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fashionablygeek.com: Every time we feature a new hair color trend, I want to run out to see my colorist. That’s especially true for glow-in-the-dark/blacklight hair. You’ll always be ready for a rave.
I really wish raves and black light parties were a more integral part of my lifestyle, because then I would have an excuse to acquire this kind of hairstyle. I think it would be amazing if my hair could glow in the dark and I feel that it would also be a cool thing to see when out and about. It would also be a great conversation starter in order to have a “fun fact” for meet and greets. I do wonder though what the hair dye looks like in regular everyday lighting. I used to dye my hair with Manic Panic, and some of the colors I got into claimed to be sensitive and glowing under black light, but I never experienced a time where it was very prominent looking or anything like that. On a side note, I would love to put a fun design in the shaved part of my head.
I think this is an interesting trend, but I do not think it will be very popular. It looks very cool and it would definitely bring a different look to a party. If a whole rave had people with glow in the dark and black light hair it would look really crazy and cool. It would probably affect the way a lighting designer would design their lights because they would put in on different kinds of lights that would enhance the glowing in people’s hair. The reason why I do not think this will last as a trend is because of the way it works. I do not really understand how their hair is glowing and whether it is a dye or just something you put in your hair for the night. I imagine that if it were a dye, it would not be good for your hair at all. Different chemicals need to be in it in order to have the glow in the dark effect.
This is pretty cool! I've never seen this done before and it's always interesting when new hair trends pop up however that doesn't mean that they'll necessarily be good. I believe that having a great hairstyle can seriously pull your confidence together and make you feel great. I've personally gone through many different iterations of hair color and cut and it's really something that's always been a great constant in my life. There are a couple of hair trends that I'm very glad have passed on such as the "8-bit" style of hair coloring, which just looks blotchy. This whole "black-light" style of hair coloring can be really cool for raves and events of that sort but I think it can really only be practical then. Outside of that context, I mean, how many of us have installed black light systems in our house? I'm interested to see how long this trend will last or if it'll even stick. Perhaps it'll just remain a Tumblr fad.
Honestly, this is just plain awesome. I’m not really one to follow fashion trends, but hair coloring has always held a particular interest for me. I’ve been dying my hair since I was fifteen, and even started helping friends dye their hair (because salon’s are expensive and usually get it wrong anyway). So seeing glow in the dark hair definitely has me intrigued. I mean, I could go on and on about the benefit and artistic edge this trend can give theatre, but really I just want glow in the dark hair for myself. My only concern is what chemicals are used to create the luminescence. I know that there are some natural compounds that create a glow, but in order to permanently color the hair, certain properties must be met, including degrading the outer layer of hair in order to reach a strands cortex. More information about the chemicals and their effects would have been really helpful for the article to provide. Also, I can imagine the dying process for this requires a little more skill, since it’s easier to hide a couple of purple splotches on your wrist than a glow in the dark hand. Overall, a cool looking product, but I need to do a bit more research before I’m sold.
This is a very interesting trend. I think that it is one of those things that will last a month, then never happen again. The article is mostly pictures, and says nothing on the hair treatment it self. I want to know what kind of chemicals are in the dye that make it glow. If normal hair dye is bad for your hair, I bet this kind of dye is even worse. And as cool as it looks in the black light, I wonder what it looks like in normal lighting. I think of glow sticks when they are in normal light and its a odd muted color, which I really hope is not what happens with this hair style. If their are any temporary dyes like this, I think that could be a really big market, I would use it and I'm sure many others would want to also, knowing that it would come out after a shower. The permeant just seems like too many chemicals.
Wow! Hair evolution is really intriguing, and while I can guarantee I will never do this to my own fro, I think what makes this so interesting to me is how “beauty standards” seem to keep getting more and more outlandish. Had we seen glow in the dark hair in a futuristic movie we would have laughed. I just keep thinking about The Capitol in The Hunger Games. And this trend, like the ones in movies, really does seem to be so focused on shock value, I mean how often are you really under a black light? Maybe this will be a hit for ravers and gogo dancers. It’s none of my business what these people do with their hair anyway, but I bet if it does catch on in the party scene it will only be a matter of time until it starts being a way for young teens to rebel, just like dying your hair a crazy color is now. It is a cycle.
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Now that this exists, all I can think is, "Why are we just now coming up with this?" While I certainly am not confident enough to rock this hairstyle myself, I think this is absolutely gorgeous, and it would such a fun talking piece at parties. However, I feel like if this hair only glows under a black light, it won't be very popular unless there's suddenly a surge in black light installation and people start using black lights in their daily lives. For this reason, I feel like this trend, as awesome as it is, will remain only with professionals that work under black lights, as well as tumblr hipsters and others who may pose for "artsy" glow in the dark hair photos. I would get this myself, but I encounter far too few black lights in my day to day life to make it worthwhile.
