How can I convince my parents to let me dye my hair an odd color?

sunsets524: How can I convince my parents to let me dye my hair an odd color?
I’ve been dyeing my hair for 5-6 months. I’m 14 now and have been dyeing it a dark brown because my natural color always looked unclean. My parents had no problem with this. Now I would like to dye the very end of my hair a different color like red, blue, or purple. It wouldn’t be alot of my hair and I could always cut off that part if they decided they just couldn’t stand it. It’s my hair and I’m the one who would have to deal with it in public, not them! I even offered to pay for it, but they just won’t hear of it. And to everyone posting the “you shouldn’t be allowed to decide till your 18” I have the freedom to express myself anyway I want whenever I want. Can anyone help me convince them to let me dye my hair? I’m putting it under Parenting to get input and ideas from parents.

Answers and Views:

Answer by watercolour
LOL

just get it done, and hope they don’t notice.

Answer by DumBLonDe
move out

Answer by Virginia
Explain to them that unlike other 14 year olds who may be “expressing” themselves by doing drugs or having sex, all you want to do is dye some of your hair a wild color. Tell them you would just like to do it for a fun thing for the summer, considering your school probably only allows natural hair anyways.

They are probably just worried that dying your hair an odd color could lead to other things like rebelling with drugs so you have to make it clear to them that it is not your intention to do this to rebel against them, you just want to express yourself.

If they still say no, then just forget about it and find other ways to be an individual like with the way you dress. Remember, you are still very young and in a very short 4 years you will have a lifetime of expressing yourself however you would like. For now however, you live under your parents roof and custody and you should respect the rules they make for you.

Answer by expr3ss0
do first and face it later.

Answer by henna
just do it and then you can look back later and hopefully laugh..prob the most outrageous colours won’t be the most flattering anyway….at any rate just have fun it’s only hair it will grow out.

Answer by Lorelei M
I remember when I was about your age I wanted to dye my hair electric blue. This is how I convinced my mother…I told her that I wanted blue hair and a nose ring (I didn’t really want one of those). Of course she freaked out but, decided she could tolerate the hair color over the piercing.
Works like a charm! Try it.
Good luck!

Answer by Justin G
Easy. Just say hey mom and dad…I want my hair this color…this is my hair not yours.

Answer by hubichuk
Hopefully you have calmly stated your intentions to your parents. Hopefully they have given you their reasons for not letting you. But you seem well spoken enough and mature enough about it. Do it, make the decision, but be prepared to face the consequences.

Answer by beeeee
Ok your parents are use to the one colour, why not try something suttle for now, rather go two colours then just red or blue , try this one black blue as the base colour, you cant see the blue unless you are in the sun, or bright light, with a few red or purple streaks, i had mine done a month ago and it looks fab ,and you are not stuck with just one colour, explain to them that you wont go the the extreme and should i look really bad you will pay to fix it, good luck and i hope you get it done, p/s remember they are just perants and they properly think that you will look like a freak and they dont want you to feel embarrest should it look wierd. I will allow my kids to do something like that as my daughter has the same hair colour problem as you but she is still to young to dye , she is only 7 but when she is your age she can do it as you said it is her hair,

Answer by Iris Black
LOL this is why I would hate ever to have kids! I mean, you have a point, it’s your hair and, in theory, you should have the right to even set it on fire. On the other hand, maybe your parents think something like “she’ll look ridiculous in front of all others except some of her friends” and “if she thinks this is OK, and we give in to the ‘I have the right to express myself’, who knows what she’ll do next?” It’s an argument that won’t stop until you make your own money and you live on your own. Only then – this comes from my personal experience – can you fully enjoy being free.

Now I can wear what I want, come home as late as I want and trust me, it’s the most wonderful feeling in the world: being free…

Because now, you live off your parents, they pay for everything for you. So you can’t bee free. Partially, yes, but never fully.

Answer by M. E
dye your hair! Ask yourself what’s the worse they can do? You’re only young once..

Answer by Michelle
There’re rinses you can use.
There’s such a thing as ‘Fudge’ or something. It’s semi-permanent kinda – it gives vibrant colours like pink, blue, purple, green, etc. It’s very noticeable and comes out within 6-8 weeks by shampooing.
If you don’t have Fudge in your area, look around a bit and see what you can get. There’re a lot of rinses that can be used in 6-8 showers to 6-8 weeks that aren’t just what I said.
Kool Aide can do the same but it destroys you hair (so don’t try it).

Just suggest these kinds of rinses in comparison to actual dyes.

If you want your hair dyed that way, get full-on streaks (like all pink or a mix and get two-tones, etc.). You can cover your hair with streaks and highlights of it if you want to, it doesn’t have to be fully dyed to look good.

Answer by LovelyMiracle301
Just do it and face it later like the other poster said. When they freak just mention how harsh the chemicals are and they wouldn’t want you to be bald making you dye over it. 🙂