30 Times People Tried Dyeing Their Hair And Got "Less Than Successful" Results
When dyeing your hair at home, make sure to wear gloves, read the instructions, and always check the label for potential allergens - or else your extreme makeover might turn into an extreme disaster.
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Dyeing your hair a different color can be a great way of giving yourself a fresh new look. However, there are a few things you should keep in mind if you decide to dye your hair at home, especially if you're going for an extremely bold color. Wear gloves, read the instructions, and always check the label for potential allergens - or else your extreme makeover might turn into an extreme disaster.
People are sharing pictures of the worst hair dyeing disasters that they experienced, and they're absolutely hilarious. Check them out in the gallery below, and if you want more, make sure to read our previous post about the funniest quarantine beauty fails here!
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On the one hand, I was purple, we were going out later, and this was mortifying. On the other, it was absolutely hilarious
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#1 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
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#2 Allergic To Hair Dye
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#3 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
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#4 How’s College Going? Well My Roommate Is Now A Smurf
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#5 Do You Think My Grandma Would Notice I Dyed My Hair?
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#6 Guess Who's Severely Allergic To Hair Dye? This Girl
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#7 So, My Friend Had A Pretty Ridiculous Allergic Reaction To Hair Dye. Pic On The Left Is What She Normally Looks Like
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#8 I Didn't Notice That My Glove Broke While Dyeing My Friend's Hair And Now My Hands Are Stained
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#9 My Friend's Child Got Into Her Hair Dye Before She Woke Up
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#10 So, My Bottle Hair Dye Just Exploded
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#11 2021 Dad Of The Year: I Told Her To Shower Instead Of Rinsing Her Hair Out, Right After Dyeing It
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#12 My Friend Wants To Go To School To Be A Hairdresser, I Let Her Practice On My Hair
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#13 Don't Dye Your Hair Blonde If You Have Black Hair
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#14 I Think My Mom Is Allergic To Hair Coloring
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#15 The Time I Accidentally Dyed My Hair Orange And Then Accidentally Dressed Like A Bag Of Oranges
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#16 My Friend's Little Brother Had An Allergic Reaction To Hair Dye
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#17 Today I Learned That Hair Dye Smudges
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#18 Purple Dye Disaster. I Was A Walking, Wide-Eyed Eggplant
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On the one hand, I was purple, we were going out later, and this was mortifying. On the other, it was absolutely hilarious
#19 This Is Why Hair Dye Says To Test It On A Small Spot Before Applying Everywhere. Bad Allergic Reaction
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#20 Didn't Realize One Of My Glove Fingers Broke Until I Was Done Dyeing My Hair
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#21 So My Wife Colored Her Hair Yesterday
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#22 What My Hair Looked Like - What I Asked For - And How It Turned Out
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#23 During... And After. Yep, Neil's Hair Doesn't Do Dyeing
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#24 Someone Used A Plastic Walmart Bag To Keep The Heat In While Bleaching Their Hair... With Predictable Results
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#25 What Could Go Wrong If I Dye My Hair In Front Of My Laptop?
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#26 I Will Be Suing The Company Who Marked This Box Of Hair Dye As Dark Brown
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#27 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
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#28 An Allergic Reaction To Hair Dye
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#29 Accidentally Put The Hair Dye Gloves On Backwards. My Stupidity Knows No Bounds
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#30 Dyed Everything Except For My Hair. Including My Tongue, Nail Beds And Corneas
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