Hair Dye

I've dyed mine bright red. It obviously doesn't look naturally red. It looks more like the crazy red hair anime characters have. I loved it, but it wore out. I would do it again, I see no issues.

 

my natural color is black and I've been dying my hair for like 15 years now, I've tried so many colors from silver to orange. I currently have a blue mohawk, I honestly don't really care what people think of it but I keep getting compliments.

As for jobs, that can be tricky. I once worked as an accountant with lime green hair and I got funny looks but people still respected me. lol

 

I've been dying my hair abnormal colors since I was a teenager (currently rocking turquoise and dark blue hair), so I can sort of relate.

1) In my opinion, the only way you'd really risk damaging your hair is if you use harsh products often; like bleaching your hair several times in a short period. That's where you'd run into a problem.

2) If you mean going from purple to your natural color, one thing you could do is use a dye that doesn't last too long; like Arctic Fox or Manic Panic, so that way you don't have to worry about the wait. You could also do different dye techniques, like doing only your tips or an ombre style fade.

3) Is there a reason in particular that your family would be fussy about it?

4) This is probably the toughest of the four. I would inquire with the places you plan on applying if they have a policy on alternative hairstyles, since some people are really conservative and stubborn about it and others don't care. I've been fortunate to work at an establishment that was very liberal about things like hair and body modifications, so I didn't have to worry about this.

If they're not picky, then you should be fine. If they are, you could see if hats are okay to wear on the job, so you could hide your hair that way.

In general, I would say to do what makes you feel comfortable and happy. If you're concerns are about workplace issues, then I totally understand your fears. If it's the acceptance and approval of your family, then I'd say to not worry about them and what they think--even though that's easier said than done. I hope this helped somehow.

 

I dyed my hair red all the time back in middle school. ^.^

It never did any damage. I don't think you have to worry about that. ^^

 

I used to dye my hair dark red with bright red streaks, but recently I've dyed my hair a bright blue/teal kind of color. I adore it uwu

I would be careful if you go towards Manic Panic. I've heard terrible things about that brand from people who've used it. Not the color they want, it barely lasted, it messed up their hair, etc. I recommend...not that brand of temp dye, heh.

I don't think you'll have a problem with ruining your hair, especially since you've had a whole year gap. As long as you're careful, you should be fine, I think. And I wouldn't worry too much about dying your hair back to the natural color, especially if you use a temp dye.

Y'know, I remember I tried to dye my hair purple once and...there's a method where you use grape kool aid packets, apparently? Dunno how well it works, but it didn't work for me since my hair is naturally dark brown. It's kind of hard to get purple to show up on dark brown :lol: You might have more success with it since you have a lighter natural hair color.

For your family, I raise them not one, but two middle fingers. Huzzah. It's your hair, not theirs. In the words of some kindergarteners: "Nana nana boo boo".

Jobs can have different policies on it. There's probably somewhere that would be lax on the whole thing and let you by, even if you may be perceived as #Edgy.

Essentially my conclusion is "Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free"

 

Who gives a damn if your hair is purple? If they aren't a bunch of old men in suits, they won't care. If they are, they're a bunch of biased pieces of crap. You're being you, and noone should deny that.

 

For over a year now I've been dying my hair black with purple and teal that falls down the side of my face. You can sort of see it in my profile picture I think. Eventually I might let the colour fade out but I'll probably be dying my hair black for a long time.

 

I have dyed mine a few times, my hair is naturally very dark brown. I dyed it jet black a couple of years ago, but didn't see much difference. I really liked it when I dyed it red, I sorta want to do it again but I also want to dye it purple as well.

 

I work in a fashion/tech crossover company and a lot of my co-workers have green/blue/purple/silver/[insertcolourhere] hair, there are definitely jobs out there where it's no problem to look different from the norm

I think about dying my hair blue-ish/green-ish sometimes but never did it cause I'm afraid it will look shitty on me. And I have dark blonde hair so need to bleach it first and I don't wanna go there.

 

I've never dyed my hair, and while I think it looks cute on women, one problem I've seen is that especially with women who are naturally blonde and dye their hair blue or purple, when the color starts to fade it almost looks gray.

 

I've never dyed my all of my hair completely before. I'm kinda worried if I do I'll never get my natural color back, which I love. I do dye my bangs though. In fact, now that the red has faded out I was thinking about doing purple next.

As for the employment aspect, I think it kinda depends. Some places don't care, and some encourage that look. I worked at a place once where they said they had a strict dress code and no crazy hair colors or piercings. When I dyed my hair and showed up for work I figured I'd get "talked to" about it. I ended up getting compliments instead, my boss actually said she loved it! Most of the younger employees had nose or lip/tongue piercings and one girl literally dyed her hair every two weeks, so eh.:lol:

 

My hair is currently purple for the summer and i got a lot of questions about because im in JROTC and its in the policy (even though its summer i go into the school to help the instructors) that you're not allowed to have unnatural colours, and i did it anyways. The only problem that i ran into was with my work, but since my Papa Johns uniform has a hat i just dyed the top part. So it was a compromise, but i have to get rid of it soon because school is coming back up and cant have unnatural colours in JROTC uniform.

So do what you want just make sure you follow your work policy because they can be pretty strict about it sometimes.

 

I've never dyed my hair, but I kind of want to. My sister (who dyes hers) REALLY wants me to. But, I'm just too lazy, and indecisive about what color.

 

Well, you'd better hurry. There are bankruptcies right and left in the hair dye industry, after my daughter turned 22 and decided to stop coloring her hair. Especially hard hit are the manufacturers of purple and other fluorescent dyes...

 

I have dark brown practically black natural hair and Ive had probably 30 different mixes of colours including: reds, purples, greens (including neon green), blues and blonde. I also once did 6 bleaches in the space of a week and my hair didn't even fall out. Just use decent product on it, coconut oil before you bleach and condition more than you shampoo and you'll be good. Yeah I see the disappointment in my families eyes every time they see me, from my stretched ears to my hair and honestly, if it makes me happy to look like this, I don't care what they think and neither should you.

My hair right now is blue but my roots have grown through and cause I've not bothered with upkeep recently. I work in Next which is a pretty nice retail store, they don't care. I know it depends on the kind of job but a good majority of employers can look past alternative looks and if they see that you're a good worker you'll get the job.

 

I understand your feeling very well because I had several months ago a beautiful blue colour on my head and I want repeat it too :icon_bigg



But this wish is stopped with the first reason of yours, yeah, that extreme damage for the hair... Especially considering that I need it to bleach too firstly for gaining such a bright colour :eusa_doh: My family don't bother about this my colour obsession but I'm an adult person so maybe because of that they don't pay much attention on this :icon_bigg
Also if you has such a long pause between the dyeings, I don't think that the damage will be bigger than in the first time :icon_wink
Andd I also want to try on my head smth from these colours 40 Kaleidoscopic Hair Color Ideas - Fashionable Looks To Try, especially the neon green :rolle: