How to Dye Your Hair With Kool-Aid

Did you know you can use kool aid to dye your hair? Kool aid costs less than 25 cents and can give you bright colored hair. Learn how to use kool aid to dye your hair and how to know if you have the right kind of hair for a kool aid dye job.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• small 20 cent packet of koolaid
• shampoo

1. Analyze your hair. In healthy hair, Kool aid only adds color onto the outside of your hair shaft. If your hair is very dark, it may not show up at all. If your hair is very light or damaged, the kool aid may stain it and not wash out for several months.

2. Make the hair dye by mixing a packet of Kool-aid with 1/4 cup of shampoo. You can save the extra to use later if this is too much for your hair. Save it in a ziploc bag or in a small bottle.

3. Do a test strand if you're concerned about how it will look. Clean and dampen a small part of your hair and apply the colored shampoo. Allow it to sit for 10-15 minutes and then rinse away. Blow dry it to see if the color is what you like.

4. When you're ready to dye your hair with Kool-aid, shampoo your hair thoroughly with plain shampoo. Then towel dry and apply the colored shampoo throughout your hair. Allow it to sit on your hair for 10-20 minutes, then rinse and condition as normal.

Tips & Warnings

• Be very careful with bleached or blond hair because the Kool-aid can stain it until it grows out.
• If your hair is red, keep in mind that adding blue to it will make it purple, not blue. Adding green to it may make it brown, not green. If your hair is golden blond, adding blue to it may make it turn green. When in doubt, do a test strand and look at it in the sunshine to be sure.

[thismomentis]

on 11/7/2009 please, thats not your real hair that looks like the wigs anime fan girls wear....