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LadyCelestina
October 24th, 2014, 02:16 AM
Just thought of starting this as I feel having non-dyed hair of all shades is understated even on LHC,which is a pity since natural hair colours are beautifully toned and are starting to become increasingly rare on adults.Maybe we can have a place to admire.

(Somewhat natural and close to natural counts imo)

I can start since I have 2+ years of natural hair colour growth,but I recently posted a pic in the big picture thread :o Should I repost?

fiğrildi
October 24th, 2014, 04:34 AM
Yes, LadyCelestina, please, repost!
I think I'm going to love this thread :)
I shall post a picture of my natural haircolour soon (it has never ever been dyed or highlighted!), but you go first ;)

iluvbooks
October 24th, 2014, 05:10 AM
http://i58.tinypic.com/25rijkn.jpg

Red in the sunlight. Dark Auburn inside.

Haybop
October 24th, 2014, 05:47 AM
Lovely :) The natural hair colour can be so pretty :D

I do like my natural hair colour, most days ;) It hasn't been dyed since I found my first grey hair, which was 7 years ago, so here's a good pic in kinda natural light - greys included :)

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p276/Lanky_Blip/Prive/Snapshot_20141024_2_zps6f940ef2.jpg?t=1414064756

lapushka
October 24th, 2014, 05:53 AM
My latest picture on the forum (at TBL):
http://i.imgur.com/YyrelP3.jpg

The odd thing is it gets quite a bit lighter (hard to believe, I know) under intense sunlight (a dark ashy blonde/brown).

hennalonghair
October 24th, 2014, 06:25 AM
http://i58.tinypic.com/25rijkn.jpg

Red in the sunlight. Dark Auburn inside.

WOW! That is one gorgeous natural colour!!!
I'm just here as a cheer leader. :applause:

Madora
October 24th, 2014, 06:56 AM
Natural hair color from circa 1970 to the present. My hair is dark brown with reddish highlights. Apparently, it was much more red tinged when I was younger!

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w225/07Erzbet/102414Haircolorthrutheyearsmontage.jpg (http://s177.photobucket.com/user/07Erzbet/media/102414Haircolorthrutheyearsmontage.jpg.html)

Haybop
October 24th, 2014, 07:08 AM
Hmmm... Now I just want hair like everyone else - I just can't choose who's ;)

Selkie-
October 24th, 2014, 08:00 AM
My natural hair colour - not sure what it is really - kind of dark gold or light brown? I have always disliked it but am too lazy to do highlights! :D

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj211/Rachellejoychadwick/a34eda88-042d-4361-8a7d-855f2ecb1265_zpsc50e713b.jpg (http://s273.photobucket.com/user/Rachellejoychadwick/media/a34eda88-042d-4361-8a7d-855f2ecb1265_zpsc50e713b.jpg.html)

abauer789
October 24th, 2014, 08:02 AM
I love this thread! Thanks for thinking of it. For someone who has spent the past almost 2 years growing out my natural color, I am happy to share my accomplishment! :o

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12829&d=1409680153

abauer789
October 24th, 2014, 08:03 AM
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12829&d=1409680153
Sorry for the link in the last post....I just realized that I didn't do it correctly to insert the image! Here you go~

Chiaroscuro
October 24th, 2014, 10:09 AM
Yours is an absolutely beautiful color, abauer789!

Stray_mind
October 24th, 2014, 10:13 AM
Such an amazing thread! It's really encouraging for me, since i am growing out natural. I'll share my progress next year probably. It's interesting how my own hair colour will look now without being touched by sunlight and all other lightening things. :)

Fufu
October 24th, 2014, 10:45 AM
Awesome thread... keep the pictures coming

Avis
October 24th, 2014, 11:16 AM
I've posted this elsewhere but I figured why not post it again. Here's my hair in direct sunlight. It's pretty much black in all normal lighting.
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k505/Avis1290/Length%20Shots/224_zps54fb38ca.jpg (http://s1113.photobucket.com/user/Avis1290/media/Length%20Shots/224_zps54fb38ca.jpg.html)

I'm loving everyone's hair colors! So beautiful. :)

abauer789
October 24th, 2014, 12:43 PM
@Chiaroscuro Thank you for your kind words :crush:!
I just love seeing these photos of natural hair!! Everyone's hair is beautiful! Keep them coming!

iluvbooks
October 24th, 2014, 12:57 PM
WOW! That is one gorgeous natural colour!!!
I'm just here as a cheer leader. :applause:

Thanks!! :) And I loove your Henna hair!!

fiğrildi
October 24th, 2014, 01:06 PM
Loving all the natural colours here, I hope people keep posting pictures! :)
My natural colour changes drastically under different lights (it can look dark blonde to medium brown, sometimes even reddish -I'm a blonette). Here's a chart with some of the natural colours of my hair, under different light conditions:

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag376/fithrildi/colours_zps792c0eac.jpg

Eastbound&Down
October 24th, 2014, 01:31 PM
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13190&d=1411256820
Natural color from the top of my ears up :)

lapushka
October 24th, 2014, 02:53 PM
Such amazing colors, all haircolors are beautiful, IMO. :D

spidermom
October 24th, 2014, 03:33 PM
I did a temporary copper color last year but I think it's back to natural now
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/spidermom/98379233-a62f-4246-bfb9-447def992dbd_zpsf0e0ce47.jpg (http://s25.photobucket.com/user/spidermom/media/98379233-a62f-4246-bfb9-447def992dbd_zpsf0e0ce47.jpg.html)

arr
October 24th, 2014, 04:12 PM
My natural hair colour - not sure what it is really - kind of dark gold or light brown? I have always disliked it but am too lazy to do highlights! :D

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj211/Rachellejoychadwick/a34eda88-042d-4361-8a7d-855f2ecb1265_zpsc50e713b.jpg (http://s273.photobucket.com/user/Rachellejoychadwick/media/a34eda88-042d-4361-8a7d-855f2ecb1265_zpsc50e713b.jpg.html)

I can't believe you don't like your hair color, it's my dream color! I have dark brown hair and for years I tried in vain to get this color but it would always go brassy orange on me. You have beautiful hair.

Arete
October 24th, 2014, 07:32 PM
http://i58.tinypic.com/25rijkn.jpg

Red in the sunlight. Dark Auburn inside.
You and me are hair color buddies! I get asked quite often if my hair is my natural color. Does that happen to you?
https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1452225_375502209262788_2005619270_n.jpg?oh=9850ba 62cbad47b4aea391b5cbd3219b&oe=54EE1CCE

Chocowalnut
October 24th, 2014, 07:40 PM
Love this thread.. currently growing out my natural color for the first time in my adult life.. will keep looking here for motivation and post here when I am grown out more

sumidha
October 24th, 2014, 08:30 PM
100% natural hair from 2012:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g469/blackcatpictures1/160ccda8-a382-4cb5-8bf8-cc16ce06bc29_zps5462f402.jpg (http://s1103.photobucket.com/user/blackcatpictures1/media/160ccda8-a382-4cb5-8bf8-cc16ce06bc29_zps5462f402.jpg.html)

I'm really not a fan of how sun bleached it gets.

Santi
October 24th, 2014, 11:08 PM
Beautiful natural colors!

Johannah
October 25th, 2014, 03:02 AM
Recent picture of my hair in (indirect) sunlight:

http://i59.tinypic.com/10s991s.jpg

DreamSheep
October 25th, 2014, 03:11 AM
That's beautiful Johanna! I can't stop starring :-). Sometimes i get bemused with the ends of my own hair as they have a mix of gold, copper, brown and blonde

iluvbooks
October 25th, 2014, 05:44 AM
You and me are hair color buddies! I get asked quite often if my hair is my natural color. Does that happen to you?

We totally are!! Yeah, all the time. It's either that or "how long have you been growing your hair? / have you ever cut it? / will you donate it? / you look like merida from brave!"

Johannah
October 25th, 2014, 10:18 AM
That's beautiful Johanna! I can't stop starring :-). Sometimes i get bemused with the ends of my own hair as they have a mix of gold, copper, brown and blonde

Thank you! :blossom:

Selkie-
October 25th, 2014, 10:31 AM
I can't believe you don't like your hair color, it's my dream color! I have dark brown hair and for years I tried in vain to get this color but it would always go brassy orange on me. You have beautiful hair.

Thank you Arr! :o


I am loving these lovely and inspiring pictures - keep them coming!!

Mimha
October 25th, 2014, 12:05 PM
I will follow this thread !! :)

I enjoy looking at all those beautiful nuances of hair !... I have always preferred things that were genuine, authentic, unaltered. So it's a true pleasure to admire natural hairs of all possible colors and textures ! When I see this, I don't understand why people are so found of synthetic colors : they never can reproduce the richness of nuances of natural hair.



Red in the sunlight. Dark Auburn inside.

iluvbooks, your hair is just sumptuous ! This dark red enhances your delicate pale skin so amazingly !...


Natural hair color from circa 1970 to the present. My hair is dark brown with reddish highlights. Apparently, it was much more red tinged when I was younger!


Madora : I am and always will be a devoted admirer of your stupendous hair !!... Aaaaah this little picture on top right side !... :heartbeat :heartbeat


My natural hair colour - not sure what it is really - kind of dark gold or light brown? I have always disliked it but am too lazy to do highlights! :D


Selkie : your hair is gorgeous, and your natural color is just GREAT !!... It's YOURS, "manufactured" by your little scalp cells as per their secret genetic code. Imagine such a wonderful miracle ! :) :)


I've posted this elsewhere but I figured why not post it again. Here's my hair in direct sunlight. It's pretty much black in all normal lighting.

Avis : your dark firmament black is so beautiful and incredibly deep and shiny !...


Loving all the natural colours here, I hope people keep posting pictures! :)
My natural colour changes drastically under different lights (it can look dark blonde to medium brown, sometimes even reddish), but here are some pictures taken by the window.


Fithrildi : Anytime I come across a picture of your hair, I am stunned by the richness of your nuances !! :bigeyes: You hair color is amazingly beautiful !!


I did a temporary copper color last year but I think it's back to natural now


Spidermom : Your hair looks so amazingly soft under this light !... :)


Recent picture of my hair in (indirect) sunlight:


Johannah : Your million shades of blond is a miracle of harmony ! Your hair is the best example of why I love natural hair so much : whatever skillful a hairdresser may be, he will never achieve such an incredibly subtle color palette !...

Wosie
October 25th, 2014, 12:25 PM
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10187&d=1396865952 http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13799&d=1413231112 http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13848&d=1413398572

I tried to pick pictures where my hair looks as close to my genuine hair colour as possible. :)

Lovely hair colours, everyone. :cloud9:

Mimha
October 25th, 2014, 12:30 PM
Here is a picture of my hair after I washed it, detangled it when wet and let it dry naturally after that. I have not yet brushed it and all the waves and curls are 100% showing off.

I chose this picture because the different shades of brown are particularly visible too and I love it. My color is quite common around here, actually. But I like it and never would change it ! I tried some henna when I was younger, about 15-20 years ago, because I love the warmth of red hair. But it dried my hair a lot and the reddish nuances did not fit my carnation at all :( The good point since then is that I have learned to appreciate my natural color ! :)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag408/Mimha/PA130001_zps40b026d3.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/Mimha/media/PA130001_zps40b026d3.jpg.html)

... oups, sorry for the laaaarge picture : there is no way to resize pictures in photobucket !?

UndineOmega
October 25th, 2014, 12:38 PM
Wow, everyone's haircolour is so special and beautiful :-)
The reddish auburn colour impresses me most, I'd never have thought such a natural colour existed (and I spent countless hours and bottles of dye trying to achieve a resemblance of it) :applause

Mine are a boring old blonde (the ones now on my head have never been dyed, that was ages ago):
http://www11.pic-upload.de/02.09.14/859lq1glh2k.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-24473552/P1000795.jpg.html)

Mimha
October 25th, 2014, 02:11 PM
Wow, everyone's haircolour is so special and beautiful :-)
The reddish auburn colour impresses me most, I'd never have thought such a natural colour existed (and I spent countless hours and bottles of dye trying to achieve a resemblance of it) :applause

Mine are a boring old blonde (the ones now on my head have never been dyed, that was ages ago):


UndineOmega, how can you consider your gorgeous blond hair as "boring" ??? :bigeyes: It looks absolutely stupendous !! It's full of nice nuances, and looks so thick and healthy !... So many people would dream to have your shade of blond, believe me !...

lapushka
October 25th, 2014, 02:17 PM
UndineOmega, how can you consider your gorgeous blond hair as "boring" ??? :bigeyes: It looks absolutely stupendous !! It's full of nice nuances, and looks so thick and healthy !... So many people would dream to have your shade of blond, believe me !...

Yes, you have some pretty nice natural streaks going through there! :D

mica
October 25th, 2014, 02:50 PM
I love this thread! Everyone's colour looks beautiful :)
Here is mine:


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46525021/LHC/8.jpg

Arete
October 25th, 2014, 04:58 PM
My hair varies in appearance from day to day and under various lighting conditions. It likes to hang around an auburn most days.

