Trying to go Back to Red Hair (it didn't fuggin work lol)
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- Опубліковано 1 вер 2022
- wwwhaaatt have iiii donnneeeeeee. I'll answer that: Basically put my hair through WAY too many rinse cycles and for WHAAAT, hahaha.
Ah well, not every video is gonna be groundbreaking right? Hopefully you enjoy just hanging out and watching me fail time and time again.
I LOVE YOU ALLLLL.
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Shoutout to Rachel for looking great with every single color she went through in this video
Absolutely SLAYING!!! What a Queen !
@@rainbowjo00 _We collectively bow_
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
agreed
Right, I loved them all
I actually adored your colour after the colour lifter. As someone with dark hair, I would say your hair now is definitely red rather than brown, just a very dark red. I think washes and sun will lift it naturally over the next few weeks - it looks beautiful all the same. But yeah, dark hair is basically a life commitment unless you’re willing to use bleach. My hairdresser kept asking me over and over before I went dark if I was sure 😂
I mean, it's not a 'life commitment' because if you don't wanna use bleach you can just grow it out...
This. I have light brown hair, and both times I have dyed it black, the only way I have found to transition back to my natural color is to chop it all off pixie-short and grow it out again.
I have blonde hair. In one fell swoop, I had half of it shaved down to about a cm and the other half long, and all of it was dyed black. After it grew out a bit, I had it all trimmed down to the same length, and someone dyed my roots brought red for me. Lol. Then I let it grow out from there. It's long and blonde once more. (Though I'm ready to chop it off. I'm waiting till spring so I don't freeze over winter)
After dying my hair a darkest blue-black, it took me a 6 hour salon visit and $300 to lighten it to a medium reddish brown. I think they did color lifting without the harsh type of bleaching - hair peeps can say exactly - but my hair survived with very little damage. My profile pic shows my natural color, so I got pretty close. With all the home hair products, time spent, aggravation, and tears, the salon was worth it for me (I could eek that cash out mah butt at the time)!
Best luck Rachel!! We're here for ya!
Yeah, the natural color after the lifter was gorgeous and well graded
I’m a professional and have a few tips for the future:
1. The hair wasn’t saturated enough with the remover, you needed AT LEAST the double amount if not more. Probably still a second application, but only for the darkest places still left in the hair. With henna especially, you want and even starting point as possible.
2. Going from the first point, Henna doesn’t lift. It will only stay the same level of light or go darker. So it’s a good idea to be one level lighter before Color (when talking henna), so you don’t risk getting too dark.
3. Newly lifted hair sucks pigment more easily, and will appear darker. Keep going with application of pigments, and you end up dark again. Which is what happened here.
If you want to go to another hair adventure yourself, without a professional, I highly suggest:
Give your hair at least a month of rest with lots of treatments. Do another round of colour remover and a second might be necessary. If a third is needed, I would give it a few days rest and treatments. The goal is to get it as even as possible, so only apply the second or third round the needed places.
I would recommend a semi permanent dye or a toner, just for the sake of health for your hair. If henna is still desired, you just need to be slightly lighter than the desired result. I would just give a few days between the colour remover and henna with lots of treatments, so the hair sucks the pigments more evenly.
No matter how you desire to colour, just remember you need and even result as possible with the colour remover. It’s the foundation for the next step, and the most important part.
Wish you good luck! 🥰
💯 all of this!
PLEASE use a demi/semipermanent color if you get back to red and decide to go dark again. It’s so much easier to go lighter again.
Oh wow, i didn't know that newly lifted hair sucks up more pigment. Thanks!! :)
@@LipstickDoll in brad mondo voice: the hair cuticle is opened with lifters and so it is open and sucks up the hairdye
@@Michelemybelle1986 That makes so much sense!! :D :D omg!!
As someone who has gone from black to henna red and back multiple multiple times… my recommendation if you want to go back to lighter red is: do the color remover again up to 3 times. Make sure you rinse really well. Then do the henna again. IF after this you are still not at the desired lightness… then do a light bleach bath for 15 minutes. Mix a bit of bleach with shampoo for that. It should not be too hard on your hair.
"My mom is a hairdryer" made me snort laugh so violently tea almost came out of my nose🤣
Oh, boy, I did this journey. As a natural redhead, I tried dark hair for a while, and going back to my natural colour... that was ROUGH. I tried colour lifters like this about four times to little avail and finally just ended up bleaching it and then dying it as close to my natural colour as possible so it would match as the roots grew out. Harrowing process.
I saw the title of this & all I could think of was the scene in Anne of Green Gables. Where she tried to dye her hair & it backfired spectacularly. & instead of going raven black it went green. 😖
Not what you wanted but think it looks pretty and that's coming from a professional stylist .
I had my natural red hair a dark auburn for a few years and got tired of the upkeep. I bought two boxes of color oops (because I have a lot of really thick hair) and applied it, then after waiting the right amount of time, washed my hair like 5-6 time (wash, rinse, apply more shampoo, repeat) in the shower. It got about 90% back to where I needed it to be.
I have kinda reddish hair and consider this duly noted
Having done this a few times ... What works for me is Color Whoops Super Strength. Only thing that works....for me. Xoxo J
Rachel: “hey guys sorry this isn’t a making of video”
Me: lady, I’d watch you peel an apple and talk about your day, YOU’RE GOOD.
LITERALLY
Right? She’s epic no matter the content
This!
You stole my answer lol
That's what i thought LOL
She's hilarious
I call the "i can't just NOT do things" thought process "border collie brain"-- where you have to have a task to do or you'll eat holes in the walls.
Oh! That's such a good description! I'm physically incapable of sitting and doing *nothing*, even if I'm watching tv or at the movies I need to be knitting.
Hahaha I'm gonna steal this phrase now.
