The History Of Hair Color You Didn'T Know
- Posted on 21 May, 2020
- Hair Knowledge
- By Anonymous
Hi Beautiful! The start of highlighting hair dates back to the 6th century of ancient Greece. Things have changed a lot since then!
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Hi beautiful who's ready for some hair education. Today I mean hopefully you because he clicks on the video on it and you know so. I got my matcha latte and I'm ready to be a history teacher. Today I loved my history teachers growing up, which has nothing to do with this video, even though they never taught me about hair color history. Hopefully I can do them justice. Did you know that 70 % of women in the United States color their hair? That'S a lot of hair color and 52 % of you guys do it at home, and that's very evident throughout the years of me, seeing all these botched dye jobs. It'S very evident. I will say that much, however, highlighting specifically has come a very long way. There has been a lot of changes, a lot of development within the highlighting realm of hair color, and so today I wanted to go over one of my favorite techniques, which is highlighting how it came to be what it is today. So if you guys are ready, let's take a journey into the past. Very very deep wear highlights all began, let's get in our time machine and let's go to the 6th century BC. I'M gon na get my time machine I'll, see you guys in a few whoa. Oh, it looks almost the same as it does in 2020 around here. That'S weird, I didn't know we have mac books, you guys. First of all, I have to credit to the place that I found a lot of this information which is linked up below for you. It is Jo, fuller duck. Oh, they did a whole history of highlights and I found it very fascinating and I took a lot of information from them. So thanks you guys for writing up that article. It was very interesting, so highlighting can be traced back to the sixth century b.c, which was like a long time ago. The women of ancient Greece would lighten their hair sort of naturally with the Sun, as well as a mix of ingredients applied to their hair and that mixture of ingredients was olive oil, gold, flakes lemon juice and pollen. Well, we all know that lemon juice does lighten hair. That'S quite the interesting mixture of products. We got olive oil for some moisturization gold flakes, for you know just being bougie lemon juice for the lightning and pollen for who knows what but sounds like a plan, and that is how they naturally highlighted their hair in the Sun. That'S how they got those golden locks without actually using real hair dye. Real hair dye was developed much later, we'll go over that in a bit. So then we move ahead to a 1600 and of the Renaissance era, Rena Saints they would do a similar moment. As the ladies from our ancient Greece sector of the world, they would apply a nother concoction on their hair, slightly different and lighten it with the Sun and they're. A little concoction was black sulfur alum. I don't know what alum is it's a complicated substance is what I'm finding out right now. I don't know it's some kind of sulphate of aluminum and potassium great, and then they also combined honey to brighten their hair with the natural sunlight, a similar but different approach to our ladies of ancient Greece, but they looked fabulous. So what can I say he killed? It he kind of did that thing we're going somewhere. Now we have the 1800s. We just took a big leap, chemist discovered in the 1800's that you can actually use hydrogen peroxide to lighten the hair without burning the scalp. That was a huge finding, a huge development. I'M so happy to see it now, let's head to 1907. This is getting interesting now, so we're developing we're moving forward. A lot of things are happening in the industry. Women are wanting to color their hair more and more, and my macho latte is is going down a little bit baby stay with me in 1907, and the French chemist Eugene SH Weller created the first commercial hair liner Eugene. How could I thank you? Oh, my god boy, you did that thing. It was called Errol. This is how it's spelled Errol I don't know. I don't know how to say that which was later developed into the brand. We know today as L'Oreal L'Oreal. They did the damn thing for a long. Damn time I'll give him that they've been around for a long, oh boy, I wasn't even alive until way later than that boom. That brings us to the 1950s. Oh, what a cute era that was the cutest dresses, their hair, incredible the girls with their beautiful chin, yawns and their wave. Isn'T it amazing? Now, in the 1950s Lawrence Galba, the founder of Clairol, he developed the first one-step hair color system, which allowed women to lighten their hair without using bleach at home fast and simply, which is what we know today, as just slain old hair dye. This allowed women to do all sorts of things with their color now color was still frowned upon. At this time. Women did not like telling people they color their hair. It was very secretive. People were like you, color, your hair. No, you do want to you. Call people really be out there at that time. Thinking these women had perfect hair, colors, naturally girl. We know you're sneaking that color in the bathroom every night and fixing up those roots you're, not fooling anybody. Also around this time period. I don't know specifically when, but I did hear that prostitutes actually had to color their hair blonde to signify what their job was, and so it was very frowned upon to color your hair, a blonde which makes me sad. Maybe that's why I love being blonde. So much because I just want to commemorate all the prostitutes, I don't know. Let'S just say, Clairol really changed the game. Things are moving, things are grooving, we got a hair color. Now we can actually light in our hair now without burning it off. Thank You, Clara. We'Re going next to the 1960s whoa we're here. We are at the 1960s hairdressers now developed the glorious technique of the frosting cap, where they would put a plastic bag on your head, pull out your hair through some holes, put the lightener on and you have highlights. Voila, you guys have seen that a lot coming back, but that was developed in the 1960s. It wasn't as glamorous as it is. Now, though, they would literally take plastic bags tape it to your head and punch holes through it. There wasn't actually caps made to do that. That came a little bit later, but this is how they did highlights for a little while unless say, I'm glad. That is not how we do it anymore. Well, we sort of still do but we'll get to that. This highlighting method was hectic and created, highlights that were very irregular and unnatural, and a little bit wild, we're moving on guys were moving on we're moving on to the 1970s, Oh the glorious 1970s. This was fun. You know why, because the technique balayage was created. The word balayage actually means sweeping in French. If you guys ever wondered what the word belly Amish is it's just sweeping it's not that difficult. It'S balayage balayage next Amiga balayage and I want you to say hi. Can I get some volumes? Make sure you just sound very pretentious when you say the word, your hairdresser, all of that and if you don't know a balayage is it is a freehand highlighting technique where the highlights are painted on to the hair. This became very popular. It was beautifully done in a lot of cases we saw supermodels rocking in that amazing full-on, flowy hair. You can see why I color my hair with preference by L'Oreal, rich color, soft hair. It looks like it feels like silk see. That is all you know. Swept back that Farrah Fawcett look, oh, it was classic it's beautiful. It was amazing. The 1970s hair color was some of the best, the 1980s. Oh, we got something fun coming here. We got the foil method. This method was developed. Finally, by some hairdressers, who decided to weave out hair, put a little lighter on it and put it in a foil to heat it up now, if these weren't, the very blended highlights you see today, these were quite stripy and irregular. At this point, they're still working on their patterns and how they like to place the foils until a little bit later, where it got a little bit more developed, it wasn't public knowledge on how to do foil, highlights and brought into the mainstream. Also in the 80s fabulous products like Sonnen were developed and you guys all know what Sonnen is. I'M I'm gon na get into it. You spray it on your hair, it lightens it and it turns into an orange mess, but that was pretty fun in the 80s and people still do it, which is scary boiling, is that fundamental every hairdresser should know how to do very well. Finally, born foils are amazing, really great technique. Let'S go to the 1990. Some of us were lucky enough to be born around then, and I'm not saying I was one of them, but I may just have been now the same as sort of a tease techniques were developed even more in the 90s. Now people are learning how to really use foil, highlights their advantage and they're definitely taking advantage of the situation at this time. We'Re seeing very high contrasting highlighting mix with highs and lows, low lights and highlights there was also color blocking introduced, or you have really dark tones very thick sections of color, highlighted or very light tones highlighted in very chunky sections such as the looks that Christina Aguilera Was pulling off, she really did the damn thing she kind of killed it on that one that was sort of the hair moment of the 90s. With highlights, it was chunky, it was bold, it was in your face and then we moved to the early two-thousands where the chunky highlights got chunkier and the color-blocking got blockier Jessica Simpson was one of those people who had those striped out highlights roots to ends Kelly Clarkson was another one of them where she just had that really intense stripe. Going on and listen it's a look. I thought it was fun. I thought was fresh. I thought I was cool. I thought I was original and we're about to see that come back in style. Around 2013 is when and the ombre went mainstream now this sort of ombre techniques have been developed for a very long time. There'S no really saying when it was fully developed but 2013. We saw a lot of celebrities really come onto the red carpet with