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35 Hair-Dye Fails That Make You Feel Glad You’re Not The ‘Victim’ In The Pictures
If you've ever experimented with your hair, you know that mistakes are almost inevitable. Especially if you're dyeing it — so many things can go wrong. The color can turn out to be totally different than you expected, the hair dye bottle can spontaneously explode and cover all of your bathroom in pink or your head might turn into a watermelon because you're allergic to the product. It's pretty wild.
So in order to show you the possible side effects of going full Dennis Rodman, Bored Panda has compiled a list of the funniest (and saddest) hair dye fails ever. Continue scrolling, upvote your faves, and tell us if you've experienced something like this in the comments!
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#1
Do You Think My Grandma Would Notice I Dyed My Hair?
Jessica Cole 5 years ago
I'd be whooping some major blue ass if I was Grandma and that was my shower!
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#2
This Girl Used Walmart Plastic Bag To “Keep The Heat In” While She Bleached Her Hair. The Logo From The Bag Came Off And Is Now Dyed Into Her Hair
Lunar Bicycle 5 years ago (edited)
Once it’s dried and brushed or mussed about, it might just look like some neat random blue spots in her hair. Also, isn’t this picture like ten years old?
#3
Allergic To Hair Dye
#4
The Time I Accidentally Dyed My Hair Orange And Then Accidentally Dressed Like A Bag Of Oranges
#5
How’s College Going? Well My Roommate Is Now A Smurf
#6
I Didn't Notice That My Glove Broke While Dyeing My Friend's Hair And Now My Hands Are Stained
#7
My Friend's Child Got Into Her Hair Dye Before She Woke Up
#8
Guess Who's Severely Allergic To Hair Dye? This Girl
#9
2021 Dad Of The Year: I Told Her To Shower Instead Of Rinsing Her Hair Out, Right After Dyeing It
Ryan Deschanel 5 years ago
Dad of the year indeed... What do you do after you get your daughter covered in purple stains? You humiliate her publicly online, of course!
#10
I’m Sharing This For Educational Purposes Only. She Bleached Her Box Colored Hair At Home And Then Put A Relaxer On It To Control Frizz. Her Hair Is Beyond Recovery
Ryan Deschanel 5 years ago
When you want to randomly mix chemicals... don't do it on your body!
#11
Today I Learned That Hair Dye Smudges
Mihai Mara 5 years ago
I bet he didn't read the instructions that clearly say to put the mix on your hair and not to spread it on your forehead, on your neck or on your abdomen....
#12
I Think My Mom Is Allergic To Hair Coloring
#13
So, My Friend Had A Pretty Ridiculous Allergic Reaction To Hair Dye. Pic On The Left Is What She Normally Looks Like
Serial pacifist 5 years ago
The explanation in the caption solves the dilemma. Glad to hear that the pic on the right isn't what she normally looks like.
#14
Purple Dye Disaster. I Was A Walking, Wide-Eyed Eggplant
On the one hand, I was purple, we were going out later, and this was mortifying. On the other, it was absolutely hilarious
Mihai Mara 5 years ago
Aren't there instructions on the boxes of these hair colouring products in order to avoid such results?
#15
This Is Why Hair Dye Says To Test It On A Small Spot Before Applying Everywhere. Bad Allergic Reaction
#16
So, My Bottle Hair Dye Just Exploded
#17
So My Wife Colored Her Hair Yesterday
Andy Acceber 5 years ago
Ha! Yeah, no cuddling directly after dyeing. Hopefully it was cool enough for you to wear long sleeves for a couple days.
#18
What My Hair Looked Like - What I Asked For - And How It Turned Out
#19
My Friend's Little Brother Had An Allergic Reaction To Hair Dye
#20
We Had An Incident - I Think It Was A Faulty Bottle. But, Nora Is In Heaven That She’s Dyed Head To Toe In Pink. So We Will Call It A Lose-Win
#21
Didn't Realize One Of My Glove Fingers Broke Until I Was Done Dyeing My Hair
#22
My Friend Wants To Go To School To Be A Hairdresser, I Let Her Practice On My Hair
#23
Dyed Everything Except For My Hair. Including My Tongue, Nail Beds And Corneas
Gin. No tonic 5 years ago
It probably also dyed their hair, but since it's dark brown, it only got a tint of blue, and you can't really see it. To get really blue hair, dark hair has ti bleached first.