I just wanna say, speaking as a person with ADHD, that's a relatively decent indicator for ADHD
@@spork8502 I'm autistic. The two intersect more than people think.
Sounds like ADHD lol 😅
Rachel uses the "color lifter" and her hair comes out red.
Me: That looks like a great shade of red! Very natural and nice. Well done!
Rachel: Now I'm going to get a bunch of henna, add some cooking ingredients, and put that in my hair, now!
Me: What? No! Wait!
I had the exact same reaction 😅
Seriously! Me too.
I thought the same! Her hair color after the color lifter looked really good
Me too
If she washed her hair before using the colour remover, used two boxes, applied another round of colour remover on any dark bits, then coloured red with a gentle semi-permanent: oh the perfection!
Okay one: the moment you finished the color lifter I literally screamed "stop there! Don't touch it!"
Two: the end color looks GORGEOUS on you. It's much warmer than before and looks like all the autumn witchy goodness 🤤🍂
I loved it 🧡💛
Truly!!!!
Same here! Colour still looks gorgeous in the end though!
Same! Or alternatively, redoing the colour lifter one more time to get an all-over level 6 would have made the henna come out much more orange. Rachel uses the same henna as me (Jamila) which is known for being able to produce beautiful orange-copper penny tones, but if your hair is too dark when you use it, it doesn't go ruby red, it goes brown! My face when she went "meh, light enough, and if not I'll get a nice red fade" 😱😱😭😭
I love the color you have now. It’s a warm dark red that will probably be aflame in a nice autumnal wood journey
I was yelling at the beginning, "Follow the instructions and wash your hair!" I've been screwing around with my hair for 24 years, color lifter will lift the dirt as well as the color, so if you have squeaky clean hair, it will only lift color and not dirt. Use two boxes for one application since you have long hair, and do it twice for dark colors. I would give it a couple weeks and let your hair relax, do oil treatments every 5-7 days, that will help the hair and help start pulling the henna out.
I'll pray to the All-Hallow gods for you... lol
PREACH
Paraben and sulfate free clarifying shampoo like "acure" first is fantastic
It definitely looks perfectly autumn-ly to me. The red shinning in the passing light makes it look like a neat magic trick. Changing the colours as autumn leaves, from dark to shiny red.
It might not be what you were aiming for, but on camera, it looks great and suits you :)
And I think "fail" video is better then hundreds of people discussing it in the comments of your next video.
I have dark brown/ black hair and I like to put an orange or purple semi permanent dye over it so it can get that color flash without any permanent damage. If anyone else was looking to get a similar effect!
Yeah the light illuminating the dark red does look really cool and special
Honestly seeing people being real and authentic is never a waste of time! It's just relaxing and comforting!
Listen. I tried to radicallly change my hair early this summer, accidentally turned it BLUE, and just spent $500 getting it fixed. You came out of this with gorgeous flowing locks that honestly look dark auburn, and we can all relate. You don't have to produce masterpieces for us to love your content. We also just love your process, your perspective, and you.
I’m very curious what you were going for that turned it blue
@@styleluv209 Ha! Grey, actually. I lightened my hair, and it turned quite orange. I added some blue to the grey dye to counteract the orange. The blue stuck!
That actually sounds like it could have been pretty neat. :)
@@CastielWillow yeah that’s like my ideal colour haha. But you are you and I am me, just saying I would have been so jealous.
About 10 years back I shaved off my hair. Accidently.
You see, I'd been cutting my own hair for years with clippers (hair is curly, it's easier than you think). So, on my first round with what I mistakenly thought were the long combs I took a wavy line through the top of my head. Stood back up after dumping the hair in the sink. And screamed like a girl. And then I laughed harder than I had in years. Shaved the rest of it off. Went to go see Jello Biafra perform at a local bar with Mister Husband...
Everybody assumed I was going through chemo. Meh. Hair does its thing and you get a do-over.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
I have some tips (I have been to haircoloring/stylist school for a while)
-Smaller sections of hair during the coloring/color removing process helps make the results more even toned, use a rattail comp to make the sections and separete them when u go
-Use more 2 or 3 box of the hair color remover at a time if you have long hair to coat the whole hair evenly and throughly
-Use the color remover on a clean hair
-After first color remover is washed and hair dried, you can do the process again and focus the color remover on the ends wher it is darker and leave the roots either for last or completely color remover free, this so the result gets more even, you can do this same process third time on a dry clean hair and focusing on the darkest parts of the hair
- After that I would deep condition or use a condition based semi permanent hair dye to get the color you want (like manic panic, arctic fox etc which don´t include developers) these kinds of hair dyes just coats the hair with color and don´t get in the hair follicles so they are safe to use after harsh treatments
- Yes the box hair dye as a mistake, and it is because color doesn´t lighten the hair even with a developer, if you want a lighter color u need to remove color, not add to it, this is a common mistake
- Mix turmeric powder to your henna mix to get a more orange and lighter result also the lemon is not needed and will dry your hair out
-Also last pro tip if you want swicth between ginger and dark brown hair color, I would recommend using conditioner based semi permanent dye (without developer like manic panic, stargazer, arctic foxetc) to get the darker color, again it just coats the hair and doens´t get into the hair follicles so it will easier to remove and get pack to the ginger with color remover
Also the video was entertaining and I will watch any and all videos you make, I am here for the vibes lol
Hope this helps
Seconded on all counts!
I third this! I was thinking you should use a semi/demi permanent color for when you go dark-it gradually fades out and will be much easier to remove when you go back to red! 🙂
This👆🏻
This is very helpful! What would you recommend the tumeric to henna ratio?
all of this!!!