Outdoor lighting:
https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1452225_375502209262788_2005619270_n.jpg?oh=9850ba 62cbad47b4aea391b5cbd3219b&oe=54EE1CCE

Indoor lighting:
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/IMG_20141012_1150598141_zps7be07ac5.jpg



And it runs the gamut for brown to coppery red (The last photo taken the day I was called a ginger twice):

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1471890_10203788254725713_4287126653238983431_n.jp g?oh=5caddec034d84128fc2be5f9de1ee0dc&oe=54F7EBF8&__gda__=1424428915_d07a70b186125837c878c6022c47dd1 a

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/1385254_354636858015990_1918241356_n.jpg?oh=4df2cf 35cb53ae3c10ad3ee6f6c8c99e&oe=54B08182&__gda__=1425147901_84376f495936d0a3d114257ccad32aa 8


https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/v/t1.0-9/1176271_331538006992542_823491576_n.jpg?oh=e3a19c2 dad703caef72fae6e60a46617&oe=54EBB94E

Ilax
October 25th, 2014, 11:35 PM
beautiful photos! :cool:

here is mine. natural color for about three years

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3932/15521012706_58b62cd1dc.jpg

a few months ago in the sunshine

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5564/14868938238_a9cc20942d.jpg

Katrina
October 26th, 2014, 04:37 AM
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq243/pitkatukka/cdf1241f-4b7c-4088-8968-97dab7296dde_zps33f91bd8.jpg (http://s452.photobucket.com/user/pitkatukka/media/cdf1241f-4b7c-4088-8968-97dab7296dde_zps33f91bd8.jpg.html)

Johannah
October 26th, 2014, 04:40 AM
Johannah : Your million shades of blond is a miracle of harmony ! Your hair is the best example of why I love natural hair so much : whatever skillful a hairdresser may be, he will never achieve such an incredibly subtle color palette !...

That's such a nice thing to say!! Thank you!! :blossom:

fiğrildi
October 26th, 2014, 06:17 AM
Fithrildi : Anytime I come across a picture of your hair, I am stunned by the richness of your nuances !! :bigeyes: You hair color is amazingly beautiful !!

Thank you Mimha, you made me blush! :o :love:



http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag408/Mimha/PA130001_zps40b026d3.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/Mimha/media/PA130001_zps40b026d3.jpg.html)


Talking about richness of nuances... what a maginificent mane, colour and texture you have!! :crush:

StellaKatherine
October 26th, 2014, 06:37 AM
Ahhh what a beautiful heads here :crush:

LadyCelestina
October 26th, 2014, 07:19 AM
Oh this is all so beautiful :crush: I absolutely love the natural tones!
Here's the pic I posted in the other thread http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab50/Celestial-flight/P9280071_zps01ffeeec.jpg (http://s848.photobucket.com/user/Celestial-flight/media/P9280071_zps01ffeeec.jpg.html)

Hopeful65
October 26th, 2014, 07:23 AM
I tried to find a good representation of my natural hair color indoors. It changes so much depending on the lighting.

I've been growing out my natural hair for just over 3 years now. You can see a little orange-ish end in this picture. It has since been trimmed off, as this was taken last March. I am now about an inch from waist.

Of all the things I have ever done to my hair, growing it all out to natural virgin hair has been the best decision. I am very glad I stuck through it.

There are other pictures in my album that show how my hair color looks in different light.


http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14028&d=1414328912

lapushka
October 26th, 2014, 09:19 AM
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14028&d=1414328912

That's very pretty! :)

StellaKatherine
October 26th, 2014, 10:24 AM
I tried to find a good representation of my natural hair color indoors. It changes so much depending on the lighting.

I've been growing out my natural hair for just over 3 years now. You can see a little orange-ish end in this picture. It has since been trimmed off, as this was taken last March. I am now about an inch from waist.

Of all the things I have ever done to my hair, growing it all out to natural virgin hair has been the best decision. I am very glad I stuck through it.

There are other pictures in my album that show how my hair color looks in different light.


http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14028&d=1414328912
wow!!! Your hair is truely amazing ! :crush:

JustPam
October 26th, 2014, 11:04 AM
The lighting is very bad today since it's cloudy and getting late but you can really see here the difference between my natural and dyed colour, so much red shows up in daylight it's crazy!

http://i58.tinypic.com/2e3msxz.jpg

Hopeful65
October 26th, 2014, 12:06 PM
JustPam, your natural hair color is pretty.

lapushka and StellaKatherine, thank you for the nice compliments.

Everyone's natural hair color looks very nice. This is a wonderful idea for a thread. I love seeing everyone's pictures.

jacqueline101
October 26th, 2014, 04:38 PM
My hair is it's natural color my pics are in my photobucket album.

two_wheels
October 26th, 2014, 04:43 PM
Here's mine doing its natural thing (colour & texture).
I used to hate it but now I find it has a certain dusky charm :lol:
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb359/wheels_two/20140907_zps4ea94218.jpg

lapushka
October 26th, 2014, 04:46 PM
Here's mine doing its natural thing (colour & texture).
I used to hate it but now I find it has a certain dusky charm :lol:
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb359/wheels_two/20140907_zps4ea94218.jpg

Ooh two_wheels, such pretty waves! :D

librarychick
October 26th, 2014, 04:52 PM
I'd call my hair dark blonde...but in some lights (and in the winter) it gets a bit of red undertone.

Natural light:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/librarychick77/Hair%20Pics/10453466_10154397498395338_5506223408538421546_n_z psa381c0b3.jpg (http://s131.photobucket.com/user/librarychick77/media/Hair%20Pics/10453466_10154397498395338_5506223408538421546_n_z psa381c0b3.jpg.html)

Inside:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/librarychick77/Hair%20Pics/20140917_115209_zpsaba348ca.jpg (http://s131.photobucket.com/user/librarychick77/media/Hair%20Pics/20140917_115209_zpsaba348ca.jpg.html)

two_wheels
October 26th, 2014, 04:54 PM
Thanks lapushka! :flower:

Librarychick, I love that natural hair is different colours in different lights. Your colour and wave pattern are lovely!

Wosie
October 26th, 2014, 05:39 PM
Wow, two_wheels, your hair and waves're looking great. :thud: Also, thanks for the inspiration with the claw clips. ;)

Ingrid
October 27th, 2014, 12:36 AM
I'm loving this thread! I'll probably be able to contribute in 2-3 years or so :) Thank you so much for sharing your photos of your gorgeous heads of natural colour!

Crystawni
October 27th, 2014, 01:18 AM
:inlove: You guys have some truly lovely natural colours! :happydance:

Mine varies, like many others, as it's a combo of most of the hair colours. I'm a tawny redhead (initially auburn, then strawberry-blonde as a kid, getting darker with age with the addition of browns and blacks, then light again!). The whites are stealthily taking over from the temples and underside, so my canopy can be quite deceiving. Here are some pics from a few months ago (the colour is all of these, and darker, depending on lighting):

In the midday sun
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03431_zpsf9ff5460.jpg

Overcast and a tad blowy, exposing some of the underlying white
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03358_zps5c8a52c7.jpg

Windblown
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03424_zps854f817e.jpg

And flipped, showing what lies beneath
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03405smaller_zps3b8034ce.jpg

Quixii
October 27th, 2014, 01:29 AM
Mine is its natural colour, unless it's partly purple. :rolling:

LadyCelestina
October 27th, 2014, 05:12 AM
:inlove: You guys have some truly lovely natural colours! :happydance:

Mine varies, like many others, as it's a combo of most of the hair colours. I'm a tawny redhead (initially auburn, then strawberry-blonde as a kid, getting darker with age with the addition of browns and blacks, then light again!). The whites are stealthily taking over from the temples and underside, so my canopy can be quite deceiving. Here are some pics from a few months ago (the colour is all of these, and darker, depending on lighting):

In the midday sun
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03431_zpsf9ff5460.jpg

Overcast and a tad blowy, exposing some of the underlying white
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03358_zps5c8a52c7.jpg

Windblown
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03424_zps854f817e.jpg

And flipped, showing what lies beneath
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03405smaller_zps3b8034ce.jpg

I remember seeing your hair in the clips you offered as a RAOK gift and I think I complimented you on your beautiful haircolour,but in case I didn't -very pretty :)

LadyCelestina
October 27th, 2014, 05:18 AM
Mine is its natural colour, unless it's partly purple. :rolling:

You should call it ' natural partly purple colour' :eyebrows:

Crystawni
October 27th, 2014, 06:16 AM
Thank you, LadyCelestina! :blossom:

fiğrildi
October 27th, 2014, 06:23 AM
:inlove: You guys have some truly lovely natural colours! :happydance:

Mine varies, like many others, as it's a combo of most of the hair colours. I'm a tawny redhead (initially auburn, then strawberry-blonde as a kid, getting darker with age with the addition of browns and blacks, then light again!). The whites are stealthily taking over from the temples and underside, so my canopy can be quite deceiving. Here are some pics from a few months ago (the colour is all of these, and darker, depending on lighting):

In the midday sun
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03431_zpsf9ff5460.jpg

Overcast and a tad blowy, exposing some of the underlying white
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03358_zps5c8a52c7.jpg

Windblown
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03424_zps854f817e.jpg

And flipped, showing what lies beneath
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/DSC03405smaller_zps3b8034ce.jpg

Crystawni, your hair is soooo pretty :crush: :bowtome:

Wosie
October 27th, 2014, 06:30 AM
Crystawni, your hair is soooo pretty :crush: :bowtome:

Indeed, and it looks so smooth too...! Crystawni, you have very interesting and unique hair. :o

Crystawni
October 27th, 2014, 07:00 AM
Thank you, fithrildi and Wosie! :flowers: I'm in good company, that's for sure! I often wonder if others are out there with this kind of hair, but just don't know it because they've coloured it for years? Mine's pretty resistant to colouring, though, which has kept me on the straight and narrow! I did find the rare times I've visited a hairdresser, they've always commented on my unusual, never-seen-by-them, hues, but that may have something to do with Australia's relatively small population, too. LOL!

allierat
October 27th, 2014, 07:14 AM
http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag303/allie3rat/10729013_10152337222731400_1488163887_n_zpsa42cf98 a.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/allie3rat/media/10729013_10152337222731400_1488163887_n_zpsa42cf98 a.jpg.html)
This is my natural colour, for the first time in at least 10 years. Well, mostly my natural colour, the ends still have a little old dye left in. I last dyed my hair 15 months ago.

two_wheels
October 27th, 2014, 04:12 PM
Pretty, allierat!
Thanks Wosie :D I find it really interesting that our colours looked very similar at shoulder length but quite different now! PS you are rocking that Lady Idun :D
Crystawni, I'm hoping that my "blonde" ahem nape will turn into something even vaguely approaching your silver-lined mane :D

jupiterinleo
October 27th, 2014, 04:20 PM
My natural hair colour - not sure what it is really - kind of dark gold or light brown? I have always disliked it but am too lazy to do highlights! :D

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj211/Rachellejoychadwick/a34eda88-042d-4361-8a7d-855f2ecb1265_zpsc50e713b.jpg (http://s273.photobucket.com/user/Rachellejoychadwick/media/a34eda88-042d-4361-8a7d-855f2ecb1265_zpsc50e713b.jpg.html)

You are my hair twin! Same exact color, nearly the same type. It looks gold-red-brown in the sun, but I always just call it light brown.

Wosie
October 28th, 2014, 07:01 AM
two_wheels, It's probably mostly attributed to the fact that I often use flash when I take my pictures and without ze flash my hair looks darker/more like my real colour (I'm pretty sure all three of the pics in this thread are flash-less). :o
Oh, and thanks for the LI compliment! I love the stick so, so much. :crush:

door72067
October 28th, 2014, 09:19 AM
I tried to find a good representation of my natural hair color indoors. It changes so much depending on the lighting.

I've been growing out my natural hair for just over 3 years now. You can see a little orange-ish end in this picture. It has since been trimmed off, as this was taken last March. I am now about an inch from waist.

Of all the things I have ever done to my hair, growing it all out to natural virgin hair has been the best decision. I am very glad I stuck through it.

There are other pictures in my album that show how my hair color looks in different light.


http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14028&d=1414328912

gorgeous!!

Selkie-
October 28th, 2014, 09:56 AM
You are my hair twin! Same exact color, nearly the same type. It looks gold-red-brown in the sun, but I always just call it light brown.

Thank you jupiterinleo - I'll take that as a great compliment because your hair is dreamy!! :crush:

allierat
October 28th, 2014, 11:41 AM
Pretty, allierat!


Thank you :)

Taliara
October 28th, 2014, 11:47 AM
Currently growing out dye, you can see my natural from my shoulders upwards, taken in 90% natural light.

http://i.imgur.com/9g73CnX.jpg?1

TrapperCreekD
October 28th, 2014, 12:12 PM
^ Nice graduation of color. :D

It was hard finding pics pre lightned ends, but I found a few. The color changes a lot depending on the light!

Overcast day:
http://i.imgur.com/TkAV6HN.png

Sunlight:
http://i.imgur.com/9plCV37.png
(Head is tipped back, hair isn't that long... yet.)


Shade:
http://i.imgur.com/szX05ao.png

Elsevier
October 28th, 2014, 12:48 PM
Nice contrast the last two posts: the smooth blond hair of Taliara and the wild (dark) brown curly hair of TrapperCreekD! Both gorgeous!!

Chocowalnut
October 28th, 2014, 12:52 PM
Nice contrast the last two posts: the smooth blond hair of Taliara and the wild (dark) brown curly hair of TrapperCreekD! Both gorgeous!!

I agree, shows hair of all types are beautiful in their own way.

Hoboellis
October 28th, 2014, 01:45 PM
http://imgur.com/a/Bsh7s
You all have such beautiful hair! My hair lightens in the sun so during winter I look like I have major roots;)

Taliara
October 29th, 2014, 08:17 AM
Nice contrast the last two posts: the smooth blond hair of Taliara and the wild (dark) brown curly hair of TrapperCreekD! Both gorgeous!!

Thank you :D

TrapperCreekD I love your natural colour and how it changes in the light.

