not lie in how my hair looked, it was so freeing and pushed me to be able to grow it out. You are beautiful. Period. Beyond any bad hair color. I know this is easier spoken than done but it it true. Your beauty isn't defined by any physical part on you but the inside. When I realized that, it really did help me have the patience to grow it out. Now, for what I did physically. After I dyed it black, color oppsed it three times, it had lightened to this weird brown color. I hated it, didn't like it but I let it go for about 5 months. My roots did come in and they were a lot lighter but I just left it. It wasn't cute for a while. After about 5 months I decided to try and lift the color by professionally getting it bleached and dyed close to my natural hair color. This helped but it did not look like my natural hair color at all. It was definitely lighter but not my hair color. I waited another 2 months and got bleached and dyed lighter than my natural hair color. And since thin I haven't dyed my hair at all. I hope this helps, try not to put your hair as the best thing you can offer people. You sound so sweet and I like you and I don't even know what your hair looked like. I made another video about this on my channel that talks about confidence and insecurities if you wanna watch that! Much love!! 💕💕💕
I have a similar natural dirty blonde color, which I haven’t seen since 6th grade. I had to chop it into a pixie last month due to bleach damage 😫 Currently growing it out
I have the same natural hair that you have. I dyed it ombre and didn't touch the top or darker natural hair. Just bleached the ends. Then I dyed it all dark brown and have gradually lightened it without bleaching but by using boxes that lightened it a Lil to now a reddish tinted brown. My roots aren't red at all and idek how to go about growing them out without it looking gross in the process. Any advice??
I have dyed my hair since I'm 12, I started with highltits until my hair was totally blonde, naturally is like yours dirty blonde and when it was all blonde I dyed it dark brown I don't know why and then it started fading out when months passed and it looked a bit orange/rosy blonde and I hated it and decided to dye it all blonde and every month I dyed my roots and after a year of this I dyed it dark again but not as dark as before and I hated it as well and decided to let it go and grew my hair for about 7 months and then dyed it blonde again and I'm talking white blonde and now I've tried to do this reverse ombre where I put dark brown on my roots (it was all white) and when I took it off in the shower the rest of my hair turned grey and my roots instead of a light brown that o thought It would be because I thought it would fade out its almost black in the roots and grey in the rest and I want to have my natural hair but first dye it as close as possible to my natural hair color. What should I do?
Girl, I feel ya. I felt like I was In This never ending cycle of bad hair color. If your hair is really like my hair color, I would probably bleach it to blonde. Not like super drastic, just enough to get a blank canvas. Then from that point let it grow. And let it go! Thanks for sharing! I would go to a hair salon too. I did mine and that's when I really ruined it. Lol
When I went to a salonist, that's when it was fixed enough to begin letting it grow out. It is worth spending a little extra money and finding a really good salonist. :)
I’ve damaged my hair with alot of hair box dyes.stopped dying my hair since March or I think April of this year don’t use hairspray don’t use blow dryer nothing at all.my problem is that it’s falling out alot do you have any tips against hair fall ?
I did exactly the same mistake as you and now after 5 weeks of black/red hair I‘m back to blonde and I wanna grow it out completely. I gonna follow your tipps and I won‘t do anything to it
I am trying to figure out how to get my natural hair back. My hair is thinning and now I have bald spots from over dyeing my hair and what not. I need to get my hair back to health. Thank you for posting this video! Now I have an idea of where to get started. I have natural strawberry dishwater blonde color.
My hair is a natural dishwater blonde with a lot of red undertones... No matter what color I dye my hair it comes out red.... So.. how would you suggest I get rid of the red so it looks dishwater blonde again?
Brenda Kocourek If your hair naturally has red undertones, I'm not entirely sure how to get rid of it completely. I know mine as well had orangey and brassy tones to it when I dyed it. The only way I got rid of the red was 1) I dyed it a much blonder color (hair has levels of tone so dirty blonde tone, when lifted the red/brassy/orangy tone, and then after that yellow, blonde color) 2) Once it's blonder that the dirty blonde, just letting it grow out. I hope this helps! 😁
Hallo,thank you for this amazing video!I coloured my hair frome my 14years I think.. Last months I have very often some mood to change my hair,or change haircolour.. I tried all colours but it was horrible sometimes,you know ;) My colour is blonde,or this is the colour which I love and where I feel confident and happy.. But sometimes I missed my natural hair colour,I think that it will very simmilar to yours.Few days ago I decided to try let my hait grow without any bleaching.Actually my hair was coloured approx. 6 weeks ago,so I have some roots which is looking good (because ombre is hit now so it is good :);) .So I hope that I will stay and let my hair and I will finish in next year with my natural haircolout.. And I have to say,you are really pretty!!:)Do you have some blog or something?I will watch your videos,I am enjoy on it :) sorry for my english,Iam czech :))
This is awesome! Thank you so much for watching! You are so sweet! I do make videos! I'm going to be vlogging soon! Thank you so much for the encouragement! And your English is fine! Thank you for commenting!
Thank you for this video! I do not use chemicals, nor do I want to dye my hair again, it just takes a long time and it can be motivating seeing other people who have done this as well. I am now in the process of getting it to a colour that looks decent to grow out. How long did it take your to grow back a full head of natural hair like you have now?
+Eure Ka Thank you so much for watching and commenting! It took me about two years to get it 100% my hair. The process might be even shorter depending on how long your hair is. It does take a longer time to just let it grow than to keep covering it with chemicals, but I promise, it is sooooo worth it! You can do it! The time will go faster than you think!
I had red in my hair, it's now pink..It is not all pink but I am trying to grow out my hair (my roots are still my natural color and it's not all dyed) and my natural hair color is red, blonde, brown..but lucky me I have alot hair and my hair is not thin even though I still dyed it.
I dyed my natural brown hair to a light blonde ( from the boxed hair dyes) After a year of retouching the roots i got tired of the color and just decided to go back to my natural hair, but accidently got a dark brown Instead of the medium brown my hair originally was. Now my roots are black for some reason and transitions to parts of the light blonde in the middle and some parts of my natural brown hair at the end. I just want my natural hair color back but i'm not sure what to do!? Should i go to a salon and dye it? Should i try another box hair dye that matches my hair color? Should i use color oops? So many questions because i dont want to risk ending up with green hair or damaging it more. Any advice?
