AstridSerena
August 24th, 2016, 01:23 PM
Hey Everyone!
I thought I would share my story, and see if anyone else out there is going through the same thing. Hopefully we can support each other on the journey back to long hair.
My hair used to be around mid-back length or waist length. I loved it so much because I wanted long hair my entire life, but for some reason never grew it long until my early 20's. I kept it my natural colour and trimmed it myself into a blunt hemline. After years of the same style, I got a little bored with it and decided to experiment with colour. I dyed it several colours in a relatively short time frame- blonde, white, pink, blue, lavender, red. Unfortunately, I did not have a good understanding of hair colouring at the time, and I unnecessary bleached it too much and destroyed my hair. I gradually cut it shorter until I had a bob. It was very damaged and bright red and did not feel like "me" at all. I really missed my natural colour and my long healthy hair, so I waited until my roots grew in just a little bit and then cut it all off into a super-short pixie.
Now my hair is a jaw length bob (with some layers from the pixie cut, but not too many since I had mullet trims). I still experiment lightly with colour, but I have learned a lot about hair colouring from this experience. As a result I make sure that I stay with shades close to my natural colour, I use the balayage technique (so that I can keep both my natural colour and dyed hair as the roots grow out to create an ombre effect), and above all, I make sure to never let it get damaged again.
I am finding this very hard on my self-esteem. My long hair was very important to me, and now I no longer feel attractive.
My favourite lengths from when I had long hair before were arm-pit length and mid-back length/ waist length. I am very excited to reach these goals. After that, I will aim to grow it longer. I'm not sure how long yet.
Is anyone else out there re-growing their hair? How is the process going for you?
Cheers!
I thought I would share my story, and see if anyone else out there is going through the same thing. Hopefully we can support each other on the journey back to long hair.
My hair used to be around mid-back length or waist length. I loved it so much because I wanted long hair my entire life, but for some reason never grew it long until my early 20's. I kept it my natural colour and trimmed it myself into a blunt hemline. After years of the same style, I got a little bored with it and decided to experiment with colour. I dyed it several colours in a relatively short time frame- blonde, white, pink, blue, lavender, red. Unfortunately, I did not have a good understanding of hair colouring at the time, and I unnecessary bleached it too much and destroyed my hair. I gradually cut it shorter until I had a bob. It was very damaged and bright red and did not feel like "me" at all. I really missed my natural colour and my long healthy hair, so I waited until my roots grew in just a little bit and then cut it all off into a super-short pixie.
Now my hair is a jaw length bob (with some layers from the pixie cut, but not too many since I had mullet trims). I still experiment lightly with colour, but I have learned a lot about hair colouring from this experience. As a result I make sure that I stay with shades close to my natural colour, I use the balayage technique (so that I can keep both my natural colour and dyed hair as the roots grow out to create an ombre effect), and above all, I make sure to never let it get damaged again.
I am finding this very hard on my self-esteem. My long hair was very important to me, and now I no longer feel attractive.
My favourite lengths from when I had long hair before were arm-pit length and mid-back length/ waist length. I am very excited to reach these goals. After that, I will aim to grow it longer. I'm not sure how long yet.
Is anyone else out there re-growing their hair? How is the process going for you?
Cheers!