I'm at the exact same phase you are. Quitting the dye feels so amazing. I just think of all the money I have spent colouring my hair over the years. It's just a huge waste, like a terrible drug habit. You're always chasing the dragon! You colour it, and then it fades, you have to do it again three weeks later. You have to buy special shampoo for the damage, then touch up the roots, special conditioner to repair the ends, then it's too much work so you change it, then you start again. :O So happy to have broken the cycle.
God girl, your words are exactly how I feel and just what I needed to hear! I recently went back to light brown after having it bleached blonde. I am jonesing to color it but I won’t do it!
every time that i feel like dying my hair i watch this video to inspire myself into keep on growing out my natural hair color. I've been growing it out for only 3 months now and it has grown exactly 3 inches.
@@Backup_Plan I've grown out about 3 inches and I'm gonna wait a bit longer and then cut my hair to like just above shoulder length and keep doing that till it's natural then let it grow
I'm going through growing out my hair at the moment, and I watch this video every time I need the motivation to keep going! I know it will be worth it in around a year!
It's what I did. There were some days where I was soo close to dying it all but I watched this video. I have matched my ends to my roots at 10 months mark. I stopped on 31st November 2014 and it's the best decision I ever made
Lily Horwood how long did it take you? I feel the same it's become an obsession and caused depression and anxiety. I haven't done anything in three week I keeps trying to color it to fix a mess I had and I was never happy and my hair ended up damaged.
Guys, I so wanna grow my hair out, I had my hair down to my mid waist and had to take 3 inches off yesterday because of the damage from coloring it last week. I so wanna let it grow but the problem is I'm having only 1 cm growth since it has only been 1 week since I colored it. I'm crying now cuz I had to cut the fried ends.
Thanks for this. I actually chopped my waist length hair to shoulder length to get rid of the dyed parts. I’m trying to embrace my natural hair color after dying it for 10 years. ♥️
Not dying my hair was my new year's resolution, it's been 9 months and my hair has never looked better! I cut off all the color so its almost to the top of my shoulders but I literally had no idea what my natural hair looked like till I grew it out, which its a light brown/dark blonde color that looks really good with my skin/eyes, nature knows best!
I'm in the process of the same thing! Wearing your hair in a thick braid really helps hide and compliment the different shades of hair. So does curling the hair. These have been great summer discoveries for me!
Im a hairdresser for 16 years and I stopped dying my hair even if it is bad for my job. The reason I had the wish to go natural is because I started to be more natural in every way. I think every woman has naturaly the haircolozr that suits her the best! Believe me
I just completed 2 years! I began at collar bone length now Overall my hair is bellybutton length. But its 50/50 dyed and natural so all I have to do is trim little by little. I only use heat on special occasions like holidays. But I’m so happy I stuck to this journey my hair feels so good!
This video inspired me to grow out my natural hair when it was first posted. I kept coming back to it for motivation and now my natural hair color is all back :))) Wooo
Ive bleached my hair about three times and have dyed it red and then blue (which turned yuck green) so i decided to get it colored at the salon. They colored it a very pretty brownish, auburn color lol. That pretty color has faded to a light orangish/copper color. At that point, my hair is very damaged. I'm growing out my natural hair right now, and have been since last september I believe. My natural hair has grown down to my jawline. Ive been doing hair masks, deep conditioning treatments, and ive even tried biotin. My hair has been feeling much better and I'm very happy with its progress. Goodluck to everyone else growing their hair out!
I've been dyeing my hair a deep red since seventh grade and im almost 21, and a few months ago i got sick of coloring it too. I tried bleaching it to blonde(big mistake, i know that now) and tried fixing it by going a medium brown but it washed out into a nasty color. So i went back to the usual red because i had missed it but faced the same problem with my hair retaining absolutely nothing anymore, and my roots are barely visible and it looks like a lighter brown than i imagined.. but hopefully in about a year it will grow out to look as good as yours does! plus im kind of looking forward to having red-ish ends and seeing my actual hair color again! thanks for the inspiration to tackle this challenge!
since I was about 12 yrs old, I've dyed and bleached my hair... it was a natural routine for me up until January of 2014. in November of 2013, I bleached my hair and it looked awesome..... for about a week! then it was falling out... it was straw -like then in january, I dyed it brown so I can grow it out... like in ur video, that color just fell out... I had such damaged hair that even if I dyed it brown, it still had a bleached tone to it... so that's when I decided to stop dying it... for a long time it seemed like a hot mess but now all the color is out and I love my natural hair color.... about 2-3 weeks ago I just went in and told my stylist, "cut all the dyed hair off" she did and now I feel so good. ... all one color and I don't have to touch it up every month.... it's all me and it feels great! thanks for the video, it covered all that basically happened to me... 😊
you've really convinced me to make a change! I've been bleaching my hair for two or three years now, and I really like myself as a blonde but my hair is so damaged and I started to think about growing out my natural colour again. I was a bit wary to do it but now I'm sure i want to. I need to have healthy hair! Thanks for your advice :)
This video is a constant reminder about why I am trying to grow out my hair. 6 months ago I had done a chemical straightening treatment, and it went horribly wrong. Ever since I have started to take better care of my hair, less heat, no colouring, and regular trims. Thank you for being the reminder that no matter what anyone else says about my hair, its not their hair, I am the one who has to live with it so I will do whatever I want to it hehe. :)
Oh man...I was trying to find EVERYWHERE on the damn internet about dying hair back to natural....my hair looks pretty much exactly like yours, dark roots and the rest is a lighter brown....I just want to dye my hair back to my natural and never dye my hair again for a long time...I did it before and then had RED HAIR FEVER and decided to colour it...UGH....whyyy I spent SO much time growing it out!! Anyways, I'm just sick of dying my hair, it's so much less maintenance not doing it...so I just want to go back to my roots....I was thinking to just dye my ends but didn't know if I should.....THANK YOU FOR SAYING YOU CAN LOL I looked everywhere on the internet and couldn't really find a definite answer.....I know that the brown will fade at my ends again, but at least it will be closer to my natural hair colour and won't be so noticeable that I'm going to grow it out!