Hey girl! Ok so my guess is that your roots are black because of the more recent bleach on the roots. That part of the hair retained the color more and emphasized it. If it was my hair, I would probably let it go for a few months, as hard and possibly atrocious you might think your hair looks. Regain some of the health and then I would go to a salon and dye it back as close to your natural hair color. My hair is light brown and going a much lighter blonde and growing it out worked very well for me. After I dyed it blonde, I just let my hair grow and grow. The roots were hardly noticeable! I would not use color oops though. I hope this helps!
little update! i haven't dyed my hair since october and have 2 and a half inches of roots. still have a long way to go hahah! thankyou so much for the motivation xxxx
+Lauren Dawn yes I know but when I want to grow it out I need to cut it short my hairdresser said. But I won't do that I love my hair. It is dry from the ombre. I cut I three months ago. It is getting back in healthy condition. But it takes time. We have a lot more of different products in the Netherlands then you have in your country. So I am doing everything in my own way and my hairdresser's. But she is a home hairdresser. well she comes at home to people and doesn't have a salon. So I am trying it with a natural shampoo from hara. It helps But my color fades quickly. And I can see that on my roots the grey starts to show. But I am blessed with thick hair. It can take some things. But I hate it to dye it every 5 weeks. god bless you you have your own haircolor. I was dark brown black and now silver grey.
+Lorraine Joseph That's awesome, thick hair is such a blessing! To be honest, your natural shampoo probably is better than what we have here. Love the Netherlands (well pictures, anyways) ;) Good luck with the hair!
Thank you! 🤍 I’m going to follow this. Should I color oops my hair before starting the letting go stage? Also I don’t think I’ll be able to dye to my natural hair color because it’s box died black so they would have to bleach to get to my natural hair color which would be really damaging I don’t know if my hair would make it. What would you recommend? Thank you sm for the tips your hair is gorgeous 🤌
Great post! Did you dye your hair back to its natural color by yourself or did you go to salon? I am having trouble finding a hairdresser who is able to match my natural color which is similar like yours just more ashy!
Maisie Sullivan Get it girl! Don't give up! You can do it! I cut my hair to my shoulders my senior year in high school and I made this video two years after, so I would say about 2 years. 😉
By the way, how long does one of those large pots of the shampoo and conditioner last for you? I have a bit longer hair but it won't make a lot of difference I guess, but the shampoo is pretty pricey here in the UK so I would like to know how often I will need to buy it.
+Cynthia Bernardy Even with my sister using it occasionally, I just ran out of shampoo a few days ago and I bought it in July. I bought the conditioner at the same time and I still have a good bit left. It lasts a while! :)
+Lauren Dawn that's great :) it's £40.00 here, is around about 70 dollars or something for both the shampoo and conditioner in the largest bottles. it's not the cheapest but if it lasts that long I will have to buy it haha
Alley Cowley I told someone else this the other day, I believe as long as the serums and moisturizers don't have harsh chemicals in them, they should be fine. At one point during my process, I did use it's a 10 leave in hair treatment when it was so unmanageable and tangled, and that was fine. The biggest problem with products are the harsh chemicals and the build up that cause breakage. Hope this helps! 💗
I'm curious as to how well this works. I've bleached my hair 2 times, then I dyed the tips blue, then my whole head blonde, then my whole head red, then I bleached it again, then I dyed it brown, than black, then I tried to bleach it AGAIN to get a natural ombré look, then I dyed my hair all blue which is now a green color so ya...
Sami Rose I understand why you're curious. I did a lot of that same kind of dying in about 6 months to a year. And for me, this was the only thing that worked for getting my healthy hair back. It's not like something that can happen overnight, but it does work because I have all natural hair now. I hope this helps! 🙂
wow its about the same exact natural color as mine judging by your recent videos! can't wait to have my hair be completely natural again! must feel so healthy.
my hair is naturally light brown and I just highlighted it bleach blonde today and I absolutely hate it and I just want my natural hair back before school starts which is soon. I'm on vacation right now so I can't do anything until I get back so I've decided to just dye the highlights light brown like my natural color. would it be ruining it?
I really don't think dying back highlighted hair would be bad. Just know that the highlights still may be lighter even with the dye because those strands of hair are lighter. But if it doesn't work, I would just let it go! :) thanks for commenting!
This was really motivating! Btw my hair color looks JUST like yours! Can’t wait to grow it out! Right now I am 6 months in to growing it out, my roots are about 2.5 inches now. It’s hard to stay patient!
hello! i just watched this video and got so.motivated! basically i bleached my hair about a month ago from your colour as its the same as mine, to platinum blonde😧 worst decision! then i didn't like it so next day picked a light brown hair dye box but it turnt into an urban brown/orange and it looked awful!! but the thing im really worried about is the fact that my hair has became to fall out and become so.thin when it used be so.thick! do you have any tips to stop the breakage and make my hair to its normal.density?? xxxx
i hope this doesn't sound creepy but i went to your instagram to see your hair now, and i saw you lived in covington!!! i live literally like 10 minutes away from yacs thats so cool to see someone on youtube from right around the corner!!
I got a question so anyone please help, I have blonde hair. If I dyed it to permanent black when it grew out would it be blonde or black? Idk because it says permanent. please help
THE INSANE ASSASSIN Hey! It will grow back to your original color! I dyed mine with permanent black color and my natural hair color is dirty blonde. It is only permanent on the actual hair you dye not new growth! 😀
I think a pixie haircut is honestly the best option as far as time. Your dead ends are minimal because of the length. If I cut had my hair to a pixie cut and then colored it black, I would skip the letting it go stage at the beginning because the damage is minimal because of the hair length. I would dye it back to your original color and then do the let it go. Thanks for commenting. Hope this help! :)
Thank you so much for this wonderful Hair Healing Information!.Your Lovely Natural Healthy Hair is trully Inspiring .Please help ..How do I keep the Hair shiny healthy looking while growing out the bad damaged hair coulour the freeze the brass dirty blonde orange..😪..So Grateful for your advice. Want my Amazing natural colour back 🙏🙏❤
OHMYGOD I need your help!! I went for a hair colour, my natural hair are like the deepest brown (almost black) and I have the indian skin tone, now this colour that I got is light brown (almost to shade of blonde), and it is not at all suiting me! and it will get worse once the colour will start to fade, what should I do?
+Aakriti Singh Ok Im going to help the best I can! From your profile picture (beautiful by the way), it looks like you have ALOT of healthy hair. If you have gone lighter, that means you have lifted the color and stripped it. If i were you and I didn't like it and the hair wasn't that damaged from the color, I would dye it back to it's original color or as close as you can get. And then let it go. Wait a little while before dying it again.
+Lauren Dawn Oh my god! thanks a ton! Yes, I think I will dye it back to my original colour after a while,till then will be extra careful with the products that I will apply on my hair. thanks, thanks a lot, you are my saviour! (:
Even though you said no hair products in the letting-go phase, you highly recommended the macadamia shampoo and conditioner, did you ever use their other hair products like the deep conditioning , hair oil spray, etc?