This felt like a facetime with a friend. We are not here for the perfect video, we are here to support you and watch any content you feel like posting :)
Colour removers have to be used >exactly< as the instruction on the box says, the hair must be fully saturated, and they also have to be rinsed out >forever< (like 10 mins + literally) afterwards with warm water. The way it works is that, depending on the remover, it either temporarily "shrinks" or "pushes out" artificial pigments from the hair. If the pigment is then not washed out of the hair properly it is going to oxidize and become dark (or spotty like in your case) again. The instructions usually fail to mention that, sadly. Usually you'd see the hair turning lighter all over before washing though, so I'd guess that either the 20 mins wasn't enough or the colour remover is just not the best. On a more cheerful note, it it goes wrong again you can always do an orange buzz and become a true pumpkin girl :) Also your current reddish brown also looks very autumny and pretty!
As a hair stylist, I just want to throw out there that it isn't always feasible to go get what you want done in a salon. It's expensive as heck, and while we do a lot of school and continuing ed, it's still totally possible to get what you want at home with some research on products and a baseline of common sense. The only thing I would highly suggest to anyone is to try to have someone around to help make sure things are evenly saturated, but even that can be done solo. I am always more than happy to help out my clients with advice for home stuff, from styling to cutting bangs to color, because the stigma of diy hair needs to stop. Most of my own terrible color jobs and cuts came from professionals.
This is completely and totally unrelated, but we spell our names the same way. I've met like 2 or 3 people who spell it 'Elisabeth' so it makes me super excited to it spelled that way lol
agree! i also know a lot of stylists will not touch your hair if you use henna because it's really complicated to color-correct.
you are the most awesomely wholesome professional i've heard♡ i wish all the goodness in this world to ya blessed heart >u
Thank you for your attitude about this! I understand why professionals sometimes discourage DIY, but as you say some people can't afford regular salon service, and it's often possible to do at home with a bit of common sense and research. I've cut and dyed my own hair for years, and while I'm well aware it doesn't always "look professional" I find it fun and at the end of the day it's just hair! It'll grow back.
@@frog8176 Hello from another Elisabeth checking in! :D
This is my favorite kind of video! Like a walk in the park, you end up back where you started, but still had fun :D
I was so glad to see your latest vid on hair coloring, its an inspiration to learn from all your experiences!
Those of us that have attempted substantial color changes at home understand all of this completely.
I just continue to be in awe of how much of a chameleon Rachel is... did anyone else notice how much the different colors of hair affected her face shape & vibe? And her hair straight vs curly??? This woman could become anyone.
Nothing says “it’s the weekend now” like a new Rachel Maksy video!
My wife and I are lost when there is no video. Feeling like Ricky Bobby not knowing what to do with his hands 🤣
I saw the title of this & all I could think of was the scene in Anne of Green Gables. Where she tried to dye her hair & it backfired spectacularly. & instead of going raven black it went green. 😖
I always think that too! Lol
@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 , I thought of that too! lol
We all fail and it's refreshing to see someone admitting that their journey wasn't perfect.
Thats the reality of doing your own hair! I've been cutting/bleaching/coloring my hair for years.
a) It rarley turns out the way you want.
b) be prepared for the worst
I love this video so much for showing things going sideways.
As a professional screwing-up-my-hair-at-homer I've learned the hard way sometimes you're better off just bleaching. I would do the same thing and use tons of different stuff trying to get around bleaching and end up damaging my hair more than if I just bleached it from day 1. If you use a light developer, like 20, it's hard to damage your hair as long as you follow instructions and will save you a lot of time and heartache!
Unfortunately if you bleach your hair after using henna dye it can (will most likely) melt your hair, which is why a lot of hair dressers recommend avoiding it.
Your hair will turn green or it will have to be bleached so many times to get the green to a level that you can color over, it will be damaging! This is coming from personal experience! Bleach carefully and prepare to color it dark again in case it turns green!
@@lexmarie3248 That won't happen if you use henna dye that's 100% henna. Cheap, low quality henna dyes contain metallic salts and that is what reacts to the bleach and can cause your hair to melt, not the henna itself. I used to always bleach my roots before adding henna and would always pull the bleach down over the henna to blend it. When multiple applications made my ends darker than I wanted I would bleach my whole head. Never had my hair melt cause I used 100% henna. A strand test is always a good idea, as is knowing what's in your dye, but the idea that henna plus bleach melts you're hair isn't entirely accurate.
@@whossoul A lot of people don't use 100% henna, however and that's where the problem is. "Henna dye" typically seems more user friendly to those who don't really know what they're doing.
Whispers in hairstylist: “color doesn’t lift color” 😂 honestly you did a pretty damn good job and were on the right track at first!
The problem you really had was you didn’t lift out all the old box color so you were just adding pigment on top of pigment, hence the darkening color. (Which you figured out pretty quick I think 😂) Color remover is a form of lightener, just less strong, so it can lift out the box but not the henna. You should give it another go later! Just remember that unless you can get all the color out, the henna will just look dark. Good luck!!! 👍🏻
Oo Rachel I feel your pain! The issue is that color does not lift color. So you can put any box dye on the dark parts, it will not get lighter. If I were you I'd go through a couple more color removers, like the one you used. It gets rid of the color buildup, without damaging your hair too much. To get the most out of the color remover, wash your hair with a stripping shampoo (or dish soap) and dry it, no conditioner. The more open your hair cuticle is, the easier the remover can get the c out. Then when it's orangey, put the henna over it again. You can do it!!
And henna can act like a sealant, so lifting henna-deposited color can be a big job!
@@mmegraham oo I forgot to add that! Yeah hopefully a clarifying shampoo (or dish soap tbh, I'd just use dish soap and leave it in for 20 mins) will help with that barrier as well
@drunkthestral this is the comment I was going to leave. Thank you!
@@HummingLullabies haha sometimes teen us was right 😂 takes forever to rinse tho
Yes!! I totally was thinking she should have done another lifter or two. Even just on the darker spots.
