Beauty

[Kempokim]

I did the same thing.....too many highlights and I lightened up my base. Loved the look hated the feel I am going back to my natural color too......in the mean time doing lots and lots of oil treatments!

[Hilary77]

On 1/19/2014 Kempokim said:

I did the same thing.....too many highlights and I lightened up my base. Loved the look hated the feel I am going back to my natural color too......in the mean time doing lots and lots of oil treatments!

Well, we can all celebrate when we get back to the hair we love. I got a trim yesterday with some added layers in the crown. This helped some, but I am going to continue oil treatments as well to make it grow faster.

[FinnyMinny]

Thanks for starting this thread, Hilary. I recently had a job interview but they haven't called me so I'm assuming I haven't made it to the next round (they said they'd call this week). Because I won't be on the job market again until the fall (the academic job market has a long cycle since there are hires only at a certain time of each school year), I'm seriously considering dying my hair a crazy dolor, like forest green or navy blue. My only fear is that I'd have to strip my hair a little to get the color to stick, and that I might have to do further damage if I decide to over-dye it to get it back to dark brown again, and that I'd have to wait such a long time to grow out the damaged hair and get my full head of Wen hair back again (it's currently bra-strap length). I know I'll be able to use remoist and oils to condition it after dying it, but I'm just so scared of ruining my Wen hair.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your regret, because I need to focus on that, and not on the temporary fun of dying my hair.

[Hilary77]

Well, I don't want to make everyone anti-color. I think coloring hair is very necessary if you are wanting a certain look for your hair. I do think that coloring your hair in the gentlest way possible is always the best option. I just had my hair highlighted very heavily with bleach, and coming from natural, non-colored hair, it was quite a difference. If I were to do it again, I would just do a few highlights through the crown instead of doing my whole head. Also, going just a couple shades lighter would have also made a huge difference. my hair is recovering nicely thanks to Wen, though. I do, however, miss my natural color. The bleach just seems to make my hair look dull.