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Semi Permanent Hair Dye

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For Halloween I'm going to be Poison Ivy. You can't be Poison Ivy without the red hair though and I'm a total blond now.

This is a quick way to get some red into my hair without having to bleach it all out again :)

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  1. Step 1

    Take sections of your hair and then use the food coloring to cover the area.

    I used cotton balls to evenly spread the food coloring into my hair.

  2. Step 2

    I combed through my hair a lot to make sure there weren't any tangles.


  3. Step 3

    And then leave it all in your hair for over 12 hours.

    I have really light hair so the color didn't stay in as well as I thought it would.

    Over the next few days I'll try to leave it a lot longer.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    There you go!


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MIHO

MIHO

27 Oct 14:41

You are beautiful :D
Great how-to, thanX!

Hana

Hana

27 Oct 15:11

I'm gonna be poison ivy too! but i'll put some color spary on my hair ;)
how about your costume?

autumn rae

autumn rae

28 Oct 00:29

neat! now whenever i want to dye my hair my mom won't kill me when she sees a crazy color...

Sarah S.

Sarah S.

28 Oct 01:32

Great! I usually use kool-aid mixed with shampoo....

Darling Chelsea

Darling Chelsea

28 Oct 02:41

My costume is actually on here! I made a "How-To Poison Ivy Costume"

You should go check it out :)

mangolicious

mangolicious

28 Oct 14:37

i second MIHO...you are really beautiful ..and the color too goes with your hair. thanks for the idea :)

Ezme

Ezme

28 Oct 20:08

Would it work with dark hair? or will you need to bleach it??? and how long does it last?
I love it! -may have to dye my hair blue now! My mum may kill me but who cares!!! ^^
you are drop dead gorgeous!;)

jani

jani

28 Oct 23:25

Nice idea! I'll definitely look into that!

Darling Chelsea

Darling Chelsea

29 Oct 04:00

I don't think it works with dark hair.

I have blond hair naturally. It didn't really stay in my hair that long, but then again, I have really light hair and it's really damaged from all the experiments that I do to it on the daily :p

Mine lasted 3 days (3 showers) ahaha

Darling Chelsea

Darling Chelsea

29 Oct 04:00

And thank you all :)

Alexa S.

Alexa S.

09 Nov 12:32

maaaaan! If only I wasn't a dark brunette... blech! Oh well, Looks great on you!

ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ

ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ

10 Dec 09:14

if only i could just as easily do that...
i might have to find a blonde friend of mine and drug them.

michelle-dee

michelle-dee

01 Jan 18:07

how long did the dye take to fade?

sparrow is fancy

sparrow is fancy

17 Jan 02:43

that is so friggin' awesomes.

Poison Ivy = The best :)

Miss Fit

Miss Fit

01 Feb 18:06

it's super kewl! ur really cute too. :)

Viohazard

Viohazard

22 Mar 21:01

You can boil kool-air too and it works really well.

Viohazard

Viohazard

22 Mar 21:01

haha i ment kool-aid

Twilight lover

Twilight lover

03 Apr 19:12

Cool! Buy my mom won't let me dye my hair. :(

Alyx

Alyx

16 May 02:48

Ya I have to agree you are really pretty! I love this idea I have actually done it before and I have dark brown hair. For the people asking if it works with dark hair you can really only do it with the top layers and have to put the color in 3 to 5 times. You also have to use a darker color like green or blue or purple. Definitely not yellow. I also recommend using a lemon mix and sit out in the sun to naturally lighten the areas you want to color and if you don't have time to sit out in the sun you can always blow dry it! Good luck to any one who tries this!!!

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Darling Chelsea »
October 27, 2008 11:20
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