Connie Okun Hey Connie, ok so I kinda ignored the shampoo and conditioner as products haha. Ok during this time o did not use the deep mask and hair oil, BUT I use them now and love them. I have used the healing spray, healing oil, and the deep conditioner and the dry shampoo! All wonderful products!
Awesome thanks! : ) Your video is inspiring. I'm pretty much dealing with the no product phase its been going well so far, I'm just so eagered to use some serum. Lol
Ok completely probably like two years. My hair is long NOW but when I was in the process of growing out my natural hair color it was a little below my shoulders. I cut it semi short because I wanted the process to be shorter and less noticeable! So probably a year for the majority. I'm so glad it helped! You can do it and it IS possible!
Chloe Grande She’s replied to others asking the same question and she said it took around 2 years to get to the length in the video. I hope mine grows that fast! 😂💗
My hair is frizz when I shower and after my hair is just FRIZZZ. I don’t know what to do I havent dyed my hair all I do is straighten my hair and now my natural hair is frizz wavy but ugggllyy!
Hugo Mejia if it's orange because of dye, there are special shampoos you can buy to get rid of the brassy orange tones. If you want to change it now, you could either dye it close to your original hair color or just let it grow out or get that shampoo (a "Silver or Purple toning shampoo" usually sold at Sally's or buy it online) I hope this helps!
Hello sis pls tell me some ways to get my very thick natural hair I had rebonded my hair last month now I have hair loss I am little bit worried pls help me to get back my natural hair
You know, I'm not sure that would work just on its own. But I know there are decent chemical free, organic gels that wouldn't be so damaging to your hair. You can order them offline, but I am interested if natural oils could be used for stuff like that. Thanks for the comment!
I did the exact same thing as you an destroyed my hair with dye an bleach then one day enough was enough an I grew it out took me two years an looked like a hot mess but I don't regret it :)
Mikekosa Kosa Hey! Ok so I would get a good haircut, maybe chop off any layers you have to give your hair a thicker look. If the color is real bad, I would get it to a color (done by a recommended hair stylist) and let it grow! I made a video on my channel that is shorter about 7 things to get my hair back healthy! I hope this helps! 😀
Great tips for this !!! Dying my hair at a young age is my worst mistake I have made .... and currently I've been trying everything to get my natural color back but now I know what to do
Kelle Mae. Girl, I know! I'm actually putting out a video tomorrow for some more tips on how to get your natural hair back 💗 Thanks for commenting!
Kelle Mae. Yeah I did that too I am sad 😭 and mad 😡 I hope this works
Lauren Dawn
Kelle Mae. I've been bleaching and coloring mine since age 10 🤦🏼♀️
I just died my hair today a nd I hate it so I started watching vids. on how to grow it out,and restore it's color,then i came to this video
Same here
so how did you restore your color?
Lourdes Pena, hi this is me a year from now, and I still hasn’t come out all the way. You can still see some blue parts, which looks very weird cause now my hair is it’s natural black( from going it out), a blonde/blown, and the very ends are a light blue.
I've been growing out my natural hair color for 17 months now (July 2014) I haven't been using any color, straightener, hairspray or blowdryer at all since then. Best decision ever :) it was a very very slow process, but totally worth it. . Nice video btw :)
Amen girl! That's awesome! So worth it. And thank you for the encouragement! :)
I'm definitely still in the "letting go" phase. I had highlights (and some go blonder experiences.. not proud😅) and the roots are definitely visible now. But I really want my natural hair back💁🏼
Cathlynn23 You go girl! You can do it! The time will go by very fast. 💗
be glad you only had highlights... My hair went through bleaching, henna, bleaching, darkening, dying red and now its also purplish, all in two years...My hair dont even rememeber it own colour anymore. lool
I bleached my hair for the longest time (my natural hair is slightly darker than yours). I tried doing the ombre thing.. bleached blonde at the bottom and my natural on top, and I decided it looked a little too different for me to say the least lol. I got it chopped and professionally colored and it's kind of faded at the bottom and a reddish brown on top. It isn't horrendous but it's not too pretty either. I can't tell you how many hair videos I've watched with no results or it's way too expensive. I love your honesty! I too look at pictures of me when I was younger, and you've given me faith that this will work! I'm going to color it one last time in December and follow your steps. Thanks so much!!!
Michaela Blonde Thank you so so much for commenting! That makes me so happy! It is so worth doing it! I just put out a video of my hair care routine if that helps as well! But let me know if there's anything you need help on. :)
Hi this is Sonya, on January of this year I had my hair bleached OMG this guy burned :( on February I started watching you video. I have been watching it every week or two Lol. until this month I finally was able to get a hair cut and shopped off all the blonde that was death totally death ends, now I have short but HEALTHY hear and i am so ready for my one year process. I am glad you posted this video, I love when you say "cheetta print". Thanks for encourage me through this two year process for me because I had to wait until now to start growing my natural hair, I ordered my wooden brush at amazon :)
Sonya Rodriguez Oh my goodness!! You have no idea how happy this made me. Thank you so much for sharing! I'm so thankful that it worked. Ahhh this is so awesome!
you motivated me. well said. i call it quits too. i messed my hair bleaching and dying it to brown again. terrible mistake.
i am not going to do anything to fix it and just let it grow
Aslı Şahin Thank you so much for watching! I am so glad it helped! Let me know if there's anything else that might be helpful.
Thanks for sharing your story! I started dying my hair back in 2008 and I regret it now. I have had pretty much every hair color and I got bored. In 2015 I kept the same hair color because it wouldn't budge. I cut my hair short and I am starting over now. I'm looking forward to seeing my natural hair again. I have been taking better care of it now. Thank you for the tips.
Gabriella DeStefano that's awesome! Some times the best ting to do is get a good haircut and just start over! I promise the time will go by faster than you think! Thank you for watching! 💗💗
The minute she said the hair turned orange it reminded me of my experience (why I dyed my hair I don’t know.)
Hi Lauren! I watched this video and had one YEAR and SIX months of natural roots then went and got “balayage “ done (facepalm!) it was pretty but not me. :( so. Here I am a pile of dye jobs later writing to you hoping to connect and just make an oath that-
From this day (September 15th 2018) I, Pamela, will NOT get sucked into damaging my god given locks ever again! I love you and your videos are so genuine. Sending my best Lauren xx
Wish me luck!
Do you have any tips on staying confident while your hair color is fading and your natural color is growing in? I have had a messy hair journey and I'm officially growing it all out. Its been about 3 months and you can't see my roots, I mean I can but I know it's there, but I know the color is gonna keep fading over time and I keep stressing about it and I feel less and less pretty as the time goes on. Do you have any advice to keep me going and not covering it all up again? Please help! Lots of love and thanks.