some bad hombres, or, I guess just hombres in general, because hombres are never really good. I don't. It was one of those things where I just like: didn't really get it, but like also it was like kind of fun. I don't know I really don't hate any like trend with hair, I think they're all like their own thing and they existed and it was a good time, but this one was a lot which is saying something. What is it saying? I don't know, but we saw people like Sierra and drew Barrymore, really go full-on with this trend and do some kind of slightly ratchet um hombres, where it went very dark on the top and very late in the bottom. It was like a race to who could have a darker first half of their hair and lighter mids and ends of their hair. It was like just give me a line across. I want a line I wanted to be fully saturated. That was all the rage highlights. Developed from one highlight to just a chunk of highlight at the bottom of your hair. Now that brings us to present-day 20/20, where we're seeing a lot of beautifully executed highlights. People are now combining every technique from the past cap, highlighting foil, highlighting regular weave, highlighting and foils chunky, highlighting everything is being used now on even just one head of hair you're, seeing in some cases people do the cap and then add painted pieces in the front And foils on the side, people are doing all sorts of creative stuff and it's really exciting. The one thing I see the highlights are very blended, but also at the same time, very contrasting. You see a lot of darks a lot of lights. You see very punchy highlights, but also it's coming out of the root in a natural way, which i think is very unique to the trends we're seeing right now when we look back at the hair trends, we'll sort of see that whole blended, natural but unnatural, vibe That everybody's going for right now, I think it's really cool and I love that we have developed so far with highlighting baby lights have been introduced. It'S not something new, it's a new phrase for an existing technique, but it's definitely being implemented a lot more in salons. Nowadays and the last thing you're seeing in 2020 is the chunky grill highlights you guys know that I love it, but you know that is a throwback to the 90s. I mean people have been doing. Those chunky front highlights for a long time and it's just old stuff being refill turd from the past, like it always is, and it's coming back so you're, seeing a little bit of new huiling techniques be developed, but really just the old stuff filtering back and people Are getting better with those techniques that was a lot now that my matcha is pretty much gone? That'S it you guys, that's the damn truth behind how highlighting was developed and where it is today and how he got there. It was a long journey. Things have changed. A lot but in some ways have really remained the same. I found this super interesting to learn about, and I hope you guys did too and maybe next time you get your hair done. You try something new, maybe bring back the 90s a little bit more. I'M into it is it just me, it's just it's just me all right whatever. Well, you guys don't forget to follow me on all the different social media networks like tik-tok, Instagram and Twitter. A brat mondo NYC also check out my facebook page and my snapchat show under Brad mondo and lastly, but certainly not least, check out X, mondo, hair @ x, mono hair calm, where you can get fabulous amazing, beautiful, luxurious, hair all at home, with products created by Me for you, you can also check out our Instagram at X, mondo, hair, to see all the beautiful product launches coming up and once we've done, such as the ones last week with the new, electrified and wave tech products that are literally flying off the mother shelves. So get on that, and that is all for today guys. 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Brad Mondo: Did you already know any of this??
Tilly Hossain: Me getting a whole history lesson with Brad and I cannot wait.
joss rivera: Brad: "We're developing" Me: dying on the fact that he made a hair joke without even realizing it.
Kenadie Brooklyn: Are we not gonna appreciate that Brad is always serving us looooks
shazamantha: that old L’Oreal commercial. “It LOOKS like it FEELS like silk”
Hayley Bing: Re: Sex Workers dyeing their hair blonde to signify their profession- Is that possibly where the whole "Blondes have more fun" idea comes from?
Claire E: Brad: we can actually lighten our hair now without burning it off! Still everyone: tries to bleach their hair at home and it falls out
Tricky Peebs: When i was in highschool, i was dedicated to putting warm honey in my hair like once a week. I have dark brown hair and it turned my hair to a very warm honey color. I never even notices how light it had gotten until i looked back at photos of myself.
Daisy Mullican: I'm obsessed with the history lessons. you should try the older techniques in a another video just for fun
Tess E.: I feel like there was a lot missing in the 00s...what about raccoon stripes, calico splotches, leopard print, kool-aid, and dip-dye...where the scene hair at?
