As part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias® I created a Kool Creation by dyeing my daughter’s hair with Kool-Aid drink mix.
When I was in high school my friends and I would dye our hair with Kool-Aid before football games. Purple, usually, as that was one of our school colors.
Fast-forward 15 years, and I find myself teaching my daughter the same trick! A fun hair dye that is easy, affordable and not permanent?
AWESOME!
How to dye your hair with Kool-Aid
We started off by visiting Walmart to buy Kool-Aid…
Maya already knew that she wanted red, so we grabbed a few packets of Cherry Kool-Aid.
Maura wanted to try purple, so she opted for Grape.
We also added a few other Kool-Aid product to our shopping cart…
You can dye your hair with Kool-Aid in just a few simple steps!
1) Choose the color (flavor) you’d like.
2) Untangle your hair.
3) Find a bowl that you don’t mind staining and pour the contents of
2 Kool-Aid packets into it. I used 3 for Maya’s dark hair.
4) Add 2 cups of boiling water and stir until the powder dissolves.
5) Dip hair into the Kool-Aid for at least 10 minutes.
Maya could barely stand the heat from the steam!
6) Dry hair with a towel (an old one, since it may also be stained).
I’d recommend wearing rubber gloves or your hands will be dyed, too!
7) Brush out hair and let it air dry or blow dry it if you’re impatient.
Ta-dah!
Maya’s hair is fairly dark, so I honestly wasn’t sure how this would turn out, but she’s thrilled with the results! As for how long it lasts, she’s washed her hair a couple of times and the color is still bright. I remember my color would last at least a couple of weeks, fading out slowly, but my hair is significantly lighter and not as thick as hers, so results may vary.
Maya enjoyed a Kool-Aid Jammer as a reward for all her hard work! 😀
This project was fun!
Have you ever dyed your (or your kid’s) hair with Kool-Aid? How did it turn out?
wow, this is so “kool” 🙂 I bet my niece would be interested in this. This would be a good summer activity.
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that’s awesome with that hair so adorable I love that color on her can I try it and what color I need
How cool is that????
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How cool! I never new kool-aid could dye your hair!
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That does look like such fun! My oldest would love to try that, I’ll bet. We’ll give it a go perhaps, when she returns from Gramma’s.
This is so cool. I remember when I was in school girls used to dye their hair with Kool-aid.
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Beautiful! Would love to use it.
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What a clever way to dye your hair – at least temporary! Fun to do with kids with no harsh chemicals!
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The staining of stuff would be what keeps me away from this project! We are too clumsy around here!
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I wonder if this will work on my 6 year olds hair.. she wants to die her hair because of her sisters dyeing their hair.. but I don’t want to use permanent hair color on her yet.. so we will be trying this, this weekend
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Just so you know, my 13 year old dip dyed her hair with Kool-Aid last year and it’s still in to this very day. It’s very cool – but if you expect it to wash out… it might not. Just an fyi.
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Flashback to high school!!
My friends and I used to do this all the time!
So much fun :0)
Now, that is just incredibly cool! Your daughter has dark hair like mine – and it worked. I’m gonna have to try this on my hair. My daughter, a blonde, would probably like it too. LOL.
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What a super fun idea! 😉 That looks really great too!
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Looks really good! I use Manic Panic but if I ever dye my kids’ hair, it will be using Kool Aid.
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I thought you were going to say that it washed out at first shampoo. I’m pretty impressed that it doesn’t, and I guess that’s all the more reason to wear gloves if you do this. ;0 Looks cute on her!
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I have never seen anything like it! We don’t have kool aid in the UK but looks like great fun!
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I’ve seen this done before. It’s so neat looking and extremely cheap to do!!
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This is really cool! Bookmarking this post.
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I love this.. I had heard of doing that but wasn’t quit sure on how to do it.. duhhh that’s soo simple, thanks for sharing and telling me how to dye the kids hair….
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that’s awesome 😀
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This seems like a cool idea. I think my teenager would would really like it.
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Kids use to talk about doing this all the time when I was younger, but I never dyed my hair with Kool Aid. It came out really great!!
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It turned out cute, I bet the loved it! We dip dyed our girls’ hair with Kool-Aid last year and it’s STILL in their hair. We’re about to get it cut out haha.
You can remove it with baking soda I’m pretty sure.
Wow! Amazing. I’m sharing this with my little sis right now, she’s been bugging about dying her hair tips.
Love the picture where she has her hair dipped in the mixture! What a cool way to dye your hair!
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I have never dyed my hair with kool aid.
My sisters and I used to dye our hair with Kool-aid often. We taught our nieces how to do it. Partly because we were never allowed to alter our hair in any way with “real” hair chemicals or to cut it, and partly because it was just so much fun. I taught my daughter how, and she showed her friends. It’s pretty safe and costs less than $1.00
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This is so cool, and came out so pretty! I love the look. Thanks for the tip~!
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We just made lipstick out of crayons, now it’s time to color the kids hair with Kool Aid! Mine have dark hair too so that hair chalk does NOTHING – yet their blond sister is all decked out in color coolness. Great post!
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I am in awe of her uniqueness and bravery to be so young. I love it! She’s a cutie also 🙂
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OMG! I have to tell my sister about this. She has been back and forth wanting to dye her hair red but not wanting anything permanent till after her wedding (4 months from now). This might get her the results she wants for a temp thrill!
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How did I grow up in the 80s and 90s and not know about this?? Fun!
That is too cool!!! I’m going to have to let my girls to that sometime 🙂
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Very pretty! I love it!
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Wow, I wondered how to do this. Thanks for sharing.
Love this project and it’s super cute but unfortunately it is not coming out.
Can you do it with Kool Aid Jammer (Juice ) ??
My Mom accidently bought Kool aid jammer . But I really want to do it 🙁
Hey Tara! I don’t think this would work with Kool-Aid Jammers, plus it would be a sticky mess with all that sugar! But I guess it doesn’t hurt to try it? The liquid has to be hot for the color to absorb into your hair. Good luck!
I tried with that kind it didn’t work
with my black hair , the kool-aid dying didnt work
Wow! This is nice project!
I did this to my hair and it lasted 3-4 weeks but when I went swimming it bled on my new swimsuit. 🙁 I want to dye my hair like this again but I don’t want it to bleed. Any ideas to prevent this?
for dark hair not only do you need more packets but you can also make it a paste and apply it that way too nd will be easier than dipping into a cup aso good for short hair and will come out betteerr than just liquid
Dear Mariana
Do you know what color would look best in kind of dark brown hair. My hair color is aboutt the same, but maybe a little lighter thatn your daughters. THe red looks cool, but I heard that it can be more permenant and stay longer.
I cannot wait to ask my mom if I can try this!
caelum
What Color looks best with brown hair besides red? I do not want to try red becuase i heard it can take longer to get out, Any suggestions?
Before you dye your hair, protect the sides of your face from being stained by applying some petroleum jelly or Vaseline on the desired areas.