Attn: Women who highlight their hair...

[KillarneyRose]

How old were you when you started highlighting your hair? How much lighter than your natural shade did your parents let you go?

[_Opi_]

I was 16. And I had honey blonde highlights...much lighter than my natural shade of hair.

I was in college, my freshmen year..........i went a few shades lighter with the blonde. I still do it now, I love it!

[Dionysus]

I was the first person in 8th (age 13) grade to have my hair highlighted. It was actually my mom who talked me into it! Strangely, I caught hell from a lot of my classmates at first. My hair color was almost black, I had honey brown highlights. She didn't really care how light, but she suggested not going any lighter than honey brown.

[mu_agd]

it was either freshman or sophomore year of college. I had light brown/blondish highlights put in. i still get it highlighted today, but it varies everytime what i do.

[ZTAngel]

I started when I was 17 and, at first, I only got a few strands of hair done. I naturally have light brown/dark blonde hair so I got a few medium blonde strands. My parents were cool about it but, then again, I was a lot older when I started highlighting my hair.

I put a little more highlights in my hair now than when I was 17 since my hair has darkened slightly with age.

[honeychile]

I hated my red hair when I was growing up - the teasing is awful. So, when I was a freshman in high school, I lightened my hair for the first time. By my junior year, I was a platinum blonde! I kept it that way until my sophmore year in college, more because I got sick of the upkeep and people saying that, "Eew! You have red roots!" than anything else.

And here I sit, considering a streak or two again - but only in a lighter red, and done professionally!

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by honeychile
I hated my red hair when I was growing up - the teasing is awful. So, when I was a freshman in high school, I lightened my hair for the first time. By my junior year, I was a platinum blonde! I kept it that way until my sophmore year in college, more because I got sick of the upkeep and people saying that, "Eew! You have red roots!" than anything else.

And here I sit, considering a streak or two again - but only in a lighter red, and done professionally!

Honey, you have beautiful hair! Now that you're a grown up, I'm sure you realize that women pay big bucks to try and replicate your color. But it's really hard for a non-natural redhead to pull off that look, IMO!

[honeychile]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Honey, you have beautiful hair! Now that you're a grown up, I'm sure you realize that women pay big bucks to try and replicate your color. But it's really hard for a non-natural redhead to pull off that look, IMO!

Thank you so much, KR!!

But growing up with no visible eyelashes or eyebrows, and a ton of freckles was not always a piece of cake! I always thanked my lucky stars that it wasn't curly, too!

When I was only 11, I put on some of my mother's mascara, just playing around, and BOTH of my parents suggested that I start wearing it every day. Believe it or not, I always wanted black hair!

[chideltjen]

I will be the first to admit that I was a Sun-In girl when I was in jr high. My mom wouldn't let me dye my hair permanently, but she would let me damage it to no end .

I was a punk rock wannabe back then so I tried to get bleached streaks in front of my dark brown hair... with bleach... yup... I was a dork.

When I was in high school I was allowed to dye my hair semi permanent. And in college, I went and got highlights at the college salon. They weren't bad... but the haircut I had was terrible.

I've done the Feria highlight kit and the Loreal dye and highlight kit... but it grows out so strange so I've nixed ever doing highlights again. I like my mocha brown hair.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by honeychile
But growing up with no visible eyelashes or eyebrows, and a ton of freckles was not always a piece of cake!

LOL, when my oldest was an infant her eyebrows were so blonde they were practically invisible so I used brown eyebrow gel on them just to see what it'd look like. Poor li'l thing looked like a mini Groucho Marx!

[SquirrelGirl]

Lol, this is a pretty funny story. I have natural very light golden blonde hair. When I was in 10th grade (age 15 or 16), I was sick of my hair and wanted a change. I went to Ulta and bought a box of that hair dye that is supposed to wash out in 6 to 9 washes. Now I know that blonde hair is more absorbant, so I assumed it wold take 15 to 20 washes, or two to three weeks to get out of my hair. The color was called something like "Rockin' Red".

I died my hair and it came out bright red! I loved it but thought it was too bright...so the next day I washed it twice. I dried my hair and it had turned bright pink! Yes, pink is my favorite color, but pink hair?!?! I continued to wash my hair as often as possible without doing too much damage, but four months later is was still a pinkish shade with light blonde roots. My mother suggested I go get something done to it, so I went to a new salon because my old girl had just moved (big mistake). The lady ended up dying my hair a light brown and I was so upset that she had to give me half off a half head of foils to lighten it up! lol.

Luckily, it's two years later and time and the sun has lightened my hair back to where it was. I don't think I'll ever me dying my hair again, however!

[honeychile]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
LOL, when my oldest was an infant her eyebrows were so blonde they were practically invisible so I used brown eyebrow gel on them just to see what it'd look like. Poor li'l thing looked like a mini Groucho Marx!

ROTFL!!!!!

[CUGreekgirl]

I will be the first to admit that I was a Sun-In girl when I was in jr high. My mom wouldn't let me dye my hair permanently, but she would let me damage it to no end

My much, much older sister used to take me to the beeach when I was younger. She would used that in her hair, so she put it in mine too. I went from dark brown to almost bleach blonde in one summer!

[Dionysus]

Sun-in is of the DEVIL!!!