Jeri Cronk I'm so excited you wrote this! I actually just filmed a video today about confidence when growing out your hair. It will be up today or tomorrow! But real quick, the thing that helped me is coming to realize that my beauty was not in my hair but my heart. And ALSO, I didn't deprive my self of heat and doing my hair nice. The color may not look good but I can style it darn good. Curl it, cute pony tails. Don't let your hair go, just because it's not where you want it to be. Try new hairstyles and get cute outfits. Haha! Thanks so much for commenting! 💗 I'll be putting out a lot more videos about growing your hair back!
oh my gosh, thank you so much and I'll be sure to watch that video! I have been battling myself and telling myself that it'll be OK and I just gotta let it grow and be patient but its so hard! but I watch your videos and see how happy you are now with your virgin hair and I know its all gonna work out. ❤❤
Jeri Cronk It is hard just letting it grow but is so worth it!
Thank you for the motivation! I’m currently in the process of growing out my natural hair color! I have been dying it a chocolate brown color for years now! I want my natural color back!
Your videos have been so real and SO helpful! For the longest time, I have gotten highlights. But for whatever reason, back in October 2016 I wanted to have that "FULL" blonde color, and no roots growing in. So I went to my hair stylist and we bleached it. It looked good for awhile, but it was definitely a huge mistake. I wish I wish I WISH on all of my life that I would have never done that. The blonde was bright, and extremely white, but it eventually washed out and had orange-y and ugly yellow-ish tones to it. Needless to say, I should've just gotten my highlights re-done, because the effect is almost natural looking for me. So here I am now, 7 months later, trying to decide what to do with my hair. My friends keep pressuring me to dye it back to a color that's closest to my natural color, but I feel like it's not that easy! I feel like it takes a lot of thought and my own personal want to do it. I of course want to do it, because I haven't seen my natural hair color in so long, but I have been going blonde for so long I'm so scared I won't like it or feel beautiful with it. I guess I just have a few questions for you! So since I have been growing the ugly, nasty bleached color out since October of 2016 (roughly 7 months) would it be safe for me to dye it close to my natural color? These roots are driving me crazy, (considering my roots are a dirty blonde/light brown-ish color like yours). Do you think I would be okay to just dye it close to a natural color, or should I take the steps of no color, hairspray, and products first and wait a few months and then re-dye it? Don't feel obligated to completely know the answer haha! I just thought since you have so much experience that I could ask you for some insight. Your videos have seriously inspired me so much, and I have been so on the fence with this idea and watching your videos have honestly motivated me. Any help or suggestions you could give me would honestly be soo appreciated!
Natalie Van Buren Thank you so much for commenting! That is so encouraging to me. Honestly, I think you would be fine to go a head and dye it back to your original color. You have let your roots grow out for a while now, and I don't think it would hurt it any more than it has been. I would probably suggest going ahead and dying it back to your natural hair color and then stay away from hair products and hairsprays to rejuvenate your hair. Your hair has had a long enough break in my opinion. That's how long I waited. Dye it back and go easy on all products and hairsprays. Even though your hair may not look or feel beautiful, YOU still are (I can tell by your profile pic hehe)! I had to let go of all my insecurities for a time and I couldn't be happier because now I have healthy hair again! I hope this helps! 💕
You are so sweet, thank you so much for the kind words and your reassurance! I'm going to go ahead and do it, I really am so ready for this change! I am determined and it's because of you. The way that you portray your self confidence is amazing and I love your story and how it has essentially built up your confidence. Thank you for everything, especially the courage to go natural, I have been wanting it for so long! :)
your video got me so motivated! right now I have a bad hair cut with ugly layers AND a weird orange brown Color so I wear it up in a bun all the time. My natural hair colour is the same colour as yours and I want it back so bad💞😫
Chloe Grande girl!! If I can get it back so can you!!! I know the feeling of the bun 😂 you can do this, it just takes time!
my hair is weird orange brown too... gotta darken it every two months but now im leaving it alone... good luck for us both in our long journey lol
you're so motivating! thank you! I been growing my hair out for a year from a terrible bleachinh process, it took me so long to get my natural color to my shoulders. I'm hoping one more cut and all the damage is gone.
Miranda Gallegos You go girl! That's awesome!! Thank you for commenting! 💗
Lauren Dawn thank you so much! my hair is naturally the same color of yours, it just made me wanna continue growing it because I was stressin all week about dying it.... I was a hair dying addict from the time I was about 12 til the end of last year, I'm about to be 23 and my hairs gon through so much. I honestly think this is the greatest thing for my hair. can't wait to have it really long and thicker, my hair thinned out so much over time and when it got burnt it just shedded so bad.
Hey girl, thanks for posting the video. I've recently decided to grow my natural color hair out. My natural color is much like yours and I miss it. I really needed the encouragement :)
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching! ❤️
Thank you so much ! I really needed to hear this !😭 I made the mistake of getting highlights bc I wanted a "change" and they came out horrible 😭 I just want my natural hair back !
Evelyn Valencia You're so welcome, girl! I'm glad this helped! Even bad highlights will grow out! I promise you! Let me know if you have any other questions about my hair or anything. 💗
Yes, but since I'm dark skin they look horrible on me ! I'm gonna dye my hair back to my natural hair color which is dark brown i just hope it goes by fast😭 it makes me feel ugly lol you really inspired me !
+Evelyn Valencia Girl, I know the feeling, I'm not even going to belittle it. But I'm so glad I could help! Your hair may not be "beautiful" but YOU are! 💗
I'm nearing the "dye it back" phase; except I bleached mine and need to dye it back and I wonder if that would change your process? Cause you went darker in yours so obviously that was bleach free...
I 💖 this video. One of my favorites! Your hair color is BEAUTIFUL! 😍
Awe thank you! You are so sweet!
This was really motivating! Btw my natural hair color looks JUST like yours! Can’t wait to grow it out! Right now I am 6 months in to growing it out, my roots are about 2.5 inches now. It’s hard to stay patient!
I dyed my hair red (without bleaching it) and now I'm trying to get it back to its natural color. I am wondering if I should: grow it out, dye it back to its natural color (dark brown), or wait until it fades. Thank you Lauren
No problem Joey, thanks for commenting! If your hair is brown, I think letting it fade would look good. I feel like red is one of those colors that fades nicely! :)
+Lauren Dawn okay! Thanks for responding :)
Thank you so much for this! I had a really similar hair journey. My hair is naturally blonde but I started dying it black when I was 16. Since then I've done so much to it... bleached it, color oopsed it a million times, etc etc. I'm just done with it. I can't afford it anymore, and I don't want all of those chemicals in my body. I also want my hair to just be healthier already and go back to what it naturally looks like. I cut my hair a few weeks ago and so far my natural color is coming in a lot. My hair is a dark brown right now. I cut it really short so I'm going to wear extensions until it grows in more, but other than that I'm leaving it the hell alone. I'm also using the same shampoo you are in its been working great! Thank you so much for this motivation!!