I've dyed my hair back to pretty much my natural colour just a tiny bit darker and I'm very exited to grow it out. I dyed it about 3 weeks ago and can already see my roots😄
I was like you a few years ago. I used to color my hair all the time, so much that I didn't know what my natural color was. My last straw was when I decided to get highlights and my hair became so damaged I couldn't stand it. I have been going natural ever since. Now my hair is all natural and its about belly button length. I love it! Oh! and I almost NEVER use heat in my hair. :) It takes time but is worth it!!! Good luck!!!
Thats exactly what ive been going through! I have dark brown hair naturally and i dyed it blond. I wanted it back to my natural so i just dyed it back after almost two years of coloring it blond. So the brown faded to this copper color, and i dyed it every month almost bc i hated it. But i hope i can go through with it this time
I’m only 2 weeks and 2 days in. I already have like depression and anxiety because of my hair. I’m in year 9, so in around 2 years I would have finished my last year in high school, which means my hair will probably only be to my chin. My hair grows soooooooooooo slowwwww!!!! I know I’m worrying about something I shouldn’t but I can’t stop thinking about it all day!! Someone please help me, and make me feel better by telling me their story.. 😔
Amy Scott when I was in 10th grade I dyed my light brown hair blonde (it turned to yellow very fast). I then dyed it to my natural colour after the summer before 11th grade, but it lightened so much within a couple months. I was so sick of the blonde I dyed it black. I then just let the black grow. My roots looked awful and I was so self conscious at the time. But by grad I had my nice long brown hair back, and now I have a funny story
Girl don’t you worry I’m going thru the same thing rn let’s go through this together (: thank you for not making me feel silly because I can’t stop thinking about it either and I feel kinda depressed about it and keep looking at old pictures of my nice hair ):
My hair is about a year now and I'm glad. It's been so long since I've seen my natural golden blonde. I recently have been wanting to dye to match my light ends but i keep waiting
I'm growing out my color too. I always want my natural hair color but I don't have patience. But when I saw this video I decided to try it. Now it's only two months but I see the results! My hair is healthier now. Thank you very much!
I'm growing out my hair also. My hair looks just like yours but longer n my natural hair hasn't grown that long yet because I stopped coloring my hair in sept. I'm glad u made, this video because now I'm more motivated.
as im getting older, i think your natural color is the most beautiful and i think it makes people look younger.. ive only realised this after bleaching the shit out of my hair like 10 times, losing hair, snapping hair and when i looked back at those natural hair photos- i thought wow- look way younger! weve been so pressured to be other people we are not or to look a certain way... I live in france and many girls dont bother with the whole coloring- they are just naturally beautiful as themselves... me too-I want to experience being myself before I go grey!!! lol
Thanks for inspiring us. I have just decided this weekend to quit coloring my hair. My hair was very light blonde growing up, but after I got into my mid 40s it started to get darker, I have colored it several times, but it made my hair so dry and unmanagable. I want to grow my natural color, whatever shade of blonde that is so I can let my hair grow long again. Your video helps others to know what to expect as one will have two colors.
Thank you for making this video! Anyone reading this comment, I have been not dying my hair for one year now! It’s about half way to shoulder length so in about 2 years (just one more year for me) I will probably have completely natural hair! Regular trims are a life changer. I usually get the hair trimmed 2 inches or so every couple of months to keep it healthy. I did trim it about 3-4 inches at one point and I feel like that helps but I don’t like to go above the shoulders bc it doesn’t look good on me that short
i went through the exact same thing of growing blonde out or going brunette to cover it. Although my friends like the two tone colour in my hair i can't wait until my hair is back to being natural, healthy and long! Dying your hair is an experience all girls have at some point in their lives but i think the most important thing is to embrace the colour you already have and not worry about what other people think. This vid has really motivated me to continue persevering with my hair! thanks! :)
I'm trying to grow my natural hair too! I have the same problem, my ends were so bleached they wont hold a dark color any more. I have a long way to go, but I hope I can be strong and resist the urge to dye my hair. Love you guys, thanks for making your vids, keep 'em coming!
thank you so much for this. I had around the same amount of regrowth as you and I was intrigued by this video as you mentioned getting the dyed part dyed again to match the natural hair...anyway today I went to the salon and got my hair dyed to match the natural hair at the top and I'm really happy with it :)
i love this video! motivates me to not dye my hair. its been 4 months and the bottom of my naturally dirty blonde hair is now an ugly yellow. i'm thinking about trimming it until my natural color eventually grows out. Thank you for this video!!!
Same so much! I am lucky I realized it earlier than so many other girls and that my hair is not tooo damaged. I'm at that point where I want to grow my hair my natural color long. I know that in the future I will start going lighter again
I'm also growing out my natural hair color. The last time I dyed my hair was December 2008. I had just came back from studying abroad in Paris and I was inspired by the natural beauty of french women.They manage to be stunning in the most effortlessness way. My hair is pretty long now and only last four inches or so are "unnatural" The best part of growing out my hair is that I actually really like my natural color i used to think it was dull and dark but it's a really dynamic shade of brown.
Sounds exactly like what I had to deal with when I decided to grow out my natural hair. There's a few things you can do to make it less dramatic. You can use some Color Ooops to remove as much of the dark color as possible, that's what I did, but beware it turns the hair slightly reddish and doesn't get rid of old dye very well. Also, getting hair cuts helps too. I've been getting trims more frequently than normal. It can be done, you just have to bite the bullet. And it's so worth it.
I totally agree with you. 1 year and a half ago I stopped coloring my hair, at first I received many negative comments but right now everyone tells me that I have an amazing hair color. I almost give up several times, but the actual result is totally worth it =)
I went through the same process 4 years ago and never looked back! Keep it going, I wouldn't trade my shiny dark brown curls for anything in the world. I use to color my ends with henna and trim trim trim.
I love your hair, Mimi! I've been growing my hair out for about 10 months now. My hair is light brown to drak blonde naturally and I had it kinde coppery/ reddish for a year. I decieded to grow out the red, just to keep my fine hair healthier. The red washed out a lot and now it's kinda like a gold blonde. I bleeched my ends, so that I have ombre hair. Now, growing out my hair is no porblem. It looks absolutely fine and since Ombre hair is in trend, no one comments on my hair. Loved your vid!
