Hair Dye

Carsinian Thau

I have very dark brown (almost black) hair. Are there any temporary hair dyes that I could use to colour my hair neon/electric blue for a few hours (long story, party etc.).
Thanks.

Just shave it bald. It's cheaper and easier to manage.

WindSock

Try boots or somewhere similar for a spray on hair colour. The best effect is to bleach your hair first.

Smellyirishman

Try here for advice.

microgirl

Carsinian Thau wrote:

I have very dark brown (almost black) hair. Are there any temporary hair dyes that I could use to colour my hair neon/electric blue for a few hours (long story, party etc.).
Thanks.

Nope. Not what you want to hear, but not a chance. The only way you'll do that is to bleach your hair first and then dye it, which is rather permanent.

You could dye it back to your natural colour (or close to) again afterwards, but no guarantee it would work and you wouldn't end up with purple and green streaks. Shaving it off and growing it back would be better, but perhaps not if you're a girl

Only insta-solution really is a wig.

Katykaboom

You can buy a spray in boots, I use from time to time, when I dont have time to get a colour, its kinda sticky but its ok, its called fx or something, they have loads of different colours, in a little silver spray can.

miss_sunshine

I was in my local chemist recently and saw a wash in wash out neon pink hair dye, so I know they're available, I just can't remember what the brand name was, but if they're available in Co. Mayo, they should be available elsewhere...:)

Gran Hermano

Get some rabbits and a tin of neon blue dulux paint.
- paint the rabbits blue
-superglue the rabbits to your head.



From a distance they'll look like blue hares

This is after hours... what did you expect!
For a serious answer try fashion & appearance

FlutterinBantam

jaysus... you are a ball of laughs!!!:rolleyes:

Faith

There's dyes you can get, but they're very unlikely to have a noticable effect on dark hair. Your best bet might be to get one of those sprays, they might work. They wash out straight away too. However, it still won't turn blue, it'll just have a blue tint to it.

cee_jay

don't bleach it and put blue in then!
Did it for a friend before and turned out green!
The poor girl was traumatised

Because you have such dark hair, you will find it very hard to get a temporary blue colour to show up on your hair.
As Faith said the most you could probably hope for is a blue tint

humbert

Gran Hermano wrote:

Get some rabbits and a tin of neon blue dulux paint.
- paint the rabbits blue
-superglue the rabbits to your head.

From a distance they'll look like blue hares

Brilliant

Nevyn

You want hair mascaras or a temp hair colour gel.
You find these products in a big supermarket or a good chain of chemists.
They are temp wash out colour.

Black Swan

Find an inexpensive wig. It's a party and for fun, so who cares if it looks real? And you won't end up damaging your hair.

Blush_01

As other posters have said, you're better off getting a hair mascara/spray on colour/ coloured gel. You can get some sachets of stuff in supermarkets, stocked with the hair dye if they have them, or else on a j-hook/separate unit with the Montagne Jeunesse (sp?) face, hair and foot masks.

The sprays in Boots et al are ok for a temporary colour too. I'd nearly be more comfortable with one of them myself.

I bleached my hair about 4 years ago and dyed it neon pink and it was so much work. Stripping your hair of colour is also so bad for the hair itself and can leave it very fragile and brittle. No short-term event is worth destroying your hair for. That said, if you do decide to bleach and dye your hair/ a section of your hair, there's a range of temporary dyes called Stargazer (you can't get the nicer colours in permanent dyes, unfortunately) that are very good and don't smell horrific. You'll need to dye your hair when you wash it the first time if you want to preserve the blue, and then every few washes for the first few weeks, less often as the colour builds up, so it's a bit labour intensive. Luckily blue builds up quicker than red tones. Also, if you only want the blue as a very temporary measure you can dye your own colour back in when you're done, but it will be lighter than you expect and it'll fade. Either way, it'll fade pretty fast the first time you dye it after bleaching.