At what age do you think hair coloring is OK - Page 3

[Escaping]

I secretly can't wait until my son wants his hair dyed LOL

I probably wouldn't do it as a small toddler just because he'd lose interest before we even bought the dye and it would just be a lot of extra work for me, but if he was 4ish or up, I'd do it.

It's pretty cool that so many people are accepting of it these days, I've always thought it looked cute but until now have only heard negative things about it (or their parents)

[Quinalla]

I'd probably be ok with it at any age where they would pay for it (either with $$ or trading chores for me to pay $$) and take care of it. Hair is so easy to grow out again, so its a temporary decision if it turns out poorly. I might be more hesitant if really harsh chemicals are used just because as others have said I know that can sometimes permanently damage hair, but some fun streaks of koolaid or something else less chemically, sure!

[erigeron]

I don't like the idea of using harsh permanent colors on a child (or anyone, really... I've only ever used semi-permanent dye myself). And quite frankly I don't get why everyone wants to be blonder than they are--I don't understand why so many people have highlights. I would discourage that in my child. But if she wanted to use temporary or semi-permanent dye I wouldn't make a thing of it. She is decently likely to stay somewhere on the blonde-light brown spectrum, and therefore she'll probably get decent results without having to use permanent dye.

When I was 13 my best friend and I dyed my hair using semi-permanent dye and my mom flipped her lid. She said "hair dye isn't appropriate for minors". Her theory was hair dye is intended only for covering up gray. Ugh, whatever! I did it again shortly before my senior portraits and some entertaining mental gymnastics on her part ensued. Oh, and my mom highlights her hair because she is in denial about the fact that she's not blonde... so maybe I am biased.

[amberskyfire]

Oh! Whoops! I clicked thinking the post was about chemicals. *blush* I was concerned about chemicals. Didn't realize that parents were concerned about appropriateness.

It's just that it's very common here in Hawaii for kids to have dyed hair. It's not even an issue. They aren't allowed to have it dyed in school, but once summer vacation starts, you see lots of kids with wild color and cuts. It's super cute and 100% normal and accepted here. But then so are tattoos. I don't think I've ever met anyone without one or who wasn't planning on getting one soon. A lot of parents here take their kids to get their first tattoo when they turn 18. Completely unheard of on the mainland where I am originally from, but completely integrated in the culture here.

I guess I'd say if it weren't toxic, I'd let my kids color at any age assuming they aren't in school. We homeschool/unschool so that's not my personal issue with it. I'd love to color my son's hair but I really worry about the chemicals. I was hoping this thread would have info on safety. I guess for now we'll hold out and if my kids insist, we'll try the Kool-aid method. They are both blondies so it should last for a bit. I've never colored or treated my hair, it's virgin, but I've always wanted to color it something wild. I'm just too scared to take the plunge. :)

[beanma]

amber, check out Light Mountain Naturals hair color. It's the henna I use, but it comes in many other close to regular hair color shades (i.e. not fluorescent green, but a cool indigo black and the fire red henna). It's all botanicals. The Kool-Aid is not always temporary. I know a blond boy whose hair was dyed with Kool-Aid for Halloween so he could be Harry Potter. It washed out to a blue-gray and then wouldn't budge the rest of the way. He spent at least the next year with sort of blue/gray/green/blond hair. It was a pretty weird color, but I guess he didn't want to cut it and he didn't mind the color. 

[catnip]

I had really good luck mixing Wilton Icing color with shampoo to do a streak in my daughter's hair.

[amberskyfire]

Thanks, beanma!

[Chantelle691]

My dd has had streaks put in her hair every year since she was 8. We do it in June after school and it's almost all gone by September.

[Doodlebugsmom]

Originally Posted by Chantelle691 

My dd has had streaks put in her hair every year since she was 8. We do it in June after school and it's almost all gone by September.

Love it!