Light Orange Hair Dye

I was in the store and I saw this Peach Mango Kool Aid. The picture on the packet was a bright red-orange. So I thought this would make a really great hair dye. It turned light orange. The color on the packet was misleading. Either way, here's how to dye your hair light orange.

Before Photo:

My hair looks like it has a little body here because I just took it out of a bun. My hair is actually really straight though. And here is the color I ended up with:

This is made from Peach Mango Kool aid. You can find it for cheap at plenty of stores. It turned my hair light orange. I only dip dyed my hair. In an effort to prevent repeating myself, you can find out how to dip dye your hair here. If you are worried about the kool aid not coming out, you should do a strand test before and try my method for getting koolaid out of your hair fast. Just take a small section of hair and dye it, then use the method of getting it out and see if it works. Then, you can dye all of your hair without worrying.

So what do you think about light orange hair dye? Not very exciting right? I'm not that excited about it. To get the actual red-orange color that's on the packet, I'm guessing you would need to mix this color and tropical punch. I plan on doing that one day to test it out. I'll probably use my method of taking the koolaid out and I'll let you know if it worked in the comments.

How To Dye Your Hair Orange For Halloween

Dying your hair orange is pretty easy. I just did it and now I'll show you how to do it too. Here is what my hair looked like before:

I got my hair trimmed. Thanks for noticing. Okay so you'll need to use orange koolaid for this. Don't worry, I recently found out that koolaid comes out of hair very easily contrary to popular belief. You should have no problem getting this dye out of your hair if you follow my instructions for that. You can find out the best way to get koolaid out of hair by clicking here. If you're really worried, just do a strand test and make sure it will come out first before doing all of your hair.

Now, you'll need at least one packet of orange koolaid. If you have thick hair, you may need two. I dip dyed my hair because it's the quickest way to dye it with koolaid. You may prefer to use conditioner and let it sit overnight. Here I'll explain how to dip dye it though.

You can do this two ways. You can either use one cup and put all of your hair to one side and dip it or you can use two cups and divide your hair in half and dip it. I chose the second option. So fill your cup with warm water and empty the koolaid packet into the water. Dip the tips of your hair in and let it sit for 20-30 minutes.

After that, rinse your hair with water. Don't wash it. And then dry it off with a dark-colored towel. I suggest this because you don't want to stain your towels. Dry your hair or let it air dry and you're done. Here's how mine turned out:

You can tell that some areas of my hair didn't get as dark as others. Note: That won't happen to everyone. One of my cups may have had a little more dye than the other, because I only used one packet. But it still looks good and festive during this time of year. The best part is that now my hair smells like oranges. Maybe it would be more awesome if it smelled like pumpkins right now though.