I was definitely one of the ones screaming "STOP!" at the colour before the henna was applied - it was absolutely gorgeous! And then you mentioned doing henna another time...and I nearly shook the bejeezus out of the screen! No more henna, girl - even professional stylists struggle with lifting that 😞 But I think the final result is absolutely LOVELY,, and looks more red than you think. You are so well-suited to red tinged locks! Thanks for taking us all along on the journey - it's what makes you so gosh darned loveable! And who amongst us has NOT f*cked around with hair dye at some point?!?
I have not. I have a lush henna block I got to use for reals! THEN I found the "tip" about how it's a real commitment and didn't fade like I thought...so it's hanging out taunting me.
Henna isn't an issue if you intent to stay in natural color and not ultra bright blonde or unnaturally color like bleu, pink, green lol.
Hairstylist here: I am only 2.5 minutes in and I am SO proud of you Rachel for taking a small swatch test and doing your research!
Ok….back to watch the rest hehe
I always appreciate fun and honest videos like this! You attempted a DIY project on your hair and it didn't turn out exactly as you envisioned. But I'm glad that you still took us along for the ride. And you look lovely in every hair colour, so that's a win at least!
Rachel, as a retired hairdresser I would like to caution you about the use of multiple products back to back...you can easily burn your scalp , blisters even, cause major breakage and lose hair . So please go gently, gently ! Wait a week at least before adding more chemicals and use hair moisturizer to sooth your scalp and hair. The lifter has weakened the color bond so if you just wait a few weeks you will see that the color will lighten over time . Continue to use hair conditioner and take pictures of your mistep to remind yourself that you "tried it ,didn't like it"! Push comes to shove a simple hair cut will repair some bits AND hair grows every day.👍 😄Its what keeps hairdressers employed ! 😄
With hair that dark she should have gone to a professional hair salon to get the job done.
@@saymyname2417 she did fine tho. No shoulda about it
@@Sevenlllllllwgs - Well, the hair didn't exactly turn out the way she had intended to...
Girl, you should definitely go to the salon for this. At the end of the day, you will spend roughly the same amount of money doing it at home ( and getting sucky results)
I agree. People want to rush the process.
I go from black to white every Summer so I can do fun colors in my hair. I have learned a lot and I will share. The color lifter worked really well but it was patchy. There were dark spots of the black left. I can't remember if they mention it on the box but it works better (like way better) when it is warm. Even air conditioning will make it so that it does not work very well. That's why the top and the hair close to your scalp was red. The ends of your hair were still a bit dark because they needed heat. I wrap my hair in plastic and then put one of those heated caps for deep conditioning on while it processes, about 20 minutes. It gets the shade of red you want with no dark spots nearly every time. If you have some darker spots you just do it again. Also, you need to use more than one box for the length of your hair as well. If I had your length I would buy 3. No henna needed. Good luck!
Her roots are light because she's a natural blonde. Not because the colour remover worked better closer to the scalp. And she did wrap it in plastic and a shower cap when she did all her hair.
That said I thoroughly agree she did it incorrectly. Multiple boxes, squeaky clean hair and another round on the patches she missed from sectioning poorly. Would have gone much better.
I'm also a fan of colour remover because it's so much gentler than bleach
OMG! i think your comment should be pinned for you'll save people's hairs from now on. How many times do you use the color lifter to reach white?
@@sapphirecamui6447 I am so sorry for the confusion. I do not get white with the hair color stripper alone. After I use the color remover I always get the shade of red she likes. Once the black is all out and it is a light red shade I do a bleach bath to get my hair back to yellow. Once it is yellow I tone it to white with a good toner depending on what color I am doing. This year I am going lavender and following up with a color depositing conditioner to go deeper purple once it starts to cool off. I hope that straightened things out for you. I did not mean to be misleading.
@Skylan Howerton The products matter a lot. If you use the best products and you do things in stages anybody can get white hair without losing it. It will always be damaged that is just the nature of removing the color from your hair but if you do it in stages, use a bonder and deep condition the hair will be in much better condition.
@@lisajennings2194 Oh, no, not misleading, just me being a clutz ;p thank you so much for explaining though! I'm sure others will find it helpful too :D [especially me, should i ever get ideas, hahaha!] You're from 'down under'? where i am, autumn&winter are around the corner.
must say: totally been there. this actually made me nostalgic about some of the more impressive hair disasters I've had through the years. but hey! you live and you learn, and eventually you laugh about it later.
YES! I’D BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO! As a hairstylist, kudos to that first lift. I was impressed! Wish I sent you a professional bowl, brush, and Tangle Teezer with Joico color eraser to go with your color lifter! If you do go after those dark bands, I’ve used joico eraser on wet hair with great success--but haven’t tried it on henna....
Thanks for sharing your process! It made my day, even though I was yelling “noooo!!!! Don’t do it!” Between my finger tips.
I feel like we have to let you know; It's okay to fail.
We watch you for your personality it is entertaining anyway.
When you make something that's just a plus ☺️
GIRL - NO SUCH THING AS A POINTLESS VIDEO even when it doesn't work out - We're here because we love you and we love watching you - regardless of the outcome! (As a fellow UA-camr I should take my own advice...) heh.
Oh my goodness! How did I not notice how long your hair was!? I love that you are willing to bring us along on this journey of hair craziness with you.
Nobody watches these videos to see you succeed at your projects (although I don’t think many people see them as failures), we watch because we love your personality and we value your character. You’re a born entertainer and an absolutely pleasure to watch. I dunno what makes you worry that you have to tick all your goal-boxes in order to make great content, I mean I kinda get it, but I would literally watch a 40 minute video of you sitting at your desk and mumbling to yourself. And I know I’m not the only one.
Your hair looks amazing, I recently hennaed my brown hair and it’s quite similar to yours (on camera). So I’m happy that we’re twinning. Although you give off Jessica rabbit vibes and I look like an Irish-immigrant-colonial teenage boy.