sandra g: I remember when I was a kid (70s/80s), my mom would frost her short brown hair (cap and all!)… when she stopped doing it (and trimmed out more and more of the lightened hair), everyone started accusing her of dyeing her hair brown to cover grays. So she started frosting it again
johnnydeppishot: Brad compliments us a lot so it’s our turn... *BRAD YOUR ARE SO GORGEOUS AND BEAUTIFUL*
Imhellofgames: Do you remember the trend where people would dye their hair blonde and do black underneath :/
Isabelle L.: People today : look, I got e-girl highlights! Me in the early 2000's: Look, I got Ginger Spice highlights! Im a Spice Girl!!!!!! ✌
~Gorgeous_Nightmare~: Are we not gonna talk about the bright frosted tips guys got in the late 90s-early 2000s?? lol
𝕍𝕆𝕃𝔸𝕀ℝ𝔼: Imagine having gold flakes just lying around to lighten your hair with
Chelsea Drye: Brad: now we get to ombré Me: ooo I loved my ombré Brad: ombré’s are never really good Me: yeah I hate ombré
Absynthe: Early 2000s I did the front “highlight” thing, was a Rouge look from X-men to me though. I also did a reverse peekaboo, when everyone was doing a light on top and dark peekaboo underneath I dyed my hair with light blonde underneath and deep black on top. I’ll stick with my colorful looks now though, I’m loving the color and it goes with my eye looks I like too.
Debbie: This is so cool! Also more history videos about hair (styles, dye, hairdressing techniques) would be very interesting and informative. Maybe one time in the week or month would be very nice! But it's just an idea :) Thanks for being awesome and see you in the next video Brad x
Elayna Terrell: I just did my hair split dyed for the first time and I'm officially obsessed. It's way to hard to foil on myself so I said screw it and did the split dye.
Bridgygirl: I’m really loving Brad’s hair. The honey color makes him look extra handsome
Maren Lunde: I love how exited you get about things like the history of haircolour. It really shows how much you love what you do :). I've been so inspired by you that I coloured my hair pink today ;). Thanks for the inspiration.
Kirsty Macfarlane: I'm 46 and my mum was a hairdresser, the first time I dyed my own hair I was about 8! I used to find my mums colours and mix them to get the desired tone of red, always wanted titian hair, had loads of fun. My favourite was having my hair like Charlene in neighbours and coming home from watching a hairdressing comp, asking my mum to chop my hair into a curly bob because at the comp there was a woman with long, titian red hair and they cut it into a bob. I got the bob but not the colour, I didn't get my copper hair until I did a colour remover and put 7.34 colour in my thirties. I'm going back to the copper again. Now it's had a good break besides me touching up the roots with a 6. I'm going to colour remove to get rid of, most if not all, of any brown left so my hairdresser has a blank canvas to work with and we can do the titian with some strawberry blonde and a touch of light brown. Going to get a good bit cut as well! I'll do before and after pics and tag you on Instagram. Thanks Brad, I love you and your videos
Emily Wilcox: I’m a history nerd. I’d love if Brad did a series on historical hair treatments/styles/trends from around the world.
Andrea: 2013 ombre: that's when I got fed up with the constant upkeep of dyeing and just grew it out. Out of nowhere I got tons of compliments and questions on where I got my hair done! I said sorry it's just naturally growing out. Then ladies went to salons to try to get the look and it was horrible. I told them just don't dye it, it's hard, but you'll even save $$!
Tia Maynard: I loved this! I would definitely enjoy seeing more 'The History of Hair _' videos. You could do one about curls or hair cuts over time.
Emily Powell: Jean Harlow: 1930’s— She was the first woman to ever accomplish (by artificial means) “platinum blonde,” in fact, the shade was named for her when her film titled “Platinum Blonde” came out in 1931. There was a competition in the 30’s offering thousands of dollars to anyone who could accomplish her signature shade. No one was able to. She used a combination of Lux Soap Flakes, Bleach, and Ammonia. Like this video but can’t believe you left out one of the most pivotal blondes of all time.
Cinnamin Anderson: I remember the ombre gaining real traction just after the '08 recession. It was a style that, as I understood it, mimicked blonde surfer hair. Signifying that you had money to go on all the vacations and weren't stuck in an office. Plus, you didn't actually have to spend as much on regular touch ups.
Lea Pissonnier: In French "auréole" stands for the halo of light that angels have on their heads, so maybe the word was used to symbolize the brightness that the lightener will bring to the hair
Melissa Morse: Just wanted to stop by to say I LOVE your hair right now. I think this style/colour is the best you’ve had. As someone with a blonde pixie I know going brown probably feels so boring, but it looks so good on you!
