POLL: Do you have black hair?

[Debaser]

For those of you who've had or have bleached hair, does it completely f**k up your hair? Do you use peroxide or really light blond hair dye?

Nah...the bleach itself doesn't fuk it up...just the imbecile who puts it on and leaves it on to bake..... I used to have a flat top so no matter how long I cooked it for, it would never really do any damage as it would all get shorn off again a few weeks later

And really light blonde hair dye is bobbins - peroxide is the only way to get it really blonde - you know you've done a good job when yer head blisters and you're picking scabs from yer scalp fer a few days

[Francis]

Salt 'n' pepper.

[Debaser]

Salt 'n' pepper.

The only way to follow that is...
dum di dum di dum di di diddy diddy, dum di dum di dum dum di diddy diddy

Spinderella spin it up one more time...

[boudicca]

Yeah, it's black.

Well... 'blue-black', actually, according to the bottle... but to all intents and purposes it's all f***in' GOTH, innit?

From time to time I get some white blonde streaks in...

I sometimes wear extensions - but I like to think I do so with a bit more class than some peeps, which admittedly wouldn't be difficult...

I want to go grey. When I do, maybe all this dye silliness will stop, and I shall revel in being a scary little old lady.

[The Pope]

For those of you who've had or have bleached hair, does it completely f**k up your hair? Do you use peroxide or really light blond hair dye?

Nah...the bleach itself doesn't fuk it up...just the imbecile who puts it on and leaves it on to bake..... I used to have a flat top so no matter how long I cooked it for, it would never really do any damage as it would all get shorn off again a few weeks later

And really light blonde hair dye is bobbins - peroxide is the only way to get it really blonde - you know you've done a good job when yer head blisters and you're picking scabs from yer scalp fer a few days

Oh god. At least you can't see the flakes since your hair matches

I need to think this over more. Thanks.

[nick the stripper]

I wanted to dye my hair black when I was 14, my mum wouldn't let me.

She use to be a hippy and use to dye her hair multi-colours.

Basically, one day it all went hirribly wrong and now her hair is stained red.

She said she wouldn't let me make the same mistakes she made at my age

[eastmidswhizzkid]

ain't got hair these days-well,i dont let it grew past the shortest clipper with no grader length anyway(otherwise i end up looking 45 instead of 35).i used to(try to ) dye it red mostly but it always ended up pink,or orange,'till it settled on dirty-p*ss yellow(the dreadlock years).i was talked out of going black by my mum in my teens-which did me a favour really,as in the eyes of the cliquey-goths that meant i wasn't a"proper" goth.seeing as i've spent most of my life vehemently denying being a goth,the never having black hair became a thing of pride.

[eastmidswhizzkid]

...and thats me no longer road kill!
who are you calling amphetamine filth

[lazarus corporation]

after years of not dying it (preceeded by years of dying it) I'm dying it again.

I blame it on a new place to live and a new life to lead.

[markfiend]

I've been dying mine for half my life? more?

The last year or two I've moved away from black/blue-black into the interesting territory of reds and purples.

Like someone said up there, I'm afraid to stop now in case it's completely grey under the dye. (Although long grey hair does have a certain Gandalf charm )

[Francis]

I used to clicky

But not any more another clicky

The perils of backcombing and cheap hairspray. Ammunition for every parent of a would-be-goth.

As for dying your hair, I'm with Mr Bond. Provided the collar and cuffs match.

[Mrs RicheyJames]

I'm too big of a chicken to go completely black because a) i'm afraid i won't like it;

You can buy wash in wash out, or semi perm. dyes for a look-see.

b) it fades after a couple weeks;

Not if you buy a decent dye. You won't pay anymore than around £8 for a good 'en.

c) i will be too lazy to dye the roots often;

Granted, that IS a pain in the arse

d) natural color is just easier;

True but does it look as good as a colour that you may really want?

e) i'm afraid my hair will fall out or something...maybe i'm just making excuses.

I think you are really. You're hair won't fall out unless you've bleach over bleach over bleach, by which stage it would have fallen out anyway. I dyed mine for years and it wasn't until I started using bleach for a stupid streak at the front that I had problems with it. In fact, it hadn't been cut for a very very long time, and It still looked in great condition.

For those of you who've had or have bleached hair, does it completely f**k up your hair? Do you use peroxide or really light blond hair dye?

See above. But that was only because I was stripping out copious amount of black in my hair also. If you bleach on un-dyed hair, there really shouldn't be a prob.




That'll be £50 for the advice please.

[nigel d]

my hair has changed variously over the years , probably started here http://www.pictureframeseduction.com/history-7879.htm
thats me sat down aged 14(?)

[MrChris]

I dyed it black once, but it didn't work for me. Firstly, no-one seemed to notice, which just made me think I was invisible and insignificant (I later found out for sure). Secondly, it made me look like death cooled down. I know, I know, goths don't want to look healthy, but still...you don't want to be pestered by doctors all the time, do you? I briefly flirted with red but stopped when guys kept trying to pick me up. Back to dark blond now for me, until it all goes grey and falls out, anyway.

[nigel d]

nothing wrong with a receding hair line or grey hair .
everytime i have my hair cut after a dying episode it gets greyer and greyer
(perhaps it wil make me look intelligent when it goes grey completely..........................................maybe not)

[_emma_]

Mine's pitch black again.

[DerekR]

The perils of backcombing and cheap hairspray. Ammunition for every parent of a would-be-goth.

Tell me about it, I was a 'Bristows' bloke, and that stuff smelt so strong I swear it must have been radioactive! Lucky I didn't smoke

As for dying your hair, I'm with Mr Bond. Provided the collar and cuffs match.

They do now

[DerekR]

...a stupid steak at the front...

Didn't that draw flies after a while?

[Mrs RicheyJames]

...a stupid steak at the front...

Didn't that draw flies after a while?

I don't know what you mean.......

[boudicca]

I'm doing the dirty deed tonite, as it happens...

...DYING MY HAIR, that is!

Get your minds out of the gutter!

[emilystrange]

blue/black here.. although i've been red, and white blonde. debaser's right about that peroxide, you know.

i had sone really good horizontal stripes once. black and red.

[Brideoffrankenstein]

blue/black here

I'm "Cosmic Blue"!

[emilystrange]

hee me too..

[6FeetOver]

Yes, indeedy - actually, it's black with purple bits, right now. W000t!

[Francis]

I had a Brian Setzer/ Billy Idol/ Kirk Brandon attempt for a while. But it just didn't go with the eyebrow so I let it go.