I feel pretty ethereal.
This is my Met Gala look.
Hi, I'm Caroline, and this is Hair Me Out.
So today, I'm going to be bleaching my hair, coloring it gray,
and then putting rainbow tones in it...
Like a mermaid!
Before we get into the transformation, don't forget to subscribe below.
So, I have dyed my hair before.
I actually haven't had all black, natural hair since sixth grade.
In middle school, I went through like, a scene phase.
Eighth grade to high school I had variations of like, browns, blondes...
But it wasn't until like, senior year that I bleached it all.
Having dyed hair became my thing, so much that I think I would feel like if I went back to
black hair that it would just make me very average again.
Going back to this hair now like, I really love it.
But I think having the bleached hair, too, is also a part of my personality and like,
my character, and I love both ways.
Something that inspires me now to express myself through my hair is also seeing badass
Asian femmes, females, doing cool hair like CL, Soo Joo Park, Im Yoon and Ambush.
They all have cool blonde hair, and I think it makes them look amazing and powerful.
I've never done this sort of rainbow tones in my hair, so I think that's going to be
really exciting.
I want to live my best rainbow mermaid life.
Alright, so, we've already cut your hair.
Are you ready for your color transformation?
Yes I am!
I think I started coloring my hair and dyeing it because it was fun for me.
It was a form of self-expression.
My parents really weren't the type to not let me dye my hair like that.
But I think it became a lot more of like, an identity thing, because I wanted to stand out.
A lot of people knew me for that hair.
Like, "Oh, the girl with the pink hair!" or "The girl with all the blonde hair!"
Ooooh!
You're so blonde!
That's crazy.
How I looked and how I appeared – it was something for me to sort of stand out and
I think those types of things are important to like, express yourself, but also, at the
same time, I think we fall into these holes where you think that you don't want to be
just "another Asian".
So, it becomes a thing to sort of differentiate yourself from the rest of the crowd.
My non-Asian friends would be like, "Oh, you're like, a cool Asian".
That's a really shitty thing to do – to put people into "uncool" and "cool" categories.
That made me feel like my personality wasn't enough.
I think I've gotten over that fear.
My exterior appearance isn't all of me.
Who I am and what people know me as is just like, who I am, and my personality,
and not just like, my hair.
The purple roots look so cool!
It looks good, right?!
I like to dye my hair now because it, for me, is a form of self-expression.
I think it gives me a sense of confidence, too, because I love how it looks, and I feel
great about myself.
I'm someone that likes to change things up, switch it up, whether it's through my clothing,
makeup, and also my hair.
Alright, are you ready to see your final look?
I'm ready!
Okay!
Oh my gosh!
It looks so good!
Thank you so much!
You're a perfect, muted mermaid. It looks amazing!
It looks amazing.
I think all the time spent in the salon was so worth it.
I'm so inspired to try everything now.
I think I can do anything.