My hair was a goldy super-light blonde, but it started to become darker when I was 12, so I started using hair dyes. I've been dying my hair for 8 years now. My hair color now is dark blonde or light brown (level 6, or that's what my hairdresser said) so I decided to go to my natural hair because it's a really beautiful color. I had highlights and a light blonde (orange... as usual) base color, and I dyed only my roots light brown almost 2 months ago and now the dye looks like an orange version of my natural color, but as I have ombre hair now (because I didn't dye the ends), it looks pretty nice. Now, as I have loved the ombre hair style, I've decided that the only thing I'm going to do with my hair is that, I will never dye my roots again! and if I want to be super blonde again, I think I'll buy a wig. PS: I hope that not to dye my hair helps it to go back to my natural wavy hair with extremely cute curly ends. It was awesome! :(
Mimi u are so supportive! Thank you!! This did help me but not for my hair but my eyebrows..I tweezed it too thin..and now it's growing..so people told me "it's better to have too thin eye brows than awkward ones.." and seeing your video actually helped me know that they are my eyebrows not theirs..and if I dont want to tweeze them so I can have a better shape later on, I won't tweeze them. Thank youu!!
Hi Mimi, you are such a doll, everything about you, no matter what the subject you are always so strong willed and believe in yourself I love that about you. You and your sister are truly very very rare ladies in this world. I love watching either of your videos it's like a peep talk or pick me up, I wasn't having a great day today and now I feel a bit better just by seeing and listening to you. Love you both!! I mean it!!! You have a great day, and stay just as you are! Lv Lucille :)
YOU inspired me to grow out my hair! I had been wanting to do it for a while but I was doubtful, now I'm just 100% sure of it :) & I'm only 18! So THANK YOU Mimi
I'm only 14 but I've decided that I want to stop lightening my hair. I was looking at some old photos of my dark blonde/ light caramel brown natural hair and I wondered why I ever bleached it. I'm growing it out now but I'm scared of how it'll look with my pale skin and light blue eyes. I'm not even sure what my natural color is anymore.
your are so right..i followed your steps and i am happy with the results ..so far i am in the stage where i am in the two color tones ...= D.I decided to let my natural hair come back ..also as of right now it took me one year and one half to be in the two stage ....with just two times taking a shower every day ...and also thank's so much for making this video...i am never dying my hair again..
I don't even need to know how to grow out my natural hair color because I don't dye my hair, but I'm still watching this video...why? Because I just love you Mimi! :) Your hair looks gorgeous!
OMG! Mimi! This video was like you might as well have been the voice in my head!!! I pretty much went through the exact same thing you did. Decided to stop coloring my hair and grow it out, about a year and a half ago, after years of doing it. And you are right, there will always be those people that will HAVE to say something. But in the end, who cares? What matters, is that you stuck with your decision and the result is going to be fabulous! Love you lots! Keep the videos coming! xoxo
I decided the same thing 2 years ago and now I have long, healthy hair that is all my natural color. I'm so happy with it every time I think about coloring it I remember that it was really hard to grow out and live with for a year.
Hi, I LOVE your comment rules! I am growing out my natural hair. I am 43 and going a bit white. I love it, it looks like natural highlights. I haven't dyed my hair since our wedding re-enactment July 3 2015. I got tired of standing in the shower for 2 hours rinsing out dye. I would run out of hot water! I have mobility issues so I couldn't even stand. I bought a bath seat. The only reason I started dyeing my hair years ago was to get a silly man's attention. Big mistake. Plus I am tired of chemicals.
I have also stopped coloring my hair. It's been more than a year now. My hair was so, so damaged. I have it pretty much the same length like yours, but most of the color is at the ends. I am getting a trim tomorrow and I can't wait to show my natural dark hair to the world :)
Hi Mimi, I've just discovered you and leyla and all your videos so naturally I've subscribed and am saving up for my very own Luxy's. I just want to say thank for being such a beautiful soul. You have really inspired me to start to look after myself and take time to feel good inside and out. I have bipolar disorder and have let it rule my life for a long time and I found you and leyla just as I've decided to take more control of my life. So thank you for being beautiful, happy, healthy and insp
I've been growing out my highlights for 3 yrs now. My hair is about an inch past my shoulder blades and after my net trim I'll be dye free :D I just kept my hair up when I was out and about, and now Iwear my hair in a pony tail with the ends tucked up under my pony tail.. it's been a long haul... but so worth it! I can't believe how dark my hair is, and I have so many natural highlights, I get more compliments on my natural hair than I did when it was coloured.. Joy! thnx for the great vids :)
omg! i so feel you! it took me 3 years to just have my natural hair color back. it will really take some time. my hair is really short now coz of the trimming. i really miss my long hair :(
I dyed my hair black and i have naturally blonde hair and my roots are about half way to my ears and this woman at walmart told me my hair was cute the other day. Maybe it will be a trend next lol
I've been growing out my bleached hair for 8 months now! I have 4 inches of beautiful healthy dark ash blonde/ mousey brown hair and couldn't care about the difference between the two tones. Only a few more months now till I can finally dye my old hair to match my new natural hair (: Yay! Thanks for this video! So inspiring to see so many women wanting to be natural beauties!
Thank you SO much for this video!! I am deciding to go back to my natural hair color after years of dying & your video was really helpful! Thankfully, I never went blonde or bleached but, I did go to a lighter brown & although I enjoy this lighter brown I'm sick of dying it every couple of months! It's time to go back to my natural color to get my hair healthier! Thanks Leyla!
i had been highlighting my hair blonde shades for a while and decided that it was too damaged and had too many split ends, so i stopped coloring it. i got low lights done in may 2010 and a hair cut to help start the process. i haven't colored my hair since then, and kept cutting the hair over and over by myself because i wanted it gone so badly. it has been now a year and three months since i last colored my hair, and i am happy to still get compliments on it. natural is the way to go !
It’s been 3 months since I colored my hair to a color more like my natural. I think I’ve grown around 3 inches or more! My roots are definitely showing lol hardcore. And the “natural” color I dyed it to has faded to a copperish.. especially in the sunlight. I’m hating my hair right now. But I’ve gone from black to blonde with the hair I have rn and I need this hair gone! It’s to damaged! I may decide to color again one day, but I’ll never go fully black or fully blonde ever again. And that’s my main advice. Highlights, sure. Playing around with dark blondes or dark brunettes, fine. But never fully go one way or the other haha
u motivated me to go back to my natural hair colour. my hair is currently dark red. im 22 years old. i havent seen my natural colour since i was 13 lol!
I got back my natural hair color after dyeing it with almost black permanent professional dye. I got it back with C vitamin and head and shoulders. I did that method for at least 5 times. After the first few I managed to fade out the black, but my hair was a faded red. My natural haircolor was mousybrown, so I kept doing the head and shoulders and vitamin c!! for me it was the full success. I managed to get my natural hair color back. I am so proud! I left in on my hair between 40 minutes and 1 hour. I left it once 2,5 hour, and it worked more, than when I left it on just for 1 hour. I used C vitamin ashes, not the tablets!!
I'm 29 and never colored my hair. I do have some grey hairs, but I don't seem to mind them too much! Hope I will not change my mind too soon about keeping my natural color :)
I'm growing my natural hair out and this was so helpful (: thank you so much ! you're beautiful. don't listen to anyone saying negative things about your hair!
Thank you very much for sharing. I am going to let my hair go grey at the young age of 52 so I will be black and white for awhile. I am going to cut my hair very short and maybe get highlights. Your video is very supportive.
I was actually thinking about colouring my hair , but now i heared all that i might not , i dont want to damage my hair x Thank you very much for your advise :)
I dyed and higlighted my hair a couple of times and hated it after a while. I now have my natural hair color back after about a year or so of having lighter brassy looking ends.... but I didn't care, I just let it grow and with my 6 month trims, its back to normal now. I love my natural hair! Its really worth it, in my opinion. The only thing is I've notice a few sparse gray hairs on my head and I don't know where and how they've come from- Im 22! Good luck ! xoxo
I did so too, but i coloured my hair darker, close to black, which had to be deceived by being bleached out - which was incredibly damaging. After bleaching it had a grey shade which again had to be coloured... But then, when my ear was finally 'going natural', too, I could see my natural colour which i coloured on my, after bleaching, slightly lighter ends. Now i have a straightener which produces Ions that keep your hair shinier and healthier and have repairing shampoos. What a difference now!
My hair has been every colour of the rainbow, now its an ugly messy blotchy blonde colour and i want to grow it out, think im gonna have to invest in a lot of hats. This video really helped me decide to stop dying it so thanks!
that's what am doing with my hair now growing all natural hair colour in am pure sick of the damage of colouring just doesn't work no more and I've been dyeing and bleaching my hair since the age of 16 and am 25 and just sick of the hassles, I've done this before when I was 14 years old it all out now doing this again like 12 years later, my hair is different colour from profile picture it's medium blonde and my roots are dirty blonde
I have one year of growing my natural hair back. It was an interesting journey so far. I never wanted to give up even if I had some thoughts to paint it again. Only looking at my natural color, shine and healthy made me think that I will never paint my hair again, even if I'll have grey hair. I had all kind of colors during years, from black to red then black again, then again red, orange, bleachings....blond hair then black again. One day I decided to be natural, because no matter what color you put into your hair, you will never be completly satisfied, natural color can never compare with a painted- deteriorate- dry- ugly- painted hair. :)
i went though the same thing as you! when i was young about 15-16 i so wanted my hair cut short and high lighted at first i loved it and it felt so awesome! but then i got bored with the Color and wanted to go bleach blonde then i got bored with that and changed the color went through bleached blonde to black to brown probably every color thing is now im just like a brown/blonde and my hair feeeeels so dry its unreal because its been so damaged in the past plus it feels so short were its only just past my shoulders so iv'e decided iv'e had enough i want my natural color back to shiny and long and soft feeling! plus i miss my own color hair i have not seen it since i was 16 now im 22 so ive started to grow it out and its coming along nicely but seems ages since it will all grow out but im going to patiently wait for my soft shiny hair to come back no more hair dye!
who else wishes you shouldve listened to everyone that told u not to dye your hair?
Paula Mauricio me :(
Paula Mauricio
Yep
Paula Mauricio me. But I don't have that problem anymore. I'm getting a haircut and I'm gonna have my natural hair colour back
Paula Mauricio 🙋🏼
Paula Mauricio ME ME ME
So far I have about an inch and a half of my natural colour and I'm already impatient
Abbie Rodrigues yep, im at about 3 inches and I’m getting the color itch😭
Abbie Rodrigues half of 1 inch😢
LOL SAME! 😭😂🤦🏻♀️ but i coloured it black so It wont look unhealthy but idk with revlon... my hair turned brown when its in the sun :(((
I'm at the exact same phase you are. Quitting the dye feels so amazing. I just think of all the money I have spent colouring my hair over the years. It's just a huge waste, like a terrible drug habit. You're always chasing the dragon! You colour it, and then it fades, you have to do it again three weeks later. You have to buy special shampoo for the damage, then touch up the roots, special conditioner to repair the ends, then it's too much work so you change it, then you start again. :O So happy to have broken the cycle.
God girl, your words are exactly how I feel and just what I needed to hear! I recently went back to light brown after having it bleached blonde. I am jonesing to color it but I won’t do it!
every time that i feel like dying my hair i watch this video to inspire myself into keep on growing out my natural hair color. I've been growing it out for only 3 months now and it has grown exactly 3 inches.
stephanie buitrago
Has it grown out yet ? X
3 inches in 3 months! You’re so lucky!!
I have the worst blonde roots because i colored my hair to dark brown.. stay strong everybody!
Did you grow your hair out?
Same girl
how to grow out your natural hair colour : Do not dye hair and wait.
i’m very impatient
@@Backup_Plan I've grown out about 3 inches and I'm gonna wait a bit longer and then cut my hair to like just above shoulder length and keep doing that till it's natural then let it grow
@@zoeradford4686 how long did it take like how many months
I'm going through growing out my hair at the moment, and I watch this video every time I need the motivation to keep going! I know it will be worth it in around a year!
