Thursday, March 7, 2013

Hair Rambles: How DIY can change your hair colours:

My hair is about four different colours [they all blend in if light isn't being shined on them, so whatever]
Dark brown [basically black when you shine a light on it]: This is the shade my hair grows out of my head.
Light brown [very dark, much lighter in the light, though]: This is the colour of my hair that I've used honey on a few times, and during the summer sun. It's fine, I don't really want brown hair, though.
VERY light brown [lighter than the previous, and almost blonde in the light]: This is clearly a different colour from my hair, especially in direct light, and caused by my ex-stylists' bad hair practices. I don't like it. Too light.
Red‽ [very dark, darker than the previous two, red in light]: Well, all the previous hair turned into this when I started making my own products...
Black Tea rinse: it makes my hair a little darker and gives it some shine. I like the fact that it makes my hair colour [in light] look more natural. The relaxer burned hair was kinda fake looking on my head, tbh.
Protip: most people can't tell these things, because the light has to be directly on my head, and that doesn't happen to often. I haven't ever really shown anyone, mostly because it's not that big of a deal, just a little annoying to know what kind of damage things can cause.
Why did my hair change to reddish?:
The things I use that people have said might cause this: honey/ACV/Aloe vera. I've read about people who mix these products, or use them layered, and had their hair turn red. It made no sense to me, but...well...now...heh. I think it's the combination because of things I've red: ACV can turn some people's hair red. Honey lightens hair. Now, I've heard that the more pure the aloe vera is [that is, straight from the leave], the more cases where people have had their hair or skin turn slightly red. Mine isn't 100% AVG, but in combination with something else people say can do it [ACV] and something that lightens hair [honey] plus the relaxer burns, it made my hair go from dark dark brown, to a more red, slightly lighter brown. That, plus the black tea, means slightly darker brown. It's cool though, because I can tell what my hair is going  to look like when I use henna [I'm doing it for the conditioning, not the colour], so I won't be too alarmed. I like it better than the lighter-brown colour I was getting before. That made me feel like my hair was fading, while this feels more like I have naturally dark red hair, with some highlighting. When I use henna, it should stop other things from being able to lighten my hair as much, so I'll look even more like this. As a teenager, I always wanted red hair, now I just want dark hair [well, I also really want a job in the future :P].
How things change.

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