Love you, you’re a total babe and sweetheart-hobbit. ❤️
beautiful und true words, thanks for that comment!!
1. The hair looks great. 2. This video was not a waste of time. This video feels like the one weekend we’ve all had with our friend where one of us is desperately trying to dye our hair and it’s just not working but we spend the whole weekend just trying our darndest and having fun
You know, sometimes you need to see someone stumble their way through a task and miss the goal by miles to remind yourself that we are all just human and we fail from time to time. And even though you did not achieve the colour you went for, your hair looks really pretty on camera. And it's definitly more autumny than it was before.
Watching this video was not a waste of time.
It looks so refreshed and beautiful! Much more rich, red tones than your last color. I love it!
Hey Rachel, guess what you did there? A secret red hair, to go perfectly with your secret pants in all autumnal outfits🍂🍁🍂 take care and give your hair some love after this 'very' entertaining endeavour 😘😘 from already cold Poland
I feel like anyone who's ever tried to dye their hair at home relates to this so hard. And watching along with this is therapeutic 🤣
sadly, i don't. except for that time when i wanted WHITE hair and my color at the time was black. And what have i done? bleached the heck out of it until it burned and half fell off T_ T [half from the length, not quantity, and only after i reached a very light blond. The event happened after i washed my hair, and i was combing it...]
Cutting my own hair is a way different story though, that w don't mention out loud ;p
Super is. I have very, very light blonde hair naturally so when I went dark anytime my roots grew out they looked like bald spots. Then I decided to "wash out tinted conditioners" in bright colors and they were amazing until I was tired of having to touch them up and after multiple color lifters and everything short of straight up bleach (bc, ow.) It NEVER came out. I just cut all my hair off. You'd think I'd learn but I'm like "hmm... I'm kinda feeling an ombre peekaboo right about now..." and this reminded me why I don't do that lol
@@sapphirecamui6447 I went from deep red to WHITE once... 7 hours of bleaching... I got there but only because my hair was in a pixie cut at the time XD it was drier than dry straw for years lol
it's only hair, it'll grow back! was my mantra :D
@@elysium_starz "it's only hair; it grows" is STILL my mantra now that my hair is healthy(ish) again. I say "ish" because i went about a year with my natural hair color and i think that back in December or January i colored it again dark brown. Then, some 6 months after i had to redo my roots (way overgrown, lol) and i used Black. But granted, i colored the whole hair. I'll still wait a few months until i redo my roots/hair.
happy two months until Halloween yall
Can't wait!! Gonna be a mushroom fairy this year :D
@@AndyMandyBandy cool!!
you could never waste my time i could quite literally watch a video about you watching paint dry and still be entertained lol just know that no matter the types of videos you put out there will always be people who will love the content and just enjoy your presence!
You still look gorgeous either way, I love that you're still willing to show the difficulties and mistakes you make, which is very realistic and just makes me love you even more Rachel. Keep Rachelling!!!
I immediately said “oh shit” and clicked the badge and my partner was like “what’s wrong” and him knowing my hair journey when I said someone’s going from dark to light red he was also like “oh shit”
Yup, my reaction too. I saw it, saw Rachel and went 'aww yay!' and immediately went 'oh noo' when I saw the title.
😂
My reaction was similar LOL
Hugs from a grandma who tried something like this in my 20’s. It was very brassy; so, I made a drug store run at 1am for a color that was ash. My hair turn a weird shade of greenish brown. I made an appointment the next day after bawling all night. My stylist was able to correct it such that I could been seen in public again. NEVER again!!!!
Omg! I love all the colours on you. The light brown actually looked really good. ❤
I've learned a lot from this. I love that you are so open about your success and failure. You are such a beautiful person!
I say embrace the autumnal hedge witch vibe I'm getting. It's definitely red: Just darker red. I personally adore that color, but sun and washes will likely lift it lighter. IDK if it would work, but I know when I want to remove some Arctic Fox from my hair, I switch my normal wash cycles to head and shoulders (the dandruff shampoo) because that's essentially a clarifying shampoo. IDK if it would work with the henna but it might help with a gradual lift instead of a chemical shock.
Either way, thanks for the content. it's been a rough week for me and me and my daughter adore watching you and find your stuff so inspiring. So thank you. Take care of yourself.
I agree with embracing but unfortunately and fortunately henna doesn't lift the same way HOWEVER the colour does change as time goes on as it oxidises unless it contains anything but pure henna 🤷♀️ x
I remember when you dyed it dark and said you would go back to red eventually I just knew you were in for it 😂 This is coming from someone who tried to go from black to red hair in one go many years ago. I ended up with red roots and dark brown ends. Thank you for this video, it made me feel less alone in my hair struggles.
I've been there too. we're not alone 🤣
I was the opposite, I had used the Arctic Fox wrath color (like a purpley red) and wanted to dye it black (I got the Garnier Olia), but the red wasn’t fading back to my natural brown. So I just went for it, and it was not black, it was just dark with red in the light. It was a nice color, but still, not black. It’s almost back to normal a couple months later, but dang, that Arctic Fox has been hanging on for like five-six months
I had the exact thought back then... easier said then done!
Same! I tried to go from dyed blue-black to a warm brown using bright red box dye. I thought I was very smart for figuring that out... but I didn't think about the fact that my roots would react differently and that the black wouldn't take on any colour at all. I ended up with blue-black ends and vivid red roots.
