Hello fellow LHC'ers :waving:

I couldn't find a support thread for growing out dye (and or henna) to your natural colour and I thought it would be nice to start one.

I will start by telling about myself.

I have tailbone+ fine hair (1a/1b) ii. And I have hennaed hair, with to bleached (and then hennaed again) streak in the front. I did these in december.

I hennaed last month, but I am not going to colour my hair ever again. I want classic length natural hair.

So anyone with me? With the support of each other I am sure we can make it :D

Lots of greetings from Helen.

Hi Helen! I've seen a few "growing out natural color" threads, so I know you're not alone. In my opinion (for what it's worth, probably nothing), it's best when you decide to stop doing something to just stop doing it. I'm always puzzled when people decide they don't want to dye their hair anymore, and then start talking about dyeing it back to a shade close to natural color - which seems to be elusive for many and takes multiple attempts - or bleaching out color, etc. But that's just me; that's how I've done it in the past. If anybody says anything, one could always say "I don't want to dye my hair anymore." I think two-toned hair looks beautiful and interesting anyway. I love the way BlondeApple has the bottom couple of inches of her hair hennaed. Sometimes I want to do something like that, but family members talk me out of it. Oh well, the silver is coming; mine is two-toned because of that.

Hi! I am growing out bleached henna. Did the last cutting and bleaching in late November and I will never ever let any dye touch my hair again. My natural colour is light brown and the henna was a very deep shade of red, that's why I bleached it once and highlighted it once to get rid of the...green shade some of my ends got after the first bleach.

Two toned hair isn't all bad. I can get really cool effects with braids and buns.:cool:

I'm in! I'm growing out highlights. Or, you know, letting my virgin color grow out. More of an ashy dark blonde. Not that I don't like the color of the highlights, but I don't want to keep doing it because it's so damaging. I can tell a huuuuge difference between my virgin roots and the rest when it comes to health. I also need to accept my color as it is. I find natural hair beautiful and it's actually quite rare. At least where I live.

My hair is 22", finally one length and dyed dark once and then highlighted three times after that. The virgin roots have grown out a few inches. (Pic avaliable in my albums)

I want tailbone length hair, and it would be great if some day it could all be virgin.

I'm growing out my henna. Right now I have 2-3" of blonde roots and 34" of hennaed length. It will be a long process!

I'm growing out a red box dye I did over 2.5 years ago. My natural color now extends past my shoulders.

For anyone interested, there is a social group (click Quick Links and go to Social Groups) called Two-Tone Heads. It is for those that are growing out artificial color.

Can I join in the fun? I highlighted my hair for the last time in May of last year, and then in July of last year I colored it back to my natural to blend the color somewhat and I plan on never coloring again. I am so happy I did this! It is so nice not to be tied to a salon, and not to be addicted to something that was very damaging for my hair. My hair has never felt healthier and I am willing to bet it will grow longer then I could get it before. I guess only time will tell.

I'm going to really really try and grow my natural color out. I have tried before but I always get annoyed and dye it back to light ash blond (naturally, med/dark blond). I have started using cassia, so I'm hoping the shin it gives me will make me like my natural color more. I think the worse part of growing my natural color out is my roots look soooo dark, it makes me look like I have greasy roots :( I'm hoping that once the roots are longer it will look less like I haven't washed in 2 weeks and more like I'm just trying to grow it out.

I have thought about dying my hair darker to match my natural color. I don't think I could match it, it would be more to lesson the line between dyed and un-dyed hair. I would like to avoid that though.

I'm growing out dye-covered bleached hair. I'm using Natural Instincts on the length each time it fades, which is becoming less and less frequent (thank god!).

I can't wait to have all natural hair. I haven't since about 4th grade!

I'm growing out a red box dye I did over 2.5 years ago. My natural color now extends past my shoulders.

For anyone interested, there is a social group (click Quick Links and go to Social Groups) called Two-Tone Heads. It is for those that are growing out artificial color.

Thanks for the tip, I'll join that group!

I stopped the dye routine too and now keep trimming a couple inches at a time knowing that eventually the damaged hair will be gone.

Thanks for the social group link AJoifulNoise!

I decided (about a month ago) to grow out my bleached-dyed-henna'd hair. I don't even quite remember what my natural color is.
Gonna go join that Two-toned social group, thanks AJoifulNoise!

Hello fellow LHC'ers :waving:

I couldn't find a support thread for growing out dye (and or henna) to your natural colour and I thought it would be nice to start one.

I will start by telling about myself.

I have tailbone+ fine hair (1a/1b) ii. And I have hennaed hair, with to bleached (and then hennaed again) streak in the front. I did these in december.

I hennaed last month, but I am not going to colour my hair ever again. I want classic length natural hair.

So anyone with me? With the support of each other I am sure we can make it :D

Lots of greetings from Helen.


Hi!
I've never colored my hair, so I can't really "belong" to your group, but I'm here to support your growth. :)
I know (from my experience with friends and family) how hard it is to keep growing it instead of chopping it all off. o here I am for moral support!

(to be honest, I alway liked the look of almost all the hair one color then the bottom few inches being a different color, but hey, I'm an odd one :P )

I'm growing out my natural color right now from henna, I have a ways to go but slowly it's coming in and my color doesn't look too bad with the virgin roots. I'm doing this main because I haven't seen my natural color since I was 12, that's nearly 6 years :bigeyes: Once I have trimmed off the henna, I may decide to use it again, who knows. I loved the red color, but I feel like I need a "true fresh start", now that the hair I had lost is coming in again and my hair is short.

I think I've been coloring my hair for like 20 years. I always got in that cycle of deciding to match my roots then having the color fade and never match and then doing it again. Its a vicious cycle. I finally just had to stop due to reactions to the chemicals. I moved to henna but I am getting color build up that is not thrilling me so now I am transitioning to a mix of decreasing henna to increasing cassia and baby stepping my way back. The henna highlights on my gray are acclimating me to its presence and its getting easier now to see them there. I hate being two toned so for me I had to decrease the demarcation and ease into it. I am going to henna/cassia until my stash is gone and then just stick with Cassia. Definately no more indigo. I still have an unopened bag of that I may try to get rid of.