I'm so glad it helped! Thank you for watching and commenting! ❤️
This and your other video on this subject were so fantastic, encouraging, and insightful, thank you so very much
I think I now have the same problem as you. I’ve noticed that my 4 months worth of roots are literally impossible to spot. This is a good thing but I was just wondering, how did you notice that all the dye was gone if your natural colour is so close to the dyed colour? I’m just assuming that my hair is slow at growing but a part of me just thinks, “oh it’s just super close to my natural colour it’s hard to see” x
Omg same thing happened with me I wanted to dye my hair dark brown, ended up going black. I dyed my hair 12 times that week. God I miss my natural hair😂
Flora Allawy AMEN GIRL!! 🙌🏼 I feel you!
Lauren Dawn how long does it take to get your old hair back after rebonding ur hair
Ysabelle PB19 My hair was extremely long and it took about 2 years to where it looked like it had all grown out. At the time, I knew that there was a little color on my ends because my hair was so long, but you couldn't see it at all. Hope this helps! 😁
How does it take to bring back my old wavy hair after rebonding it. My hair is short. Does it take years?
Ysabelle PB19 You know, I'm really not sure. I didn't rebond my hair. I just let it grow. 🙂
Your hair colour is gorgeous!! How long did it take you to grow out all the dyed hair? X
Thank you so much! It took me bout to years but my hair dresser did so good that the roots were hardly noticeable! ❤️
Thank you for this video. I am going to go into the process of getting my hair back, and my hair has gotten a looot of damage over the years. Bleaching and dying it all colours of the rainbow is not the smartest thing I have done haha. I luckily already didn't dye it for a couple of months, it is still damaged but I think it will be allright. I can't wait to start the 2nd phase of this in a couple of weeks. I will make sure I will be able to find the shampoo and conditioner you where talking about because it does sound very good.
Thank you so much commenting! That's so awesome! Trust me, the time will go by so much quicker than you think! The wonderful thing about hair, is it gives us so many "second chances" by regrowing! Keep it up! You can do it! Let me know if there is something else I can help with or make another video to help.
+Lauren Dawn that's so great. My natural hair colour is kind of the same as yours so I'm kind of excited. My hair is now all different shades of orange so it's not really nice. I can't wait to start.
+Cynthia Bernardy you go girl!
I am 10 and my mom finily let me bleach my hair a little at the end and I did this in Agust 2015 now it's February 2016 and my hair is still really healthy and growing
That's great that your hair is still healthy! Doing it at the bottom was smart!
Hey Lauren I'm referring back to this video as I stupidly thought it would be a good idea (after growing my hair out for months and months as you know!) to bring my blonde up higher well I bleached it .. I still have about an inch worth of my natural roots as I only wanted to bring the blonde hobbit now my hair feels awful ! I'm going back to the macadamia range and sticking with it and going to be soo careful with it now. I'm NEVER bleaching it again ! I want my natural colour back so bad! I'm such an idiot lol. Anyway I just wanted to say this is still the best video on RUclips for growing out your natural colour ! And congrats on over 34,000 views that's amazing ! Xx
+Lauren Hill Oh no! I did the same thing during the whole process and set me another 6 months back. But hair grows no matter what! Thank you so much for your constant support on my channel! (Apparently there's a bunch of people with dyed hair lol) Thank you again! 💗💗💗
Lauren Dawn I really don't know why I did it , it was nearly out as well :( it's starting to get long too and I'm tempted to get it cut short to speed up the process but I've spent so long growing it! I'm thinking it's going to take at least a year to be near where I want to be maybe even 2 as I don't want to dye it again even to match my natural colour. Youre so welcome I'll always watch your videos as long as you continue to post them ! Your videos are great and the way you speak about acceptance of things and ' letting it go ' is so empowering, especially in this commercially driven day and age. Xx
+Lauren Hill I find myself tempted when I go and look back at old pictures of me with really blonde hair, the color was great and that's all I see in the picture but forget how damaged it was. I literally have to stop looking at them lol. Thank you so much! That means so much!
Very informative video. I just started the process of growing out my natural hair from almost black ( what I have now) to light brown/blond ( my natural). Looking forward to see the results.. sending love and light from Portland, Maine!❤️❤️
Hey! I really need some advice and motivation from you.. I had gorgeous light brown hair, similar to yours, and I dyed it blonde and then trying to get it back to natural it turned black, like yours.. I tried removing it at the salon, really paid a lot of money and just got more damage, now it's still really dark brown, some parts black. Really wondering, how you removed the black after the let it go phase? I want, I NEED my natural color back as soon as possible.. I just can't dye it anymore or do anything to it, don't want to waste my money 'cos I now it won't help. I know I have to grow it out, there is no other way, but it won't look like an ombre or trendy, I'm really afraid of people making fun of me and the worst part is that I'm starting my first year of college in a month and leaving my family.. Do you suggest any hairstyles to make my roots less visible? I'm also planning to cut my hair short as soon as I have enough of my natural hair, I don't mind having it short, but it will take me 7-8 months to do it, to grow all the black out.. sorry if I wrote too much, but I'm really sad and depressed, lost all of my confidence and don't know how to get over this period in my life.. thank you for this video, I hope you'll see this, lots of kisses! 😔❤❤
Rose Hathaway Hi Rose! First of all I know, know, know how you feel. How your confidence can go down. How you really do not feel like yourself, or feel pretty. But the moment that I came to grips that there was nothing I could do (beyond what I explained in this video haha), that my beauty did not lie in how my hair looked, it was so freeing and pushed me to be able to grow it out. You are beautiful. Period. Beyond any bad hair color. I know this is easier spoken than done but it it true. Your beauty isn't defined by any physical part on you but the inside. When I realized that, it really did help me have the patience to grow it out. Now, for what I did physically. After I dyed it black, color oppsed it three times, it had lightened to this weird brown color. I hated it, didn't like it but I let it go for about 5 months. My roots did come in and they were a lot lighter but I just left it. It wasn't cute for a while. After about 5 months I decided to try and lift the color by professionally getting it bleached and dyed close to my natural hair color. This helped but it did not look like my natural hair color at all. It was definitely lighter but not my hair color. I waited another 2 months and got bleached and dyed lighter than my natural hair color. And since thin I haven't dyed my hair at all. I hope this helps, try not to put your hair as the best thing you can offer people. You sound so sweet and I like you and I don't even know what your hair looked like. I made another video about this on my channel that talks about confidence and insecurities if you wanna watch that! Much love!! 💕💕💕
I have a similar natural dirty blonde color, which I haven’t seen since 6th grade. I had to chop it into a pixie last month due to bleach damage 😫 Currently growing it out
I have the same natural hair that you have. I dyed it ombre and didn't touch the top or darker natural hair. Just bleached the ends. Then I dyed it all dark brown and have gradually lightened it without bleaching but by using boxes that lightened it a Lil to now a reddish tinted brown. My roots aren't red at all and idek how to go about growing them out without it looking gross in the process. Any advice??