Hoboellis I wish my hair was as blonde as yours naturally, so gorgeous.

raudr
October 29th, 2014, 03:08 PM
http://i.imgur.com/qgItXjl.png
Probably the most unflattering picture of me taken, and hardly representative of my length but it's the closest match I could find x

askan
October 29th, 2014, 03:56 PM
Oh I just love this thread. Everyone's heads are fabulously beautiful! Grey, blonde, red, black, brown...such a lovely collection of hair colours!
I've been growing out my natural blonde hair for 1,5 years now and all your pictures are great reminders that natural haircolours can be so beautiful.

amanda_the_tall
October 30th, 2014, 09:05 PM
Let's see if I have finally learned how to post a picture...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=11877&attachmentid=14064

Selkie-
October 31st, 2014, 12:28 AM
^^^ Very pretty haircolour Amanda_the_tall - sleek and shiny hair too! :D

amanda_the_tall
October 31st, 2014, 12:37 AM
^^^ Very pretty haircolour Amanda_the_tall - sleek and shiny hair too! :D

Thank you! The lighting makes it look slightly more orangey than usual. I've always disliked and wanted medium/darker brown hair but I gave up on that after growing and chopping off all the old dye... The shine is due to Lapushka's lovely WCC method :D

iluvbooks
October 31st, 2014, 12:38 AM
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/1385254_354636858015990_1918241356_n.jpg?oh=4df2cf 35cb53ae3c10ad3ee6f6c8c99e&oe=54B08182&__gda__=1425147901_84376f495936d0a3d114257ccad32aa 8



I have to ask --- is this a Katniss / Hunger Games outfit? LOOOVE ITTTTT we really are hair buddies!!:

http://i57.tinypic.com/2vbq4pd.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/33b3le0.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/dq2c1z.jpg




iluvbooks, your hair is just sumptuous ! This dark red enhances your delicate pale skin so amazingly !...


Thank you!! I'm so jealous of your thick curls! :D

LadyCelestina
October 31st, 2014, 01:29 AM
Beautiful,amanda_the_tall,your hair in that picture is hair is exactly what I'd call golden brown,although I suspect in reality and in better light,it is a shade of blonde? :)

iluvbooks for a moment I thought that's Katniss and wondered how the heck did they imagine they braid is so short if her loose hair is so long :lol: Nice pics !

sachaa
October 31st, 2014, 03:01 AM
https://33.media.tumblr.com/5a25fd48c8b7f94b64fa651754df8116/tumblr_neax0xT9ib1tmqqvlo1_1280.jpg
excuse the neon clothes, i was in the forest and there were many hunters :p

maria_asa
October 31st, 2014, 03:19 AM
Beautiful hair everyone, what a great idea for a thread!

I usually like my natural hair colour and although I sometimes crave the more vivid and darker colours from a bottle I think I would start missing my natural colour pretty fast. I'm sometimes frustrated with the fact that I don't know what to call it, especially since it changes a lot depending on lighting conditions:

Sunny day:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/IMG_1710_red_zpsc21fb879.jpg (http://s116.photobucket.com/user/maria_asa/media/IMG_1710_red_zpsc21fb879.jpg.html)

Indoor with flash:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/IMG_0902_red.jpg (http://s116.photobucket.com/user/maria_asa/media/IMG_0902_red.jpg.html)

Florescent light:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/updo/close-up.jpg (http://s116.photobucket.com/user/maria_asa/media/updo/close-up.jpg.html)

Indoors without flash:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/hair%20length/may2013_zpsc0984a1d.jpg (http://s116.photobucket.com/user/maria_asa/media/hair%20length/may2013_zpsc0984a1d.jpg.html)

Back when I still went to hair dressers I actually had one of them tell me that my colour simply couldn't be natural (even after I told her that I didn't dye my hair she persisted saying that it wasn't natural. Yeah, I didn't go back to her...) which I find very strange because I don't think it's that special at all. :shrug:

Fufu
October 31st, 2014, 03:32 AM
iluvbooks: Love your hair and your style. Reminds me of Katniss Everdeen :)

sachaa: Gorgeous hair color ^^

maria_asa : Beautiful long hair ^^

fiğrildi
October 31st, 2014, 03:56 AM
http://i57.tinypic.com/2vbq4pd.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/33b3le0.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/dq2c1z.jpg



These pictures are so cool, iluvbooks! Your hair is amazingly red in the sun... indeed you and Arete are hair tweenies :flower:


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/IMG_1710_red_zpsc21fb879.jpg

maria_asa, your hair is wonderful! I bet that hairdresser was very jealous :wink:
I would say that your hair is a very pretty shade of blonette (which can look dark blonde, red and brunette depending on the light).

It's so sad that most of people have forgotten how are natural hair colours like, to the point that some of them think that they must come from the box if they are "too beautiful".

LadyCelestina
October 31st, 2014, 04:51 AM
Yes she sounds jealous.But I also thought that it is at least part dyed in the first picture,it's really unusual :)

ETA: I think you are auburn. But then again I think my hair is auburn and then I post pics here and everyone is like 'brown.' :rolling:

maria_asa
November 1st, 2014, 02:31 AM
iluvbooks: Love your hair and your style. Reminds me of Katniss Everdeen :)

sachaa: Gorgeous hair color ^^

maria_asa : Beautiful long hair ^^

Thank you! :flower:


These pictures are so cool, iluvbooks! Your hair is amazingly red in the sun... indeed you and Arete are hair tweenies :flower:



maria_asa, your hair is wonderful! I bet that hairdresser was very jealous :wink:
I would say that your hair is a very pretty shade of blonette (which can look dark blonde, red and brunette depending on the light).

It's so sad that most of people have forgotten how are natural hair colours like, to the point that some of them think that they must come from the box if they are "too beautiful".

Thank you. From the different opinions about my colour I've gotten I consider it to be somewhere between blonette and light auburn.

I agree with you. I have nothing against dyed hair but I think the more subtle colour variations natural hair has is so beautiful and something that just can't be achieved the chemical way.


Yes she sounds jealous.But I also thought that it is at least part dyed in the first picture,it's really unusual :)

ETA: I think you are auburn. But then again I think my hair is auburn and then I post pics here and everyone is like 'brown.' :rolling:

I guess my colour is a bit special anyway then. :wink: I'm not bothered at all if people think it's dyed, it's the fact that she kept insisting that it wasn't natural and that she somehow knew my hair better that me that ticked me of.

eva888
November 1st, 2014, 04:32 AM
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/Photoon2012-04-01at1248_zps04b8724e.jpg

This is a picture of my hair in its natural state three years ago! I'm growing out henna and am a big natural hair color advocate now (it perfectly matches your skin tone! no root touch ups! healthier hair!). Also because I discovered my first gray hair this summer (at the ripe age of 25!) and I intend to let them come in as they will so I haven't dyed my hair since then.

Anyway, this picture is a nice motivation for me to grow my hair out natural! It's a lovely blondette color I think :) :flower:

Avis
November 1st, 2014, 01:40 PM
I love this thread! Natural hair colors are so beautiful. Don't get me wrong, dyed hair can look very beautiful, but there's just something about the natural tones and shimmers of natural hair colors that I love.

LadyCelestina
November 5th, 2014, 01:16 AM
^ I agree,Avis,one thing that I love about natural hair colours is the glow and variety of colours and shines it can be under different lights.Whereas dyed hair,as beautiful as it might be,usually tends to look a bit flat.

eva888,nice fishtail!I really like the subtle hightlights in your hair,each strand looks so defined

katelinn
November 5th, 2014, 03:37 AM
Wow, so much beautiful natural hair!! I haven't had any colourants in my hair since 2009 so I guess I should show you my natural colour.
Taken indoors obviously

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ETQeJ4httRc/VFnsh4XIkzI/AAAAAAAAC94/3t3vAjE221g/s1600/unnamed.jpg

eva888
November 5th, 2014, 05:20 AM
^ I agree,Avis,one thing that I love about natural hair colours is the glow and variety of colours and shines it can be under different lights.Whereas dyed hair,as beautiful as it might be,usually tends to look a bit flat.

eva888,nice fishtail!I really like the subtle hightlights in your hair,each strand looks so defined

Awww thank you so much! :flower: I was just looking at hennas and such again but this was a nice reminder to step away from the color! :)

truepeacenik
November 5th, 2014, 08:01 AM
Maybe this one....

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s305/robyn12212012/stixaction.jpg (http://s155.photobucket.com/user/robyn12212012/media/stixaction.jpg.html)

StephanieP3
November 9th, 2014, 08:34 PM
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g47/I-Live-To-See-You-DIE/7e5e37ac-ba71-426b-81ea-cfdc29344a76.jpg

As you can see my natural hair has grown to my ears. My goal is to pamper, protect, let grow to classic and slowly trim the unnatural away.

abauer789
November 9th, 2014, 08:45 PM
StephanieP3 I love how your natural color suits you! So pretty!

StephanieP3
November 9th, 2014, 08:50 PM
StephanieP3 I love how your natural color suits you! So pretty!

Thank you! I hate when I get bored with my hair, I honestly regret bleaching it last year! I only bleached the end a few months ago because they were so damaged anyway. Other people may strike envy in me but really the most amazing thing out there are those who DON'T dye or bleach because SO many do it's unique not to! Anyway, thanks!

Arete
November 9th, 2014, 09:03 PM
[QUOTE=iluvbooks;2861469]I have to ask --- is this a Katniss / Hunger Games outfit? LOOOVE ITTTTT we really are hair buddies!!:

http://i57.tinypic.com/2vbq4pd.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/33b3le0.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/dq2c1z.jpg


Yes that is Katniss. Since I'm constantly being told that I look like Katniss (don't really see it myself), I figured why not cosplay her for halloween? The bow isn't mine. I'm a lefty :p

Dona
November 10th, 2014, 05:26 AM
Everyone has such beautiful hair :) Love all the different colours!

I've never dyed my hair, so it's always been it's natural colour.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2qk2yd5.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/4u6frr.jpg

Jeno86
November 10th, 2014, 06:56 AM
(http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/Ronin_Kitra623/media/aefwe_zpse7a78e28.jpg.html)http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z325/Ronin_Kitra623/aefwe_zps90e8c391.jpg (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/Ronin_Kitra623/media/aefwe_zps90e8c391.jpg.html)

lapushka
November 10th, 2014, 07:10 AM
(http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/Ronin_Kitra623/media/aefwe_zpse7a78e28.jpg.html)http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z325/Ronin_Kitra623/aefwe_zps90e8c391.jpg (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/Ronin_Kitra623/media/aefwe_zps90e8c391.jpg.html)

That is so typical blonette.

Jeno86
November 10th, 2014, 07:53 AM
That is so typical blonette.
I'm finally starting to embrace being blonette ^_^

Mimha
November 10th, 2014, 10:56 AM
Everyone has such beautiful hair :) Love all the different colours!

I've never dyed my hair, so it's always been it's natural colour.

http://i61.tinypic.com/4u6frr.jpg

Ooooh Dona, that amaaaaaaaazing blond !!! :agape:

It's sooo beautiful, OMG !! It's what I figure out when hearing about "scandinavian baby blond" kind of color ^^
Very few people are lucky to keep that exceptional fairness when growing up. :) :) :)

LongHairLesbian
November 10th, 2014, 11:13 AM
Here's my natural hair colour, also posted in the ii mane thread. :) It looks lighter when photographed in direct sunlight or indoor lighting, but this is what it looks like in dim lighting or outdoor shade:

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y419/Chelsey_V_Worth/lengthshot_zpsbd98b600.jpg (http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/Chelsey_V_Worth/media/lengthshot_zpsbd98b600.jpg.html)


Dona has the natural colour I had as a small child. :) Puberty put my hair on the more yellowy-blonde side of the spectrum.

fiğrildi
November 10th, 2014, 11:24 AM
Everyone has such beautiful hair :) Love all the different colours!

I've never dyed my hair, so it's always been it's natural colour.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2qk2yd5.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/4u6frr.jpg

Wow, your natural colour is so beautiful and rare! :love:


Here's my natural hair colour, also posted in the ii mane thread. :) It looks lighter when photographed in direct sunlight or indoor lighting, but this is what it looks like in dim lighting or outdoor shade:

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y419/Chelsey_V_Worth/lengthshot_zpsbd98b600.jpg (http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/Chelsey_V_Worth/media/lengthshot_zpsbd98b600.jpg.html)


Dona has the natural colour I had as a small child. :) Puberty put my hair on the more yellowy-blonde side of the spectrum.

So beautiful, LongHairLesbian! :crush: I can imagine it shining like pure gold in the sun!

BitterChocolate
November 10th, 2014, 12:02 PM
Drooling over this thread, you all havesuch lovely hair colours! I've been growing out my natural colour for a little over a year now, so don't have much to show here yet, but I hope to be able to post something here next year. Inthe meantime, I'll definitely be coming back here for motivation :)

BrendaLoan
November 10th, 2014, 01:59 PM
I just love this thread. Dona, your hair color is amazing, so beautiful! :thud:

I think this is the best representation of my hair color (which I haven't been able to define yet :P)

http://i57.tinypic.com/wm1aw9.jpg

chen bao jun
November 10th, 2014, 02:04 PM
Natural color at age 57, natural shrinkage, too. You can see the gray better in the sunlight. I love it.
I've always had very black hair and never colored, except for a bout once with some vegetable color in the 80's. It was supposed to make it purple but you couldn't really see anything but black, so dyeing seemed a bit pointless. Apologies to those who have seen these photos on other threads.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a481/uloma1/100_2948_zps400abdb8.jpg (http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/uloma1/media/100_2948_zps400abdb8.jpg.html)
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a481/uloma1/hairaug2014cropped2_zpsa529d5f2.jpg (http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/uloma1/media/hairaug2014cropped2_zpsa529d5f2.jpg.html)

Kherome
November 10th, 2014, 02:10 PM
All my photos are my natural color as I don't do any coloring of my hair. Siggy has my hair in sunlight.

