How to dye your hair bright colours

Congratulations!

You forgot the bit about making sure your ears and the top inch of your forehead are dyed to match your hair.

And always remember to take your own pillowcase and towel if staying in a hotel or at friends' places, because the dye will stain even after it's dry.

I've ruined more towels, pillowcases and white shirts, which I have to wear for work...


BardSkye, who has neon orange hair, with a bottom layer of scarlet at the back.

Eek, I don't do that strip the color out of your hair then put color back in thing. It is very hard on your hair. Unless you have very strong hair and lots of it, it can easily ruin it and you'll have to cut it off as it breaks off. Easy there, especially if you have long hair that's taken you years to grow out.

I've only used temporary streaks of the bright dye, a purple pink shade. But if your hair is darker, not all of the colors will show up. I read the Amazon reviews to figure out what colors would work and etcetera, lots of good input there. And yeah, even with the temporary dye, from what I read it will permanently stain your sink, so careful.

Temporary dye was fine for me. It was fun but I guess I just don't think of myself as a purple-headed person. So, temporary is also a good way to try it out before you commit. It lasted through a few washes.

Another idea is to just highlight your hair in the front (what used to be called "frosting.") Then the bright hair dye shows up much brighter on the bleached sections so you get that effect without stripping the outer layer off all your hair.

So, them's my two coppers.

I always wanted the super-bright colours, but like you, I'd have to bleach my hair first to get anything to show up, and unlike you, my hair would NOT have fared well with that.

I did it to the underside of my bangs occasionally, because those get trimmed away anyway. It wasn't a big deal if I fried them.