Woman Dyes Her Own Hair 10 Days Before Friend's Wedding. She Immediately Realizes She 'Made a Mistake' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jordan Malloch dyeing her hair.Photo:Jordan Malloch (2)

Jordan Malloch (2)

Jordan Malloch was scrolling through TikTok when she came across creator@brittanyfrangipane’svideo, in which she was putting highlights in her hair through a cap.

The Sydney, Australia, native had been wanting to add a little “somethin' somethin'” to her hair for a while, she says, but getting it done at a salon would cost more than $500, a price she couldn’t justify — especially with her best friend’s wedding coming up in New Zealand.

So, 10 days before her friend’s wedding, after a long day at work as the operations manager for a men’s custom suiting retailer, Malloch decided to try replicating the creator’s highlight technique herself. She had no plan, no strategy — she just dove right in, recording herself throughout the process.

“I thought, ‘It can’t be that hard,’ " the 32-year-old tells PEOPLE exclusively. “Well, it was! I had tried dyeing my hair as a teenager with, let’s say, less-than-fantastic results, but for some reason, I thought now would be different. Then I quickly realized I’d made a mistake. But I couldn’t really go back, so I just doubled down on it.”

Jordan Malloch dyeing her hair.Jordan Malloch

Jordan Malloch

Throughout the process, Malloch was texting a friend, updating her on the chaos, including one clip of her reaction to pulling the cap off. After seeing the video, her friend told her to upload it.

Malloch listened, edited the video and uploaded it without much thought around 11 p.m. that night, Australian time.

“Everyone at work thought it was hilarious that a silly little video could blow up in the way it did,” she adds. “A few close friends reached out, had a laugh with me about it, and said how great it was because there wasn’t any acting or playing to the camera — it was just me being myself.”

Looking back, Malloch adds how upon seeing the streaks in her hair, she jumped in the shower, rinsed it out, used purple shampoo and put on a hair mask. She says in the moment she was terrified that she would end up with the most awful streaks in her hair. She even checked the time the supermarket closed, just in case she needed to make an emergency trip.

But after all of that, Malloch realized she had panicked for no reason, as it blended pretty well, aside from a couple of questionable streaks, but nothing that worried her enough to fix.

“Trust in the process,” she captioned a follow-up video of herself showing the finished results, which has also garnered more than 11.2 million views.

“It turned out really good actually,” another person writes.

Someone else says, “Little help for next time. Shampoo first then pull the cap off! The cap slides off much easier and doesn’t cause as much damage.”

Jordan Malloch shows off her finished hair.Jordan Malloch

While in the end Malloch is happy with the results, she shares a bit of advice for those looking to dye their own hair in the future.

“Be prepared to fail and make sure you film it!” she says. “Honestly just go for it. If it doesn’t work there are options but in this economy not everyone can afford to go to a professional so I think this is a great alternative.”

source: people.com