What's your opinion about teens with piercings or coloured hair?
I’m 16, I’m a distinguished honor roll student who is already planning for college, I have piercings, and I’ve dyed my hair since kindergarten. Now before you come after me, let me explain. Kindergarten: i was allowed a few small streaks of either red or pink. it stayed that way up until fifth grade, where I was allowed to do some small streaks of blue. I had hair down to the center of my back, and then in seventh grade I cut it to my shoulders and dyed my entire hair a natural red. that same year i got my first nose piercing, a simple nostril piercing on my right side. i was in love with it but i got so much hate from adults. did that stop me? not at all. the summer between seventh grade and eighth grade I got a pixie cut, and started dying my hair wacky colors again, starting with purple. once again, no one around my age even batted their eye, but adults in my life (other than my parents) had a fit. still didn’t let it stop me. in ninth grade, for my fifteenth birthday, my parents allowed me to get my septum pierced. then the following january i got my left nostril pierced to even out my nose. when I got my septum done, i got questions from a lot of kids at school, but no one said anything mean. the adults did though. “you’re so pretty, other than that metal in your face” “you’ll never find a boyfriend with all that jewelry”. my opinion is, as long as it’s not against any school dress codes or anything, who cares? let teens express themselves. hair can be cut and grown back, piercings can be taken out. chances are, if you do say no, your kids will probably find a way to do it anyway, and with piercings, it’s better to take them to a good reputable piercer and get it done safely than to have them do it at a friends house with a dirty safety pin. (pictures of me from 2012, and from september 2018 for reference as to what i look like, my hair is a natural red again now because i’m in the process of growing my hair back out)
Am I being too picky about my new hair color? (warning ..long question but I only need your opinions)?
I was born with dark brown hair, which in my opinion makes my very pale skin look even whiter. A few years ago, Mom let me go to her hairstylist to get my hair colored lighter, but it started to clash with my skintone. A few days ago, Mom, her hairstylist (the same one who dyed it lighter) and I decided that it would look best red (which I've wanted all my life), so I picked a shade out of a magazine and the hairdresser said that it would work, if she put a bit of brown back in my hair, too. I agreed, of course, and when my hair was done I immediatly noticed that it was nearly all brown, with a hint of red that stayed for about 1 day or so. I didn't mention anything, mainly bcuz of the fact that it was such a big change and I didn't want to seem ungrateful. But now that I look in the mirror, I notice that my hair is all the way dark brown again. No red like we all agreed upon. It looks OK, but I've always wanted red, and I feel kinda ripped off now that my hair is brown again. I know that lots of people here are going to want to call me an ungrateful brat for sounding so picky, but please understand that this is something I've wanted my whole life, and my hairdresser apparently made a mistake. Our hairdresser just left for Mexico and Mom doesn't want to use dye it @ home with drugstore hair dye... and she also tries to avoid the topic every time I mention it. Am I just being too dang picky about my haircolor? Lol, trust me I don't mind if you think I am. If not, should I tough it out for the year our hairdresser is in Mexico, should I try to talk to Mom about it.. again? Thanks for your opinions. No rude comments necessary.
I colored my hair intense red (box dye, Garnier one). I want my natural hair color back, i.e. black. How can I get it naturally or anything (I just want it badly)?
My suggestion is to go to a beauty supply store that is open to the public and purchase a hair color removal kit or a color stripping kit, as some refer to them and remove the red box color from the hair and recolor the hair with something close to your natural color. Another option would be to cut the hair, let it fade or grow out, or go to a professional who can help oversee the process of bleaching it out as bleaching can be damaging or even produce undesired results if not done properly.Once permanent hair color is applied to natural growth or virgin hair, natural pigment is removed and replaced by the pigment of the hair color chosen. This is why our natural or original color is not present underneath the previously color treated hair.In the future when choosing color remember that reds, while beautiful, often fade the fastest but are also one if the more difficult colors to remove. Store bought box colors are harsh & harmful. Beauty supply stores open to the public offer hair color that are not as harmful and closer to what a salon would use.
If you color your hair are you considering just going gray?
Until I turned about 7 years old, I had blue eyes, light olive skin, and platinum blond hair. My hair later darkened to almost black, but in the last 10 years has been graying. I really like my current hair color and, although I know it betrays my age (72), I’d never think of coloring it.
What hair color looks best on asians?
Oh, DEFINITELY the natural black, I have always wished I could have the beautiful, black shiny asian hair!!!!
Which hair color is more feminine?
Which hair color is more feminine? I currently have dark brown hair but I always feel like I look a little masculine for whatever reason. I am really, really considering going blonde and I just wanted to get some opinions on whether or not blonde girls seem to be more feminine and girly overall. I am not saying brunettes look masculine I am just asking if maybe blonde hair would make ME feel a little more girly, if you know what I mean. I need a positive change. Thanks for any advice!