It's what I did. There were some days where I was soo close to dying it all but I watched this video. I have matched my ends to my roots at 10 months mark. I stopped on 31st November 2014 and it's the best decision I ever made
Lily Horwood how long did it take you? I feel the same it's become an obsession and caused depression and anxiety. I haven't done anything in three week I keeps trying to color it to fix a mess I had and I was never happy and my hair ended up damaged.
Guys, I so wanna grow my hair out, I had my hair down to my mid waist and had to take 3 inches off yesterday because of the damage from coloring it last week. I so wanna let it grow but the problem is I'm having only 1 cm growth since it has only been 1 week since I colored it. I'm crying now cuz I had to cut the fried ends.
Lmao me too I’m going on 2 years now and I came back to watch this video lol
patience is every thing
Thanks for this. I actually chopped my waist length hair to shoulder length to get rid of the dyed parts. I’m trying to embrace my natural hair color after dying it for 10 years. ♥️
Thank you for reaching out and sharing! 💗
Not dying my hair was my new year's resolution, it's been 9 months and my hair has never looked better! I cut off all the color so its almost to the top of my shoulders but I literally had no idea what my natural hair looked like till I grew it out, which its a light brown/dark blonde color that looks really good with my skin/eyes, nature knows best!
I'm in the process of the same thing! Wearing your hair in a thick braid really helps hide and compliment the different shades of hair. So does curling the hair. These have been great summer discoveries for me!
It’s crazy how natural your natural hair looks, with your skin and eyes it’s perfect!!
Im a hairdresser for 16 years and I stopped dying my hair even if it is bad for my job. The reason I had the wish to go natural is because I started to be more natural in every way. I think every woman has naturaly the haircolozr that suits her the best! Believe me
I just completed 2 years! I began at collar bone length now Overall my hair is bellybutton length. But its 50/50 dyed and natural so all I have to do is trim little by little. I only use heat on special occasions like holidays. But I’m so happy I stuck to this journey my hair feels so good!
This video inspired me to grow out my natural hair when it was first posted. I kept coming back to it for motivation and now my natural hair color is all back :))) Wooo
Ive bleached my hair about three times and have dyed it red and then blue (which turned yuck green) so i decided to get it colored at the salon. They colored it a very pretty brownish, auburn color lol. That pretty color has faded to a light orangish/copper color. At that point, my hair is very damaged. I'm growing out my natural hair right now, and have been since last september I believe. My natural hair has grown down to my jawline. Ive been doing hair masks, deep conditioning treatments, and ive even tried biotin. My hair has been feeling much better and I'm very happy with its progress. Goodluck to everyone else growing their hair out!
I've been dyeing my hair a deep red since seventh grade and im almost 21, and a few months ago i got sick of coloring it too. I tried bleaching it to blonde(big mistake, i know that now) and tried fixing it by going a medium brown but it washed out into a nasty color. So i went back to the usual red because i had missed it but faced the same problem with my hair retaining absolutely nothing anymore, and my roots are barely visible and it looks like a lighter brown than i imagined.. but hopefully in about a year it will grow out to look as good as yours does! plus im kind of looking forward to having red-ish ends and seeing my actual hair color again! thanks for the inspiration to tackle this challenge!
Your video sure gave me confidence... I'm trying to go all organic natural & I'm 4 months in... I'm so excited to have my natural hair again :)
since I was about 12 yrs old, I've dyed and bleached my hair... it was a natural routine for me up until January of 2014. in November of 2013, I bleached my hair and it looked awesome..... for about a week! then it was falling out... it was straw -like then in january, I dyed it brown so I can grow it out... like in ur video, that color just fell out... I had such damaged hair that even if I dyed it brown, it still had a bleached tone to it... so that's when I decided to stop dying it... for a long time it seemed like a hot mess but now all the color is out and I love my natural hair color.... about 2-3 weeks ago I just went in and told my stylist, "cut all the dyed hair off" she did and now I feel so good. ... all one color and I don't have to touch it up every month.... it's all me and it feels great! thanks for the video, it covered all that basically happened to me... 😊
Currently growing mine out. My natural hair is almost ear length and my tips are boob length. Its been 6 months
you've really convinced me to make a change! I've been bleaching my hair for two or three years now, and I really like myself as a blonde but my hair is so damaged and I started to think about growing out my natural colour again. I was a bit wary to do it but now I'm sure i want to. I need to have healthy hair! Thanks for your advice :)
omg I have the same problem
This video is a constant reminder about why I am trying to grow out my hair. 6 months ago I had done a chemical straightening treatment, and it went horribly wrong. Ever since I have started to take better care of my hair, less heat, no colouring, and regular trims. Thank you for being the reminder that no matter what anyone else says about my hair, its not their hair, I am the one who has to live with it so I will do whatever I want to it hehe. :)
How is this 8 years ago ? Or is my phone broken
Oh man...I was trying to find EVERYWHERE on the damn internet about dying hair back to natural....my hair looks pretty much exactly like yours, dark roots and the rest is a lighter brown....I just want to dye my hair back to my natural and never dye my hair again for a long time...I did it before and then had RED HAIR FEVER and decided to colour it...UGH....whyyy I spent SO much time growing it out!! Anyways, I'm just sick of dying my hair, it's so much less maintenance not doing it...so I just want to go back to my roots....I was thinking to just dye my ends but didn't know if I should.....THANK YOU FOR SAYING YOU CAN LOL I looked everywhere on the internet and couldn't really find a definite answer.....I know that the brown will fade at my ends again, but at least it will be closer to my natural hair colour and won't be so noticeable that I'm going to grow it out!
I've dyed my hair back to pretty much my natural colour just a tiny bit darker and I'm very exited to grow it out. I dyed it about 3 weeks ago and can already see my roots😄
Did your hair roots turn blonde?
I was like you a few years ago. I used to color my hair all the time, so much that I didn't know what my natural color was. My last straw was when I decided to get highlights and my hair became so damaged I couldn't stand it. I have been going natural ever since. Now my hair is all natural and its about belly button length. I love it! Oh! and I almost NEVER use heat in my hair. :) It takes time but is worth it!!! Good luck!!!