Dona
November 10th, 2014, 02:14 PM
LongHairLesbian, your hair looks golden. Very pretty!

BrendaLoan, your hair has so many different colours! I love it.

And thanks for the compliments everyone :).

chen bao jun
November 10th, 2014, 02:25 PM
I love this thread. I love natural hair colors. I don't like dyed hair and I never have--of course I don't go around saying that in public but I think people with dyed hair look nice in spite of it, rather than because of it. I am startled at how much things have changed in my lifetime. In my youth, it was very unusual to dye your hair, except some older ladies covered their grays. But you never ever saw a young person with dyed hair, with streaks or highlights or anything. And I'm 'only' 57, so as recently as 30-40 years ago, natural hair was very much the norm in the US. Seems unbelievable now.

louzen
November 10th, 2014, 02:55 PM
I've never posted a hair pic before, so here's mine. My hair is a bit shorter now as I cut it off in shedding-desperation!


http://i.imgur.com/YnJrMbU.jpg?2

lapushka
November 10th, 2014, 03:52 PM
Such pretty heads of hair! :)

And don't worry about bombarding us with pictures, chen. I love your curls!

Wosie
November 10th, 2014, 03:55 PM
Your hair looks very pretty, louzen, it does not in any way or form look thin at all. :flower:

ukrworld
November 10th, 2014, 04:25 PM
http://i58.tinypic.com/25rijkn.jpg

Red in the sunlight. Dark Auburn inside.
Oh my stars, that is some intensely beautiful mane!

chen bao jun
November 10th, 2014, 04:26 PM
Thanks for the compliment, Lapushka. I appreciate it. Louzen, you look as if you still have a LOT of hair. Are you sure you are only a ii?

ukrworld
November 10th, 2014, 04:35 PM
I kept my natural color (chestnut) with a few odd dye jobs that were grown out since they all damaged my hair. When I started getting a bunch of greys at thirty, I thought long and hard about henndigoing it. Grey hair looks terrible on me. You girls and your hair of all colors are beautiful, each and every one, and I feel so bad about doing ingido now. It's a lot of trouble, time consuming and unpredictable. It doesn't even stain greys so well, and they end up being orange. Since soft indigo black is pretty close to my natural color after fading for a few weeks, maybe I can just stop dying for a few months and see how it looks. While most silver-haired girls rock their locks, I just can't seem to embrace my early greys yet, maybe because my hair looks more scraggly and thin when it's lighter.

Entangled
November 10th, 2014, 06:26 PM
My hair varies a lot, thanks to being blonette. It aaaall depends on lighting.http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=11949

louzen
November 11th, 2014, 05:48 AM
Thanks everyone for the compliments! :-) I think I might need to re-evaluate my hair type, judging by your comments. The strands are very fine and it has a tendency to 'puff up' so sometimes looks a bit thicker than it really is. The tangles do add a bit of volume too (and it's always tangled). I'll leave the re-evaluation until my big shed is over though!

LongHairLesbian
November 11th, 2014, 07:51 AM
Thank you very much, Flo and Dona! There are so many beautiful heads of natural colour on this page. :)

Eastbound&Down
November 11th, 2014, 08:58 AM
After I couple days of doubt and thinking of dying, I'm going to stick it out and grow out my natural brown if it kills me! I'm excited, I haven't had 100% natural hair color since I was 13.

StephanieP3
November 11th, 2014, 10:13 AM
After I couple days of doubt and thinking of dying, I'm going to stick it out and grow out my natural brown if it kills me! I'm excited, I haven't had 100% natural hair color since I was 13.

Same here!

Eastbound&Down
November 11th, 2014, 11:20 AM
Same here!

Best of luck to ya! I currently have almost a full year of natural growth, I cut and colored it in Jan 13 and haven't touched it since then :)

Sofialu
November 11th, 2014, 11:51 AM
Gorgeous hair all of you have and such a variety of colours! This is my favourite thread, so nice to see natural colours. I can't contribute a photo of my own yet as I'm still in the process of growing out my dye (11 months in) but seeing all your natural hair is such an inspiration to me so thank you :)

vivianne
November 11th, 2014, 11:59 AM
I let grow my hair in it´s natural colour for one year! And i like it. It´s a dark blond wich switches between 1000 colours :-)

http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad26/Vivi_an_ne/LHN%20Fotos/73F05A9A-3503-40B0-9277-F44EC8347132_zpsvabnerf3.jpg (http://s918.photobucket.com/user/Vivi_an_ne/media/LHN%20Fotos/73F05A9A-3503-40B0-9277-F44EC8347132_zpsvabnerf3.jpg.html)

vivianne
November 11th, 2014, 11:59 AM
uhhh the picture is too big, i will chance it, when i got the permisson to edit my posts... SORRY!!!!

diddiedaisy
November 11th, 2014, 03:36 PM
Everyone has such beautiful hair :) Love all the different colours!

I've never dyed my hair, so it's always been it's natural colour.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2qk2yd5.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/4u6frr.jpg

Your hair is stunning, it also looks nice and thick for a natural blonde. Are you on the higher end on ii?

Dona
November 12th, 2014, 10:13 AM
Vivianne, I love all the different colours in your hair. Very pretty!

And thank you diddiedaisy, I believe my ponytail circumference is around 8 cm, so that is in the middle of ii? I'm new to this :)

Rowdy
November 12th, 2014, 11:44 AM
I'm growing out my natural color so this thread is very inspiring! Beautiful hair ladies!!

vivianne
November 12th, 2014, 12:58 PM
Wow Dona, your natural colour is stunning! Soooo bright! I always tried to create such colour on my hair with bleaching - but it´s not the same...

Now i like my natural hair colour :D and won´t bleach again!
This thread is really an inspiration - lots of wonderful pictures with wonderful hair!

Begemot
November 12th, 2014, 01:55 PM
I wish this thread was around back when I was growing my own natural color back. So many beautiful, inspirational pictures! :)

Bettina
November 12th, 2014, 05:02 PM
I love seeing all these pictures! Such wonderful inspiration. It's been just over three months since I had a pixie cut and a full head of blonde foils. A month or so ago I was unhappy with the light colour and did a home reddy-brown dye, which has faded a fair bit...
And now I'm just reading everything I can on these forums about loving your natural colour and caring for your hair while it grows.
I always hated my dark-blonde-light-brown-with-natural-streaks, but now I cannot wait to see it all grown out :-)

chantecler
November 12th, 2014, 06:25 PM
I made the (bad) decision of using a "28 shampoos" red dye on my hair for change (and halloween) last year. It mostly faded away but my ends are now much more coppery than my usual colour... Anyways, I've decided never to touch my colour again after it, since it honnestly wasn't so flattering, and natural colours are just way nicer.
Also, eyebrows.
I think that's a good enough reason, dark brown eyebrows with red hair looks weeeeeird. :p
I can't wait for my natural colour to compose most of my hair! I'm loving all the pics here, and I'll show mine when I'll have more virgin growth.

Ambystoma
November 12th, 2014, 09:40 PM
Here's mine, it's always sunbleached out to a dark red at the ends really easily but it will be interesting to see what my new darker post pregnancy colour does. I have an album of colour pics in different lighting in my profile but here's a few to show how different it can look:

http://i.imgur.com/xegSrUb.jpg?2 http://i.imgur.com/bWrdym9.jpg?2 http://i.imgur.com/ihL3UCY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JJJ3cSRl.jpg]http://i.imgur.com/0o8IX18.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/nkz6Wul.jpg?1
The last one I snapped today under natural light to show the difference between the roots and the ends, the lightest of the sunbleaching has been trimmed away but there's still a huge difference, especially since all the new hair is so dark.

..and here is my natural colour as a toddler :bigeyes:

http://i.imgur.com/muMwP96.jpg?1

so don't believe people when they try and predict how your childrens colour might end up!

Bettina
November 12th, 2014, 10:07 PM
http://i58.tinypic.com/25rijkn.jpg

Red in the sunlight. Dark Auburn inside.

It looks stunning!

Bettina
November 12th, 2014, 10:09 PM
Here's mine, it's always sunbleached out to a dark red at the ends really easily but it will be interesting to see what my new darker post pregnancy colour does. I have an album of colour pics in different lighting in my profile but here's a few to show how different it can look:

http://i.imgur.com/xegSrUb.jpg?2 http://i.imgur.com/bWrdym9.jpg?2 http://i.imgur.com/ihL3UCY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JJJ3cSRl.jpg]http://i.imgur.com/0o8IX18.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/nkz6Wul.jpg?1
The last one I snapped today under natural light to show the difference between the roots and the ends, the lightest of the sunbleaching has been trimmed away but there's still a huge difference, especially since all the new hair is so dark.

..and here is my natural colour as a toddler :bigeyes:

http://i.imgur.com/muMwP96.jpg?1

so don't believe people when they try and predict how your childrens colour might end up!

Are these all your natural colours, Ambystoma? Such a mixture! Your hair is lovely.

fiğrildi
November 13th, 2014, 03:02 AM
Here's mine, it's always sunbleached out to a dark red at the ends really easily but it will be interesting to see what my new darker post pregnancy colour does. I have an album of colour pics in different lighting in my profile but here's a few to show how different it can look:

http://i.imgur.com/xegSrUb.jpg?2 http://i.imgur.com/bWrdym9.jpg?2 http://i.imgur.com/ihL3UCY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JJJ3cSRl.jpg]http://i.imgur.com/0o8IX18.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/nkz6Wul.jpg?1
The last one I snapped today under natural light to show the difference between the roots and the ends, the lightest of the sunbleaching has been trimmed away but there's still a huge difference, especially since all the new hair is so dark.

..and here is my natural colour as a toddler :bigeyes:

http://i.imgur.com/muMwP96.jpg?1

so don't believe people when they try and predict how your childrens colour might end up!

I love all the different colours in your hair! :crush:
Do you think your hair will turn black after your pregnancy? Until recently, I didn't know that hair colour and texture could change after having children.

Dona
November 13th, 2014, 05:11 AM
Ambystoma I love all the different colours... So beautiful!

StephanieP3
November 13th, 2014, 06:51 AM
I didn't know kids can change our hair! I blamed it o n moving to florida but wow. I've had my kid almost as long. My hair got dryer and frizzy.

Ambystoma
November 17th, 2014, 11:41 PM
Thanks everyone! Yes, every pic there is of my natural colour, it looks wildly different under different lighting conditions (there are even more pics in an album in my profile) and it's got a pronounced natural ombre from sun exposure too. All the new post pregnancy growth is much darker and in some lights looks black, but I'm not sure what it will look like once it's had a bit of sun - I'm expecting it will be a dark auburn but we'll see :laugh:. There are a few beautiful bright silvers starting to come in, so I'm looking forward to a salt/pepper/paprika mix on my way to becoming a silver fox :cheese:

PennyQuin
November 18th, 2014, 12:08 AM
Hello people :D This is my all natural color. (Re-posting picture from another thread)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OPe4EVVBiwc/VEUvWRnspzI/AAAAAAAAA2c/51hHRKtfiF8/w451-h601-no/SAM_0609.JPG

Last time I did use bleach and bad stuff on my hair was almost 4 years ago. I cut it off in a pixie and 2 years later got rid of old hair. Pure beauty black hair, and I love it.

miss_purple
November 18th, 2014, 12:39 AM
This thread is really encouraging for me, since i am growing out natural. I'll share my progress next year probably. Keep up the good job! :cheer:

Rosetta
November 19th, 2014, 03:05 AM
Yeas, this thread is really inspirational! :flower: This from a former hair dye addict. And I really envy the enormous patience of all those with long all-natural hair, something I've never had much of, and there's just always been way too many tempting dye options ;)

Dona
December 3rd, 2014, 10:45 AM
Hello people :D This is my all natural color. (Re-posting picture from another thread)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OPe4EVVBiwc/VEUvWRnspzI/AAAAAAAAA2c/51hHRKtfiF8/w451-h601-no/SAM_0609.JPG

Last time I did use bleach and bad stuff on my hair was almost 4 years ago. I cut it off in a pixie and 2 years later got rid of old hair. Pure beauty black hair, and I love it.

Such a deep and rich colour. Lovely!

Mimha
December 6th, 2014, 09:34 AM
Here are two pictures of my hair in the same conditions of light, but on one picture my hair is just washed and I wear a black shirt, and on the other one it's rather oily (and therefore thoroughly bb-brushed^^), and I wear a red shirt. I think the camera also takes into account the surrounding colors to balance each picture individually, and that has an influence on the color too.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14697&d=1417882533 http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14698&d=1417882555

My hair is virgin chestnut brown, and can get quite a lot of golden tone in summer.

By the way, I have always wondered why it gets darker in the winter... When the length has got sun-bleached at the sea, for example, this should not disappear, should it ? how can it turn back to darker color again, knowing that hair is supposedly "dead" ??? :confused: Especially when you think that your hair gets sun every year during a lot of years : the lightening should increase, shouldn't it ?? :D

Begemot
December 6th, 2014, 10:01 AM
Mimha Your hair is stunning, just absolutely dreamy :agape: Beautiful color, beautiful everything. I can't wait to see your hair grow longer! Sorry, I have no idea about the winter coloring. Hopefully someone here has an explanation.

Mimha
December 7th, 2014, 05:36 AM
Mimha Your hair is stunning, just absolutely dreamy :agape: Beautiful color, beautiful everything. I can't wait to see your hair grow longer! Sorry, I have no idea about the winter coloring. Hopefully someone here has an explanation.

