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Tinfoil hat.

July 8th, 2009 8 comments

To say that I don’t know what I’m doing dyeing hair is an understatement. I think she can pick up Radio Free Europe on that headset.

By the way, I’ll be taking this photo down fairly soon – this seems like the kind of thing that a young teenager might be mortified to have out there on the web in a few years.

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“Manic Panic” Panic

July 8th, 2009 12 comments


My daughter would like to put two green streaks in her hair. Me being the permissive liberal type, I say “why the heck not?” I’ve settled on Manic Panic semi-permanent dye so it’ll last for a while but it she won’t have to live with it too long, and it could in theory be gone by the time school starts. Em’s chosen color: Green Envy.

However, I have absolutely no experience with hair dyeing. Yarn dyeing, yes, but I don’t think I can dunk my daughter’s head into a crockpot for a few hours.

Does anyone have any advice? Any links on the web that you think are particularly helpful? Anyone in Charlotte who can recommend good sources, or who might be willing to try to help us? I’d rather my daughter not come out of this looking like Sigmund the Sea Monster.

Little help?

ETA: Her hair has lightened a little this summer to a light brown. We would rather not bleach before adding color, as that creates a bigger problem come Fall.

ETA-again: I misspoke. Her chosen color is “Electric Lizard.”

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