I have dyed my hair since I'm 12, I started with highltits until my hair was totally blonde, naturally is like yours dirty blonde and when it was all blonde I dyed it dark brown I don't know why and then it started fading out when months passed and it looked a bit orange/rosy blonde and I hated it and decided to dye it all blonde and every month I dyed my roots and after a year of this I dyed it dark again but not as dark as before and I hated it as well and decided to let it go and grew my hair for about 7 months and then dyed it blonde again and I'm talking white blonde and now I've tried to do this reverse ombre where I put dark brown on my roots (it was all white) and when I took it off in the shower the rest of my hair turned grey and my roots instead of a light brown that o thought It would be because I thought it would fade out its almost black in the roots and grey in the rest and I want to have my natural hair but first dye it as close as possible to my natural hair color. What should I do?
Girl, I feel ya. I felt like I was In This never ending cycle of bad hair color. If your hair is really like my hair color, I would probably bleach it to blonde. Not like super drastic, just enough to get a blank canvas. Then from that point let it grow. And let it go! Thanks for sharing! I would go to a hair salon too. I did mine and that's when I really ruined it. Lol
When I went to a salonist, that's when it was fixed enough to begin letting it grow out. It is worth spending a little extra money and finding a really good salonist. :)
+Lauren Dawn thank you so much!!
hiiiii pretty
I’ve damaged my hair with alot of hair box dyes.stopped dying my hair since March or I think April of this year don’t use hairspray don’t use blow dryer nothing at all.my problem is that it’s falling out alot do you have any tips against hair fall ?
Great video ! You've really brought to my attention chemicals in hair products . Thank you so much xx
I'm so glad I could help! Thanks for watching!
I did exactly the same mistake as you and now after 5 weeks of black/red hair I‘m back to blonde and I wanna grow it out completely. I gonna follow your tipps and I won‘t do anything to it
I am trying to figure out how to get my natural hair back. My hair is thinning and now I have bald spots from over dyeing my hair and what not. I need to get my hair back to health. Thank you for posting this video! Now I have an idea of where to get started. I have natural strawberry dishwater blonde color.
Brenda Rose you're so welcome girl!! My hair was starting to thin but after this process it got back to its normal thickness! 💕💕
My hair is a natural dishwater blonde with a lot of red undertones... No matter what color I dye my hair it comes out red.... So.. how would you suggest I get rid of the red so it looks dishwater blonde again?
Brenda Kocourek If your hair naturally has red undertones, I'm not entirely sure how to get rid of it completely. I know mine as well had orangey and brassy tones to it when I dyed it. The only way I got rid of the red was 1) I dyed it a much blonder color (hair has levels of tone so dirty blonde tone, when lifted the red/brassy/orangy tone, and then after that yellow, blonde color) 2) Once it's blonder that the dirty blonde, just letting it grow out. I hope this helps! 😁
i put peroxide in my hair and it’s red!! help 😭😭❤️
I just bought this at TJ Maxx the shampoo and conditioner is amazing !
Get it girl! I'm so glad you love it! It's the best!
Hallo,thank you for this amazing video!I coloured my hair frome my 14years I think.. Last months I have very often some mood to change my hair,or change haircolour.. I tried all colours but it was horrible sometimes,you know ;) My colour is blonde,or this is the colour which I love and where I feel confident and happy.. But sometimes I missed my natural hair colour,I think that it will very simmilar to yours.Few days ago I decided to try let my hait grow without any bleaching.Actually my hair was coloured approx. 6 weeks ago,so I have some roots which is looking good (because ombre is hit now so it is good :);) .So I hope that I will stay and let my hair and I will finish in next year with my natural haircolout.. And I have to say,you are really pretty!!:)Do you have some blog or something?I will watch your videos,I am enjoy on it :) sorry for my english,Iam czech :))
This is awesome! Thank you so much for watching! You are so sweet! I do make videos! I'm going to be vlogging soon! Thank you so much for the encouragement! And your English is fine! Thank you for commenting!
Thank you for this video! I do not use chemicals, nor do I want to dye my hair again, it just takes a long time and it can be motivating seeing other people who have done this as well. I am now in the process of getting it to a colour that looks decent to grow out. How long did it take your to grow back a full head of natural hair like you have now?
+Eure Ka Thank you so much for watching and commenting! It took me about two years to get it 100% my hair. The process might be even shorter depending on how long your hair is. It does take a longer time to just let it grow than to keep covering it with chemicals, but I promise, it is sooooo worth it! You can do it! The time will go faster than you think!
I had red in my hair, it's now pink..It is not all pink but I am trying to grow out my hair (my roots are still my natural color and it's not all dyed) and my natural hair color is red, blonde, brown..but lucky me I have alot hair and my hair is not thin even though I still dyed it.
Also! taking vitamins to help hair, skin and nails vitamins will help growing. c:
I dyed my natural brown hair to a light blonde ( from the boxed hair dyes) After a year of retouching the roots i got tired of the color and just decided to go back to my natural hair, but accidently got a dark brown Instead of the medium brown my hair originally was. Now my roots are black for some reason and transitions to parts of the light blonde in the middle and some parts of my natural brown hair at the end. I just want my natural hair color back but i'm not sure what to do!? Should i go to a salon and dye it? Should i try another box hair dye that matches my hair color? Should i use color oops? So many questions because i dont want to risk ending up with green hair or damaging it more. Any advice?
Hey girl! Ok so my guess is that your roots are black because of the more recent bleach on the roots. That part of the hair retained the color more and emphasized it. If it was my hair, I would probably let it go for a few months, as hard and possibly atrocious you might think your hair looks. Regain some of the health and then I would go to a salon and dye it back as close to your natural hair color. My hair is light brown and going a much lighter blonde and growing it out worked very well for me. After I dyed it blonde, I just let my hair grow and grow. The roots were hardly noticeable! I would not use color oops though. I hope this helps!
little update! i haven't dyed my hair since october and have 2 and a half inches of roots. still have a long way to go hahah! thankyou so much for the motivation xxxx
Chloe Grande GET IT GIRL!! I have been asked to do another video of like inspiration. Would you like that? 💕
ummm yeah!! xxx
love the haircolor. I have the curse I am grey with 24. I need to dye it every5 weeks. to keep my natural haircolor what I had before.