Oh la la, Begemot, thank you !... :oops: ... such a compliment !
... You have made my day ! :o (I should probably be more honest to say that you have made my month^^^^ as this very encouraging for me to go ahead :)

I admit that I am quite pleased with my hair at this time of my life. I'm reaching 50 and it's getting better than ever before : shinier, wavier, denser, almost no splits. Amazing, isn't it ? Lol. Actually, the reasons of this improvement are pre-LHC : I went through a hard time with health problems and sever anemia which have conducted me to drastically change my alimentation (no more sugar at all, no gluten, very little dairy and starch, and looooooots of organic green stuff). One of the consequences has been the unexpected improvement of my hair quality. It means that there is hope for a lot of people to get an improvement with the years^^.

Wosie
December 7th, 2014, 05:55 AM
Mimha, I love your hair. :crush: I can't stop gushing about it! The waves, the colour, the density/volume!
I have a terrible diet and eat tons of sugar, and I can't imagine being on a diet which excludes sugar, wheat and (mostly) milk... Those're the main things I happen to eat. :o

On a shy sidenote--I never ever could've believed that you were 50, seeing your pictures. If I saw you outdoors I'd think you were 20!

Mimha
December 7th, 2014, 06:14 AM
Mimha, I love your hair. :crush: I can't stop gushing about it! The waves, the colour, the density/volume!
I have a terrible diet and eat tons of sugar, and I can't imagine being on a diet which excludes sugar, wheat and (mostly) milk... Those're the main things I happen to eat. :o

On a shy sidenote--I never ever could've believed that you were 50, seeing your pictures. If I saw you outdoors I'd think you were 20!

Oh Wosie, this is so nice of you to say !... :o :flowers:

I am not unhappy of my shape too^^ lol. This is also a side effect of my very restrictive diet : it's impossible to put on weight ! :p I have lost about 15 kg and I am now same weight as when I was 20. I was not expecting this either, so it's the good side of the thing, because I miss a lot of stuff very much (aaaah my dear spaghetti, and my French croissant au beurre with café au lait !!!! aaargh)^^. Hopefully I can find a lot of delactosed dairy stuff around here, to save my life, and I am allowed Gruyère cheese !!! :cheese: :D

Crystawni
December 7th, 2014, 06:02 PM
Oh, Mimha, that's so cool! Your hair really doesn't look your age! I'm also closing in on 50 (3 years off) and found my hair, nails, weight, etc., have benefited from my change in diet--mine was to low carb, high fat (lactose-free low cal milk, though) and medium protein. My spaghetti (and all pasta *sigh*...) replacement has been my go-to, wombok (Chinese/Napa cabbage--I julienne it then non-stick fry it more often than not), and cauliflower (rice or potato substitute), with a good dose of brocolli for good measure. Zucchini is also a good spaghetti sub, and almond meal (mixed with protein powder) for wheat, with Natvia (stevia) as my sweet stuff.

AmberLouise
December 7th, 2014, 09:12 PM
My natural hair color in different lighting.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/raingirlred/Untitled_zps0bc528a7.png (http://s95.photobucket.com/user/raingirlred/media/Untitled_zps0bc528a7.png.html)

fiğrildi
December 8th, 2014, 04:05 AM
Here are two pictures of my hair in the same conditions of light, but on one picture my hair is just washed and I wear a black shirt, and on the other one it's rather oily (and therefore thoroughly bb-brushed^^), and I wear a red shirt. I think the camera also takes into account the surrounding colors to balance each picture individually, and that has an influence on the color too.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14697&d=1417882533 http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14698&d=1417882555

My hair is virgin chestnut brown, and can get quite a lot of golden tone in summer.

By the way, I have always wondered why it gets darker in the winter... When the length has got sun-bleached at the sea, for example, this should not disappear, should it ? how can it turn back to darker color again, knowing that hair is supposedly "dead" ??? :confused: Especially when you think that your hair gets sun every year during a lot of years : the lightening should increase, shouldn't it ?? :D


I can't stop admiring your waves, shine and haircolour, Mimha! :thud:
Agree with Wosie, I never could have never guessed your age seeing your mane from the back (it seems that your diet is making your hair very very happy!).
And what about the growth, your hair has grown quite a lot between those two pictures!

I keep making myself the same question about the winter darker colour, but I have no idea why the hair seems to darken and lighten again... maybe it has to do with the amount of light during the day? It's possible that in the summer we are under the impression that our hair has lightened a lot, because there are more sunny days, and therefore we get to see our hair in the bright sunshine quite often... whereas in winter, the light is colder and darker, and along the new darker growth/roots (that have never been lightened by the sun), it gives us the impression that the overall colour has darkened quite a lot :confused:




My natural hair color in different lighting.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/raingirlred/Untitled_zps0bc528a7.png (http://s95.photobucket.com/user/raingirlred/media/Untitled_zps0bc528a7.png.html)

AmberLouise, your hair colour is amazing! I love the subtle hint of strawberry... such a rich, beautiful colour! The last picture is my favourite :)

Begemot
December 8th, 2014, 05:52 AM
Oh la la, Begemot, thank you !... :oops: ... such a compliment !
... You have made my day ! :o (I should probably be more honest to say that you have made my month^^^^ as this very encouraging for me to go ahead :)

I admit that I am quite pleased with my hair at this time of my life. I'm reaching 50 and it's getting better than ever before : shinier, wavier, denser, almost no splits. Amazing, isn't it ? Lol. Actually, the reasons of this improvement are pre-LHC : I went through a hard time with health problems and sever anemia which have conducted me to drastically change my alimentation (no more sugar at all, no gluten, very little dairy and starch, and looooooots of organic green stuff). One of the consequences has been the unexpected improvement of my hair quality. It means that there is hope for a lot of people to get an improvement with the years^^.

You're welcome, I was just stating the obvious heh ;) Your hair is an inspiration! Also, your lifestyle too. I'm glad you got through those health problems.

Mimha
December 8th, 2014, 06:03 AM
Oh, Mimha, that's so cool! Your hair really doesn't look your age! I'm also closing in on 50 (3 years off) and found my hair, nails, weight, etc., have benefited from my change in diet--mine was to low carb, high fat (lactose-free low cal milk, though) and medium protein. My spaghetti (and all pasta *sigh*...) replacement has been my go-to, wombok (Chinese/Napa cabbage--I julienne it then non-stick fry it more often than not), and cauliflower (rice or potato substitute), with a good dose of brocolli for good measure. Zucchini is also a good spaghetti sub, and almond meal (mixed with protein powder) for wheat, with Natvia (stevia) as my sweet stuff.

Hi Crystawni. Your diet sounds quite similar to mine ! :) I would be curious to know if you have also experienced an improvement of your hair quality since you changed your diet. Well, it's not the topic of this thread, but you can PM me if you want :). I am definitely convinced that we build up our hair "from the inside". Putting a lot of stuff on it will not change the nature of what is already existing (meaning "dead" keratin). It can only add some shine and improve hydration somehow, but everything will be washed away and to be done again at next shampoo anyway. My hair care routine has always been intuitively based on the "LESS IS MORE" philosophy (hello Madora^^ :waving:) : minimum chemical (= very diluted soft shampoo every 4-5 days), no CO at all (too much hair loss otherwise, and why so much chemicals ??), no nothing except a drop of AV in my rinse (I have hard water here). And a tiny bit of argan oil on the length in the summer (very dry air here). And that's absolutely all. My shine - which amazes me every day, believe it or not - is probably due to the better quality of my hair since I changed my diet. I suppose that my hair "scales" are stronger due to better keratin. It's indeed the surface of each hair strand which reflects the light better when it's even and regular. In a little different way, it's the same for the skin : healthier inside, healthier outside ;D

momschicklets
December 8th, 2014, 06:06 AM
Here are two pictures of my hair in the same conditions of light, but on one picture my hair is just washed and I wear a black shirt, and on the other one it's rather oily (and therefore thoroughly bb-brushed^^), and I wear a red shirt. I think the camera also takes into account the surrounding colors to balance each picture individually, and that has an influence on the color too.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14697&d=1417882533 http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14698&d=1417882555

My hair is virgin chestnut brown, and can get quite a lot of golden tone in summer.

By the way, I have always wondered why it gets darker in the winter... When the length has got sun-bleached at the sea, for example, this should not disappear, should it ? how can it turn back to darker color again, knowing that hair is supposedly "dead" ??? :confused: Especially when you think that your hair gets sun every year during a lot of years : the lightening should increase, shouldn't it ?? :D


Boy I sure do lurve your hair.....gorgeous!!! And I agree I would have never guessed your age from it. Just dreamy.

momschicklets
December 8th, 2014, 06:08 AM
Hello people :D This is my all natural color. (Re-posting picture from another thread)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OPe4EVVBiwc/VEUvWRnspzI/AAAAAAAAA2c/51hHRKtfiF8/w451-h601-no/SAM_0609.JPG

Last time I did use bleach and bad stuff on my hair was almost 4 years ago. I cut it off in a pixie and 2 years later got rid of old hair. Pure beauty black hair, and I love it.

Just stunning!

Mimha
December 8th, 2014, 06:13 AM
My natural hair color in different lighting.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/raingirlred/Untitled_zps0bc528a7.png (http://s95.photobucket.com/user/raingirlred/media/Untitled_zps0bc528a7.png.html)

AmberLouise : your hair color is amazingly changing and so beautifully silky !! :bigeyes:
... I think that it's the first time in my life I can figure out what "strawberry blond" means ! :) :) :) (top right picture : such a delicate color nuance !)

Mimha
December 8th, 2014, 06:28 AM
I can't stop admiring your waves, shine and haircolour, Mimha! :thud:
Agree with Wosie, I never could have never guessed your age seeing your mane from the back (it seems that your diet is making your hair very very happy!). And what about the growth, your hair has grown quite a lot between those two pictures!

I keep making myself the same question about the winter darker colour, but I have no idea why the hair seems to darken and lighten again... maybe it has to do with the amount of light during the day? It's possible that in the summer we are under the impression that our hair has lightened a lot, because there are more sunny days, and therefore we get to see our hair in the bright sunshine quite often... whereas in winter, the light is colder and darker, and along the new darker growth/roots (that have never been lightened by the sun), it gives us the impression that the overall colour has darkened quite a lot :confused:

Thank you fiğrildi ! :) :)

Concerning the color change between the winter and the summer, I also suspected the light and sun, exactly as you explain (= more light / different light in the summer). But this does'nt explain why you can ALSO see a difference at night, when looking at your hair in the bathroom light ! When I used to go all summer to the swimming pool, my hair caught a lot of highlights in the summer... which almost disappeared in the winter. Keratin is maybe not so "dead" as we think^^ :hmm:


You're welcome, I was just stating the obvious heh ;) Your hair is an inspiration! Also, your lifestyle too. I'm glad you got through those health problems.

Thanks Begemot :) I'm far from being out of my health problem, but let's say "it's under control" ^^^^^ and going on for improvement !

Mimha
December 8th, 2014, 06:36 AM
Boy I sure do lurve your hair.....gorgeous!!! And I agree I would have never guessed your age from it. Just dreamy.

momschicklets, your own hair looks bloody similar in shape to mine (length, color, wave), if I trust your profile pic :eye: And much thicker, methinks !! :D I will follow you up on the Monthly thread, if you are on ! :)

momschicklets
December 8th, 2014, 07:05 AM
momschicklets, your own hair looks bloody similar in shape to mine (length, color, wave), if I trust your profile pic :eye: And much thicker, methinks !! :D I will follow you up on the Monthly thread, if you are on ! :)

Well, perhaps you're right! Mine is more heavily layered though. And yours is longer...so maybe you are my future! LOL I think I'll be following you! If mine ends up looking like yours I'll be quite pleased :blossom::blossom:

lapushka
December 8th, 2014, 09:20 AM
There's just something about natural hair that gives it depth and dimension!!!

CousinItt
December 8th, 2014, 09:23 AM
There's just something about natural hair that gives it depth and dimension!!!

Too true. I just love the variety of colours and textures. Everybody's hair is so beautiful. I'm enjoying this thread so much.

Dickiebow
December 8th, 2014, 10:27 AM
Here are two pictures of my hair in the same conditions of light, but on one picture my hair is just washed and I wear a black shirt, and on the other one it's rather oily (and therefore thoroughly bb-brushed^^), and I wear a red shirt. I think the camera also takes into account the surrounding colors to balance each picture individually, and that has an influence on the color too.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14697&d=1417882533 http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14698&d=1417882555

My hair is virgin chestnut brown, and can get quite a lot of golden tone in summer.

By the way, I have always wondered why it gets darker in the winter... When the length has got sun-bleached at the sea, for example, this should not disappear, should it ? how can it turn back to darker color again, knowing that hair is supposedly "dead" ??? :confused: Especially when you think that your hair gets sun every year during a lot of years : the lightening should increase, shouldn't it ?? :D

I really love your hair. The wave pattern is beautiful and it makes it look much thicker than 'ii'. My several inches of natural hair lightened a bit this summer - especially at the front but seem to have darkened up again. I was hoping the lightening effect would be cumulative to help make my demarcation line less obvious. I guess there must be a reason but not sure what it can be.

arelrios
December 8th, 2014, 04:02 PM
How come I missed this?! I love having natural hair color...

Indoor with natural sunlight
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/arelrios/6f38c340-142a-4835-a876-590e93f050b9_zps1818e3a2.jpg (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/arelrios/media/6f38c340-142a-4835-a876-590e93f050b9_zps1818e3a2.jpg.html)

Early morning showing my whites/grays
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/arelrios/2a621b85-47ac-4e21-98b0-e4f883bfff02_zps4403a78d.jpg (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/arelrios/media/2a621b85-47ac-4e21-98b0-e4f883bfff02_zps4403a78d.jpg.html)

And finally, early morning with sock bun waves :D (it is the same day of the first pic)
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/arelrios/1c76d4fc-33b9-47df-bb44-f2ede9fcf2ff_zps2c416302.jpg (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/arelrios/media/1c76d4fc-33b9-47df-bb44-f2ede9fcf2ff_zps2c416302.jpg.html)

Crystawni
December 8th, 2014, 07:05 PM
Such wonderful depths of colour and shine, arelrios!


