To dye my three year old DD's hair pink?

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DD 3.5 and has been pleading for 'pink hair' since she saw her older half sibling (DSD) with a funky colour.

I don't see the harm in it and im thinking of doing it for her as a treat over the summer holidays when she isn't at nursery, not a permanent dye ofc but one of those wash out in 6-8 washes ones. She has brown hair so it's unlikely to stain as blonde would. It won't be too noticeable but should reflect the light in the sun nicely.

So WIBU? Would you judge?

The OP has clearly said she wouldn't use permanent dye. It's the PPDs in permanent dye that can cause allergies and damage hair.

Jesus ! She’s 3 !! Let her be a baby she will have plenty of time to experiment with her hair ! I’m a hairdresser and @Shelby2010 is correct it can trigger allergies if used on children and if that happens she won’t be able to dye her hair when she’s old enough too !
Honestly I’m a fun mum but it’s not worth it ! If she does have a reaction u won’t be able to Sue or claim any thing because on manufacturing instructions it says not to be used on under 16s on almost all hair colour products x

Buy her a fun wig or two and treat it as dressing up play, at her stage of development its more appropriate and will have more of a fun transformation effect. Dressing up was always a favourite in my house, DS3 loved it so much he's about to go to college to study fashion (no hair dye until 16+ though)

I did this last summer for my 10yo - we learnt that purple doesn't wash out though.....luckily we didn't go too far up - we had a last minute haircut!

A school mum used the spray on cans of hair colour from Superdrug for the Jubilee weekend. Definitely washed out as none visible at school on the Monday. Quite intense colours too.

You could dip the ends in watered down red / pink food colouring. My sister did this in the states apparently it works. If its edible it can't be too harsh and might be a fun way to do it.

I would judge. Big time
Why on earth would you chemically alter your 3yo dd? Just because she sees her sister do it? ... no. Just no. It doesn't make you a fun mum if you do it op. Just a mum that makes a bad decision.

Shell have a life time of changing her looks ahead of her. Let her be a kid a bit longer plz.

Thanks for all the replies, lots to consider.

I just want to stress that I wasn't going to use strong box dyes, I was looking at Directions and Crazy Colour which as PP's said is basically conditioner with colour deposit in it.

I wasn't actually aware of hair chalk or coloured wax though and after looking up the wax I think it looks great and plenty vibrant enough on dark hair so she's more likely to get a colour she likes with that.

I'm going to order some of the pink wax and take her to claires on the weekend to see what they have too. I think she'd love the glitter hair spray.

Those six-to-eight washes dyes definitely do not always come out in six to eight washes and you won't really get a proper pink result on brown hair so I would echo others and say go for something more temporary! Hair chalks, colour spray from a fancy dress shop perhaps?

I wouldn't judge at all if I saw a small child with pink hair - I'd think they were living their best life, to be honest! But I reckon it might be safer and easier to use a method more suited to younger children. Think of it like a manicure - you'd probably let your three-year-old have nail polish on for fun, but you wouldn't take them for a set of gels!

Wash out hair colour does not chemically alter hair. Wish people would RTFT before jumping to conclusions and making themselves look stupid.

I occasionally use Manic Panic on my daughter, and it can be surprisingly vibrant, even on darker hair. I tend to give her streaks rather than all over colour, which gives almost the same effect. It definitely doesn't wash out in 6 - 8 weeks though! She was about 6 the first time we did it.

I wouldn't judge the colour, I wouldn't know if you'd used chemical dye or not but that seems a step too far as many have said. I would worry a bit about why she wants pink hair, I assume she likes her own hair and it's just a summer lark.

I bought these for my daughter all different colours and she loved them

Do it OP she'll love it

Hair chalk or clip ins.

But to be honest I wouldnt want a kid so young being so bothered about their appearance. Usually at that age they come out with all sorts of daft ideas and it's easy enough to just distract them from it.

No judgement, it's just a bit of fun.
A dye may not take to brown hair though, I used one on dd and it only lightened the blonde ends and brown didn't change.

You can get a wax that colours even dark hair really well though!
Chalks work better on lighter hair but still show on browns just not as vibrant.

It's fine! She'll absolutely love it and it won't harm her at all.

People on MN will judge anything, though

@MrsPartridgeKleio @DrMadelineMaxwell @SSDDagain I knew there must be a St Mary's underground network here somewhere!

Hair chalk or temporary spray would be fine.

Adult hair colour and I'd judge you to the hills and back.

@LadyAddle we're all hiding from Dr Bairstow.
There's no way he'd be on a thread about children's hair dye.

Surely if you put a pink wash in brown hair the only outcome is disappointment for DD, as it won't be what she's expecting at all?

Don’t do it. Get some colourful clip in thing.

Even washable hair dyes have harsh chemicals in them - definitely not something I’d use on my three year old.

I wouldn't use a normal dye since the chemicals are quite strong, it's designed to go onto the scalp, and skin is porous.

I would either do dyed ends with a normal dye, or I would find a non-toxic fun kids' one and use that.

Not sure if those vegan ones are non-toxic, or just search a kids' one or use the chalk.

For those who don't use hair colour www.manic-panic.co.uk/en_GB/ this is what OP is proposing to use. It's bascially vegetable dye in conditioner. There is no PPD, peroxide or ammonia aka all the harsh chemicals/allergens present in the box dyes you buy from supermarkets or the stuff you have put on it the salon.

Pinks remove relatively easily, even on bleached hair. Blue is the troublesome one so anything purple/plum toned is going to last a lot lot longer than it states on the bottle but will fade to the point it is unnnoticeable on darker hair and straight up blue is going to stay until it's cut out. I've had issues bleaching Manic Panic blue out of natural hair in the past however even that was faded to the point you wouldn't notice it unless you knew it was there after six weeks.

If you do find you have a child with colourful hair and the end of the school holidays are looming chlorine from swimming pools works wonders. Go swimming a couple of times and goodbye hair colour.

I am a qualified hairdresser and used to specialise in lightening hair/fashion colours. I wouldn't think twice about a child with fun coloured hair.

Is anyone else getting absolutely incensed by this thread and the number of numpties saying they would judge the OP (one would judge to the hills and back apparently)? The OP has very clearly stated that she wouldn't use permanent due, only the wash out temporary colour AHHH, why is this winding me up so much 😡