How to dye your kid's hair  How-To & DIY, Offbeat family portraits
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on December 31, 2009
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 Tags: lil kids, mohawks
 This wonderful photo of Dylan from sadiemayb, reminded me of a post SJ over at i, asshole wrote about how to dye your kid's hair. Should work for blue mohawks! Related Posts
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nicholle said
So cute, I love it!
@Tera253 said
Fuck yes! Amazing.
Shannan said
I love this idea. I have a few questions for anyone that has done this before though. In terms of damage, how much damage does this do to the hair? My nephew has really thin hair. And secondly, how toxic is the dye? He has thin hair and super delicate skin (and I'm a chemical awareness freak). I would love to dye his hair blue for his upcoming birthday. I would be the coolest aunt EVER!
OffbeatAriel said
Damage = none, as long as you don't bleach first. Bright colors just layer over their hair — there's no stripping. The downside of this is that bright colors won't work on dark hair.
Toxicity = Special Effects is actually a vegetable-based dye. It's not natural like henna — but it's also not at all bleach-based.
Brooke said
It is not really toxic at all, I have used it on my kids for years, and on myself. It is pretty natural as far as hair dyes go, and it eventually washes out to a fairly light shade of the beginning color!
We love Special Effects over here, and as soon as Gory turns one, I think he may go green! 
Annika said
If you don't like chemicals, try the "Raw" line of dyes, you can get them at places like Hot Topic. They typically wash out faster though! I had blue hair for three years, and am a huge fan of Special Effects.
OffbeatAriel said
I've been Special Effects "Atomic Pink" for four years.
Gaia said
If you use Raw religiously like I did (and am doing again) for 6 months, after a month and a half to two months the color stops fading and you can easily wait 6-8 weeks between touch-ups. I also stretch out my bottle by only doing chunks and streaks instead of the whole head.
Shannan said
Thanks for all the info everyone. I'm definitely going to try to persuade my sister into letting me do it. He has jet black hair though. Is it even worth it?
OffbeatAriel said
Probably not worth it
You might get a bit of a tint, but that's it … it might be disappointing.
Shannan said
Well my daughter is 9 months old now. In 3 months or so, she will definitely sporting a streak of Atomic Pink through her blond hair. Hopefully she has enough hair by then…
Sarah said
Theres our Dylan! Thanks for putting his adorable mug up here! I have no idea whats in his hair here, his mom sent him to us like this (I'm an offbeat stepmama). I'm guessing its not elmers glue like my punk friends sported in high school. Love the tips though, perhaps he'll let us play with his hair..he's a little older now though and wants his hair like "zach and cody's". i don't really know what that means, something to do with cable which we don't have. thanks again,we love offbeat mama!