Hi Crystawni. Your diet sounds quite similar to mine ! :) I would be curious to know if you have also experienced an improvement of your hair quality since you changed your diet. Well, it's not the topic of this thread, but you can PM me if you want :). I am definitely convinced that we build up our hair "from the inside". Putting a lot of stuff on it will not change the nature of what is already existing (meaning "dead" keratin). It can only add some shine and improve hydration somehow, but everything will be washed away and to be done again at next shampoo anyway. My hair care routine has always been intuitively based on the "LESS IS MORE" philosophy (hello Madora^^ :waving:) : minimum chemical (= very diluted soft shampoo every 4-5 days), no CO at all (too much hair loss otherwise, and why so much chemicals ??), no nothing except a drop of AV in my rinse (I have hard water here). And a tiny bit of argan oil on the length in the summer (very dry air here). And that's absolutely all. My shine - which amazes me every day, believe it or not - is probably due to the better quality of my hair since I changed my diet. I suppose that my hair "scales" are stronger due to better keratin. It's indeed the surface of each hair strand which reflects the light better when it's even and regular. In a little different way, it's the same for the skin : healthier inside, healthier outside ;D

Oh, I definitely subscribe to the inside out philosophy, and have noticed an improvement in hair quality (strength as well as shine, curl and suppleness). It has also helped me refrain from trimming, as my ends are holding up quite well since my last snip in April. I grew up with a Pharmacist father, and also worked in Pharmacy for years (both retail and hospital), which has actually influenced my less-is-more approach. Weird, I know, as there are sooooooo many products out there to "sell", which includes beauty product "patches" and also vitamins, but I believe unless there is a deficiency that needs addressing, we can get all we need from our lifestyle (food and water intake, exercise--short, sharp and shiny works for me, sunshine and fresh air, etc.). I do love a bit of coconut oil (mine is totally liquid at the moment due to the tropical summer heat) on my ends every few days pre-CWC (no cones or sulphates), and a dab of Argan oil afterwards, with an ACV every month or so, but that's the extent of what I add to my hair. Oh, and there's laughter. A good belly laugh makes everything shine! :D And as you can imagine, my current way of thinking means I really couldn't work in Pharmacy again (I like to help people, not push useless products and companion sales onto them). :p

To end this derail, here's a pic I took last week at the same time as my current siggy/length pic. It's natural indoor light, but was a tad too dark for me to use. It does show my natural shine, though, and another side to my hair shade. :)

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/1Dec2014_zps72f6875b.jpg

prankdemon
December 9th, 2014, 06:59 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/prankdemon/2007%20april/IMAG0568.jpg

Another natural colour fan here! here's mine with herringbone braid waves in it. I think I took this picture last spring.

Mimha
December 10th, 2014, 10:01 AM
(...) Oh, I definitely subscribe to the inside out philosophy, and have noticed an improvement in hair quality (strength as well as shine, curl and suppleness). It has also helped me refrain from trimming, as my ends are holding up quite well since my last snip in April. (...)

To end this derail, here's a pic I took last week at the same time as my current siggy/length pic. It's natural indoor light, but was a tad too dark for me to use. It does show my natural shine, though, and another side to my hair shade. :)

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Just%20Hair/1Dec2014_zps72f6875b.jpg

Your hair look really healthy and even shinier under this light ! I love your nicely U-shaped hemline too : it seems indeed that you can go ahead with no trim for some time ! :)

It's interesting also to know that you noticed these improvements of quality (strength, shine, curls and suppleness) after you change your diet ! No doubt that it's linked !

wilderwein
December 10th, 2014, 10:34 AM
whats amazing about all of your hair colors (and natural hair color in general) its that you will never find the same hair color to anyone! and also what makes it special its that even if someone asks what is your natural hair color called -so they can dye it the same color- YOU WILL NEVER FIND THE RIGHT ANSWEAR! its impossible!every hair strand has a different hair color! KEEP UPLOADING PHOTOS LADIES it keeps me inspired to keep growing it out!

Kaelbu
December 10th, 2014, 04:06 PM
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o736/Kaelbu/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpseaec287f.jpg (http://s1340.photobucket.com/user/Kaelbu/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpseaec287f.jpg.html)


That's my current progress in natural light. A very ashy, cool-toned brown? I don't even know. But this is the first time in my adult life I've let it grow out this much! And I want to stick to it! Especially since I've got a tiny grey streak growing in. It was only a few strands when I was 18, and now at 21, it's almost visible without me looking for it. I want to see what that turns into!

Kaelbu
December 10th, 2014, 04:10 PM
Oh! I forgot to say that I'm amazed at the natural colors you guys have! I've always been quick to dye my hair out of boredom. But there's really nothing boring about the color one's already been given!

wilderwein
December 10th, 2014, 04:22 PM
kaelbu I LOVE YOUR WHITE STRAND *_*

Kaelbu
December 10th, 2014, 05:30 PM
kaelbu I LOVE YOUR WHITE STRAND *_*

Thank you! Wouldn't it be neat if it turned into a thick streak like Rough's from X Men? Haha!

wilderwein
December 10th, 2014, 05:35 PM
Thank you! Wouldn't it be neat if it turned into a thick streak like Rough's from X Men? Haha!
That is what I had in mind!!!!!!!!!!! ahahahaha

fiğrildi
December 11th, 2014, 05:56 AM
Agree with wilderwein... your silver streak is beyond amazing! It reminds me of Frozen's character (right now I can't remember her name) :p

wilderwein
December 11th, 2014, 06:01 AM
Agree with wilderwein... your silver streak is beyond amazing! It reminds me of Frozen's character (right now I can't remember her name) :p

Elsa's sister but I also cant remember her name hahaha!

prankdemon
December 11th, 2014, 06:47 AM
Agree with wilderwein... your silver streak is beyond amazing! It reminds me of Frozen's character (right now I can't remember her name) :p


It's Anna, right? (I'm almost ashamed to know this as a 28yo. Almost.)

I love the cool tones in your hair Kaelbu. They look like they suit your skin color very well.

Selafae
December 11th, 2014, 06:53 AM
Such a beautiful picture. I Love the horse.

wilderwein
December 11th, 2014, 07:00 AM
It's Anna, right? (I'm almost ashamed to know this as a 28yo. Almost.)


YES! Thats right! thank you!!!! and come oon its not like we are talking about dora's the explorer monkey hahaha

prankdemon
December 11th, 2014, 07:09 AM
YES! Thats right! thank you!!!! and come oon its not like we are talking about dora's the explorer monkey hahaha


That one is called Boots... :oops:

wilderwein
December 11th, 2014, 07:23 AM
That one is called Boots... :oops:

"swiper no swiping"
"oh maan" :neutral:

lapushka
December 11th, 2014, 02:01 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/prankdemon/2007%20april/IMAG0568.jpg

Another natural colour fan here! here's mine with herringbone braid waves in it. I think I took this picture last spring.

Such pretty shades / nuances, how it goes from blonette to a lighter blonde!

Kaelbu
December 11th, 2014, 10:57 PM
Thanks guys! I actually love Frozen (no shame, haha) and didn't even think about that! Anna is one of my favorite Disney princesses. So that makes me feel good!

Kaelbu
December 11th, 2014, 11:02 PM
My natural hair color in different lighting.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/raingirlred/Untitled_zps0bc528a7.png (http://s95.photobucket.com/user/raingirlred/media/Untitled_zps0bc528a7.png.html)


Your color is incredible! That's crazy how much it can vary in different lighting, but each variation is so pretty!

TayDragonis
December 12th, 2014, 12:46 AM
This was me in 2010 before the chop, no dyes all scraggly ends. I've decided to try dye free, see how long I last

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/tay-dragonis/2010.jpg

ArielLau
December 12th, 2014, 02:20 AM
nature black,tradition Chinese color

http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/mw1024/a8678007jw1emo0ekg5sgj21kw23u4o8.jpg

Larki
December 18th, 2014, 09:15 AM
My natural hair color. :) I was platinum/white blonde as a kid and it's darkened to this.

http://i59.tinypic.com/faze3p.jpg

blue_eyes
December 18th, 2014, 04:07 PM
Everyone has such beautiful hair :) Love all the different colours!

I've never dyed my hair, so it's always been it's natural colour.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2qk2yd5.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/4u6frr.jpg

I just about fell off my chair when I saw your hair, it's absolutely gorgeous!!

blue_eyes
December 18th, 2014, 04:12 PM
I've been growing out dye for 16 months now. You can see my demarcation line a little, but it isn't too bad. I'm pretty sure I'm a blonette, and my hair definitely seems to change colors depending on the light. I've got about 7 inches of virgin hair right now.

October 2014:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13625&d=1412448839

Mid-November 2014:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14857&d=1418944164

yogagirl
December 18th, 2014, 06:50 PM
Ooh I love browsing through this thread! Natural hair colors are so beautiful. Personally I can't think of any color that would suit me better than my natural color.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15040&d=1420150316

Wosie
December 19th, 2014, 08:21 AM
blue_eyes, Your hair is so beautiful and your hair colour is beautiful too. :flower: (I hope I can also say that you have an elegant profile, one I would like to draw :D *draws portraits*)

pearlsandpinups
December 19th, 2014, 11:34 AM
Everyone here has such beautiful hair! Love the natural colors! :) Here's a length shot I took last night (And in November!), it shows my natural color. :)

http://i.imgur.com/iwxdFEn.jpg

My hair looks a tad darker than this in real life, and the last few inches are redder/brassy from old faded dye from 1-2 years ago, but the rest is all my natural color! :D

blue_eyes
December 19th, 2014, 11:47 AM
blue_eyes, Your hair is so beautiful and your hair colour is beautiful too. :flower: (I hope I can also say that you have an elegant profile, one I would like to draw :D *draws portraits*)

Thank you so much Wosie!! That's so sweet of you to say! :)

Dona
December 20th, 2014, 11:55 AM
I just about fell off my chair when I saw your hair, it's absolutely gorgeous!!

Thank you! I also love your hair, is it so straight naturally? It's very pretty.

Dona
December 20th, 2014, 11:56 AM
Everyone here has such beautiful hair! Love the natural colors! :) Here's a length shot I took last night (And in November!), it shows my natural color. :)

http://i.imgur.com/iwxdFEn.jpg

My hair looks a tad darker than this in real life, and the last few inches are redder/brassy from old faded dye from 1-2 years ago, but the rest is all my natural color! :D

Your hair looks really shiny and healthy!

pearlsandpinups
December 20th, 2014, 02:26 PM
Your hair looks really shiny and healthy!

Aww thanks so much! :D Since joining LHC a month ago and stopping blowdrying (The only real damaging thing I ever did to it regularly) it's getting shinier and shinier! :D

pearlsandpinups
December 20th, 2014, 04:41 PM
Everyone has such beautiful hair :) Love all the different colours!

I've never dyed my hair, so it's always been it's natural colour.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2qk2yd5.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/4u6frr.jpg


Your hair is magical, you have my dream color!! <3 My hair's so dark though it's just unattainable without bleaching it to death, so I'll just admire hair like yours from afar. :) Beautiful!

blue_eyes
December 20th, 2014, 05:15 PM
Thank you! I also love your hair, is it so straight naturally? It's very pretty.

Yes it's naturally that straight. It couldn't hold a curl if my life depended on it, haha.

MINAKO
December 26th, 2014, 10:17 AM
nature black,tradition Chinese color

http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/mw1024/a8678007jw1emo0ekg5sgj21kw23u4o8.jpg

omg, your hair is awesome!!! (how did i miss you joined LHC ???) :DDD
if my skintome was any paler i would totally love to wear mine natural as well, but i feel like im in need for the additional cotrast the indigo gives me and my ends also fade pretty quickly in the sun... whatevs. welcome on here, looking forward to see more of your hair journey in the future. :)

Mimha
December 27th, 2014, 11:10 AM
I have already posted in this thread, but I took my "best hair picture ever" lately (9th Dec.) and I am so happy of how my hair looks on it that I can't help posting to share my happiness ! Waves look gorgeously full and shiny, and the color is that golden chestnut brown I love so much and that we call "mordoré" in French.

I wish my hair can look like this every day, lol. But nothing is ever perfect and/or long lasting in this world : it's started shedding like hell recently and I feel so desperate and powerless ! It's not shedding, it's moulting !!! (About 100 hairs a day, and more than 300 when I wash) :justy:

:( :( :(

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14963&d=1419702044

fiğrildi
December 28th, 2014, 03:13 AM
I have already posted in this thread, but I took my "best hair picture ever" lately (9th Dec.) and I am so happy of how my hair looks on it that I can't help posting to share my happiness ! Waves look gorgeously full and shiny, and the color is that golden chestnut brown I love so much and that we call "mordoré" in French.

I wish my hair can look like this every day, lol. But nothing is ever perfect and/or long lasting in this world : it's started shedding like hell recently and I feel so desperate and powerless ! It's not shedding, it's moulting !!! (About 100 hairs a day, and more than 300 when I wash) :justy:

:( :( :(

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14963&d=1419702044

That's indeed your best hair picture ever, Mimha! Jawdroppingly gorgeous!! :thud:

Your hair colour is so rich and beautiful, and those waves are simply amazing (your waves always look amazing in your pictures, but in this one they are especially defined!)
Can't wait to see your mane as it gets longer... yours is one of my biggest inspirations here on LHC :)

Sarahlabyrinth
December 28th, 2014, 03:21 AM
Mimha, that is THE perfect hair photo! Colour, wave, shine, thickness - everything!! You can be rightly proud of having hair like that, it is jaw - droppingly beautiful!