This is very cool, and I am continuously surprised with all of the new hair and make up trends I see daily. What I think is so great about all of them is that they are so open to expression. With something like glow in the dark hair you are free to do whatever you want, and express yourself in an unconventional, and totally awesome way. The only problem I see with hair trends like this is that they are often not for the average person. Those people in the article look super cool, but I'm sure they had a stylist, and a hair budget that makes me a little sick to my stomach, and while there is nothing wrong with that, if I tried to replicate them it probably would go very well, and I would bet that it's a little dangerous. I see so many pictures of "normal" people who try to replicate what they see, and end up with something that looks very different, or in a lot of pain. While I think that this hairstyle is great, and would be a really cool thing to try, there should be a push to make these fun new beauty trends more accessible to people who don't have a beauty staff on call.
This looks so cool! I've always been a fan of bright hair and makeup colors so this is something that I'd love to see more of. I love that society as a whole has become much more accepting of new, fun beauty trends recently. Twenty years ago if you had any unnatural colors in your hair people would gawk at you, but now it's become a much more widespread and trendy thing. However, I keep thinking about Annie's comment about the amount of chemicals in hair dye. I know that when you bleach your hair it is permanently damaged, so it's entirely possibly that this dye would also do that. A product that I personally love is hair chalk, as it allows to have brightly colored hair for just one night. If they start to sell this dye in this format, and I can find a black light, I'll definitely give it a try.
Got really excited until I saw that it only glows under a black light. Why is all glow in the dark stuff only under a black light?? Who has ready access to a black light in real life??
Anyways, two thoughts on this: if you can get a black light for a show (which is much more realistic than for having one in real life) this could be a very cool effect, if not a little chinsy. I feel like sometimes people see glow in the dark things and just kind of ""oooh" and "aaaah" for the novelty of it. But I have also seen it used effectively in small doses. Perhaps in circ, this could be very effective.
The other thought is - how bad for your hair this probably is!! Some of the examples had girls with sew in braids or wigs, which is fine, because that isn't really their hair. But to the girl who dyed her hair with it - what are you doing?? Who sanctioned this use on people?? Be careful!
As someone who has always wondered how their hair and hair dye would mix, but has never gone through with it, this seems quite amazing and tempting. The pictures all look so beautiful. I think that this is an amazing way to express yourself through hair color. However much I would want to do this to my hair, there are some questions I would have first. What does the dye look like outside of the blacklight? Do you have to bleach your hair? What kind of chemicals are in the hair dye? This seems quite important, because from friends that I know have dyed their hair often end up with the hair dye all over their hands for days afterwards. I would not want harmful anywhere on my body. Another thing. Just how many people have day-to-day access to a black light?
There’s some pretty neat art in these pictures. My favorite is the “Galactic Glamour.” Face and hair glowing effects have the potential to be visually striking on stage. I can see applications in dance shows, especially. Or, maybe a show that involves magic could have characters’ heads light up. I think the implementation wouldn’t be all that difficult. You could rig a wash of arc-source UV floods (not just movers with UV filters, because they don’t do nearly as good of a job) and control the intensity with mechanical dimmers. That way, you could have a dramatic reveal in conjunction with the rest of the lighting, whatever it may be. I think head glowing effects could say much about a character. Since the face is such a personal area (perhaps the most personal area on the body), altering it such an artificial way could have very interesting results. I’d like to have the chance to play around with this effect sometime in my career. Very interesting, for sure.
Over the last few years, the process for dying hair, the dye itself, and the artistic application of the dye to the hair has made vast leaps. Hair dye is used with more specificity and allows for more artistry than ever before. I am glad to see the range of dye mediums expanding as well. I think there are a vast number of creative applications for this, especially within the realm of costuming and makeup. This technique allows for an almost instantaneous transformation, pending the change of a light. That kind of "quick change" would be impossible to achieve in any other way.
I do have to wonder about the longevity of the dye, as well as the potential for permanent chemical damage to the hair. Furthermore, in terms of the application process, how does the hair need to be treated before the dye is imbued? There are still some questions that remain, but this development is an indicator of (ha) brighter things to come.
As someone who frequently dyes her hair, these seems like a bad idea. Hair dye is already bad enough. It's full of extremely dangerous chemicals. You can burn your hair, dry it out, or end up with the wrong color. I remember one of the first times I tried the "bright colored" hair. I ended up with pitiful straw-like strands that were supposed to be blue, but was actually a green-grey. It was bad. And there is a decent chance that the same problem would result from this brand. In response to Amanda, I agree that this dye has the potential for a quick change. Personally, 'm not a huge fan of black-light in theater, but to each their own. To answer her questions, most hair dyes (non-permanent) that are strange colors only last a week-ish. They are hard to maintain, the hair should be treated before and taken care of after, and frankly, they are just not worth it. In the realm of theater, just use a wig.