I'm so sorry your hair didn't turn out the way you wanted it to! I see you've gotten looooooots of suggestions/critiques in the comments, but I just wanted to say that you and your videos are always such a joy to watch, and I really appreciate you posting this video for us even though it was more vulnerable
I've used a colour lifter in my hair dying past, and somehow the look on your face when you opened the bottle brought the smell straight back to me 😂 if it is any consolation at all, your hair really does look pretty throughout! I think it's a mandatory part of dying your own hair to have at least one experience of it absolutely not going to plan
the energy in this video reminds me of when my bestie asked me to help get her hair from box dye black to neon blue in the kitchen of our uni apartment, it took us almost 8 hours and 6 bottles of bleach but (somehow) her hair survived - art school man, truly an ✨experience✨
Oh man! I was that roommate! Thankfully never that much bleach was involved. But, one time, I did shave my head in the bathroom without telling my roommates. So I walked into my room after breakfast with shoulder length hair and walked out half an hour later with half inch long hair lol Their reactions were very fun!
I'm a hairstylist. When I heard what you were going to do , I screamed out loud NO!!!! It's going to go dark after everything. I'm sorry! Go to a good salon. I always say it's less mess, heartbreak and less expensive to just get it done professionally. Color correction is not easy , even for some professionals.
However, I must say you still look beautiful and it is more glowy red! Loved the video haha!
Color correction is an art and under the best conditions with the proper education, best products and lots of practice, it’s still a gamble as to how the hair will react.
the worst part is that with the henna now she can´t just use bleacher
I definitely don't think this video was a waste of time or anything like that - I was laughing my ass off, the chaos was truly real here! I'm always happy to watch your videos no matter what they're about, failed projects or no
I love this video because you are so relatable! I have done quite a number to my own hair trying to lighten etc. that it had damaged my hair super bad. So I feel your pain of not getting the result you were hoping for. But seriously. You're beautiful in any hair color you choose!
Girl, I am an hairdresser. Unfortunately I think you need to use bleach… 20 Volume developer will be okay, it don’t have to be much stronger because you don’t have to lift to blonde. Then you can apply the copper box dye or henna, but your hair needs to reach the right level before put anything on it 😊
Yes! A good lift back to an orangey tone, if it's even it would look just fine
Agreed!! And do a strand test because sometimes henna and bleach do not play well together!
@@caliellama YES!
You mean hair dryer
I agree the bleach is probably the only way. I have been using henna since 2012 and recently discovered that I can have highlights by the bleaching process though since I did highlights I went to a salon but I imagine those bleach kits would work for all over color fixing. Though I will say my hair is naturally blonde with red tendencies and I haven’t used any chemical dye since switching to henna except for the bleached highlights.
That turned out a gorgeous dark red, at least on camera. You remind me SO much of Anne of Green Gables - but at least you didn't manage to dye your hair green at any point during this adventure; I was half afraid that you would! It'll grow out, given time, and fade - it happens, embrace it (you can always wear your hair up or experiment with 1940s style hair scarves - though that might be more a UK WWII thing than a US thing? I don't know.)
It's always lovely to see a video from you, whether or not the thing you set out to do worked, there's something about your brand of cheerful chaos that speaks to my soul, though I'm not as fearless as you at deciding to Do The Thing and going for it. I'd like to, though.
She could go green if she dyed her hair brown with henna+indigo, then bleaching indigo can actually give something green(ish) xD
THIS! It's literally the auburn Anne is obsessed with. Rachel, you look gorgeous and even though it's not what you intended originally....it's a cool new vibe and you wear it well.
PS I think I may try this someday, I am red now, but when I get bored I'll probably go darker, maybe even black with indigo and then I could try bleaching it and see what happens xD
Girl I know how you feel. I couldn't afford to see my regular hair dresser so I asked her what to get, I followed all the directions to an absolute T. And instead of my normal bright ginger I got dark burgundy hair and cried about it because my hair was burgundy when I went through lot of trauma and cant stand to see my past self regularly in the mirror. My roommate came home to find me having a whole Howl hair dye melt down. I haven't attempted to remedy the situation since after 2 years of dying my hair is kinda fried and I don't want to lose my length. Sadness all around for non Pumpkin spice hair
I actually think the final color is a perfect autumn color! A warm brown with red hints in the sunshine is just wonderful on you!
Unbothered hairstylist here! I think it looks nice! (I’m gonna be honest, having MY OWN hair color plans go south is always preferable to not meeting a clients hair color expectations, so in a way you win that too!) also you’ve never wasted any of my time and I watch all of the things. So. 🥰☺️
I'm no hairdresser, but I've been around for 63 years, and I've had lots of hair mistakes, so I'd like to suggest using a lemon based dishwashing liquid just for the next few washes. It will strip out some of the color, and you'll have to do some intense conditioning afterwards, but it never failed to strip the color from my hair. Give your hair some time and several washes before you apply anything else to it. You're beautiful no matter what color your hair is.
Just washing with shampoo with sulfates in it will do the same thing. There so many better options than dish soap.
This was a fun video! My tip for resting is to trick your brain into thinking it is being productive- have a to do list for the day which has some low effort things you can do at home (for me, that's laundry), sitting down jobs like non-work emails, and then some fun things like "start X TV show" or gaming or whatever. Make it an item to tick off the list and you'll watch at least 1 episode or equivalent!
Glad to see the struggles many others go through!! Hang in there Rachel! You’ll get the colour you want....eventually! Looks good though!
As a redhead who started going white in her 20s, I mix my henna as follows (measurements are in coffee scoops, so I hope you approve):
5 scoops 100% henna powder
3 scoops hibiscus flower powder (blends whites and greys)
1 scoop orange peel (adds shines)
1 scoop red kaolin clay (gives my henna that cherry-red punch)
(Mix dry ingredients)
I pour 1/2c warm water in my bowl, then slowly add powder ingredients, then more warm water.
I repeat this process if dry ingredients and warm water until the consistency if greek yogurt.
NOW STOP!
Cover your bowl and let sit over night. In the morning stir again, the lumps should largely have dissolved overnight.
Apply as usual.
Love that recipe....totaly didn't completly stole it now.
