Photos of sun-lightened hair?

[NicoleJean]

Everyone's hair is gorgeous. Makes me want to start learning to braid.

[erebus]

For a while I thought that the sun lightened my hair a bit, because I used to think of myself as having brown hair, and now I feel like it's more blond. I find it hard to compare though, because the variability in lighting is often (at least for me) a much greater factor than any sun bleaching. Not just the ambient lighting, but the angle of the hair relative to the camera / light. One of the reasons the roots look darker even on non-bleached hair is that they simply scatter less light towards the camera.

Here's what I mean:

I believe this is just (or mostly) caused by the lighting. I have a before/after picture in my album, where my hair looks lighter "after" (which is also after moving to a warmer country), but the "before" picture was taken with the sun a bit lower in the sky.

I will try to take a picture of my ends next to my roots (but not today because my roots are too dirty ).

[yulia396]

Oh my gosh, so pretty!

[Ylva]

It certainly looks lighter towards the ends, erebus. Your hair is just gorgeous, I am a great fan of it!

[Ylva]

I will bump this again since the summer is over again for now for the majority of us.

[Jane99]

It’s not 100% bleached from the sun but mostly! The difference was about the same before I ever dyed or highlighted it. Compare bun length to the new roots.

[baanoo]

Ylva, in my last monthly length shot you can see the difference between sun-bleached and ~fresh~ roots.
I don't use anything to encourage the bleaching and don't live in a particularly sunny place (NYC).



Years ago when I was growing out color I was convinced my hair would be so brown but lo and behold, it is definitely a dark honey blonde. I keep thinking your hair is ultimately going to be a very similar color; perhaps a little more cool? It's still hard to tell.

[lapis_lazuli]

I didn't notice any sun-lightening until I made a plait out of my shed hairs and saw this colour difference:



It's subtle, but it's there, and pretty good for me who doesn't live in a hot climate and tends to avoid the sun.
The difference in age of the segments is about 4 years.

[Bat]

I didn't notice any sun-lightening until I made a plait out of my shed hairs and saw this colour difference:



It's subtle, but it's there, and pretty good for me who doesn't live in a hot climate and tends to avoid the sun.
The difference in age of the segments is about 4 years.

I love how perfect and shiny even your shed hairs are xD

[moonsista]

Hi everyone!

I’ve read through the thread, so fun looking at the subtle changes in everyone’s hair. Tried to find a couple pictures from last winter vs now - seems like the sun has gotten it a little bit lighter.

Winter 2020 (before I cut the rest of the bleached hair off)





Now (a few trims later, around a cm of bleached hair left, maybe even less)







Can’t tell if there’s much difference, but it’s important to note that due to corona I haven’t been out in the sun for more than a couple of hours most days of the summer, so the results might have been more drastic otherwise.

Hope I could be of help, Ylva!