Alex Pinnix-Hill: Stellar job, Brad. I loved learning about this. Women in the '50s had it rough, tbh. Between keeping their hair dye a secret and having to wait until their husbands fell asleep to take off their make-up only to wake up early and put it back on...it boggles the mind. I'm so glad that sone of the mystique is lost. I'd hate to be doing that now. I hope you do more of these, they're so fun!
Nicole Morris: I had soooo many if those styles from the 80's up. I remember my first highlights when I was 11 and yes I went to a salon lol. I'll never stop coloring my hair. I go years in-between sometimes but ultimately I want to be hunched over old lady and trying new hair color.
Paris Sinclair: This was so interesting! I do wish it had just been called "history of highlights" though- I'm sure there's some history of women adding color to their hair that goes WAY back where they used clay and crushed up beetles or something to make it red and indigo to turn it black.
Diana Brown: Love this well done history evolution of color. As a licensed cosmetologist, I knew some but not all of these facts. Thank you Brad.
Hippie Whovian: This was super interesting! I’d love to see the evolution of the different colours too, like reds and browns and blues and purples.
SugarDemon1035: Man, I'm glad to live in an age where hair products have been extensively tested and refined. My mom (born in 1957) once told me that when she was 18, she colored her hair dark brown a few days before attending a wedding. It rained on the day of the ceremony, and the dye was so "fragile" that it ran off her hair and ruined her dress. She refused to touch hair dye again until the 90s.
Kate Butler: I've been watching Brad's videos every night before bed to end the day with a smile and he never disappoints . You're amazing Brad!
Aliya Ricks: why is brad the only hair stylist i'd want to dye my hair
Bobbi Ngo: Omg this is almost the idea I asked a couple days ago hairstyles throughout the 100 years I so much loved this thank you brad for the history lesson❤️
A.A LeGates: This reminded me of the good hair documentary. Would love to see another history one. Like maybe hairstyles or recreating hairstyles from every century.
Tamarah Wallace: I really love Brad! Just as a history nerd I want to say that the renaissance was a period commonly thought of as commencing before the 1600s!
Anna: This is such cool information! I never knew the history of highlights! Didn’t realize how long women have been putting things on their hair to lighten up! I’ve watched your channel for years and have not done anything to my hair in over 6 years. You have inspired me to get balayage done on my brunette locks and a cut too! Two weeks! I’m so excited and nervous but you help me find the confidence to get it done!!!!
Lyla Isley: This is the only type of history lesson i’ll ever be able to sit through without falling asleep
Μαρία Π.: Since 2014 i started changing my hair all the time. 2014 was all about ombre hair. 2016-17 was all about intense red hair. 2018 was all about bleached SILVER hair. Then we had some highlights and a lot of people cutting their hair short. Right now i agree we have the 2 front parts that are blond and the rest as a classic brown ♀️♀️
Brionna Jensen: Honestly would love a video of brad trying to do all the different era highlighting techniques as they would in their time and see how well they actually worked
Venus Zavareh: Hi Brad, I have a quick question. I have like a 2b/2c kind of hair, and when I come out of the shower I normally hair-dry my Hair and for some weird reason, the curls fade and it flattens out to just a frizzy mess. Lately, I’ve been air drying my hair and I’ve noticed a HUGE difference as in hair texture and even curls. My hair stays the same curls. Do you have any recommendations for hair products that could help keep my curls and keep the frizz away, even when hair drying it? I want to make my hair look kinda of like wet, but still frizz-free and natural after using the product.
Karmen Fuerstenberg: Hey Brad, can you make a video where we send in pictures of ourselves and our hair and you recommend styles and colors that would work on us? I think this would be really helpful for those who have no idea what looks good on them.
Sophia Villegas: brad can you do more of these please you're actually brilliant at teaching history
breyonna marie: i love the statistics and history lessons thank you brad these are the facts that i never knew i needed what was my history teacher even ever getting paid for bc he obviously didn’t teach me anything IMPORTANT
Amalia: This was so cool and informative! We love a talented yet intelligent queen☕️
k. c.: Historian here (REAL LIFE!!), thank you for this. One portion of history I love to look through is the social aspect. Women in Africa use clay mud on their hair so they can make the hair look red, but it also protects it from the sun!! Love spending time on women and their aesthetics!! You now have me deep in research databases looking for info on the Greek form of hair lighting!! You made all us historians proud!! Also, YOU CITED !! I’m shooooooketh!! PS: we still use peroxide to lighten the hair. My mom taught me the trick when I was 14!
