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Anyone here have/had unnaturally colored hair?

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A Fish Aficionado said:
No, but I love people with it. Wish it was more acceptable in professional work settings.
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There are definitely work/professional situations where I can understand, but it does seem kind of odd to me at times how touchy dying your hair can be for people in the workplace.

Learning through Beloved's experience about how different people have been reacting to it and how some are truly shocked or blown away by her bravery has been truly surprising to hear about.
I mean in my experience here in Australia, it's not really that shocking to see someone with unnatural hair colors, uncommon and a bit of a novelty of course, but not something you see and think "I can't believe they went through with that", especially if it's just someone you see walking down the street.

I mean when I was like 10 I went to school with a kid who had basically rainbow hair and not one fuck was given by anyone really.

BramVD said:
If I see hair colours like that I will instantly treat you like you're not an adult.
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Funny coincidence actually, that exact opinion causes me to treat people like they're not adults.
Strange how that happens.
 
When I was 15 I dyed my hair green

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I'd love to be able to dye it unconventional colours now but unfortunately due to my job I can't. So I stick to the basics

Red

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Brown

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And Blonde

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I've also just realised I pull far to much duck face when taking photos.
 
I'm green-ish at the moment. Was really good forest green initially, but it's been turning into a sort of teal over the last couple months. Was purple before that. Might go pink next time I get it touched up.

It's super-common in Portland, so I'm really comfortable doing it. I was okay doing it in college (because... college), but between then and now I was really afraid to.
 
DarkKyo said:
Early happy birthday! I guess I'm just shy about it... But there's no time like the present I suppose :)
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Thanks xD And I almost chickened out so I understand completely. My hair was basically natural for 2+ years before this so it was quite a drastic change.
 
liliththepale said:
I have blue hair too, but I haven't done the aqua look since I was in high school.

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Random jump here, but this is interesting. Never seen this shade of blue on hair before. I've seen the aqua from the OP (which looks great btw) and like this deeper purple-ish one as well as the one that Sai is rocking. First time seeing yours, looks good.
 
I kind of want to dye my hair green this summer, just so I can say I've done it at least once. Hopefully I manage to go through with it.
 
I haven't seen dyed hair look good very often, apparently gaffers are an expection.

Looking good everyone who posted pictures in this thread.

I've always had grey in my hair, even as a little child. It's not coarse and wiry or fine and wispy like a lot of people get in old age, just normal hair.
 
Qasiel said:
Yeah, I colour my hair regularly. I'm going to go bald one day, so I'd rather go through the spectrum instead of thinking when I'm 40 "I wonder what my hair would have looked like as this colour?"

Here's some pictures:

Blue Mohawk


Long Green


Red Mohawk (with added Musha_Soturi looking resplendent)


And the one I have at the moment, Blonde Mohawk


Not pictured: Orange & Purple.
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These are great! I love it.
 
Apple green, it looked quite nice and chicks digged it... but i had to dye it back to my natural color due to school issues.
 
Yeah, I used to dj at a salon and they would hook me up. No pictures though, which is a shame cos they did some really cool designs with my hair.
 
Qasiel said:
Yeah, I colour my hair regularly. I'm going to go bald one day, so I'd rather go through the spectrum instead of thinking when I'm 40 "I wonder what my hair would have looked like as this colour?"

Here's some pictures:

Blue Mohawk

Long Green

Red Mohawk (with added Musha_Soturi looking resplendent)

And the one I have at the moment, Blonde Mohawk

Not pictured: Orange & Purple.
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All of those look rad, also extra props for the Joker
 
After searching through my phone and old pics, I've come to the sudden realization that I don't really ever take pictures of myself.

Maybe I'll post up a pic if this thread is still around in the upcoming week. I've let my hair fade to a silver to give it a rest before I do a new style/color so perhaps I'll take a pic then.

False edit: lol Just found one of me only wearing pants since I took it right after showering the dye out. Perhaps not the best one to post up first.

Alright, found one of my hair from like...a year ago? Somewhere around there.



Out of focus and shitty. Truly I am a phone artiste.
 
Been dyeing my hair for 10 years. Started blue, then thru the years did magenta, purple, and green. I'm now back on blue. Which tends to fade teal, which is good too.

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Proof that you can be both old and professional and still have fun hair. Can't tell what's gray and what's bleached. ;)

Also, if you haven't already, check out the HairCrazy.com gallery. It's amazing.
 
Beard-GAF reporting in

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Went overkill with Copper Red, didn't have Strawberry Red I used to accentuate my Auburn Brown hair... Whoops, Viking mode activated
 
Lucian Cat said:
Currently my hair is blonde and blue. Normally it is red/pink and purple. I like to be bright
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Aussies, damn.
Elle_ said:
Been dyeing my hair for 10 years. Started blue, then thru the years did magenta, purple, and green. I'm now back on blue. Which tends to fade teal, which is good too.

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Proof that you can be both old and professional and still have fun hair. Can't tell what's gray and what's bleached. ;)

Also, if you haven't already, check out the HairCrazy.com gallery. It's amazing.
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nice.
 
I can usually appreciate colored hair if it's a natural color, but I've never been fond of unnatural colors.
 
I'm way too afraid of getting turned down from a job to do anything wacky with my hair color. I'm equally afraid of shaving it all off.

Totally satisfied with the brown I got going on, and it's looking to proceed into a cool streaky gray to boot.
 
I had green and later blue hair when I was 16. Also, pink hair when I was 20.
It was supposed to be red but it turned out pink for some reason and I just went with it until my boss started to complain about it... at wich point I dyed it black which turned into green/blue/blond/pink/red after a couple of washes :D
Needless to say he's no longer my boss.
 
When I was 15 I dyed my hair to give myself red stripes. I just wanted to do something different. But then I went to school the next day and 3 of my friends also just dyed their hair. So I ended up not being that different after all.

A couple of months later I went on vacation, and I was in the sun and swimming in chlorinated water a lot, which turned parts of my hair blonde. I'm a natural brunette, so my hair ended up looking like neapolitan ice cream for a while. No pictures unfortunately.
 
Used to do it a lot in my teens. Though I stopped when I had a bad alergic reaction to a brand of hair bleach I'd used before. Didn't want to risk my throat closing up and my face swelling and leaving me looking like Falcor from the Neverending Story movies again.
My hair is naturally black so there's no way I can dye it without lightening it. Not until the grey takes over anyway.
 
Beloved said:
About a month ago I dyed my hair an aqua color and I love it. I've had unnatural colors before but never anything quite so "out there".

Pictures:


So I'm curious to hear if there are others on Gaf who like to experiment with different hair colors and I'd love to see pictures if you're willing to share them!
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Biggest problem you're going to have is it'll fade, and that tends to look horrible.

I used to bleach my hair, but I was a teenager in the 90's so it was pretty common to have blonde tips.
 
You guys are really making this bald guy miss his hair. Never had a chance to dye it before I lost it due to parents/jobs/JROTC. Maybe I should dye my beard...
 
I had my hair dyed black in early high school.

In my senior year I dyed it blue.. then it turned sort of purple.. then it was like a purple-greenish mix. People started calling me 'Earth' :v

Too much work to dye it ever again.
 
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