Also totaly unrelated but what exactly is a ''coffee scoop'' ??....✏📒
@@minus606 a coffee scoop is usually equivalent to two tablespoons
One coffee scoop is 7 grams.
Also, put henna on wet hair, it sticks and dyes a lot better !
Would leaving out the flower powder stop it from covering all the greys? I like dying my hair bit I also like my natural grey areas
Hairdresser here… Smaller sections are always better for even application. A color brush is nice to work the product into your roots but even hairdressers use their hands to work the product into the ends. The brush also has a pointed tip on the handle you can use to part and section your hair. You can get a bowl and brush for like $5 on amazon. Going lighter from dark is not an easy process. You have to lighten the brown parts ONLY and then apply the final red. If you put lightener on your roots it’s going to give you hot roots. This is a color correction and if you want it more copper red I suggest going to a salon and paying someone to get you back to red and then you can maintain it going forward. Henna adds more complications to this process and getting professional help will be worth it. You also probably need a trim and a deep conditioner after allllll that. Good luck!
Question - how critical was it to have clean hair prior to using the color lifter? That made me twitch when she said she didn't but I didn't know how critical it actually was in practice.
Henna doesn't lift
👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️I'm a cosmetology graduate I am glad you commented. I am grateful you addressed the complications of the henna😊
I'm A hairdresser as well and I completely agree with @styleme3375 Save yourself the pain & stench of the OTC products & go to a professional & let them get you back to the beautiful red that you want & then you can maintain it from there. 😁💖
I wholeheartedly agree with you, my internal cringe knowing she had henna in. Makes everything extremely difficult and to quote Guy Tang: “Paranormal hairtivity!”
Showing the way you handle your failure is super inspiring and uplifting to me. Thanks for posting this video
Rachel the color turned out absolutely gorgeous even though I know it wasn't what you were going for. It looks stellar! Hope you get it to the shade you were looking for soon. In the meantime, know you look fabulous!
A crusty dusty braid and cramps? Rachel, we've synced up on multiple levels.
Popping in to join the crusty dusty braid and cramps crew 🤘
Count me into this crew 👀
😂🤣😂
I loved the process. After the first henna I was like okay this is as close as we get... and then I looked at the remaining time and prepared myself for the shenanigans I was about to witness. 😂
🤣
I actually really like the ending color! Every time it caught the light you got this beautiful punch of red mixed in with the darker tones.
Girl everybody loves a good hair fail video, don't let Brad have all the fun! I know it's not what you wanted but youre beautiful with the dark reddy brown color.
It's never a waste of time when we get to virtually hang out with you!!
EXACTLY!
You opening the colour remover bottle and pulling a face at the smell of it reminded me of the time my mum used colour remover on my wine red hair to get them back to my natural ginger hair... long story short, it worked but I smelled like foul eggs everytime my hair got wet for like 4 months... Sam and Dean would probably have mistaken me for a demon bc of the sulfur smell
Oh man, the place I live... the water tower makes the whole town smell like rotten eggs some days.
(Sorry for the tangent, but that's what I thought of after reading your comment)
And not color remover, but for a while as a kid, I had to use tar shampoo. That was uh... a fun smell.
When I went to remove blue from my hair to go red, I used color remover too. Every time it rained, or I showered I smelled like rotten eggs too. My partner asked if something died in my apartment when they visited 😅
@@the.vendetta yesss! I was still in school then and in p.e. the other students would make fun of me bc of the rotten eggs smell🥲
@@hannahs8386 oh god!!! I'm so sorry that happened to you! I was working in an office during my experiment with the color remover, none of my coworkers said anything but I could tell they were thinking some things 😂
Excellent story telling 👏
I’m entertained! Love love your videos. Sometimes I wait a couple weeks so I have so much to watch. When I do Finish it I just rewatch it. Love love your videos 🥺🥰💕
thank you for sharing even your mistakes with us!!!
nothing is more frustrating than your hair not being like you want it, but you are in fact rocking the colours it went through (or at least the colours we're seeing in the video)
I love the final color! I know it’s not quite what you wanted it to be, but I think the dark red looks gorgeous on you! It’s like a lovely mix between witchy darkness for spooky season and autumn leaves for fall. Can’t wait for your next video! 🍁
I love it too!
Exactly what I was going to say!!
Yes!!! I am so glad others saw what I did in this color!
"Piling on top of eachother" is exactly where it's at 😂
Some tips for my DIY homies:
- if you want to go darker than what you're currently rocking, there's very little risk to mess it up, box dye or henna will cover up lighter shades, no prep needed
- if you want to go lighter (dark to blonde) or brighter (dark to red/auburn), you need to remove pigment first; so either you use lifter to remove artificial pigment (may require a few applications if you have dyed your hair a couple of times) or if you have virgin hair you need to bleach it first (volume 20 is enough to lift 2-3 levels without damaging your hair too much). Hope this is helpful to someone somewhere! ✌️
Edit: If you want to dabble in some darker colours, but you know you will eventually want to revert to the previous lighter colour, don't use dye. Instead look for colouring shampoos/hair masks etc, as those will wash out in 8-12 washes and if you don't wash your hair too often you can get some mileage out of them
Just a little fyi/warning Demi and Semi permanent colors don’t always wash out they way they’re intended to. Everyone’s hair is different and color takes years to master.
It actually looks pretty good in the end! I love this dark red color, definitely gives autumn vibes, so don’t worry ❤️
I just love to watch you with your amazing personality. You always make my days better. Sending all the love and support ❤️
If you go to a salon, just remember to be honest with your stylist and tell them everything you did to avoid burning your hair 😊
As someone who studied hairdressing for a while I (unfortunately) saw this coming. I think bleaching will probably be the only option here. A 20 volume would be perfectly fine.