Thats exactly what ive been going through! I have dark brown hair naturally and i dyed it blond. I wanted it back to my natural so i just dyed it back after almost two years of coloring it blond. So the brown faded to this copper color, and i dyed it every month almost bc i hated it. But i hope i can go through with it this time
I’m only 2 weeks and 2 days in. I already have like depression and anxiety because of my hair. I’m in year 9, so in around 2 years I would have finished my last year in high school, which means my hair will probably only be to my chin. My hair grows soooooooooooo slowwwww!!!! I know I’m worrying about something I shouldn’t but I can’t stop thinking about it all day!! Someone please help me, and make me feel better by telling me their story.. 😔
Amy Scott when I was in 10th grade I dyed my light brown hair blonde (it turned to yellow very fast). I then dyed it to my natural colour after the summer before 11th grade, but it lightened so much within a couple months. I was so sick of the blonde I dyed it black. I then just let the black grow. My roots looked awful and I was so self conscious at the time. But by grad I had my nice long brown hair back, and now I have a funny story
Girl don’t you worry I’m going thru the same thing rn let’s go through this together (: thank you for not making me feel silly because I can’t stop thinking about it either and I feel kinda depressed about it and keep looking at old pictures of my nice hair ):
@@Dianaxveronica hows your hair now?
i’m going through the same thing. any tips???
My hair is about a year now and I'm glad. It's been so long since I've seen my natural golden blonde. I recently have been wanting to dye to match my light ends but i keep waiting
It's been four almost five months since I've stopped coloring my hair. I'm in love with my three inches of natural hair color. Can wait!
Growing my hair back to its natural color after a lifetime of dying since 2002 was the BEST decision I've ever made in my life. I highly recommend it.
I'm growing out my color too. I always want my natural hair color but I don't have patience. But when I saw this video I decided to try it. Now it's only two months but I see the results! My hair is healthier now. Thank you very much!
I'm growing out my hair also. My hair looks just like yours but longer n my natural hair hasn't grown that long yet because I stopped coloring my hair in sept. I'm glad u made, this video because now I'm more motivated.
as im getting older, i think your natural color is the most beautiful and i think it makes people look younger.. ive only realised this after bleaching the shit out of my hair like 10 times, losing hair, snapping hair and when i looked back at those natural hair photos- i thought wow- look way younger! weve been so pressured to be other people we are not or to look a certain way... I live in france and many girls dont bother with the whole coloring- they are just naturally beautiful as themselves... me too-I want to experience being myself before I go grey!!! lol
Great advice, love! 💗
It's kinda cool to see how shiny and healthy your natural hair color looks as opposed to the dyed and fried section of ur hair :)
Ur gorgeous!
Thanks for inspiring us. I have just decided this weekend to quit coloring my hair. My hair was very light blonde growing up, but after I got into my mid 40s it started to get darker, I have colored it several times, but it made my hair so dry and unmanagable. I want to grow my natural color, whatever shade of blonde that is so I can let my hair grow long again. Your video helps others to know what to expect as one will have two colors.
Thank you for making this video! Anyone reading this comment, I have been not dying my hair for one year now! It’s about half way to shoulder length so in about 2 years (just one more year for me) I will probably have completely natural hair! Regular trims are a life changer. I usually get the hair trimmed 2 inches or so every couple of months to keep it healthy. I did trim it about 3-4 inches at one point and I feel like that helps but I don’t like to go above the shoulders bc it doesn’t look good on me that short
Thank you for sharing! 💗💗
i went through the exact same thing of growing blonde out or going brunette to cover it. Although my friends like the two tone colour in my hair i can't wait until my hair is back to being natural, healthy and long! Dying your hair is an experience all girls have at some point in their lives but i think the most important thing is to embrace the colour you already have and not worry about what other people think. This vid has really motivated me to continue persevering with my hair! thanks! :)
I'm trying to grow my natural hair too! I have the same problem, my ends were so bleached they wont hold a dark color any more. I have a long way to go, but I hope I can be strong and resist the urge to dye my hair. Love you guys, thanks for making your vids, keep 'em coming!
you are such a beautiful person! i love how you NOT only sell great extensions, but you actually want to help people!
thank you so much for this. I had around the same amount of regrowth as you and I was intrigued by this video as you mentioned getting the dyed part dyed again to match the natural hair...anyway today I went to the salon and got my hair dyed to match the natural hair at the top and I'm really happy with it :)
i love this video! motivates me to not dye my hair. its been 4 months and the bottom of my naturally dirty blonde hair is now an ugly yellow. i'm thinking about trimming it until my natural color eventually grows out. Thank you for this video!!!
Same so much! I am lucky I realized it earlier than so many other girls and that my hair is not tooo damaged. I'm at that point where I want to grow my hair my natural color long. I know that in the future I will start going lighter again
I'm also growing out my natural hair color. The last time I dyed my hair was December 2008. I had just came back from studying abroad in Paris and I was inspired by the natural beauty of french women.They manage to be stunning in the most effortlessness way. My hair is pretty long now and only last four inches or so are "unnatural" The best part of growing out my hair is that I actually really like my natural color i used to think it was dull and dark but it's a really dynamic shade of brown.
Sounds exactly like what I had to deal with when I decided to grow out my natural hair. There's a few things you can do to make it less dramatic. You can use some Color Ooops to remove as much of the dark color as possible, that's what I did, but beware it turns the hair slightly reddish and doesn't get rid of old dye very well. Also, getting hair cuts helps too. I've been getting trims more frequently than normal. It can be done, you just have to bite the bullet. And it's so worth it.
I totally agree with you. 1 year and a half ago I stopped coloring my hair, at first I received many negative comments but right now everyone tells me that I have an amazing hair color. I almost give up several times, but the actual result is totally worth it =)
I went through the same process 4 years ago and never looked back! Keep it going, I wouldn't trade my shiny dark brown curls for anything in the world. I use to color my ends with henna and trim trim trim.
