Even with all the color, Ingram keeps her hair looking remarkably healthy.

“I had to chop it off a couple of times, but I’m still surprised it’s surviving my horrible decisions. I do a lot of hair masks and I only wash my hair maybe once or twice a week,” she said. “If you wash it too much, it dries out your scalp and strips all the good oils out, so especially with the bleach and the dye, it’s how I’m keeping it healthy.”

But I had to ask. Ingram is out there training and competing in the blazing sun, sweating through intense singles matches, so how does she manage to avoid washing her hair?

“I usually will wet my hair down when I take a shower and just comb it through. Then, I’ll put it into French braids or Dutch braids, and I’m good,” she mentioned. “Then, I flat iron my hair because my hair is naturally super curly, and usually if you wash curly hair too much, then it’s really bad. But, I’ve never had any major problems with it.”

Ingram started dying her hair when she was 12 years old. 

“I asked my mom if I could have a streak in my hair and she said yes,” she shared. “Ever since then, I got hooked and I’ve never stopped.” 

Given how often she’s colored her hair, Ingram admits a few mishaps along the way were inevitable.

“I almost bleached the front of my hair off and overprocessed it,” she revealed. “I also accidentally dyed my whole tub blue and I somehow got it on the walls, too. I got it on my face and my fingers, and it wouldn’t come out. I looked like a smurf. My mom was so mad, but it was semi-permanent dye and it didn’t come out for a good two months. I was literally 16 when I did that.”

With her vibrant hair and bold fashion choices, Ingram is impossible to miss on the court.

She’s also deliberate about coordinating her current hair color with her competition outfits.

“I always try and coordinate my outfits to my hair,” she said. “I also love to coordinate my nails, too.”

But out of all the colors she’s experimented with, Ingram definitely has a favorite.

“As much as I love blue and green, I think I’ll always go back to red or pink,” she concluded. “It matches everything, and I just love it. I think I’ll stay with this pink for a while.”

Ingram is undeniably adding a burst of vibrancy to the pro circuit.

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