But honestly though, the colour at the end was so pretty, you can see the red shining through and I think a couple washes will fade it down nicely.
rachel you could upload anything, even a seven minute video of you eating cereal and watching your favorite tv show or something because as much as i love everything you create and how you create it,(seriously everything you do is amazing ) i watch because of you as a person, your whole personality is so warm and welcoming and everything you do you put your whole heart into it and and you as a person makes people, laugh ,smile, and stay and i love these kinds of videos as well because you trust us enough to let us into your everyday life on camera, so this video wasn't pointless and i am glad you uploaded it, i love hanging out with you (almost !) every friday lol !!!!!
I am so glad you posted this video, really enjoyed watching this. So entertaining, your personality makes all videos fun :)
I saw the title of this & all I could think of was the scene in Anne of Green Gables. Where she tried to dye her hair & it backfired spectacularly. & instead of going raven black it went green. 😖
Lol awesome reference... all time fav series... that part was so endearing, bless her
Agreed🤓 excellent reference.
Oh my sister loved that series and introduced it to me more than 30 years ago. I'd forgotten all about. Had to admit I enjoyed the wholesome show every time.
Yes good reference …spot on 🎯 poor Rachel well atleast it not green she looks good though through her color changes
Hear me out, I need a Rachel Maksy and Brad Mondo collab. I feel like they would have so much fun together. Brad does Rachel's hair and Rachel gives Brad a vintage makeover/look for the day.
Haha I was thinking Rachel should contact Alex (Pretty Pastel Please) as her natural redhead journey has been a total thing after she started dabbling in dye
Or Hair Buddha
Brad would make such a cute vintage dapper gay!
This…
Yeees!😄
Nah, this video was actually very entertaining Rachel. Even when you fail you succeed x). And as a real life librarian I also approve of the new hair colour 👌
Rachel, I just love spending time with you, even when your experimentation isn't, ya know, entirely successful, I just have a great time getting to experience it with ya.
hey rachel! i've been through this process before of trying to go back to red from a dark color. your hair is probably reoxidizing, meaning you didn't get all the dye out the first time you stripped your color from the molecule. i would suggest using the color remover 2 to 3 times and making sure you spend at least 30 minutes in the shower with a clarifying shampoo. i think if you tried it all again, you could get way better results.
Not a waste of time!! We are here for ✨all the Rachel content✨
And, okay, the color may not have turned out like you wanted, but that brush out was 👌🏻👌🏻
You are always awesome and entertaining and beautiful. I love that you're honest about the projects that work and those that aren't quite what you planned. Such is life, embrace the chaos!
I remember when you said you were gonna dye ur hair a demipermanent dark and “let it fade out” and I literally laughed out loud. As someone who has gone from dark to red easily a dozen times. I remember thinking there’s no way. But sometimes we gotta learn the hard way 🤷♀️
Even though it’s not what you wanted, you looked stunning for every stage of this process. Don’t worry - your hair will get there 😂 Thank you queen for “wasting” my time, I had fun here ♥️ Hope anyone reading this has a nice day!! :))
You definitely did NOT waste our time, you are witty and entertaining and real and lovely - and I hope you get the red you want - for now you look wonderful and I appreciate you. Hubs and I crack up and enjoy your art in every video
Give us a fall/Halloween decorating video girl. Make the work work for you. You don't even need to craft any of it. I'll happily watch you hang spider webs and carve pumpkins forever.
SPOOPY TIME LET'S GOOOOOOOO
Rachel, you did a good job! When you use those sulfur based (that's why it smells like that haha) color removers there's a chance the pigment can come back. That's why it got darker when you put the copper boxed color on it.
I'd skip that step and just do a bleach bath. Powder hair lightener (bleach) mixed with 20 vol developer according to the directions on the package, then add about equal amount of shampoo. The shampoo helps make it easier to distribute evenly and dilutes the bleach a bit. Apply to dry hair, some say wet but I find it works better on dry. Avoid your roots since they are already lighter. Leave it on for about 15 min, you will be able to see if all the dark is gone and if it's not light enough keep checking every 5 min up to 30 min total. Then rinse and shampoo/condition.Your hair should be close to what it was before. This can be repeated if its not light enough, I'd wait a week or so before doing it again. Then go in with your henna. After get some Olaplex #3 and use it before you wash and deep condition after you shampoo. Since you set your hair and don't use much heat on it it should be fine. I'm a Hairdresser and have done this many times to my own hair. I recently went from the red you had before to darkest brown/black then back to a light brown haha. The only time its very hard to remove dark color is when you want to go blonde. The warm tones are hard to get out but since your goal is a bright copper you don't have to worry about that.
Also the "boxed color is the worst thing ever" is a myth similar to henna, they used to be made with metallic salts. But now most brands are owned by companies that make Salon products... L'oreal, Revlon, Clairol etc. So they are similar formulas to salon color but they are commonly used incorrectly which can lead more work to remove so I think that's why most stylists still say not to use them.
This comment right here!!!
Yes, I was just looking at the comments to see when someone was going to recommend a bleach bath!!!
I love the crap out of this comment. I would add that box dyes do have the draw back of often using a higher volume developer than needed, which can cause some unnecessary damage. But you can easily swap the developer in the box for a less intense one if you're on the lighter end of the recommended color spectrum.
Yes, yes, YES! I've done this a few times and it works so well.
You can not simply bleach henna. It does not lighten. bleach opens the cuticles of the hair and forces the colour deeper inside. Meaning it will get darker
To make it redder, you must lighten it again and then dye or henna again. Henna does not take color out, it adds color in.
I’m not a hairstylist but JEEZ this made me SO anxious. Thank goodness you’re so lovable, Rachel!
This video be soooo validating, any hair craft just seems like actual magic
I love that you shared this. Markers make “mistakes” or have learning experiences with unexpected results. This is how we get better. 🙌.