I love your hair, Mimi! I've been growing my hair out for about 10 months now. My hair is light brown to drak blonde naturally and I had it kinde coppery/ reddish for a year. I decieded to grow out the red, just to keep my fine hair healthier. The red washed out a lot and now it's kinda like a gold blonde. I bleeched my ends, so that I have ombre hair. Now, growing out my hair is no porblem. It looks absolutely fine and since Ombre hair is in trend, no one comments on my hair. Loved your vid!
this turquoise color is truly AMAZING!! it really compliments you!!
i've been waiting for about one and a half years for my hair to grow and thinking of dyeing just the ends now. thanks for the tips!
Been looking all over youtube for a vid on this! So glad you made one
My hair was a goldy super-light blonde, but it started to become darker when I was 12, so I started using hair dyes. I've been dying my hair for 8 years now. My hair color now is dark blonde or light brown (level 6, or that's what my hairdresser said) so I decided to go to my natural hair because it's a really beautiful color. I had highlights and a light blonde (orange... as usual) base color, and I dyed only my roots light brown almost 2 months ago and now the dye looks like an orange version of my natural color, but as I have ombre hair now (because I didn't dye the ends), it looks pretty nice.
Now, as I have loved the ombre hair style, I've decided that the only thing I'm going to do with my hair is that, I will never dye my roots again! and if I want to be super blonde again, I think I'll buy a wig.
PS: I hope that not to dye my hair helps it to go back to my natural wavy hair with extremely cute curly ends. It was awesome! :(
Mimi u are so supportive! Thank you!! This did help me but not for my hair but my eyebrows..I tweezed it too thin..and now it's growing..so people told me "it's better to have too thin eye brows than awkward ones.." and seeing your video actually helped me know that they are my eyebrows not theirs..and if I dont want to tweeze them so I can have a better shape later on, I won't tweeze them. Thank youu!!
Growing out my hair for past for 4 months and still going strong.
You're so freaking beautiful! Good luck on growing out all of your hair...and ignore those rude comments about your hair - it looks fine!
Hi Mimi, you are such a doll, everything about you, no matter what the subject you are always so strong willed and believe in yourself I love that about you. You and your sister are truly very very rare ladies in this world. I love watching either of your videos it's like a peep talk or pick me up, I wasn't having a great day today and now I feel a bit better just by seeing and listening to you. Love you both!! I mean it!!! You have a great day, and stay just as you are! Lv Lucille :)
YOU inspired me to grow out my hair! I had been wanting to do it for a while but I was doubtful, now I'm just 100% sure of it :) & I'm only 18! So THANK YOU Mimi
I'm only 14 but I've decided that I want to stop lightening my hair. I was looking at some old photos of my dark blonde/ light caramel brown natural hair and I wondered why I ever bleached it. I'm growing it out now but I'm scared of how it'll look with my pale skin and light blue eyes. I'm not even sure what my natural color is anymore.
your are so right..i followed your steps and i am happy with the results ..so far i am in the stage where i am in the two color tones ...= D.I decided to let my natural hair come back ..also as of right now it took me one year and one half to be in the two stage ....with just two times taking a shower every day ...and also thank's so much for making this video...i am never dying my hair again..
I don't even need to know how to grow out my natural hair color because I don't dye my hair, but I'm still watching this video...why? Because I just love you Mimi! :) Your hair looks gorgeous!
beauty comes from within......your hair looks great Mimi, you're beautiful inside and out!
OMG! Mimi! This video was like you might as well have been the voice in my head!!! I pretty much went through the exact same thing you did. Decided to stop coloring my hair and grow it out, about a year and a half ago, after years of doing it. And you are right, there will always be those people that will HAVE to say something. But in the end, who cares? What matters, is that you stuck with your decision and the result is going to be fabulous! Love you lots! Keep the videos coming! xoxo
I decided the same thing 2 years ago and now I have long, healthy hair that is all my natural color. I'm so happy with it every time I think about coloring it I remember that it was really hard to grow out and live with for a year.
Hi, I LOVE your comment rules! I am growing out my natural hair. I am 43 and going a bit white. I love it, it looks like natural highlights. I haven't dyed my hair since our wedding re-enactment July 3 2015. I got tired of standing in the shower for 2 hours rinsing out dye. I would run out of hot water! I have mobility issues so I couldn't even stand. I bought a bath seat. The only reason I started dyeing my hair years ago was to get a silly man's attention. Big mistake. Plus I am tired of chemicals.
i think it goes without saying, you girls have the BEST hair advice of anyone on youtube!
I have also stopped coloring my hair. It's been more than a year now. My hair was so, so damaged. I have it pretty much the same length like yours, but most of the color is at the ends. I am getting a trim tomorrow and I can't wait to show my natural dark hair to the world :)
Hi Mimi, I've just discovered you and leyla and all your videos so naturally I've subscribed and am saving up for my very own Luxy's. I just want to say thank for being such a beautiful soul. You have really inspired me to start to look after myself and take time to feel good inside and out. I have bipolar disorder and have let it rule my life for a long time and I found you and leyla just as I've decided to take more control of my life. So thank you for being beautiful, happy, healthy and insp
The two colors together are lovely, not an "awkward stage" at all !
I've been growing out my highlights for 3 yrs now. My hair is about an inch past my shoulder blades and after my net trim I'll be dye free :D I just kept my hair up when I was out and about, and now Iwear my hair in a pony tail with the ends tucked up under my pony tail.. it's been a long haul... but so worth it! I can't believe how dark my hair is, and I have so many natural highlights, I get more compliments on my natural hair than I did when it was coloured.. Joy! thnx for the great vids :)
I started growing out my hair after ...YEARS of dying it. It's sooo hard---thank you so much for this video!! :)
@jenettnicole it's called Vega protein shade and you have find it at your local health store.
I watch this video everyday wishing my hair color would just grow out over night. Its only been a month since I first and last dyed it.
omg! i so feel you! it took me 3 years to just have my natural hair color back. it will really take some time. my hair is really short now coz of the trimming. i really miss my long hair :(
Am I the only one that loves her hair like it is now? It's gorgeous!! :)
I dyed my hair black and i have naturally blonde hair and my roots are about half way to my ears and this woman at walmart told me my hair was cute the other day. Maybe it will be a trend next lol
You can try to remove it with color oops?
