temporary hair dye

[topaz]

I started to ask the Internet this, but then I realized that my friends are actually way more awesome than the Internet:

How well do temporary hair dyes work? Do they wash out right away? Do they produce bright and vivid colors? Which brands are best?

ETA: this is a one-day thing, so super-temporary dye shampoos and the like are potentially fine.

If we were to apply more than one color--say, a mohawk with colored sides--is that likely to be way too complicated for an amateur to attempt on their first try? Would we want to use a semipermanent dye for that, rather than the totally temporary ones?

Comments

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

This is specifically for a one-day event, so something that washes out with the first shampoo might be fine and something that lasts just a few days is probably also okay.

The request I have on hand is for a multicolored mohawk. I'm guessing that I'll want an actual dye to achieve that, rather than a dye shampoo or spray-on color.

[lady-mishegas.livejournal.com]

I think spray on color would work really well... it would wash right out, give truer bright results, and double as a fixative for the mohawk. That's totally what I'd use.

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

As said above, seconded. Strongly. You may never get rid of MP or SFX.

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

qwrrty should be able to view this:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=74597337672&set=t.1685684540&pid=2075777&id=528577672

That was my niece MONTHS after we'd dyed her hair fire engine red with MP.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

ALL RIGHTY THEN! Spray-on it is!