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I really wish raves and black light parties were a more integral part of my lifestyle, because then I would have an excuse to acquire this kind of hairstyle. I think it would be amazing if my hair could glow in the dark and I feel that it would also be a cool thing to see when out and about. It would also be a great conversation starter in order to have a “fun fact” for meet and greets. I do wonder though what the hair dye looks like in regular everyday lighting. I used to dye my hair with Manic Panic, and some of the colors I got into claimed to be sensitive and glowing under black light, but I never experienced a time where it was very prominent looking or anything like that. On a side note, I would love to put a fun design in the shaved part of my head.
I think this is an interesting trend, but I do not think it will be very popular. It looks very cool and it would definitely bring a different look to a party. If a whole rave had people with glow in the dark and black light hair it would look really crazy and cool. It would probably affect the way a lighting designer would design their lights because they would put in on different kinds of lights that would enhance the glowing in people’s hair. The reason why I do not think this will last as a trend is because of the way it works. I do not really understand how their hair is glowing and whether it is a dye or just something you put in your hair for the night. I imagine that if it were a dye, it would not be good for your hair at all. Different chemicals need to be in it in order to have the glow in the dark effect.
This is pretty cool! I've never seen this done before and it's always interesting when new hair trends pop up however that doesn't mean that they'll necessarily be good. I believe that having a great hairstyle can seriously pull your confidence together and make you feel great. I've personally gone through many different iterations of hair color and cut and it's really something that's always been a great constant in my life. There are a couple of hair trends that I'm very glad have passed on such as the "8-bit" style of hair coloring, which just looks blotchy. This whole "black-light" style of hair coloring can be really cool for raves and events of that sort but I think it can really only be practical then. Outside of that context, I mean, how many of us have installed black light systems in our house? I'm interested to see how long this trend will last or if it'll even stick. Perhaps it'll just remain a Tumblr fad.
Honestly, this is just plain awesome. I’m not really one to follow fashion trends, but hair coloring has always held a particular interest for me. I’ve been dying my hair since I was fifteen, and even started helping friends dye their hair (because salon’s are expensive and usually get it wrong anyway). So seeing glow in the dark hair definitely has me intrigued. I mean, I could go on and on about the benefit and artistic edge this trend can give theatre, but really I just want glow in the dark hair for myself. My only concern is what chemicals are used to create the luminescence. I know that there are some natural compounds that create a glow, but in order to permanently color the hair, certain properties must be met, including degrading the outer layer of hair in order to reach a strands cortex. More information about the chemicals and their effects would have been really helpful for the article to provide. Also, I can imagine the dying process for this requires a little more skill, since it’s easier to hide a couple of purple splotches on your wrist than a glow in the dark hand. Overall, a cool looking product, but I need to do a bit more research before I’m sold.
This is a very interesting trend. I think that it is one of those things that will last a month, then never happen again. The article is mostly pictures, and says nothing on the hair treatment it self. I want to know what kind of chemicals are in the dye that make it glow. If normal hair dye is bad for your hair, I bet this kind of dye is even worse. And as cool as it looks in the black light, I wonder what it looks like in normal lighting. I think of glow sticks when they are in normal light and its a odd muted color, which I really hope is not what happens with this hair style. If their are any temporary dyes like this, I think that could be a really big market, I would use it and I'm sure many others would want to also, knowing that it would come out after a shower. The permeant just seems like too many chemicals.
Wow! Hair evolution is really intriguing, and while I can guarantee I will never do this to my own fro, I think what makes this so interesting to me is how “beauty standards” seem to keep getting more and more outlandish. Had we seen glow in the dark hair in a futuristic movie we would have laughed. I just keep thinking about The Capitol in The Hunger Games. And this trend, like the ones in movies, really does seem to be so focused on shock value, I mean how often are you really under a black light? Maybe this will be a hit for ravers and gogo dancers. It’s none of my business what these people do with their hair anyway, but I bet if it does catch on in the party scene it will only be a matter of time until it starts being a way for young teens to rebel, just like dying your hair a crazy color is now. It is a cycle.
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Now that this exists, all I can think is, "Why are we just now coming up with this?" While I certainly am not confident enough to rock this hairstyle myself, I think this is absolutely gorgeous, and it would such a fun talking piece at parties. However, I feel like if this hair only glows under a black light, it won't be very popular unless there's suddenly a surge in black light installation and people start using black lights in their daily lives. For this reason, I feel like this trend, as awesome as it is, will remain only with professionals that work under black lights, as well as tumblr hipsters and others who may pose for "artsy" glow in the dark hair photos. I would get this myself, but I encounter far too few black lights in my day to day life to make it worthwhile.
