Why is my hair turning red naturally

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Have you noticed a change in the color of your hair even though you haven’t been dyeing it? You have to be wondering: why is my naturally-brown hair turning red?

Red happens.

Though it may be a bit unnerving to see your hair color changing ‘on its own’, there are several reasons this will happen.

In this article, we are going to look at hair and how it gets its natural color, the different reasons naturally brown hair can turn red, and how to fix it and prevent color change from happening.

Understanding Your Hair

First things first – in order to understand why your naturally brown hair is turning red, you need to understand your hair structure and what makes up your natural color.

A natural strand of hair is made up of two or sometimes three components.

The Cuticle

The cuticle is the outermost, colorless layer.

It’s made of flattened cells that overlap like the scales on a fish or clay tiles on a rooftop. The cuticle protects the inside of the hair shaft from

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