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Our hair is like a business card—a reflection of ourselves that we can design however we choose. Whether it’s conservative and minimal, or extravagant and colorful, there’s no wrong way—just your way.
The subreddit r/HairDye knows this well. Created in 2013, it has grown to 657,000 members, all eager to share their passion for self-expression.
We decided to revisit this corner of the internet to compile a new collection of before-and-after pictures that celebrate creativity and individuality. The only thing you'll ever regret is not highlighting your potential!
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 10 months ago
It reminds me of an iridescent beetle shell (in a good way!)
The desire to experiment is understandable. A few years ago, one survey revealed that a third of women feel their hair negatively affects their mood.
Additionally, 50% of respondents reported being unhappy with their hair half the time, while 70% said they feel self-conscious when dissatisfied with their hairstyle.
To learn more about the process, we got in touch with Christina Butcher, the woman behind Hair Romance, a website dedicated entirely to our precious accessory.
"Hair has the power to transform and a new hairstyle can make you look like a different person," she told Bored Panda.
"A successful hair transformation should make you feel more like yourself! The right tone will bring out your best features. It might feel a shock when you first look in the mirror, but you’ll feel like your best self with the right hair transformation."
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So, good hair is transformative and affects emotional health—our self-worth, self-confidence, how we interact with people, our productivity, what we believe about ourselves, our resilience... When you think about it, everything really is impacted when we aren’t happy with our hair.
According to Christina, the cool thing about dying our hair is that it can start to feel thicker. Even "adding in highlights can add depth and dimension to your hair," she said.
"Subtle hair changes can be just as important as a dramatic change. The details can make all the difference."
If you're conscious of it, dyeing shouldn't destroy your hair either.
"You can change your hair gradually to limit any damage to it," Christina of Hair Romance said. "A gloss or toner can also add shine to your hair and improve your hair’s manageability too."
In fact, "Often the way that you style your hair can cause more damage than dye, for example, using hot styling tools daily."
"Newer treatments like K18 are also incredible at restoring and maintaining the quality of your hair so you can have more fun with your hair!" she added.
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lindsaygerring 10 months ago
Pretty lady she's so pretty she got that look as Prince said RIPower King 🤴🏼
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One poll from the UK found that 1 in 20 women will spend more than $62,500 during their lifetime on coloring their hair.
Results from the survey of 2,000 respondents revealed that they spent at least $125 visiting a salon every six-and-a-half weeks for a color change.
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Earthquake903 10 months ago
She could probably pull off almost any hairstyle or color, very photogenic
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painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago
WOW!!! You put the STUN in Stunning! I am being forced to not just like, but love pink today. Yet again, she pulls this off like she was born with it. She is rocking the brighter, more neon tone of magenta. Very much like I did my daughters, but I'm not a professional so my daughters was all one note. This has amazing highlights and lowlights. And her eyeliner is really awesome.
One in four said they would spend $23,000 over their lifetime—or the equivalent of $365 annually—altering the natural color of their hair.
Blonde was the color most likely to be chosen, with 44 percent of women going for highlights or something similar.
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 10 months ago
Wow! These posts are making me regret having a job where the uniform policy dictates that hair should be in the natural colour range.
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painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago
I'm a huge fan of curls, and your's are gorgeous, but this color and blow out give you a glow you didn't have in the other pic. Beautiful.
The study also found that the average respondent would go through 6 different hairstyles in their lifetime and 4 varieties of color.
Just 18 percent of those polled maintained the same hair color their entire life.
"Hair should be fun and changing your hairstyle is easy. Don’t be afraid to switch it up!" Christina Butcher said.
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Robert Benson 10 months ago
But does she have to change her hair color every time she wears a different colored top?
However, you don't need to rush it. Allow yourself to tame the thought. The average respondent of the aforementioned poll waited until they were 20 years old before experimenting with hair dye.
Overall, 55 percent said they felt better about themselves with a new hair color, and 8 in 10 admitted their confidence levels were directly affected by the condition of their hair.
So these pictures don't lie!
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Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
This is actually a really good way to keep your hair color for a longer time. This past summer I paid someone to dye my hair, we used 4 different colors and I loved it. Once the roots started growing back out, is when it started to look bad and it got to a point where I couldn't deal with it any longer and just dyed the whole thing, if I did what this person did to their roots, I could have kept the look for another couple of months.
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Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
I personally think the green, in the bottom right picture, compliments her best. It really accentuates her eyes.
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Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
Those eyebrows though... As someone who was a teenager in the late nineties, early 2000's, when having the thinnest eyebrows, like in this picture, was the style, I'd suggest you let them grow back out. Many ladies in my age group do not have eyebrows any longer, due to the excessive plucking and now have to draw them on.
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Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
I'm thinking she may have used her sweatshirt color as a reference guide. I think a picture of her hair, wearing a different color shirt, would make the hair stand out more.
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Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
Interesting how in the pic with orange hair, on the bottom right, she appears to be older than in all of the other pictures, but yet she doesn't have the tattoo on her arm, like in the photo above, top right...
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Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
Is she really wearing a mini Expo dry-erase marker, as an earring, in the bottom right picture??
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General Anaesthesia 10 months ago
Are photos 2 through 6 just one photo, hair colour by Photoshop?
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V 10 months ago
I used to have bright purple hair. I loved it, I just can't justify the cost of hair dye at the moment, so I am rocking my grey streaks instead.
Ms.GB 10 months ago (edited)
I used to have like magenta color when I was younger and then a really red red for a long time but honestly it's so hard to upkeep. Then I had black which took a while to lighten to any other color. Then I was like "Well I haven't done blonde" so now I'm blonde but I'm thinking I wanna try rosegold.
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V 10 months ago
I used to have bright purple hair. I loved it, I just can't justify the cost of hair dye at the moment, so I am rocking my grey streaks instead.
Ms.GB 10 months ago (edited)
I used to have like magenta color when I was younger and then a really red red for a long time but honestly it's so hard to upkeep. Then I had black which took a while to lighten to any other color. Then I was like "Well I haven't done blonde" so now I'm blonde but I'm thinking I wanna try rosegold.
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