What do you do when your kid says they want colored hair?
You could say…But first, let me tell you an experience I had.One of my daughters in her mid-teens was being a major pain in my posterior, being extremely rude, uncooperative as well as wagging school, which I only found out later. Although I had been living in Germany for a while and spoke fluent German, my daughter was ashamed of me because I still spoke German with a slight accent.Appealing to her better instincts brought no change.I promised her (no, I didn’t threaten her) that I would turn up at her school with my hair dyed neon green and walk around the playground calling her name at the top of my voice, stopping next to kids I met and telling them I was X____’s father and do you know where I could find her?Enough of the shenanigans stopped so I did not have to pull through with my promise. My daughter knew me well enough to know I would have done exactly what I had promised…On the basis of my experience I suggest you could say to your child,“OK, let’s talk about it. What colour do you want to dye your hair? A bright blue? What a great colour! Tell you what, I can really imagine that on you. In fact, I like your suggestion so much, I’ll get my hair dyed as well! So many family counsellors say fathers should listen to their children. Who’s your hairdresser? Let’s make an appointment right now - what’s their number?”I’m sure you can imagine your child’s reaction with 95% accuracy…It’s a great test.It tests how really keen your child is set on a colour change regardless of what mum or dad would do. It will reveal how much your child is doing it because he or she wants it for themself or wants to do it to spite or provoke the parents.It tests you: are you really prepared to go the distance, bright blue hair and all? (You’ll trigger some great responses wherever you go for as long as the colour lasts. :DBut honestly, only tell your child the above if you are really prepared to go through with it. Your child will immediately know whether you are serious or not.
Can I dye my hair twice in the same day with the same color? I dyed it before since I missed a few spots.
I had a girlfriend who wanted to impress me once. She had mousy-brown hair and wanted it to be red, without bleaching it first. So she dyed it at home, and when that didn't take, she dyed it again, same day.I'm not sure if words can describe the result. Let me start with what her hair looked like before. Her hair was normal weight, wavy, and medium length, just below the top of her shoulders. A full rich lovely head of hair. Before, that is.After... How to say this... She chemically burned off over half of her hair follicles, causing massive hair loss and blisters to erupt all over her scalp. The thin stringy hair that remained was so brittle that most of it snapped at various lengths, ranging from a quarter inch long to just about half way off her head. There were a few strands that remained full length.She spent three weeks massaging ointment into her remaining hair to treat her sore, blistered, oozing scalp. She wore a cloth bandana to cover her head. She couldn't wear a tight fitting hat because the combination of ointment and ooze would cause the hat to stick to her head, risking skin (and more hair) to be pulled off when removing the hat.It took about four months to get normal hair back. She is never allowed to dye her hair, ever again, doctor's orders.To say that she made an impression is an understatement.First off, I'm not saying this will happen to you. Heaven forbid. The ER doctor told us that her body had gone into allergic shock due to the multiple attempts at hair dye. It's not a common reaction.Secondly, clearly, this is a worst case scenario. I do not believe this will happen to a random stranger I've never met on Quora.I'm sharing this because I want you to realize that the human body is complex and the variation between individuals can be great. Something that works once, may not work twice, and something that works for someone else may not work for you.Better be safe than sorry.This message is 100% true. I'll never get the sight of her hair out of my mind.
What's your opinion on hair dye for 13 year olds?
My daughter wants to have freedom to dye her hair but my wife and I are on the fence. I am a middle school teacher and I have not seen very much hair dye, but then again it might be in natural colors. She recently got a puppy so I am reluctant to get her another thing that she doesn't need. I don't want her to become spoiled. Although, some of her friends seem to be. She does go to a private school, and some of her friends are well off so sometimes she starts to think that she is rich. (my wife and i are both teachers---middle class not rich) I have firmly said no to all piercings because they are permanent and she seems to accept that, but now ahe's on to hair dye. She argues that most girls in her grade dye their hair and/or have more piercings than her (she only has one lobe piercing) and for the most part she is right. Most girls in her grade have two ear lobe piercings and a cartilage piercings. One girl has all those and a nose piercing! Also, a lot of them dye/have dyed their hair either natural colors or streaks of some form. My daughter gets good grades, but i am reluctant to let her do another thing because I don't want her thinking that she can always get whatever she wants. She does want to use semi-permanent dye but I am worried that streaks or even a natural change of color might be trashy for her age. What are yor opinions? I want a wide range of thoughts so if you are a fellow parent, a teen who is allowed to dye their hair, or even someone who just has an opinion, i'd love to hear your thoughts.