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Topic: How to...
Posted By: busymum
Subject: How to...
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:18pm
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get blue hair?
I'm wondering whether I could get my DH blue hair dye for his birthday, but I'm not as dramatic so wouldn't have a clue where to start LOL. Would he need to go to a hairdresser to get that colour (if not, where can you buy 'random' hairdye colours)? Would it be best to get him to get a professional to do the hair dye or is it easy enough to DIY without your hair going green? Anyone know? Or have teens in the know LOL? -------------  |
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:23pm
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Fudge (its a brand) do a blue dye ... is is hair a light colour? If it is you can apply it yourself, if its darker you may need to lighten first, in that case I would go to a professional. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:28pm
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Does he want it permanent? ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:33pm
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I hadn't thought of that. Semi-permanent at least, not much point in doing it for less time than that.
He has chocolate brown hair, it would need bleaching first. ETA: In the hope that he is really engrossed in his stargate movie, I've looked up a couple of images of what I'm thinking of: 
and here's what he looks like atm:  ------------- |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:42pm
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I saw fudge paintbox at the barbers the other day, and I know you can buy it at salons. Its about $20ish??? and its a semi permanent, so it will wash out. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:47pm
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sorry, but why on earth would you our want him to have blue hair and why would he want blue hair.?
that idiot presenter on what now has blue hair like what you are talking about! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:48pm
When I was 15 I had my hair green for about a week... it was short and spiky too! Lol  I just used a coloured spray thing. I think I got it from the chemist. Would wash out pretty much after one wash though.------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:50pm
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Just be aware that in some people's hair, Fudge isn't so semi-permanent!!! I tried out most of the colours in their range when I was younger, and my hair took to it really well - the hairdresser stripped it and bleached it 3-4 times and it still didn't come out
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:57pm
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Yep that's what I had, coloured hair spray. It turned out real bright. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:15pm
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I used the fudge colours a LOT during my teenager years, had it bright scarlett red, blue streaks, think I used the green too at one stage. I have naturally mousey auburn hair and never had any problems with it washing out eventually....although I prob just dyed it another colour before it had a chance to wash out completely. Looking at his hair colour, I would think it would be fine....the longer you leave it (from memory) the brighter it becomes!
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:24pm
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I dyed my hair blue once. (have also dyed it purple, pink, bright red and illuminous yellow, ah teenage years), the only trouble was it went this horrid green colour as it washed out. I didn't lightened my hair first as i'm blond. So in short i would see a professional if he wants it for more than a couple of washes. If he just wants it for halloween or something though I would look for one that washes out after 8 washes so if it goes wrong it doens't last long. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:36pm
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at highschool i was a house leader so i died my naturally blonde hair blue with the fudge stuff along with a mate . . . .
it WOULDNT COME OUT! and we got suspended untill we got it out i died my hair darker and anna shaved hers off! yup rite off. and my hair never grew back blonde after that  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 9:03pm
Did you need to bleach it first or anything? Bizzy - just because he wants to! He's a lot more adventurous than me in that arena (I definitely go for natural colours!) but why not, he's a SAHD and doesn't have to worry about what he looks like for work etc.  ------------- |
SimSam wrote:Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 9:28pm
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I never bleached my hair first, and always got good results. I did leave it on a lot longer than it said though, as I always wanted it quite bright. I have asked the question on the Fudge FB page to see what they recommend. I am secretly quite jealous....I would love to do something wild like that again! Might do it over summer!!!
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 7:21pm
ooo I found a shop in town that sells fudge products and the bleaching stuff too and I can get the lot for $40!   The first shop I went to doesn't sell the bleaching product and said it's best not to DIY but the second shop was really hugely confident about how easy the bleaching is.
I've helped my bro dye his (dark brown) hair blonde before... surely the bleaching process is just as easy? ------------- |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 25 October 2008 at 12:37pm
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The fact that his hair is natural at the moment will make bleaching really easy, just make sure you cover all his hair well. Same with the blue as long as its well covered it should be easy. If it really doesn't look good you can buy a cheap brown hair dye for less than $10 and dye it back.
Go busydad make sure you post a pic! |
Posted By: Aithne
Date Posted: 26 October 2008 at 12:34pm
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Hi there, does he want bright blue or not so bright blue..
At xmas time my friends convinced me to dye my hair blue black, we just bought a hairdye from countdown, and it turned out great, it looked dark but when the sun shined on it it looked really blue. Then when it started to fade it for some reason started to look more and more bright blue. But if he wants bright blue then i would sugest fudge. I dont think it is permanent though, but its the only brand i know that you could trust that does bright random colours. Its also what most hairdressers use on my friends when they want some pink or green or some other random colour streaks through their hair. |
Posted By: Aithne
Date Posted: 26 October 2008 at 12:36pm
| Oh and btw, countdown and paknsav sell fugde and bleaching hair products at good prices, much cheaper i think then chemists. also try the warehouse. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 26 October 2008 at 12:39pm
I had the fudge red colour in mine, done by hairdresser. Was very very bright to start with, but like all dye, faded pretty quick. Went gross pink 
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