#24
What Could Go Wrong If I Dye My Hair In Front Of My Laptop?
#25
I Will Be Suing The Company Who Marked This Box Of Hair Dye As Dark Brown
#26
An Allergic Reaction To Hair Dye
Ryan Deschanel 5 years ago
1 : I want a coat made out of puppies. 2 : take me to your ruler. 3 : mmmbrphlibplrt...
#27
When You Dye A New Wig And It Straight Up Looks Like Barbie Has Just Been Murdered In Your Sink
#28
When You Ask Your Husband To Dye Your Hair
#29
During... And After. Yep, Neil's Hair Doesn't Do Dyeing
#30
Don't Dye Your Hair Blonde If You Have Black Hair
#31
So My Hair Dye Decided To Bleed Onto My Whole Body In The Shower
#32
When You Practically Burn Off About Half Of Your Hair But You're Still Basically Orange. Oops Guess This Stuff Is Stronger Than The Stuff I Used To Use, I'll Know For Next Time
Well if I lose all the hair guess I can start fresh.
#33
Accidentally Put The Hair Dye Gloves On Backwards. My Stupidity Knows No Bounds
#35
When Your Roommate Decides To Dye Her Hair Purple
#36
Accidentally Dyed My Feet Purple. Hair Dye Fail
#37
My Hair Dye Exploded And Dyed My Tile Floor Purple
#38
Don't Leave An ASDA Bag On When You're Dyeing Your Hair
#39
I Told My Son To Tell Me When His Hair Dye Alarm Went Off. He Took A Shower Instead
Mihai Mara 5 years ago
Why dye the hair of children? Why expose them to such chemicals and behaviours at young age?? Pfffft
#40
Helped Dye My Fiancé's Hair Last Night. Didn't Notice That The Gloves Had A Small Hole Until I Took Them Off
Ryan Deschanel 5 years ago
Fill the glove with water and see if it leaks. Or you can blow it and put in under water and look for bubbles.
#41
Tried Bleaching My Hair To Get Rid Of The Red So I Could Go Deep Blue. The Bleach Only Got Rid Of The Color On My Roots The Rest Went Pink. I Dyed It Anyway
I thought it would go blue to purple instead but the dye didn't stick to my hair and only the roots went blue, the rest stayed red.
#42
What Could Go Wrong When The Wife Wants To Try A New Hair Color
Lauren Caswell 5 years ago (edited)
Laundry sink for rinsing! Always! (Edit: where I live, old washboard laundry tubs are only found in old state rental properties. I'm talking old as hell, for doing washing by hand. Here's a link for those who think me having a tub is "rich" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_housing)
#43
I Was So Excited For My Hair Dye To Get Here
#44
My Boyfriend Helped Me Dye My Hair
#45
"Use Gloves" They Said. "No Need" I Said... I'm Not Always Right
#46
I’ve Been Indoors For A Couple Months Now And I’m Now Dyeing My Hair For The Second Time (And Yes It’s 1AM And I’m Home Alone And Covered In Hair Dye Right Now)
Airis Malfoy 5 years ago
More like Thanos posting on his snapchat - "Guys, my gauntlet is missing!"
#47
My Hair Dye Exploded In My Garbage
Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
Never screw the cap back on even if you're finished, and don't keep old hair dye it starts to get hot as soon as you mix it
#48
I’m Just Gonna Shave My Head
#49
Call Me Carrie
Mihai Mara 5 years ago
So instead of washing it out she just grabs her phone and takes several selfies. Oh wow, poor her *eye roll*
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What do you think ?
Gemma Joubert 5 years ago
Almost all of these is just people being stupid and not reading instructions.
Monday 5 years ago
and the other few are people trusting non-professionals to dye their hair.
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Monday 5 years ago
Unless it's Halloween and you reeaaaallly want to look like an alien but don't have the budget for a good costume.
Load More Replies... Mihai Mara 5 years ago
Always read and follow the instructions that come with your hair dye / colour mix.
Gemma Joubert 5 years ago
Almost all of these is just people being stupid and not reading instructions.
Monday 5 years ago
and the other few are people trusting non-professionals to dye their hair.
Load More Replies... Monday 5 years ago
Unless it's Halloween and you reeaaaallly want to look like an alien but don't have the budget for a good costume.
Load More Replies... Mihai Mara 5 years ago
Always read and follow the instructions that come with your hair dye / colour mix.
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