Thank you! And wow, that's crazy, but girl, grey is so in right now. I bet some would envy it!
+Lauren Dawn yes I know but when I want to grow it out I need to cut it short my hairdresser said. But I won't do that I love my hair. It is dry from the ombre. I cut I three months ago. It is getting back in healthy condition. But it takes time. We have a lot more of different products in the Netherlands then you have in your country. So I am doing everything in my own way and my hairdresser's. But she is a home hairdresser. well she comes at home to people and doesn't have a salon. So I am trying it with a natural shampoo from hara. It helps But my color fades quickly. And I can see that on my roots the grey starts to show. But I am blessed with thick hair. It can take some things. But I hate it to dye it every 5 weeks. god bless you you have your own haircolor. I was dark brown black and now silver grey.
+Lorraine Joseph That's awesome, thick hair is such a blessing! To be honest, your natural shampoo probably is better than what we have here. Love the Netherlands (well pictures, anyways) ;) Good luck with the hair!
Bro I'm like a mini u bc my hair works exactly like yours like I'm a natural blonde but now dirty blonde , & my hair changes in the summer😭
Ivy Trevino Get it! Twinsies! I don't what color my hair is when people ask. 😂
Sorta O mine used to as well before I started bleaching then dyeing it for years!
Thank you! 🤍 I’m going to follow this. Should I color oops my hair before starting the letting go stage? Also I don’t think I’ll be able to dye to my natural hair color because it’s box died black so they would have to bleach to get to my natural hair color which would be really damaging I don’t know if my hair would make it. What would you recommend? Thank you sm for the tips your hair is gorgeous 🤌
How long did it take you to grow out your natural hair?
Great post! Did you dye your hair back to its natural color by yourself or did you go to salon? I am having trouble finding a hairdresser who is able to match my natural color which is similar like yours just more ashy!
Thank you so much, this video is amazing! It helped me alot!!! I am going to grow out my dyed hair!
I am so glad it helped you! It's so worth it! You can do it!
I've been growing my hair out for 4 months and I'm not gonna give up! Just wondering how long did it take you to get to the length in the video?
Maisie Sullivan Get it girl! Don't give up! You can do it! I cut my hair to my shoulders my senior year in high school and I made this video two years after, so I would say about 2 years. 😉
Lauren Dawn thanks I love your channel!! so when you cut it shoulder length was it all natural or dyed?
Maisie Sullivan Thank you! It was dyed! I had used that Go Blonder John Frieda stuff... bad news. Lol
Your hair journey is almost identical to mine!!
By the way, how long does one of those large pots of the shampoo and conditioner last for you? I have a bit longer hair but it won't make a lot of difference I guess, but the shampoo is pretty pricey here in the UK so I would like to know how often I will need to buy it.
+Cynthia Bernardy Even with my sister using it occasionally, I just ran out of shampoo a few days ago and I bought it in July. I bought the conditioner at the same time and I still have a good bit left. It lasts a while! :)
+Lauren Dawn that's great :) it's £40.00 here, is around about 70 dollars or something for both the shampoo and conditioner in the largest bottles. it's not the cheapest but if it lasts that long I will have to buy it haha
what about moisterisers and serums? is that included in the no products?
Alley Cowley I told someone else this the other day, I believe as long as the serums and moisturizers don't have harsh chemicals in them, they should be fine. At one point during my process, I did use it's a 10 leave in hair treatment when it was so unmanageable and tangled, and that was fine. The biggest problem with products are the harsh chemicals and the build up that cause breakage. Hope this helps! 💗
I cut my hair before dying it black
I'm curious as to how well this works. I've bleached my hair 2 times, then I dyed the tips blue, then my whole head blonde, then my whole head red, then I bleached it again, then I dyed it brown, than black, then I tried to bleach it AGAIN to get a natural ombré look, then I dyed my hair all blue which is now a green color so ya...
Sami Rose I understand why you're curious. I did a lot of that same kind of dying in about 6 months to a year. And for me, this was the only thing that worked for getting my healthy hair back. It's not like something that can happen overnight, but it does work because I have all natural hair now. I hope this helps! 🙂
Lauren Dawn okay thank u
This is a good video, I have a different case, I have a permed hair but I'm going to follow these steps. Thank you :)
That's great! So glad it might help! :)
have you dyed your hair since this, is your hair entirely grown out natural now??
canahata Yes! My hair is completely grown out. No color! Hallelujah!
wow its about the same exact natural color as mine judging by your recent videos! can't wait to have my hair be completely natural again! must feel so healthy.
+canahata oh girl! It feels so great! It's so worth taking he time to let it grow! Be patient because it is so worth it! 💗
my hair is naturally light brown and I just highlighted it bleach blonde today and I absolutely hate it and I just want my natural hair back before school starts which is soon. I'm on vacation right now so I can't do anything until I get back so I've decided to just dye the highlights light brown like my natural color. would it be ruining it?
I really don't think dying back highlighted hair would be bad. Just know that the highlights still may be lighter even with the dye because those strands of hair are lighter. But if it doesn't work, I would just let it go! :) thanks for commenting!
This was really motivating! Btw my hair color looks JUST like yours! Can’t wait to grow it out! Right now I am 6 months in to growing it out, my roots are about 2.5 inches now. It’s hard to stay patient!
When you first dyed it back did you use permanent dye or semi permanent?
hello! i just watched this video and got so.motivated! basically i bleached my hair about a month ago from your colour as its the same as mine, to platinum blonde😧 worst decision! then i didn't like it so next day picked a light brown hair dye box but it turnt into an urban brown/orange and it looked awful!! but the thing im really worried about is the fact that my hair has became to fall out and become so.thin when it used be so.thick! do you have any tips to stop the breakage and make my hair to its normal.density?? xxxx
i hope this doesn't sound creepy but i went to your instagram to see your hair now, and i saw you lived in covington!!! i live literally like 10 minutes away from yacs thats so cool to see someone on youtube from right around the corner!!
olivia !!!11 Oh my gosh!! That's so amazing!! We need to meet! I love it!! 💕
I got a question so anyone please help, I have blonde hair. If I dyed it to permanent black when it grew out would it be blonde or black? Idk because it says permanent. please help
THE INSANE ASSASSIN Hey! It will grow back to your original color! I dyed mine with permanent black color and my natural hair color is dirty blonde. It is only permanent on the actual hair you dye not new growth! 😀
What if you have a pixie cut?
