Haircuts/Hairstyles/Hair Color Mega Thread

[Kireo-Umoshiae]

Dudes, I need a bit of help. I'm fourteen (I'll be fifteen towards the end of March) and I just realized my hair is turning grey. *seriously* I yanked a little strand of hair out of my head to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. I love my hair. I knew I would get grey hair some day, just not so soon, you know? I'm not sure what to do.

I was thinking of dying my hair black lately, but all of my friends and my parents told me I didn't need to because it's almost black anyway. Plus, I don't exactly believe in dying my hair, but then again I'm not sure if I even care. I might just get used to it. I hope if I get a lot of greys all of my hair turns grey sooner rather than later. I'd actually rather have a full head of grey hair then a salt & pepper look.

I guess I'll just have to see if I like how it looks or if I should die it black anyway. Really, I'm getting kind of sick of all the black hair lately. Dying your hair black has become very cliche. Maybe grey would be good turn (for the originality part anyway).

I would still very much appreciate an opinion if you will.

[Kireo-Umoshiae]

Sorry if I occassionally spell "dye" wrong.

[Sanctus Dei]

I don't want to be rude, but why exactly are you asking us what you should do to your head? If you want to just do it.

Really doll, worrying about the opinions of others is the last thing you should do when reguarding appearance..

[NyQuil of Doom]

A small update... I've now got the required elements to do my hair strawberry blonde, but am still waiting to do it until I'm sure what is going on with finding a job and/or starting my own business. So that's progress, anyway.

And yes, I plan on keeping it well-conditioned after I've done all the damage to it that it'll take to lighten it to strawberry blonde.

[Needled]

Originally Posted by Kireo-Umoshiae

Dudes, I need a bit of help. I'm fourteen (I'll be fifteen towards the end of March) and I just realized my hair is turning grey. *seriously* I yanked a little strand of hair out of my head to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. I love my hair. I knew I would get grey hair some day, just not so soon, you know? I'm not sure what to do.

I was thinking of dying my hair black lately, but all of my friends and my parents told me I didn't need to because it's almost black anyway. Plus, I don't exactly believe in dying my hair, but then again I'm not sure if I even care. I might just get used to it. I hope if I get a lot of greys all of my hair turns grey sooner rather than later. I'd actually rather have a full head of grey hair then a salt & pepper look.

I guess I'll just have to see if I like how it looks or if I should die it black anyway. Really, I'm getting kind of sick of all the black hair lately. Dying your hair black has become very cliche. Maybe grey would be good turn (for the originality part anyway).

I would still very much appreciate an opinion if you will.

I STRONGLY advise against dying your hair black unless you intend on keeping it the same color for quite awhile.. Black doesn't fade very easily, and you cannot dye over black, as I have found out. You either have to strip or bleach it which will cause a lot of damage to your hair. Even if you get a level 1 or level 2 dye, black is EXTREMELY hard to get rid of. You really need to think about this before you commit to black.

I'm 14 as well, and I feel like a dumbass for dying my hair black when I was 12, not realizing that I would have to allow it to grow out, then cut it before I could have my natural color back. There's a good chance one day your going to change your mind and your going to want your natural color or a different color, and your going to be screwed. You'll wind up with 2 toned hair waiting for it to grow out. It sucks.

[Blushing Heliophobe]

Yeah...if you want it black, you better be sure that you won't want to do anything else to it for awhile.

I dyed my hair black for awhile and stopped about 5 months ago. My hair has faded to a natural brown, but when I went to get orange highlights last week - surprise - I had about two and a half inches of highlight and the rest of my hair is only slightly lighter.

Not amazingly noticible since it's only highlights, but it can seriously crimp other styling efforts.

[Needled]

So if your bleach your hair after it's been dyed black it will turn orange?

[UltraNEO*]

Originally Posted by Needled

So if your bleach your hair after it's been dyed black it will turn orange?

Yup.. unless you use really strong peroxide, like 40 or 60 Vol..
then again your hair will be ultra dry, possibly straw like. but i'll be blonde.

[UltraNEO*]

Oh yeah... Then if you want the white look... you'll need to tone it. I mean really tone it, otherwise i'll be be real nasty and very brassy.

Taking Hair from dyed black to blonde/white isn't recommended by any salon. In the UK they ask you sign a forum, waving your right to sue them should anything goes terribly wrong.

