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It's natural for all teenagers to want to express themselves and try out different looks and hairstyles. Dying your hair can be lots of fun but, if you're concerned about your parent's reaction, perhaps it's worth sitting down with them and explaining exactly why you want to dye your hair.
For some parents, their worst nightmare is the idea of their young son or daughter waltzing into the house with bright blue hair, a nose piercing, or a tattoo. Often, the reasoning behind what can sometimes seem to be a parent's overreaction is actually based in their natural love and concern for their offspring, so sometimes its better to sit down and discuss things rationally beforehand, rather than to just do it in a gung-ho way and worry about their reactions later.
The concerns your parents may have about you dying your hair
When sitting down with your parents to discuss the dying of your hair, it might be worth thinking about the concerns they may have. For some parents, it's not the changing of your hair color that is the issue - but rather what it may represent to them. Parents can think too much into things, and it is very possible that your parents will over analyse the situation. Because your parents may associate bright hair colors with certain stereotypes, it is best to allay any fears by explaining yourself calmly, in case they assume the worst.
Alternatively, you could just go ahead and dye your hair and deal with the consequences later, just don't be surprised if your parents assume you're only doing it to fit in with a cult you've recently joined that also lists recreational drug use and unprotected sex amongst its initiation requirements.
Alternatively, you could just go ahead and dye your hair and deal with the consequences later, just don't be surprised if your parents assume you're only doing it to fit in with a cult you've recently joined that also lists recreational drug use and unprotected sex amongst its initiation requirements.
What colors to dye your hair?
Once you've managed to convince your parents that dying your hair doesn't mean that you'll be joining a travelling circus any time soon, you're next problem will be deciding what color you actually want to dye it. Now a days, there's about a million and one different shades you can dye your hair so making a choice is harder than ever. Pale purple sounds like an interesting color, and my advice would be to do some research. Well known brands like Manic Panic boast everything from UV reactive cotton candy pink through to Vampire Red.
For many bright colors it will be necessary to strip the color from your hair using peroxide if your hair color is darker than the color you want to go for. It's also always recommended to have someone that knows what they're doing as you may be dealing with some dangerous chemicals.
For many bright colors it will be necessary to strip the color from your hair using peroxide if your hair color is darker than the color you want to go for. It's also always recommended to have someone that knows what they're doing as you may be dealing with some dangerous chemicals.
