Ok for the summer I really want to dye my hair turquoise. I wanted to do all my hair but thats not gonna happen. Then I wanted to do half but my mom said no. She agreed to give me highlights but I really want to dye the under part of my hair. Any tips on convincing her? She's already warming up to the idea a bit so I just need something really convincing to finally get her to say yes.

Edit: Sorry about the bad grammar in the title. I just noticed. x_x

My moms pretty good with me and my hair.
I always see somone with a really cool hair cut and go "AW! I wish I had the balls to do that!" (just an expression, I'm a girl, I don't really want balls)
and her most famous line is : "So do it. It's hair, It grows back."

Maybe that line will help?


EDIT WAY WAY LATER: oh yeah and my parents only let me do it if I pay for it. so that means I have to now come up with enough money to pay a salon cause It keeps coming out liek crap when my friends do it.

My parents are... well, not exactly supportive. My mom's put off me dying my bleached hair blue since February (the bleach is now grown out, I badly need a haircut now) into her infinite time portal. Her and my sister have teamed up by making buzzing sounds whenever I'm near so I get a haircut.

The best bypass of parents are doing it at a friend's house. I believe the phrase "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission" applies here.

Just tell her that dying your hair is better than doing most other things crazy teens do, and that it's really just a sign of courage and creativity. My mom came up with that herself, actually 8) Or, really just the first part. But still. :)

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm saving "it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission" for my dad lol! ^_^ Once I get the dye mabey I'll just dye what I want instead of the highlights. xD

I Wear a wig to school five days a week.
I understand your pain.
Our parents had grown up in a different time
you'd think with the 80's they would allow it.

there are worse things you could be doing
Many people dye their hair very often for various reasons.
besides color how is it different?

You can ask her true opinion, it is after all only hair, and these dyes I experience with are much less damaging than a permanent haircolor.

Well, I'm not a parent (though I'm definitely old enough), but I wouldn't necessarily want my kid to do something without asking. That being said, if the rational arguments of explaining what you'd like to do, showing them this website (or another similiar site) in order to let them know you're researching how to do what you want to your hair safely, and just generally kissing butt don't work, you might be able to invest in some clips/falls/etc. These change the "color" of your hair without dyes. There are some absolutely gorgeous clip in pieces available. Frankly, I may be facing this option in the near future myself!

These hairpieces are widely available online and if you've got a local "rock lifestyle" store (like Hot Topic or something similiar). Good luck!!!

What I did to warm them up to the idea was to just kind of bring it up jokingly and say something like "What would you do if I dyed my hair?" it response doesn't matter as much as just having the idea planted into their head. After you let that sink in for awhile, bring it up again and say something like "Do you think i would look good with.... hair?", and then one weekend, get hair dye, go to a friends house and do it there. It worked for me.

I'm a mom of a 7 y/o boy and a 4 y/o girl. I found this site because my son wants blue hair for the summer, and I wanted to make sure I did it right.

I really don't understand why most parents tend to be so conservative when it comes to hair, but just let your parents know that you are okay with dealing with the "consequences" of dyeing your hair an unnatural color. I think mostly parents are afraid that their kid will get made fun of for being *different* and that it will limit their options (work, school, generally other people judging them). No good parent wants their child to hurt in ANY way, and we will do anything to prevent it. Tell your mom that you understand what others might think of your hair, and that you and your real friends are okay with it. She and your dad should come around.

Besides, with all the pressures of school that kids/teens have to deal with during the school year - coloring your hair is the perfect way to let loose in the summer!

Good luck to you - handle this maturely with your parents and they will let you make more of your own decisions.

Jennifer

It seems like it took forever for me to convince my mom to let me dye my hair. Her reasoning was that she thought I would be more likely to be cast out and picked on (I would be an "easy target"). Which is true in a way, when I finally convinced her, I was one of the only people in my whole school to have an unnatural hair color. What she didn't seem to understand though, was that I was picked on for many other things long before that. Being able to choose how I wanted to look was one of the only things I was able to be proud of. I see now that it gave me alot of confidence. After all, I'd rather be picked on for things I chose for myself than things that were just naturally part of who I was. Just my experience on the subject :) Oh and, I believe I dyed it directly against her wishes, and then after the fight she finally admitted she liked it. :)