[Needled]

Someone had told me awhile back that if i wanted my hair back to brown then I should bleach it. According to them bleached black hair converts to brown!! Glad I didn't follow that advice. So I guess the only thing I can do to get rid of the black is to strip it? I just didn't really want to go that route because I had heard that stripping really damages your hair. I have relatively thick hair, and it's pretty healthy... Has anyone here got their hair stripped? If so, do you think it would be alright for me to do that? I haven't dyed my hair in about 3 months. The last time was when I attempted to dye it light brown and found out that I can't dye over the black. So my roots took the color, but uh the rest is still black as it was the first day I dyed it.. HELP.

[Needled]

Oh, I didn't want to go blonde anyway, I just asked because someone told me that bleaching the black would turn it brown... lol you posted before I could reply!!

[JuliaGaltic]

Originally Posted by Needled

Someone had told me awhile back that if i wanted my hair back to brown then I should bleach it. According to them bleached black hair converts to brown!! Glad I didn't follow that advice. So I guess the only thing I can do to get rid of the black is to strip it? I just didn't really want to go that route because I had heard that stripping really damages your hair. I have relatively thick hair, and it's pretty healthy... Has anyone here got their hair stripped? If so, do you think it would be alright for me to do that? I haven't dyed my hair in about 3 months. The last time was when I attempted to dye it light brown and found out that I can't dye over the black. So my roots took the color, but uh the rest is still black as it was the first day I dyed it.. HELP.

I had my hair stripped about a year ago. They had to do two treatments on it. My hair was burgundy with a full head of black low lights giving my hair a "black cherry" look. Really cool. Thinking about doing it again. I have really long, thick, healthy hair. The hair stylist was surprised how well my hair was doing. It felt a little dry for a little while (maybe a week or two before it got back to normal) but if you follow the advice of the salon and take extra care of it for a few weeks you should be fine. Especially since it sounds like we have similar hair.

Oh, and don't even think of blowdrying or flatironing your hair for a few weeks after either. Not even at the salon right after they do it.

[Needled]

I never curl or straighten my hair.. the only possible damage I do to my hair is blowdrying it every day. I could easily stop that. Instead of taking my showers in the morning I can take them at night to allow my hair to air dry. Even if I don't get it stripped, I'm thinking about doing that anyway.

Thanks for the advice.. I'm really considering it now. I had heard horror stories about people who got their hair stripped until now lol. I suppose it depends on the condition of your hair.

[JuliaGaltic]

Originally Posted by Needled

I never curl or straighten my hair.. the only possible damage I do to my hair is blowdrying it every day. I could easily stop that. Instead of taking my showers in the morning I can take them at night to allow my hair to air dry. Even if I don't get it stripped, I'm thinking about doing that anyway.

Thanks for the advice.. I'm really considering it now. I had heard horror stories about people who got their hair stripped until now lol. I suppose it depends on the condition of your hair.

Yeah, it's not all bad. I mean they did two treatments on my hair and that's unheard of. Just make sure you go to a hairstylist that you trust and express all your concerns to them. They'll let you know everything that you might need to worry about.. but, like I said, my hair is 100% back to normal and has been since about 3 weeks after the procedure.

[Needled]

I'm glad to hear that. As far as going to a hair stylist that I trust.. Well, I've never went to one. There are quite a few here in town. I was thinking the salon in JC Penny.. I'll probably call around. I really don't know what I should be looking for besides the best price

[Needled]

Well I definitely would not color over bleached hair.. I wasn't planning on going bald anytime soon. Stripping it is!

[Bete Noire]

My hair is really thick and I've tried straightening it. It goes fairly flat at the back but at the sides and front it goes out. This is not good. I was wondering if there's any way to stop this?....

[Metatron]

Mine does the exact same thing...my solution: after taking a shower, wear a ballcap until your hair dries. Sometimes it helps if you put a little bit of gel in too. Other than that, you just need to find a hairstyle that works.

[Empty_Purple_Stars]

Originally Posted by Bete Noire

My hair is really thick and I've tried straightening it. It goes fairly flat at the back but at the sides and front it goes out. This is not good. I was wondering if there's any way to stop this?....

Uh..

Shave your Head?

[Needled]

It would also help if you just got your hair thinned out some, and maybe layers?

[Godslayer Jillian]

I finally got a cool haircut!!
Though it looks a little too much emo for my taste, but at least no one has it like mine

[Bete Noire]

"Uh..Shave your Head?" I have fairly dark skin. My scalp has never been exposed to the sun. The resulting tan line would be original at least i suppose....

[Needled]

I didn't know emo haircuts existed. What does it look like? Do you have a pic?

[gothboy13]

has anybody heard of the 69eyes, well i want to grow my hair out like the drummers,

[Bete Noire]

Gothboy13- is your username meant to be ultra-sarcastic? I hope the answer to that is yes.....