Mimha
December 28th, 2014, 06:24 AM
(...) yours is one of my biggest inspirations here on LHC :)

Thank you fiğrildi !... wow... :) :) I never could have imagined to be an inspiration on LHC with my not-yet-BSL hair, lol, so it's very very nice of you to say ! :o

You know, your hair is also one of my favorite to follow-up !^^ I know you are growing out some remaining of perm and I am very curious to see how your hair will behave once totally back to it's own nature, both because your wave pattern is quite similar to mine (and I can imagine what mine will look like once long like yours^^ : I know that my waves smoothen somehow, when my hair is longer) and also because I absolutely love your hair color ! It's so warm and shiny that I cannot imagine how you can still improve it.

By the way, LHC is a very nice place to be to enjoy growing hair together ! I imagine that after some years here you can really feel a kind of hair-sistership (brotherhood ?? lol) with people. Internet is really fantastic for that !... I hope that I will be able to meet some LHCers IRL one day ! :)


Mimha, that is THE perfect hair photo! Colour, wave, shine, thickness - everything!! You can be rightly proud of having hair like that, it is jaw - droppingly beautiful!

Aaaaaaaah Sarah !!!... Such a compliment from you is just priceless ! Lol, don't you know that YOU are one my most admired head of hair ever, both IRL and on LHC ??? Don't you know that I am in total awe of your hair amazing softness and unmatched silkiness ?????? And I don't even mention the color !... I love your video, when you brush it at sunset. Such a precious material !! :) :) :)

picklepie
December 28th, 2014, 12:05 PM
I'm always surprised to see the variation in color made by the sun-- my hair comes out of my head very dark brown, but the ends are always much lighter, despite my hat-wearing in the summer. This is in antural light, and a pretty accurate picture.

http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t658/queenielord/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps8f840d40.jpg (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/queenielord/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps8f840d40.jpg.html)

Cinnamonagouti
December 28th, 2014, 01:08 PM
This is an old picture, but I think it shows my natural colour pretty accurately (I've never dyed it). However, the colour depends a bit on how moisturised my hair is - if it's dry it's a few shades lighter than in the picture. And in the sun it can almost look red :)
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14976&d=1419785963


I'm always surprised to see the variation in color made by the sun-- my hair comes out of my head very dark brown, but the ends are always much lighter, despite my hat-wearing in the summer. This is in antural light, and a pretty accurate picture.
Really beautiful colour, I love how it gets lighter near the ends! :D

Begemot
December 28th, 2014, 01:32 PM
Ohh picklepie and Cinnamonagouti :thud: You both have such amazing curls and natural colors! You give me so much curl envy.

meteor
December 28th, 2014, 01:40 PM
:thud: I'm absolutely floored by the gorgeousness of all the haircolors I'm seeing here... and all the textures are just WOW!

So much inspiration for growing out natural hair color! Thank you, guys! :flowers:

Red'N'Curly
December 28th, 2014, 02:19 PM
My hair also changes color with the light. Out side in direct sunlight it gets this really weird metallic copper color http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Jessica_Ghigliotti/Mobile%20Uploads/20140823_180820_zpsi5a2ihv2.jpg (http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/Jessica_Ghigliotti/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140823_180820_zpsi5a2ihv2.jpg.html)

Then inside with indirect natural light it looks like thishttp://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Jessica_Ghigliotti/Mobile%20Uploads/PicsArt_1419695051607_zpsqlxt45bv.jpg (http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/Jessica_Ghigliotti/media/Mobile%20Uploads/PicsArt_1419695051607_zpsqlxt45bv.jpg.html)[/IMG]

And these are both florescent lighthttp://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Jessica_Ghigliotti/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_29117122775835_zpsgt4rm4qh.jpeg (http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/Jessica_Ghigliotti/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_29117122775835_zpsgt4rm4qh.jpeg.html)http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Jessica_Ghigliotti/Mobile%20Uploads/PicsArt_1419472223666_zpstlekrkqy.jpg (http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/Jessica_Ghigliotti/media/Mobile%20Uploads/PicsArt_1419472223666_zpstlekrkqy.jpg.html)

Red'N'Curly
December 28th, 2014, 02:23 PM
How come I missed this?! I love having natural hair color...

Indoor with natural sunlight
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/arelrios/6f38c340-142a-4835-a876-590e93f050b9_zps1818e3a2.jpg (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/arelrios/media/6f38c340-142a-4835-a876-590e93f050b9_zps1818e3a2.jpg.html)

Early morning showing my whites/grays
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/arelrios/2a621b85-47ac-4e21-98b0-e4f883bfff02_zps4403a78d.jpg (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/arelrios/media/2a621b85-47ac-4e21-98b0-e4f883bfff02_zps4403a78d.jpg.html)

And finally, early morning with sock bun waves :D (it is the same day of the first pic)
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/arelrios/1c76d4fc-33b9-47df-bb44-f2ede9fcf2ff_zps2c416302.jpg (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/arelrios/media/1c76d4fc-33b9-47df-bb44-f2ede9fcf2ff_zps2c416302.jpg.html)

You have the most beautiful hair! I love everything about it, the color, the texture. Jealous :)

Red'N'Curly
December 28th, 2014, 02:26 PM
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o736/Kaelbu/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpseaec287f.jpg (http://s1340.photobucket.com/user/Kaelbu/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpseaec287f.jpg.html)


That's my current progress in natural light. A very ashy, cool-toned brown? I don't even know. But this is the first time in my adult life I've let it grow out this much! And I want to stick to it! Especially since I've got a tiny grey streak growing in. It was only a few strands when I was 18, and now at 21, it's almost visible without me looking for it. I want to see what that turns into!

Grey streaks are SO COOL. I have a friend with black hair, with a large grey streak from her temple to part line in the front, on just one side. It looks amazing!

schweedie
December 28th, 2014, 03:03 PM
I love this thread! The depth to natural colours is just so great. Red'N'Curly, your hair in the sun is magnificent!

Mine can also shift a lot depending on the light. Inside:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/naturalcolour_zpsfcc87491.jpg

(The right one is probably one of the most accurate pictures I have, colour-wise!)

Outside:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/DSC0385_zps793e81bb.jpg http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/DSC0257_zps71db9de5.jpg

The left one is the ashiest it will look, and the right one shows the yellow-ness it usually has going on.

wilderwein
December 28th, 2014, 03:25 PM
I love this thread! The depth to natural colours is just so great. Red'N'Curly, your hair in the sun is magnificent!

Mine can also shift a lot depending on the light. Inside:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/naturalcolour_zpsfcc87491.jpg

(The right one is probably one of the most accurate pictures I have, colour-wise!)

Outside:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/DSC0385_zps793e81bb.jpg http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/DSC0257_zps71db9de5.jpg

The left one is the ashiest it will look, and the right one shows the yellow-ness it usually has going on.

Your hair is gorgeus!!!!!!

Dona
December 29th, 2014, 03:34 AM
I love this thread! The depth to natural colours is just so great. Red'N'Curly, your hair in the sun is magnificent!

Mine can also shift a lot depending on the light. Inside:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/naturalcolour_zpsfcc87491.jpg

(The right one is probably one of the most accurate pictures I have, colour-wise!)

Outside:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/DSC0385_zps793e81bb.jpg http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/DSC0257_zps71db9de5.jpg

The left one is the ashiest it will look, and the right one shows the yellow-ness it usually has going on.

What I like are the different colours. In the left bun picture your hair has a lot of darker tones, while when it hangs loose its much lighter and golden. Very pretty!

Madora
December 29th, 2014, 07:56 AM
I have already posted in this thread, but I took my "best hair picture ever" lately (9th Dec.) and I am so happy of how my hair looks on it that I can't help posting to share my happiness ! Waves look gorgeously full and shiny, and the color is that golden chestnut brown I love so much and that we call "mordoré" in French.

I wish my hair can look like this every day, lol. But nothing is ever perfect and/or long lasting in this world : it's started shedding like hell recently and I feel so desperate and powerless ! It's not shedding, it's moulting !!! (About 100 hairs a day, and more than 300 when I wash) :justy:

:( :( :(

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14963&d=1419702044

One word: Magnifique!!!

Johannah
December 29th, 2014, 08:34 AM
http://i57.tinypic.com/14vtp52.jpg

Excuse me for my ugly faded nail polish

Ilax
December 29th, 2014, 10:09 AM
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/15878078295_daa1ef7c03.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8646/15893812097_0dd08456a4.jpg

missblueeyes
December 29th, 2014, 12:45 PM
http://i57.tinypic.com/14vtp52.jpg

Excuse me for my ugly faded nail polish

Your hair is gorgeous! I wouldn't even have noticed the nail varnish if you hadn't mentioned it. :P
Also, is it weird that everytime I see close-ups like that, I scout for split ends? Send help.

MsPharaohMoan
December 29th, 2014, 12:58 PM
Your hair is gorgeous! I wouldn't even have noticed the nail varnish if you hadn't mentioned it. :P
Also, is it weird that everytime I see close-ups like that, I scout for split ends? Send help.

Ha! I was searching for them too. And found none, I might add ;)

fiğrildi
December 29th, 2014, 01:06 PM
Your hair is pure gold in the sun, Johannah :crush:

Kendrix
December 29th, 2014, 11:07 PM
My natural hair colour - not sure what it is really - kind of dark gold or light brown? I have always disliked it but am too lazy to do highlights! :D

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj211/Rachellejoychadwick/a34eda88-042d-4361-8a7d-855f2ecb1265_zpsc50e713b.jpg (http://s273.photobucket.com/user/Rachellejoychadwick/media/a34eda88-042d-4361-8a7d-855f2ecb1265_zpsc50e713b.jpg.html)

Mine is like this at the ends. The ends are naturally golden, but it starts very cool and ashy.

sarahchant
December 29th, 2014, 11:15 PM
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/15878078295_daa1ef7c03.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8646/15893812097_0dd08456a4.jpg


Love your gorgeous shiny hair!

Ilax
December 29th, 2014, 11:46 PM
Sarhchant thank you very much :joy:

Johannah
December 30th, 2014, 12:14 AM
Your hair is gorgeous! I wouldn't even have noticed the nail varnish if you hadn't mentioned it. :P
Also, is it weird that everytime I see close-ups like that, I scout for split ends? Send help.

That normal, it's a symptom of the LHC-syndrome.


Ha! I was searching for them too. And found none, I might add ;)

Thank god :cheer:


Your hair is pure gold in the sun, Johannah :crush:

The longer I'm on this forum, the more I like it. When I joined this website I HATED HATED HATED my hair color. And yeah... That's why I bleached (highlighted) it.

But since my hair is really low-porous it faded after some weeks anyway... The damage didn't though.

schweedie
December 30th, 2014, 04:31 AM
Your hair is gorgeus!!!!!!


What I like are the different colours. In the left bun picture your hair has a lot of darker tones, while when it hangs loose its much lighter and golden. Very pretty!

Thanks! :blossom:


The longer I'm on this forum, the more I like it. When I joined this website I HATED HATED HATED my hair color. And yeah... That's why I bleached (highlighted) it.
I'm the same - my hair darkened/'yellowed' quite a lot while I grew it out from shoulder length, which I disliked, so one of the first things I tried after joining here was bleaching with honey (didn't do much). Sometimes I'm still on the fence, but in when the lighting is right I love it. :) (Like in your picture of the sun on your hair - so gorgeous.) And it doesn't seem to be all that common, either, so we should embrace it!

Dona
December 30th, 2014, 04:59 AM
http://i57.tinypic.com/14vtp52.jpg

Excuse me for my ugly faded nail polish

Wow, this is like gold :). Beautiful!

fiğrildi
December 30th, 2014, 05:33 AM
The longer I'm on this forum, the more I like it. When I joined this website I HATED HATED HATED my hair color. And yeah... That's why I bleached (highlighted) it.

It happens the same to me: the longer I'm on this forum, the more I appreciate my hair colour. I used to really dislike it, since it darkened a lot when I hit puberty (I once had platinum blonde hair). But thanks to the lovely comments of people here, I get to love more and more my darker hair, and its "adult" colour :)

Mimha
December 30th, 2014, 10:38 AM
My hair also changes color with the light. Out side in direct sunlight it gets this really weird metallic copper color http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Jessica_Ghigliotti/Mobile%20Uploads/20140823_180820_zpsi5a2ihv2.jpg (http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/Jessica_Ghigliotti/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140823_180820_zpsi5a2ihv2.jpg.html)
(...)

And these are both florescent lighthttp://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Jessica_Ghigliotti/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_29117122775835_zpsgt4rm4qh.jpeg (http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/Jessica_Ghigliotti/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_29117122775835_zpsgt4rm4qh.jpeg.html)[URL=http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/Jessica_Ghigliotti/media/Mobile%20Uploads/PicsArt_1419472223666_zpstlekrkqy.jpg.html]

Such an amazing metallic shine, Red'N'Curly ! :agape: Never could the word "copper" be more appropriate !!!
Oh, and I love your kind of "Kate Winslet" style on the other picture too ! So romantic !... :)



[img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/15878078295_daa1ef7c03.jpg


What a deep stunning black, and what beautiful volume ! It's gorgeous, Ilax !




The longer I'm on this forum, the more I like it. When I joined this website I HATED HATED HATED my hair color. And yeah... That's why I bleached (highlighted) it.


Johannah : your blond is so beautiful and richly nuanced !! How could it be that you hated it !!!!!
Being a true fan of it, I really hope LHC has made you realize how gorgeous it is !