This is very cool, and I am continuously surprised with all of the new hair and make up trends I see daily. What I think is so great about all of them is that they are so open to expression. With something like glow in the dark hair you are free to do whatever you want, and express yourself in an unconventional, and totally awesome way. The only problem I see with hair trends like this is that they are often not for the average person. Those people in the article look super cool, but I'm sure they had a stylist, and a hair budget that makes me a little sick to my stomach, and while there is nothing wrong with that, if I tried to replicate them it probably would go very well, and I would bet that it's a little dangerous. I see so many pictures of "normal" people who try to replicate what they see, and end up with something that looks very different, or in a lot of pain. While I think that this hairstyle is great, and would be a really cool thing to try, there should be a push to make these fun new beauty trends more accessible to people who don't have a beauty staff on call.
This looks so cool! I've always been a fan of bright hair and makeup colors so this is something that I'd love to see more of. I love that society as a whole has become much more accepting of new, fun beauty trends recently. Twenty years ago if you had any unnatural colors in your hair people would gawk at you, but now it's become a much more widespread and trendy thing. However, I keep thinking about Annie's comment about the amount of chemicals in hair dye. I know that when you bleach your hair it is permanently damaged, so it's entirely possibly that this dye would also do that. A product that I personally love is hair chalk, as it allows to have brightly colored hair for just one night. If they start to sell this dye in this format, and I can find a black light, I'll definitely give it a try.
Got really excited until I saw that it only glows under a black light. Why is all glow in the dark stuff only under a black light?? Who has ready access to a black light in real life??
Anyways, two thoughts on this: if you can get a black light for a show (which is much more realistic than for having one in real life) this could be a very cool effect, if not a little chinsy. I feel like sometimes people see glow in the dark things and just kind of ""oooh" and "aaaah" for the novelty of it. But I have also seen it used effectively in small doses. Perhaps in circ, this could be very effective.
The other thought is - how bad for your hair this probably is!! Some of the examples had girls with sew in braids or wigs, which is fine, because that isn't really their hair. But to the girl who dyed her hair with it - what are you doing?? Who sanctioned this use on people?? Be careful!
As someone who has always wondered how their hair and hair dye would mix, but has never gone through with it, this seems quite amazing and tempting. The pictures all look so beautiful. I think that this is an amazing way to express yourself through hair color. However much I would want to do this to my hair, there are some questions I would have first. What does the dye look like outside of the blacklight? Do you have to bleach your hair? What kind of chemicals are in the hair dye? This seems quite important, because from friends that I know have dyed their hair often end up with the hair dye all over their hands for days afterwards. I would not want harmful anywhere on my body. Another thing. Just how many people have day-to-day access to a black light?
There’s some pretty neat art in these pictures. My favorite is the “Galactic Glamour.” Face and hair glowing effects have the potential to be visually striking on stage. I can see applications in dance shows, especially. Or, maybe a show that involves magic could have characters’ heads light up. I think the implementation wouldn’t be all that difficult. You could rig a wash of arc-source UV floods (not just movers with UV filters, because they don’t do nearly as good of a job) and control the intensity with mechanical dimmers. That way, you could have a dramatic reveal in conjunction with the rest of the lighting, whatever it may be. I think head glowing effects could say much about a character. Since the face is such a personal area (perhaps the most personal area on the body), altering it such an artificial way could have very interesting results. I’d like to have the chance to play around with this effect sometime in my career. Very interesting, for sure.
Over the last few years, the process for dying hair, the dye itself, and the artistic application of the dye to the hair has made vast leaps. Hair dye is used with more specificity and allows for more artistry than ever before. I am glad to see the range of dye mediums expanding as well. I think there are a vast number of creative applications for this, especially within the realm of costuming and makeup. This technique allows for an almost instantaneous transformation, pending the change of a light. That kind of "quick change" would be impossible to achieve in any other way.
I do have to wonder about the longevity of the dye, as well as the potential for permanent chemical damage to the hair. Furthermore, in terms of the application process, how does the hair need to be treated before the dye is imbued? There are still some questions that remain, but this development is an indicator of (ha) brighter things to come.
As someone who frequently dyes her hair, these seems like a bad idea. Hair dye is already bad enough. It's full of extremely dangerous chemicals. You can burn your hair, dry it out, or end up with the wrong color. I remember one of the first times I tried the "bright colored" hair. I ended up with pitiful straw-like strands that were supposed to be blue, but was actually a green-grey. It was bad. And there is a decent chance that the same problem would result from this brand.
In response to Amanda, I agree that this dye has the potential for a quick change. Personally, 'm not a huge fan of black-light in theater, but to each their own. To answer her questions, most hair dyes (non-permanent) that are strange colors only last a week-ish. They are hard to maintain, the hair should be treated before and taken care of after, and frankly, they are just not worth it. In the realm of theater, just use a wig.
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