I think a pixie haircut is honestly the best option as far as time. Your dead ends are minimal because of the length. If I cut had my hair to a pixie cut and then colored it black, I would skip the letting it go stage at the beginning because the damage is minimal because of the hair length. I would dye it back to your original color and then do the let it go. Thanks for commenting. Hope this help! :)
Such a helpful video! How often did you get trims when you were growing it out? Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching! I got trims probably every 10 weeks. I just got them when I noticed my ends getting unmanageably split endy! Lol :)
Thank you so much for this wonderful Hair Healing Information!.Your Lovely Natural Healthy Hair is trully Inspiring .Please help ..How do I keep the Hair shiny healthy looking while growing out the bad damaged hair coulour the freeze the brass dirty blonde orange..😪..So Grateful for your advice. Want my Amazing natural colour back 🙏🙏❤
Does this really work especially if you dyed your hair ombre because I want my natural hair back 😭😭😭😭
Melanie Carrillo i feel ya girl! it worked for me! 💕💕
Fave bit: 'Once you go black you never go back' LOLOLOLOL
Ur natural hair color is beautiful!
OHMYGOD I need your help!! I went for a hair colour, my natural hair are like the deepest brown (almost black) and I have the indian skin tone, now this colour that I got is light brown (almost to shade of blonde), and it is not at all suiting me! and it will get worse once the colour will start to fade, what should I do?
+Aakriti Singh Ok Im going to help the best I can! From your profile picture (beautiful by the way), it looks like you have ALOT of healthy hair. If you have gone lighter, that means you have lifted the color and stripped it. If i were you and I didn't like it and the hair wasn't that damaged from the color, I would dye it back to it's original color or as close as you can get. And then let it go. Wait a little while before dying it again.
+Lauren Dawn Oh my god! thanks a ton! Yes, I think I will dye it back to my original colour after a while,till then will be extra careful with the products that I will apply on my hair. thanks, thanks a lot, you are my saviour! (:
+Aakriti Singh Awwww no problem girl! I'm glad I could help!
Can i use a hair stripper or vitamin c shampoo and then continue to dye it out
Even though you said no hair products in the letting-go phase, you highly recommended the macadamia shampoo and conditioner, did you ever use their other hair products like the deep conditioning , hair oil spray, etc?
Connie Okun Hey Connie, ok so I kinda ignored the shampoo and conditioner as products haha. Ok during this time o did not use the deep mask and hair oil, BUT I use them now and love them. I have used the healing spray, healing oil, and the deep conditioner and the dry shampoo! All wonderful products!
Awesome thanks! : ) Your video is inspiring. I'm pretty much dealing with the no product phase its been going well so far, I'm just so eagered to use some serum. Lol
Would you recommend for someone like me who is still going through the first phase not use any of the other macadamia products?
OMG!!! You're so brave to use Color Oops twice!!! I used it one and i nearly threw up it smelled so bad!!! I guess I over react to smells though :/
I don't know if brave is the right word or idiotic! Lol No, you're right, the smell is aweful! Thanks for watching! :)
oh my god you really gave me courage. how long did it take you to grow all these natural hair out? cause it is also pretty long
Ok completely probably like two years. My hair is long NOW but when I was in the process of growing out my natural hair color it was a little below my shoulders. I cut it semi short because I wanted the process to be shorter and less noticeable! So probably a year for the majority. I'm so glad it helped! You can do it and it IS possible!
+Lauren Dawn okay, thank you so much for responding !
how long did it take you to fully grow out your hair? x
Chloe Grande She’s replied to others asking the same question and she said it took around 2 years to get to the length in the video. I hope mine grows that fast! 😂💗
@@amyscott6879 same
great haircolor!
Thank you!
Love your hair videos!
EMNICOLE yay!! Thank you!!
I dyed my hair dark red and I love it but I love my natural dirty blonde more
im surprised you still have hair
typical_phangirl right?! 😂
My hair is frizz when I shower and after my hair is just FRIZZZ. I don’t know what to do I havent dyed my hair all I do is straighten my hair and now my natural hair is frizz wavy but ugggllyy!
love your haircolour *.*
I dyed my hair today and I regret it and here i am now
yeon yeon mooodd
Me too. What colour did you dye it ?
where did u get the macadamia shampoo
I can always find mine at TJ Maxx, but you can buy it off their website. I know Target ha sit as well. :)
I'm a boy and my hair is brown and kinda orange and I don't like it how can I fix it
Hugo Mejia if it's orange because of dye, there are special shampoos you can buy to get rid of the brassy orange tones. If you want to change it now, you could either dye it close to your original hair color or just let it grow out or get that shampoo (a "Silver or Purple toning shampoo" usually sold at Sally's or buy it online) I hope this helps!
omg the same thing happened to me!!!! thank you so much for this video
+Ele 8 You're so welcome! Thank you for watching!
Hello sis pls tell me some ways to get my very thick natural hair
I had rebonded my hair last month now I have hair loss I am little bit worried pls help me to get back my natural hair
I used a natural cream to plate my hair . and I don't like the way it is ,I need it back and I need a help
Highly-recommend to watch this video ❤thank you so much
Brilliant informative video :)
Awe thank you so much for watching! :)
Wait can I still use shampoo?
What athe number and brand of cokurin hair?
could u use coconut oil instead of gel or not
You know, I'm not sure that would work just on its own. But I know there are decent chemical free, organic gels that wouldn't be so damaging to your hair. You can order them offline, but I am interested if natural oils could be used for stuff like that. Thanks for the comment!
+Lauren Dawn thanks for answering
Lol " Black hair child " if I was easily offended I could have a field day with this lmfao .
ive tried to dye it to neutral but it didnt work because im in between..
okayamit Is it your natural hair color that's in between?
I did the exact same thing as you an destroyed my hair with dye an bleach then one day enough was enough an I grew it out took me two years an looked like a hot mess but I don't regret it :)
That's awesome! I feel the same way! No regrets! :)
help me my hair has been straightened but my hair on top of my head is all die and it have splitends and I dont know what to do
Mikekosa Kosa Hey! Ok so I would get a good haircut, maybe chop off any layers you have to give your hair a thicker look. If the color is real bad, I would get it to a color (done by a recommended hair stylist) and let it grow! I made a video on my channel that is shorter about 7 things to get my hair back healthy! I hope this helps! 😀
+Lauren Dawn thanks
I cant believe you didnt know how dying your hair blond actually worked.. Looks good though nice job