Hey ladies, this is Erica Johnston if this is your first time visiting my channel
Welcome in today's video. I'm going to be talking to you about the effects that the Sun has had on my hair
Over the past almost two years
So for those of you who have been watching my videos since the very beginning
You know that I talk a lot about yellowing in my hair
today's video we're going to talk about
my nemesis
yellowing hair so I'm gonna try to worry less about the
Yellow bits that I have in my hair. It is my hair yellowing. I realized that while I'm on camera here you can't actually see
the yellow
So I'm sure that all of you must think that I'm just a little bit crazy. I've sort of attributed it to different causes and
originally, I kind of thought maybe
The yellowing was caused by using a straightening iron, which that you know could be part of it. I also thought it was due to
shampoos that I was using that had a little bit of a yellow
Tint to them I was using Pantene pro-v
Shampoo and conditioner on the days that I wasn't using my purple shampoo. So I started thinking like, oh, well, maybe it's the shampoo
that's causing my
Yellowing. I also have my hair tone to silver color and the toner itself left a little bit of yellowing
So I feel like I'm constantly in a state of growing out yellow hair like just since the very beginning, you know
I bleached my hair
blonde and
You know, so right off the bat, it's just been like a growth of yellow right now. I met the 22 mark
22 mark right now. I'm at the 22 month mark
so I've got two more months until I hit my
two-year anniversary
Silver hair anniversary of ditching the dye
yeah, and so when you think after two years you wouldn't be still growing out yellow hair, but no, I still AM so I
realized after this summer
That I had a lot more yellow than usual. We had a beautiful summer here in Canada. It was absolutely gorgeous
I was outside all the time
I tried my best to you know wear a hat if I was sitting by a pool that sort of thing
But if we were just going out for hikes or just anywhere like outside all the time
I didn't necessarily always wear a hat. I mean, I think I even did some filming outside by the pool
without a hat on
the reason why I realized that it was actually the Sun and not my
Straightening iron that was causing it is because the yellowing is only in the areas where the Sun hits and so I wore my hair
Mostly up like this in the summertime or back at a ponytail
So all of this part here is this front part, which I've been trying to get rid of the yellow
It is yellow and the same thing here, you know this part here because it was up in a ponytail
Is yellow right now. It's January and we are in winter here in Canada and
You know, I do go outside but not to the same degree. And if I do go outside I'm wearing a toque
So now I've actually noticed still using my straightening iron that the outgrowth that I've had since the summertime is
Not yellow it is back to my normal
beautiful
sparkly silver color
So that's how I know that 100% My yellowing was caused by the Sun so I am planning on taking
huge precautions next year
I know this sounds like such a big deal, but for me it kind of is like I feel to me
That's what's more aging is is having those sort of yellow streaks. So I
Talked about this in the past video, but I'm gonna show you again. This is a Aveda Sun care and
It's a protective hair veil, so
even in the winter time right now if I'm outside for a long period of time
I've been using this and it's really nice
I thought when I first bought it I thought oh, it's just gonna be greasy and gross and all that
But it's not it's wonderful. So I'm outside going for a run like a long run
I will spray this onto the ponytail and onto the top of my hair
so I will keep you posted on this and hopefully this will do the trick and then I still use my
frizz ease my John Frieda Frizz Ease
to
prevent damage from heat tools just in case, you know, I don't wanna add extra
Issues, so that's basically it
So this is just a quick video this week
just to let you know that I finally found out what was causing the yellow in my hair and
I am NOT going to try any more
potions or things like that to
make the yellow disappear because I've used
so many purple shampoos
You know, I've tried like that hydrogen peroxide mixture that I created. I
Done a lot. And I think that in the end, it's just a matter of growing it out and moving on
yeah, so
That's where I'm at. And I just want you to know that if you were in the beginning stages of
growing out your hair
Just be careful in the Sun. Be sure to wear hats and
Protect your hair because you do want it to look beautiful
And silver and white or gray or whatever color it is you don't want it to be sort of that dull
yellowy streaky color
Especially when you spend a lot a lot of time growing out your hair. You don't want to have to have more time
Yeah, Oh
Everett's here. He's here to say hi to everybody before I say goodbye. So what you saying? Goodbye now?
yeah, I was just gonna say goodbye just
Talking about my my hair and the Sun and the effects of the Sun on my hair
so the thing is is it's not only my
My silver hair that has been
Affected by the Sun. It's also the brown hair, right?
Like I sort of have darker brown hair which has lightened and that's sort of how I know too
That it was the Sun that caused it. So
anyways
Do you have anything you want to add?
No, totally off topic. Just wanted to add this to the video, but I've had a few of
You asked me whether or not I do anything to my eyebrows whether or not I tint them
What? No I don't these are my natural
Bert and Ernie brows
that I've had since I was a little girl and
Had these since I was a little boy. Yeah, you've had those since you were a little boy. That's true
So I literally as a child had black, you know, practically
What is her name the Frida?
something or other I've literally had
You know these thick black
caterpillars across my face my whole life and
In the 90s, I plucked them to within an inch of their lives
And I'm really glad that I stopped doing that because apparently, you know, you keep plucking too much and eventually they don't grow back. So
No, that's for your hair. So I have been getting white hairs in my eyebrows
Seriously? Yes white hairs. I will tell you this if I get to the point where I need to do any tinting or
Any dyeing of my eyebrows, I will let you know. I'll be sure to let you know
Because I'm not gonna let these ladies go
Wait, I just I'm not ready for that. That's that's too much. So
On that note. I think I will say
arrivederci
Does that mean goodbye?
I think I'll say sayonara. Au Revoir
Feliz Navidad no, no
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Bye for now. Bye for now
Hey ladies Hey ladies
Hey
The effect that the Sun has had on my hair and how it's wreaked havoc. I have lots of videos on
Turning silver. No in today's video. I'm going to be taught to you about the effects that the son has had on my hair
Not the effects that my sons I've had on my hair. No who's kidding and I have kind of
Attributed it attributed. I've attributed started noticing. Oh
I also
I
don't let that but
What is her name the Frieda?
something-or-other
I
Should know that woman's name Frieda. That's really bad. Freedom. Freedom. You know, what about the one you know, is that her name? No. Oh
Okay