Eva: I love this video so much! Your react videos are entertaining but your other videos are so educational and all the information is presented in a really accessible and interesting way. Things I wouldn't understand or would normally find intimidating you talk about so well in such an approachable way (maybe that's just your personality??) I love it!
Dani Vizi: Omg this was so interesting I hope brad does more hair history videos like history of hair masks, curling etc etc
Merkyrie: I knew some of this but I think you handled teaching it really well. I enjoy your videos because you're uplifting and just an absolute pleasure to watch. Thank you for being the wonderful you!
It'sMineNow: This is so informative. You should have a whole series of these hair related history topics.
Cris M: Me: *having a shitty day* Brad mondo: hi beautiful, you look gorgeous today Me: *day just got 100% brighter" :')
Neptunian Mystic: Brad! I bleached my hair platinum blonde at home all by myself and it turned out amazing because I followed all your advice, I’m shocked at how white my hair is!
J Seri0us: I loved hearing about the balayage era. Living through history just hits different
Jelena Gusic: Brad just puts sooo much effort to teach us all through his videos. So unique guy who has sooo much passion for his job. Love from Bosnia ❤
Shannon MacDonald: Hey Brad, and any other hair stylists in the comment section : Is lighting hair with lemon juice okay to do and are there any negative aspects of it? I want to lighten my hair naturally this summer and I just don't trust a quick Google search to give me all the info on it. Edit: Just a few details that might help answer the question. My hair is light ashy brown and my ends are still lightened from 2 years ago when I did an ombre. Haven't dyed or bleached my hair since then.
~Lemon Sherbet~: Brad: Were developing, we’re move up, woman are wanting to colour their hair more........And my matcha latte is going down, baby stay with me
Tayla Hansen: I would have liked to see Brad make predictions on what highlighting will look like in the next few decades based on what he knows about past trends and his experience.
Caterina Speranza: I don’t get why this type of video don’t get as many views as reaction videos.. to me watching brad is always a pleasure
Tina G: Hi Brad, I just ordered your XMondo Product! I can't wait to try it. I hope it works for my curly dry hair. I've been watching a lot of your videos throughout this Pandemic. I've learned a lot from you!! Also, I love all of your hair tips and I love your bro and you together. My favorite is the one where you Bleach is hair, and my second favorite is the one where you teach him how to do rose gold on Manny Quin by EAR! XXOO
Ava Winter: Can you do an alternative hair history? It'd be cool to learn about when fun colours started and how they trended
usef: Omg imagine smelling like olive garden for days just to get that lift
Nadeige Singh: Currently binge watching your videos like CRAZY! I would LOOOVEEE to see a video on what you think about the curly girl method or a “hairdresser reacts” video on some doing a curly hair routine Ps. You are fabulously amazing!
Kat Lion: You are easily one of the most likeable, most entertaining people on YouTube. Your videos always make me laugh and cheer me up but are also quite educational. Love, love, love your content
Open World Girl: Back in 2015-2016 I did a blocky low and high light moment. It was so out of style (especially being a sophomore in highschool) but I was living my best life and I LOVED IT!
Whats-My-Fandom: 90s baby here too! <3 The chunky front highlights was what I did when I dyed my hair for the first time. Doing it again when my hair gets long enough for it.
Natalie: I used Sun In when I was 15 to make my medium brown hair blonde because my mom didn’t let me bleach it so I thought I’d do it myself. I’m 22 now and it’s still my biggest regret Sun In ruined my hair and I had to have my stylist dye it brown for 4 years on top of having super dry and damaged hair
S Malachit: Please do a "evolution of hair dye". Before there was any kind of chemical dye, people used henna, indigo, cassia and other plants to dye their hair. It would be interesting to hear your opinion on those and how dye evolved.
Kelly Ann Ross: Tbh Brad needs to teach cosmetology bc I can see he’d be SUCH a goof teacher. Ive had some rough instructors and some amazing ones
Nameless: I've had my chunky front highlights for over a year ( before the e girl thing started) but I talked to my current stylist and I am going to start doing an all over foil starting next month and I am so excited :)
chassidy clark: I’m a hairdresser and I still approve of 2000s hair.... it’s definitely making a comeback ❤️
Audra Cripps: I cannot even begin to express how excited I was when I saw this was the subject of the video. I'm a HUGE history buff!
