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(that won't send your mother through the roof)
These are the eight commandments of dying your hair* (given that you live with my mother)
-Numero uno: Don't do this if your parents are really tense or are going through a divorce or something.
-Once you have bleached your hair to the proper whiteness for dying, deal with the fact that it is as brittle as straw and a little might break.
-Be symmetrical... I mean bisymmetrical. Always, always, always, unless you are doing polka dots or sunbursts.
-Make sure you use the right bleach beforehand. I bought some bleach at CVS, and I wondered why it was next to wax hair removal instead of hair color. Then I wondered why i didn't work. Then I realized that it was bleach for small amounts of facial hair. I wasn't bleaching facial hair. Whoops. Don't waste money, buy bleach for upper-head hair.
-Don't second guess package instruction limits by more than 10 minutes with bleach in your hair.
-Always leave hair dye in longer than it says on the package, especially with Manic Panic. Keep it in your hair at least twenty minutes. Preferably half an hour.
-When you have dye in your hair, keep it wet. With the expensive Clairol dyes, this should be no problem, just dowse yourself. However, with Manic Panic or City Colors, wet your hair down with a sprayer from time to time.
-The first time you dye, use a parent's favorite color. Let them know you aren't the ignorant, rebellious punk they think every color-haired person is. My mom was like, "You dyed your hair, you jerk! That's it! No more TV, no more.... Actually, it looks kinda nice." My secret? My first color was purple which meant I could blend in with all the art, deco and paint in my mom's house. She couldn't complain.
