Dying DS's dark hair

[Gallade]

Hi S&B,

My 9 year old has dark brown hair but would love to have it dyed during Lockdown. He's after blue! Does anyone have any tips on how I can do this please? Would I need to bleach it first?

Thanks!

[thedevilinablackdress]

You will definitely need to bleach first.

[browzingss]

You could try temporary colour sprays from L’Oréal?

What shade of blue?

Unfortunately as he naturally has dark hair, he naturally has lots of orange/red pigments in his hair so unless you bleach his hair to blonde, the shade of blue might look muddy/green/teal/darker than he wants

[browzingss]

Also I’d recommend colouring a section rather than his full head

[BeeBella]

Hmm not sure I'm brave enough for bleach.

[BeeBella]

bumping for ideas.

[OwlBasket]

Your options are beach to blonde (probably 3 times) and then dye blue, or use a coloured spray. Spay will probably not be very visible and will transfer, bleach and dye will work but the hair will be frazzled.