May Gladiator: I love learning about hair from you! You make it very entertaining to learn, while also being very informative.
wott: I’d love to see a history video about coloring your hair different, vibrant colors!!
Tee F: but why hasn’t brad made any online courses or even classes on hair yet cause I would pay MONEY to see that! maybe he could even become a teacher
Lynnette Patton: Thank you Brad!!! This satisfied my nerd soul and I soooooo love this video!!! I actually remember my grandmom being upset she was a red head. She said she was a 'blonde' and was religious on hair color!
Nicole D: Never paid attention to any of my history classes but when Brad gives me a history lesson..... it hits different!
Jaclyn Clarke: I could listen to Brad talk about hair 24/7. It's been my saving grace for my mental and hair health during quarantine
Juf Fee: Yes queen!! I'm a history teacher and I love that you teach me about hair history ❤❤
Danielle Salvia: I’d love to sit in an education class if he ever teaches one! I’m a hairdresser on Long Island so hooping on a train to NYC for me isn’t a big deal. Plus he’d be worth every penny!
Jasmine Lavender: I rocked the chunky highlights at the front of my hair in my teens. Except not as extreme as people are doing these days. I had foils and always asked for lighter bits at the front. I love seeing trends come back around. I’m trying to think of what will come next.
SsameliOn1sard: I used the "Frost & Tip" kit. It was the only way to get powder bleach in a box! You'd paint it on, it would lift a few shades before drying out, and you were left with icky brass patches!
Cheyla Watkins: Could you do a video of trying the old ways of lighting the hair see how the work compared to how we do it now? That would be so awesome
Shorti: Got a whole history lesson! Also I wanna see brad do these techniques to see how they work!
Emily Adkins: I am in need of more Brad Mondo videos! Brad totally slays the game! Xmondo has totally changed my hair for the better!
Julia Reinboldt: Fun fact: Alum is used for pickling and also is the best home remedy for mouth ulcers! And as someone who gets them a lot from stress, it’s a must have for your medicine cabinet. It can be found at most grocery stores in the seasoning section :)
Caitlin Connelly: Now we need a part 2 where he uses the products and mixtures he mentioned especially the historical ones. It could be the hairdresser version of quarantine diys
Teodora Stankovic: You make the best history teacher on earth- i memorized literally everything without even trying (which cannot be said about any other history I ever tried to learn ). Love you so much and loved this video - i didn’t know any of this and it was sooo interesting! ☺️❤️❤️❤️
beyedoc: Yas! I've never been a fan of just a straight up ombre. It always just looked like people's hair color was growing out. I do like an ombre with some highlights and balayage.
Laura Quin: I had stripy hair in the ‘90’s but I think the real evidence of ‘80’s highlights being unblinded is that I remember my older cousins getting “streaks” which was what they called highlights.
Abby Stankovich: My sister who is a professional cosmetologist just did a brown to blonde ombré balayage!!! It looks so good! I almost cried when I say it for the first time:D
Beauty Jacked: I remember reading about sun-in as a kid in the babysitters club books because that was what one of the characters, Stacy, would use over the summer to get blond hair. Ohhhh the memories as an 80s baby!!
Miranda Milner: I’m a history nerd, and my channel is even about historical fashion and vintage style. This video is everything I ever wanted!
Bree Smith: I love getting hair info from you! Can you do the history of hair products or heating tools or hair styles?
hermioneghp: Hello Brad, Ombre hair color started becoming really popular after the 2008 because the the financial crisis. Women could not go to the salon as often to get their color done, so Ombre was the best option because you only had to go get it done 3-4 times a year. That is why it was mainstream by 2013. So it's interesting to see how having disposable income to do your hair professionally affects a person's life. You don't have to color your hair, you want to color your hair. I loved your video, I would like to request that you do a couple more focusing on each era and maybe collaborating with a historian here on YouTube.
IssaBee: Rainbow hair has gotten super trendy, too. Please do a video showcasing multi-color hair. From Rainbow Bright looks to pastel perfection, I love it.