Here’s How To Go Back To Your Natural Hair Color

Published April 5, 2021

If you ever had your hair bleached or colored, at some point, you may have regretted it and decided you want to change it back to your natural hair color. It’s safe to say that almost everyone with colored/bleached hair has experienced this feeling of regret. Trying to get your hair back to its natural color after bleaching or highlighting can get complicated. Going back to your natural hair color can be just as complicated as trying to color virgin hair. Bleached or highlighted hair is much more challenging since the darkness of the hair has been lifted permanently. In this article, we will discuss the different ways on how to go back to natural hair color. 

Reasons To Go Natural Again

You may have decided to go back to your natural hair color after a while with colored hair. The decision to go back to your natural hair color should be taken seriously, as you would when coloring virgin hair. You may be hesitant to go natural again as you do not want to make the same mistake. Whether you badly want to or are just considering it, make sure that your decision is not out of the blue or an impulse decision. You may end up regretting going back to your natural hair if you do it suddenly because most of the time, impulse decisions end up being regretful. What exactly are the main reasons people decide to go back to their natural hair color?

Problems with money from your salon bills are an excellent reason to go back. Colored hair can get expensive to maintain, which is another reason to go natural. You have to go to your stylist once every month or every two months to retain your hair color. Otherwise, as your hair grows out, the color ends up being uneven. Another reason can be is that you do not like your current hair color anymore. The reason can also be as severe as going through a life transition and taking a different path. Another reason may be that your hair’s health has started to deteriorate, and you don’t want it unhealthy anymore. Whatever your reason may be, as long as you know you want it, you may go ahead and follow the techniques below to go back to your natural hair color.

How To Go Natural Again

Once you decide to get your natural hair color back, you can go ahead and talk to your hairdresser about it. Discussing your concerns with a professional can help make the transitioning process go faster and smoother. Hairdressers know what’s best for your hair, so if you want to gain your natural hair color back more efficiently, go to the hairdresser you know and trust the most. It is also vital that you trust the person handling your hair, that is, if you are not going to do it yourself. You should also trust the process. Gaining your natural hair color back will not happen overnight, so you have to be patient.

Products You Will Need

If you want quality results for your hair, make use of only quality products. While it is understandable that you may want to use other products because they are more affordable, high-quality products will do more wonders to your hair. You are paying for your hair to be healthier as it transitions from colored to natural. What are the products you need for the transition? If you haven’t already, you may need to purchase a good wide-tooth comb to brush through your hair. A wide-tooth comb will detangle your hair without causing too much damage to your hair. 

You may also use a detangling primer to partner with the comb, but that is optional. Also, make sure that your hairdryer, if you use any, is heat-controlled. If not, then you can just let your hair dry naturally. Hair products like shampoos and conditioners should be high-quality and safe. Try switching to a sulfate-free shampoo and a nourishing conditioner. With that, you may also want to purchase a hair mask and apply it once a week to strengthen, soften, and bring shine to your hair.

Let it Grow

Now, you may get restless while waiting for your hair to go back to its natural state. Growing it out will take some time as hair does not grow instantly. As you are growing your hair out, you must not do anything to your hair that may affect the process, such as bleaching or coloring it again, getting perms, getting it treated, etc. These procedures may cause damage to your hair also, which will prevent it from growing back to its natural state and color much faster. If the unevenness of the color of your hair is bothering you too much, you can just cut it off little by little until the colored hair is completely gone.

Hair growth supplements can help in making the process of hair growth go faster. Our hair only grows less than an inch to an inch each year. It will take a long time for your hair to be completely natural again, but certain supplements may help quicken the process.

Self-Tanners

You may think it sounds odd at first, but self-tanners can be used to restore your hair’s natural color. Although, this will only work for hair with highlights to light blonde colors. This technique may not be entirely effective for hair colors that are not considered a naturally light hair color like green, blue, or pink. Self-tanners are suitable for bringing your hair color back to natural as it effectively clings on to hair for a long time.