00:00When I first started taking care of my hair, the ultimate goal was to dye my hair champagne white.
00:06But I knew that my hair in the condition that it was would never be able to handle that.
00:10Now that I understand my hair in its natural state, I feel like I'm ready to go crazy with it.
00:15Hi, I'm Karina. This is Hair Me Out.
00:17Today I'm going to be dyeing my hair pastel blonde.
00:19When I was a teenager, I just wanted to express myself.
00:24I would dye my own hair. I'd go to the salon and dye my hair.
00:27I'd bleach my own hair, even shave my own head.
00:30It didn't really matter to me. I just wanted to have fun expressing myself.
00:33It took years for me to understand my hair and how to style it.
00:37For the last four years, I didn't even take a hot tool to it, did nothing to it.
00:42Now let's head over to the salon to see the transformation.
00:47I was thinking about doing a pastel blonde or like a platinum blonde.
00:52Have you ever done it before?
00:54No.
00:55This is first time.
00:56Yeah.
00:57Yeah.
00:57Let's get started.
01:04We'll do a bleach process twice.
01:08On top of that, we'll do a color to neutralize the yellow.
01:19Now that I've really nurtured my hair, I'm really nervous about dyeing it, that it's going to
01:24feel really bad or my curls will get lost, all my hard work will get lost.
01:32But at the same time, I'm excited to get rid of this thing that's holding me down.
01:40I don't like feeling attached to my hair.
01:42I don't like feeling attached to my hair.
01:44I don't like feeling like I need to be in service of it at all times.
01:51Even though the health of my hair is really important to me, expressing myself is more important to me.
02:09Everyone's already advising me against dyeing my hair champagne white.
02:14People are scared that my hair will fall out or it won't be as healthy as it is now.
02:33My hair inspiration is Laura Arellano.
02:36She is Latina just like me and she is fearless in dyeing her hair.
02:43You don't see a lot of Latinas dyeing their hair crazy hair colors and Laura really shows you how to
02:49pull it off and that anybody can really dye their hair.
03:04I think I'll still feel nervous even after I see it because I'm going to have to take care of
03:11it.
03:11And from what I hear, it's probably the most high-maintenance thing I can do.
03:19For a really long time, I've put no effort into my appearance.
03:23Always with my hair in a ponytail, minimal makeup.
03:26And I'm really excited to start putting a lot more time to myself.
03:43With a lot of coordination and makeup.
04:01I can see it all the time.
04:01I'm sorry.
04:01I'm sorry.
04:02I'm sorry.
04:03I'm sorry.
04:23Dying my hair in this light, I think it'll give me the freedom to do really bold, exciting
04:27makeup, hair, and jewelry.
04:56Hey, here's the new hair.
04:59Holy, oh my god.
05:03This looks so amazing.
05:06Thank you so much.
05:08You're welcome.
05:13I love the way that my hair turned out.
05:16I'm really excited to start putting a lot more time to myself.
05:26It took years for me to understand my hair and how to style it.
05:32I finally feel like I have control of my hair again.
05:34Let's go.
05:35Let's go.
