How to Cheaply Color Brown Hair Purple
If getting your hair dyed by a professional colorist isn't in your budget, it is possible to dye your hair purple at home. Whether you want to dye your entire head or just a few sections, brown hair will take purple dye better if the hair is bleached first. If you'd prefer a less drastic purple color, use store-bought or homemade dye to create an inexpensive look that will fade within several weeks. If you are under 18, make sure it's okay with your parents before dying your hair. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Rubber gloves
- Hair pins
- At-home bleaching kit
- Vegetable-based purple dye
- Purple powdered drink mix
- 1 tsp. vinegar
- Plastic wrap
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
Instructions
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Avoid washing your hair for two days. Hair dye takes better to dirty hair that has natural oils in it. Your hair color will fade more easily if you wash your hair immediately before dying it.
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Bleach your hair, if desired. Wear rubber gloves and pin your hair up into four sections. Remove one section at a time and saturated it in an at-home bleaching kit that has been mixed exactly according to instructions. If you are only dying a portion of your hair purple, bleach only those sections. Leave on until hair is a very pale yellow or white color, up to 30 minutes, then rinse your hair in the shower. Wait for your hair to dry completely before dying it.
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Dye your hair with a vegetable-based hair dye or a purple powdered drink mix, like Kool-Aid. If you are using a powdered drink mix, dilute the mix with a tsp. of vinegar and apply directly to hair. If you are using a vegetable-based hair dye, apply directly to hair.
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Leave hair dye on according to directions. If you are using a powdered drink mix, leave the mixture on overnight, wrapping your head in plastic wrap to keep it from staining your bedding.
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Rinse out the hair dye with water, then use a shampoo and conditioner formulated for color-treated hair.
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Tips & Warnings
Apply petroleum jelly to your forehead and ears before dying your hair to prevent staining your skin.
Bleaching is damaging to your hair; if your hair is already damaged, do not bleach it.
