CurlyCaz
July 14th, 2013, 04:57 AM
Hello everyone!
I'm new here so thought I would post my story and see if I could get some tips for healthy growth (I've found some good tips already!)
Okay so here goes:
I'm a natural brunette (I think!) but for as long as I can remember I have been dyeing my hair. When I was about 8 my mum told me my hair would look so much nicer if it was blonde so she put dye on it. It didn't really have much effect as it was just a box dye so no bleach in it. But from then on and especially around the age of 13 I would dye my hair constantly. Red, black, brunette, blonde you name it - I dyed it that colour!
I also use to straighten my hair and blow dry it loads. I cringe now when I think of it.
I used to have thick hair and around the age of 16 it started to fall out loads. But did I stop with all the damage?! No. I carried on - in fact I even bleached it with highlights.
This picture is from 2011
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/Cazzeh/blonde.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Cazzeh/media/blonde.jpg.html)
I bleached it for about a year and then decided I should probably stop, so I dyed it brown again
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/Cazzeh/brown.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Cazzeh/media/brown.jpg.html)
FYI, this was the longest my hair has ever been. But as you can see the condition of it was awful.
About a year ago I decided I would like to get one of those bobs that is longer at the front and shorter at the back and hey presto, I dyed it again!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/Cazzeh/black.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Cazzeh/media/black.jpg.html)
I think after that I must have dyed it again because I somehow ended up with terrible looking hair that was dark at the roots, had a block of blonde in the middle and dark at the bottom again.
I gave up trying to dye it myself and went to the hairdressers. It took them 3 hours and a lot of money later to have my hair all one colour (she did three different things to each section of my hair)
My hair was now at my shoulders (the longest bit of the bob) and higher up at the back. I got her to cut it all one length so I could grow it all again.
It was only then that I realised what an idiot I had been. My hair was falling out loads. I've been taking Nourkin and haven't used any heat on my hair since about November (around the time I found this forum!)
My hair is now (I think) shoulder length. I trim it myself.
The only thing is...I have no idea what colour you would call it? The roots are coming through a dark brown, the sun has lightened it somewhat but I just think after all of those years of dye it's still a strange colour!
This is my hair now:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/Cazzeh/nowhair.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Cazzeh/media/nowhair.jpg.html)
It's air dryed and wurly. Err hemlines a bit messy as I've been trimming myself and it's hard to get it straight :o
I am never dyeing it again! (Although every time I see my mum she tries to get me to!)
I'm trying to grow it to APL. I think it looks healthier than it used to.
What do you guys think? What colour would you call it? Can I claim shoulder length?
Thanks for reading ;)
I'm new here so thought I would post my story and see if I could get some tips for healthy growth (I've found some good tips already!)
Okay so here goes:
I'm a natural brunette (I think!) but for as long as I can remember I have been dyeing my hair. When I was about 8 my mum told me my hair would look so much nicer if it was blonde so she put dye on it. It didn't really have much effect as it was just a box dye so no bleach in it. But from then on and especially around the age of 13 I would dye my hair constantly. Red, black, brunette, blonde you name it - I dyed it that colour!
I also use to straighten my hair and blow dry it loads. I cringe now when I think of it.
I used to have thick hair and around the age of 16 it started to fall out loads. But did I stop with all the damage?! No. I carried on - in fact I even bleached it with highlights.
This picture is from 2011
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/Cazzeh/blonde.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Cazzeh/media/blonde.jpg.html)
I bleached it for about a year and then decided I should probably stop, so I dyed it brown again
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/Cazzeh/brown.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Cazzeh/media/brown.jpg.html)
FYI, this was the longest my hair has ever been. But as you can see the condition of it was awful.
About a year ago I decided I would like to get one of those bobs that is longer at the front and shorter at the back and hey presto, I dyed it again!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/Cazzeh/black.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Cazzeh/media/black.jpg.html)
I think after that I must have dyed it again because I somehow ended up with terrible looking hair that was dark at the roots, had a block of blonde in the middle and dark at the bottom again.
I gave up trying to dye it myself and went to the hairdressers. It took them 3 hours and a lot of money later to have my hair all one colour (she did three different things to each section of my hair)
My hair was now at my shoulders (the longest bit of the bob) and higher up at the back. I got her to cut it all one length so I could grow it all again.
It was only then that I realised what an idiot I had been. My hair was falling out loads. I've been taking Nourkin and haven't used any heat on my hair since about November (around the time I found this forum!)
My hair is now (I think) shoulder length. I trim it myself.
The only thing is...I have no idea what colour you would call it? The roots are coming through a dark brown, the sun has lightened it somewhat but I just think after all of those years of dye it's still a strange colour!
This is my hair now:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/Cazzeh/nowhair.jpg (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Cazzeh/media/nowhair.jpg.html)
It's air dryed and wurly. Err hemlines a bit messy as I've been trimming myself and it's hard to get it straight :o
I am never dyeing it again! (Although every time I see my mum she tries to get me to!)
I'm trying to grow it to APL. I think it looks healthier than it used to.
What do you guys think? What colour would you call it? Can I claim shoulder length?
Thanks for reading ;)