@LinKaiShi I'm sure there is but I can't imagine it's a nourishing process, so I think it would leave the hair quite damaged.
Every time you say 'hi my beautiful friends', I automatically feel prettier.
@odchiquita83 It's called Vega and you can find it any natural store.
I've been growing out my bleached hair for 8 months now! I have 4 inches of beautiful healthy dark ash blonde/ mousey brown hair and couldn't care about the difference between the two tones. Only a few more months now till I can finally dye my old hair to match my new natural hair (: Yay! Thanks for this video! So inspiring to see so many women wanting to be natural beauties!
Thank you SO much for this video!! I am deciding to go back to my natural hair color after years of dying & your video was really helpful! Thankfully, I never went blonde or bleached but, I did go to a lighter brown & although I enjoy this lighter brown I'm sick of dying it every couple of months! It's time to go back to my natural color to get my hair healthier! Thanks Leyla!
i had been highlighting my hair blonde shades for a while and decided that it was too damaged and had too many split ends, so i stopped coloring it. i got low lights done in may 2010 and a hair cut to help start the process. i haven't colored my hair since then, and kept cutting the hair over and over by myself because i wanted it gone so badly. it has been now a year and three months since i last colored my hair, and i am happy to still get compliments on it. natural is the way to go !
It’s been 3 months since I colored my hair to a color more like my natural. I think I’ve grown around 3 inches or more! My roots are definitely showing lol hardcore. And the “natural” color I dyed it to has faded to a copperish.. especially in the sunlight. I’m hating my hair right now. But I’ve gone from black to blonde with the hair I have rn and I need this hair gone! It’s to damaged! I may decide to color again one day, but I’ll never go fully black or fully blonde ever again. And that’s my main advice. Highlights, sure. Playing around with dark blondes or dark brunettes, fine. But never fully go one way or the other haha
Your natural hair color is beautiful. It suits you perfectly.
u motivated me to go back to my natural hair colour. my hair is currently dark red. im 22 years old. i havent seen my natural colour since i was 13 lol!
I got back my natural hair color after dyeing it with almost black permanent professional dye. I got it back with C vitamin and head and shoulders. I did that method for at least 5 times. After the first few I managed to fade out the black, but my hair was a faded red. My natural haircolor was mousybrown, so I kept doing the head and shoulders and vitamin c!! for me it was the full success. I managed to get my natural hair color back. I am so proud! I left in on my hair between 40 minutes and 1 hour. I left it once 2,5 hour, and it worked more, than when I left it on just for 1 hour. I used C vitamin ashes, not the tablets!!
I'm 29 and never colored my hair. I do have some grey hairs, but I don't seem to mind them too much! Hope I will not change my mind too soon about keeping my natural color :)
I'm growing my natural hair out and this was so helpful (: thank you so much ! you're beautiful. don't listen to anyone saying negative things about your hair!
Thank you very much for sharing. I am going to let my hair go grey at the young age of 52 so I will be black and white for awhile. I am going to cut my hair very short and maybe get highlights. Your video is very supportive.
I was actually thinking about colouring my hair , but now i heared all that i might not , i dont want to damage my hair x Thank you very much for your advise :)
@GRRLAGproductions it does but not as much as a regular dye
I dyed and higlighted my hair a couple of times and hated it after a while. I now have my natural hair color back after about a year or so of having lighter brassy looking ends.... but I didn't care, I just let it grow and with my 6 month trims, its back to normal now. I love my natural hair! Its really worth it, in my opinion. The only thing is I've notice a few sparse gray hairs on my head and I don't know where and how they've come from- Im 22! Good luck ! xoxo
I did so too, but i coloured my hair darker, close to black, which had to be deceived by being bleached out - which was incredibly damaging. After bleaching it had a grey shade which again had to be coloured... But then, when my ear was finally 'going natural', too, I could see my natural colour which i coloured on my, after bleaching, slightly lighter ends. Now i have a straightener which produces Ions that keep your hair shinier and healthier and have repairing shampoos. What a difference now!
Your hair is beautiful. I recently stopped coloring mine after a botched at-home color job made it way darker than the color I was hoping for.
My hair has been every colour of the rainbow, now its an ugly messy blotchy blonde colour and i want to grow it out, think im gonna have to invest in a lot of hats. This video really helped me decide to stop dying it so thanks!
I think that nothings wrong with the ombre look , its absolutly gorgeous!!! People are just jealous that it doesnt fit them lol
that's what am doing with my hair now growing all natural hair colour in am pure sick of the damage of colouring just doesn't work no more and I've been dyeing and bleaching my hair since the age of 16 and am 25 and just sick of the hassles, I've done this before when I was 14 years old it all out now doing this again like 12 years later, my hair is different colour from profile picture it's medium blonde and my roots are dirty blonde
@SimpleDaintyUnique yes, you would just need the 120 g set.
I have one year of growing my natural hair back. It was an interesting journey so far. I never wanted to give up even if I had some thoughts to paint it again. Only looking at my natural color, shine and healthy made me think that I will never paint my hair again, even if I'll have grey hair. I had all kind of colors during years, from black to red then black again, then again red, orange, bleachings....blond hair then black again. One day I decided to be natural, because no matter what color you put into your hair, you will never be completly satisfied, natural color can never compare with a painted- deteriorate- dry- ugly- painted hair. :)
i went though the same thing as you! when i was young about 15-16 i so wanted my hair cut short and high lighted at first i loved it and it felt so awesome! but then i got bored with the Color and wanted to go bleach blonde then i got bored with that and changed the color went through bleached blonde to black to brown probably every color thing is now im just like a brown/blonde and my hair feeeeels so dry its unreal because its been so damaged in the past plus it feels so short were its only just past my shoulders so iv'e decided iv'e had enough i want my natural color back to shiny and long and soft feeling! plus i miss my own color hair i have not seen it since i was 16 now im 22 so ive started to grow it out and its coming along nicely but seems ages since it will all grow out but im going to patiently wait for my soft shiny hair to come back no more hair dye!
I love your makeup, could you do a makeup tutorial ?