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Cool Punk Hair Color Ideas

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Platinum Blonde With Multi-Colored Streaks
Platinum Blonde With Multi-Colored Streaks

Eye-popping hair color is a signature style for punks and other members of the subculture movement. There are more cool punk hair color ideas than just green, blue and pink. These avant-garde hairstyles have moved beyond single-shade rainbow manes to stripes, UV hair color and kaleidoscopic highlights. Many of these hairstyles don't leave much room for error, so the inexperienced should enlist the services of a professional stylist to ensure a flawless look.

    Platinum Blonde

  1. Platinum Blonde Accented With Blue Streaks
    Platinum Blonde Accented With Blue Streaks
    White hair isn't just for seniors. Platinum blonde is a frequent star in any punk's stylebook and it also provides the blank canvas that can make any brightly colored hair dye pop. Style Hair Magazine and Jerome Russell, whose Semi-Permanent Colour Cream is a favorite among both professional and amateur punk hairstylists, both advocate bleaching the hair beyond its yellow phase before applying any color cream to ensure the best results. If you have dark hair, it's best to let a salon do this process, because improperly-bleached brown hair can turn a dingy copper or orange.
  2. Single Shades

  3. Raquel Reed Shows an Eye-Popping Blue Hue
    Raquel Reed Shows an Eye-Popping Blue Hue
    Punk hair colors come in every shade of the rainbow; the only rule is to avoid any hue that could occur naturally on humans. There are rainbow-based colors, like Ronald McDonald red or the vibrant color of a Florida orange. There are also neon hues, like electric blue, highlighter pink or gecko green. To use these colors you may want to consult a professional stylist.

    Another more temporary option is UV dye, like iGlow Hair Gel, which coats the hair with a luminescent neon hue that will glow on its own for several hours---just long enough for an electrifying night out---and can be shampooed out.
  4. Multicolor Manes

  5. Horizontal Hair Stripes and Bright Highlights
    Horizontal Hair Stripes and Bright Highlights
    If one color isn't enough for your taste there are a number of punk hairstyles that feature several shades. Highlighting dyed hair with contrasting hues like electric pink and turquoise are an eye-catching alternative. If you're really adventurous opt for all-over highlights in every color of the rainbow; you can also restrict your color choices to cooler blues and greens or warmer reds and oranges for a more focused take on this look.

    For more avant-garde punk hairstyles, try horizontal stripes in contrasting colors, or platinum blonde hair accented with black cheetah spots or an extreme tortoiseshell pattern. To avoid disappointment, these advanced multicolor hairstyles should only be attempted by trained stylists, as they can go wrong quickly.

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akumaxkami said

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on 8/12/2009 These hairstyles are not really "punk" at all - they look like scene hairstyles.

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