Cherry Strawberry Kool-Aid Hair

Guess what I did today!

It was a slow day in the salon, and I decided I wanted my hair colored.
First mom did it the "normal" way, the "right" way, with professional hair color products.
Since I have really dark hair, we had to lighten it first so the color would show up. We bleached my bangs, along with a few streaks along the back. Then we put a reddish purple color on it.
I was disappointed, because it turned out too dark and subdued, too conservative, too ordinary. I wanted something brighter and freakier; something that would frighten small children and cause adults to gasp in horror.

That's when mom and I remembered hearing that you can dye your hair bright colors with Kool-Aid. (!!!)

Just for fun, we decided we simply HAD to try it, to see if it would really work.
What can I say.
It was a slow day, and we felt like being silly. :)

I went out and bought a multi-pack for 89 cents. There was cherry, tropical punch, orange, lime, strawberry, grape, and some blue-ish berry thing. We decided to mix the cherry and strawberry. One packet of each. Mixed it extra strong, with only about 1/4 cup of water. With my head tilted back into the shampoo sink, mom proceeded to coat my hair with it.

I have the coolest mom ever.

Since it was just the flavoring powder and water (no sugar), it wasn't sticky sweet at all. Really, it was just intensely-colored water.

My bangs are now the color of an electric tomato with radiation poisoning.
It's great!

Plus, I smell downright delicious, just like cherry-strawberry Kool-Aid.

It'll be interesting to see if it shampoos out.
Maybe next time I can try blue!
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Note: Here's a video of someone else who did the same thing, though they used a different method than I did.
They mixed theirs with conditioner and left it on for ten hours (!!!).
I used mine in concentrated liquid form, and left it on for just a few minutes.
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