It happens the same to me: the longer I'm on this forum, the more I appreciate my hair colour. I used to really dislike it, since it darkened a lot when I hit puberty (I once had platinum blonde hair). But thanks to the lovely comments of people here, I get to love more and more my darker hair, and its "adult" colour :)

Same for you, fiğrildi : Your color is so much part of what makes it different and particular : it's a little too dark to be called true blond, it's too warm to be blonette, it's too blond to be on the brown side, or even the lighter side of chestnut, and it's just not red enough to be red. It's such a rich mixture ! It's SO UNIQUE and beautiful !!!

askan
December 30th, 2014, 11:47 AM
Schweedie I think our haircolours are pretty similar! I hope mine will look as beautiful as it gets longer!

Here is mine in direct sunlight, although the lower half is faded red dye that I bleached over to match my 15 months of roots so I'm not entirely sure I'm qualified to post it in this thread!

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz173/askansphotos/h_zpsbc884a59.jpg (http://s825.photobucket.com/user/askansphotos/media/h_zpsbc884a59.jpg.html)

wilderwein
December 30th, 2014, 12:11 PM
Here is mine in direct sunlight, although the lower half is faded red dye that I bleached over to match my 15 months of roots so I'm not entirely sure I'm qualified to post it in this thread!

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz173/askansphotos/h_zpsbc884a59.jpg (http://s825.photobucket.com/user/askansphotos/media/h_zpsbc884a59.jpg.html)

I am amazed! I love everything on your hair in this picture!

The hairstyle is three mini braided buns???? *I want it on my hair right now*

askan
December 30th, 2014, 12:24 PM
I am amazed! I love everything on your hair in this picture!

The hairstyle is three mini braided buns???? *I want it on my hair right now*

Thanks so much! :D The hairstyle is three bunned "flower braids" youtube tutorial I followed here
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvxoG7PM3Ws). Good luck!!

LongHairLesbian
December 30th, 2014, 12:31 PM
That normal, it's a symptom of the LHC-syndrome.



Thank god :cheer:



The longer I'm on this forum, the more I like it. When I joined this website I HATED HATED HATED my hair color. And yeah... That's why I bleached (highlighted) it.

But since my hair is really low-porous it faded after some weeks anyway... The damage didn't though.

I can't believe that you and schweedie didn't think you were blonde enough. Looking at your hair colour... what would bleach even do? Haha. But I notice that the both of you live in countries with a high proportion of blonde, fair people. Maybe there are higher standards of blonde? I have a similiar shade that you two have, and most people tend to think that it is very light coloured. Most people here have medium brown hair or darker, though.

wilderwein
December 30th, 2014, 12:31 PM
Thank you so so much askan! It looks actually way better on your hair, you totally mastered it

Ilax
December 30th, 2014, 12:34 PM
What a deep stunning black, and what beautiful volume ! It's gorgeous, Ilax !


Thanks thanks thanks! :puppy:

Askan the colour! :thudpile:

askan
December 30th, 2014, 12:51 PM
I can't believe that you and schweedie didn't think you were blonde enough. Looking at your hair colour... what would bleach even do? Haha. But I notice that the both of you live in countries with a high proportion of blonde, fair people. Maybe there are higher standards of blonde? I have a similiar shade that you two have, and most people tend to think that it is very light coloured. Most people here have medium brown hair or darker, though.

Perhaps there is a higher standard of blonde here (I'm from Sweden too). A few adult people I know have that platinum blonde colour that people usually only had when they were kids, but I think the fact that so many bleach and highligt to maintain a brighter blonde is probably setting the standard even more. I bleached my hair all the way from puberty to adulthood and now I consider my virgin hair growth pretty dark in comparison :)

schweedie
December 30th, 2014, 01:37 PM
Schweedie I think our haircolours are pretty similar! I hope mine will look as beautiful as it gets longer!
Aw, thanks! Yours looks beautiful now, so I can only imagine it's going to continue to look wonderful as it grows. :D Also, that hairstyle is completely adorable and I have to try it!


I can't believe that you and schweedie didn't think you were blonde enough. Looking at your hair colour... what would bleach even do? Haha. But I notice that the both of you live in countries with a high proportion of blonde, fair people. Maybe there are higher standards of blonde? I have a similiar shade that you two have, and most people tend to think that it is very light coloured. Most people here have medium brown hair or darker, though.
I think you have a point that 'blonde' hair tends to mean very light hair over here. I remember my mum commented around the time I joined here that she didn't think I could be called blonde any more, and I was like... "What am I supposed to call it, then?"

Johannah
December 30th, 2014, 01:49 PM
I'm the same - my hair darkened/'yellowed' quite a lot while I grew it out from shoulder length, which I disliked, so one of the first things I tried after joining here was bleaching with honey (didn't do much). Sometimes I'm still on the fence, but in when the lighting is right I love it. :) (Like in your picture of the sun on your hair - so gorgeous.) And it doesn't seem to be all that common, either, so we should embrace it!

Oh yes, yellowing... That's the thing I had problems with too. Oh honey bleaching? Yup, guilty. And not only bleaching from honey unfortunately... But yeah, we SHOULD embrace it! :flower:


Wow, this is like gold :). Beautiful!

Thank you!


It happens the same to me: the longer I'm on this forum, the more I appreciate my hair colour. I used to really dislike it, since it darkened a lot when I hit puberty (I once had platinum blonde hair). But thanks to the lovely comments of people here, I get to love more and more my darker hair, and its "adult" colour :)

Yes, that's why I love this forum so much :D


Johannah : your blond is so beautiful and richly nuanced !! How could it be that you hated it !!!!!
Being a true fan of it, I really hope LHC has made you realize how gorgeous it is !

LHC definitely helped! Thank you!

fiğrildi
December 30th, 2014, 05:53 PM
Same for you, fiğrildi : Your color is so much part of what makes it different and particular : it's a little too dark to be called true blond, it's too warm to be blonette, it's too blond to be on the brown side, or even the lighter side of chestnut, and it's just not red enough to be red. It's such a rich mixture ! It's SO UNIQUE and beautiful !!!

Mimha, let me give you a hug! :smooch:

Why is it that we can always see the beauty or uniqueness on someone else, and we struggle so much in realizing our own qualities? I am very sensitive to nuances of colours (I wonder if studying art has contributed to that -eyes get used to the slightest difference between two colours, like the hint of red undertones in a deep blue watercolour, or the slightly cooler tone of that same watercolour, when applied on a different kind of paper-).

You can tell that my eyes are attracted by hair colour in the first place, and texture, length, etc., comes later. And I literally love all natural hair colours. I can see beauty on all of them (from the darkest shades to the lightest ones). I can also see beauty on my own colour. I used to get upset at my natural shade because I could not "name" my hair as a particular colour anymore, after my hair was no longer blonde. But I got to realize that we don't always need to fit into a tag :wink:

Mimha
December 30th, 2014, 07:10 PM
Mimha, let me give you a hug! :smooch:

Why is it that we can always see the beauty or uniqueness on someone else, and we struggle so much in realizing our own qualities? I am very sensitive to nuances of colours (I wonder if studying art has contributed to that -eyes get used to the slightest difference between two colours, like the hint of red undertones in a deep blue watercolour, or the slightly cooler tone of that same watercolour, when applied on a different kind of paper-).

You can tell that my eyes are attracted by hair colour in the first place, and texture, length, etc., comes later. And I literally love all natural hair colours. I can see beauty on all of them (from the darkest shades to the lightest ones). I can also see beauty on my own colour. I used to get upset at my natural shade because I could not "name" my hair as a particular colour anymore, after my hair was no longer blonde. But I got to realize that we don't always need to fit into a tag :wink:

I like things and people who don't fit into a tag !^^ I find complexity much more attractive and interesting, usually. That's why I particularly appreciate complex nuances and rich hues. (I made some painting in my younger years too. This explains that, probably^^). Texture is also very important to me to find a hair beautiful : I am particularly attracted by the shine (healthy hair), the softness and the fluidity. I love beautiful long hair graciously moving as the person is walking, whatever the color, actually !

Mimha
December 30th, 2014, 07:11 PM
Mimha, let me give you a hug! :smooch:

Why is it that we can always see the beauty or uniqueness on someone else, and we struggle so much in realizing our own qualities? I am very sensitive to nuances of colours (I wonder if studying art has contributed to that -eyes get used to the slightest difference between two colours, like the hint of red undertones in a deep blue watercolour, or the slightly cooler tone of that same watercolour, when applied on a different kind of paper-).

You can tell that my eyes are attracted by hair colour in the first place, and texture, length, etc., comes later. And I literally love all natural hair colours. I can see beauty on all of them (from the darkest shades to the lightest ones). I can also see beauty on my own colour. I used to get upset at my natural shade because I could not "name" my hair as a particular colour anymore, after my hair was no longer blonde. But I got to realize that we don't always need to fit into a tag :wink:

I like things and people who don't fit into a tag !^^ I find complexity much more attractive and interesting, usually. That's why I particularly appreciate complex nuances and rich hues. (I made some painting in my younger years too. This explains that, probably^^). Texture is also very important to me to find a hair beautiful : I am particularly attracted by the shine (healthy hair), the softness and the fluidity. I love beautiful long hair graciously moving as the person is walking, whatever the color, actually !

Dona
December 31st, 2014, 07:27 AM
I think that natural hair colours will always have that extra uniqueness. I know a lot of "blonette" girls, but each and every one has just a different shade, it's never quite the same. Also for the other hair colours, for example my mother has this colour which I can't quite grasp: it's not brown, it's not red, it's not blonde... And it all depends on the way the light hits her hair. I personally like all sorts of hair colours and just mostly like healthy hair that's looked after! All the people's hair in this thread is very pretty if you ask me but all in their own way :)

Mimha
December 31st, 2014, 07:52 AM
I think that natural hair colours will always have that extra uniqueness. I know a lot of "blonette" girls, but each and every one has just a different shade, it's never quite the same. Also for the other hair colours, for example my mother has this colour which I can't quite grasp: it's not brown, it's not red, it's not blonde... And it all depends on the way the light hits her hair. I personally like all sorts of hair colours and just mostly like healthy hair that's looked after! All the people's hair in this thread is very pretty if you ask me but all in their own way :)

Hello Dona !

So much agree with the blonette thing ! The variation is amazing ! My niece has ashy brown hair. Her hair is too dark to be blond at all, but the ashy trick makes it more like dark blonette than brown, due to the lack of red or golden undertone. It's very difficult to figure out how to describe it ! Actually, it's also true for black hair : no mane has exactly the same kind of black ! one can be deep, almost blue black, and another will show a dark mahogany flame flashing under a sun ray. Another one will have more or less mat or shiny texture, more or less softness, coarseness, waviness, curliness, and this will give its black a special flavor. I love this diversity ! :)

Lol, I laughed when you described your mother's hair color : I thought "this sounds like typical "fiğrildi" mystery" (see my message above)^^

By the way, your hair is out of this world ! Such a light blond is so delicate and so rare, and so absolutely feminine and beautiful !!

Eastbound&Down
December 31st, 2014, 03:20 PM
I have a question about natural hair and oil. Does natural hair get oily faster than dyed hair? I haven't had mostly natural hair in years and I'm noticing that it gets oily a lot quicker recently. I've narrowed my routine down to S/C with treseme curl hydration every 2-3 of days as needed (I used to be able to go 5-7 days). Any ideas or advice?

wilderwein
December 31st, 2014, 07:59 PM
I have a question about natural hair and oil. Does natural hair get oily faster than dyed hair? I haven't had mostly natural hair in years and I'm noticing that it gets oily a lot quicker recently. I've narrowed my routine down to S/C with treseme curl hydration every 2-3 of days as needed (I used to be able to go 5-7 days). Any ideas or advice?

My personal experience is that yes, my natural hair color used and now that I have roots it also gets oily faster than when I had them bleached! I believe that happens becouse bleached and dyed hair it's more damaged and porus so it kinda absorbs the natural oils, I dont really have a suggestion since I'm also trying to figure out how to reduce the oil, but right now I'm experimenting with boar bristle brush wich it kinda distributes the scalp sebum to the whole hair and gives a smoother/cleaner apperance

meteor
December 31st, 2014, 08:32 PM
My personal experience is that yes, my natural hair color used and now that I have roots it also gets oily faster than when I had them bleached! I believe that happens becouse bleached and dyed hair it's more damaged and porus so it kinda absorbs the natural oils

^ Definitely this. And I'm experiencing the same.
It's recommended to condition virgin and chemically processed hair somewhat differently. The more damaged the hair is, the more porous it is and the more it can absorb oils and some other ingredients.
For more on which ingredients penetrate virgin vs. chemically processed hair, check out: http://www.thenaturalhavenbloom.com/2012/10/deep-conditioning-what-ingredients-in.html

Eastbound&Down
December 31st, 2014, 11:39 PM
I have a BBB but idk if I use it correctly, it doesn't seem to help me like I want it to.

wilderwein
January 1st, 2015, 09:00 AM
I have a BBB but idk if I use it correctly, it doesn't seem to help me like I want it to.

There are some members here wich have some suggestions about how to use it, like lauralonglocks and madora but it may be that it just dont work with your hair type, everyone hair is completely different so you'll have to experiment with different methods till you find the one wich works best with your hair

xAlicex
January 1st, 2015, 09:33 AM
Mmmmmmmm so many yummy spectrums on here! Unfortunately I have sinned. I had a glorious sunny blonde, and somehow got hold of some henna! Anyhow, here is my hair before the little incident. I've tried a thousand concoctions to get the henna out - its off to the salon this week with my tail between my legs.

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k635/amajenner/IMAG0243_zps558f4f10.jpg

meteor
January 1st, 2015, 10:52 AM
^ Oh no, xAlicex! Fingers crossed that they'll fix that henna incident for you! :pray: Your natural hair color is to die for!