Crucial Knowledge

• The color your hair goes depends on the state of your hair now and the Kool-Aid flavor you use as dye.

• The length of time your hair stays colored depends on the state of your hair now, the flavor you dye it with and the method you use to apply the Kool-Aid.

• You're gonna get dirty. Not really 'dirty' as such, but Kool-Aid stains bad ( no duh, that's why you can dye your hair with it) and it's best to be prepared.

• Use unsweetened Kool-Aid, that's the kind you add sugar to...but don't add sugar, it'll mess you up. On that note, so will the diet version...that evil Nutra-Sweet'll sting your eyes and try to make you cry (crying's cool, but you should only have to cry cause you want to, not cause your eyes are on fire...).

Well, first you gotta decide what color you want your hair to be. Then you gotta think about the color it is. For example, if you have brown hair and want blue, you'll have to turn it white first, and that's sadly beyond the scope of this page.

A general note before we really start talking color: condition matters too. If your hair is dry, the color you put in it will appear stronger (and lasts longer) than if your hair is greasy. In fact, it can be hard to make color take at all to dark oily hair. Try washing it with baking soda first (this is sorta explained below). Whatever the condition of your hair before the Kool-Aid treatment, afterwards it's gonna be dry. Use a real good conditioner. It'll be worht it.

For those of you starting here with really fair hair, your hair will become about the same color as the drink would've if you'd used the Kool-Aid for juice instead of dye. That's pretty colorful. You've got it made. But the colors'll last a long time too.

If you have reddish hair, any of the orangy, reddy Kool-Aids should work. And work real well (I mean bright). Greens and Blues won't. Or at least not well, they tend to kinda go brown.

If you've got brown hair, figure as for the reddish hair, but don't expect the results to be striking. Though they might be (just warning you).

Those of you who are raven-haired, blues and purples are the call. They'll add an awsome sheen when the light catches your hair in the right way, whatever that is.

Remember, it's okay, even good, to mix Kool-Aid colors. One popular combination for blonde hair is blue and lime for an 'intense' bluegreen effect. For red hair, try mixing red and orange flavors.

It's also worth just puting Kool-Aid streaks in your hair. Use a brush or something. Nike says it, we pretend to believe it, just do it.

• the condition of your hair i
  • the dryer your hair, the longer the color will stay, cause the hair shaft is more open, or something.

• the condition of your hair ii
  • the greasier your hair, the less time you will have the color.

• the heat of the Kool-Aid mix when applied
  • basically, the hotter the mix, the better the color'll take and the longer it will last.

• the heat of your hair when applying the mix
  • again, the hotter you hair, the better the color'll take and the longer it will last.

• the length of time you leave the Kool-Aid on your hair
  • the longer the dyes there the longer the color will stay.

stay colored for a shorter time

• condition your hair before applying the Kool-Aid as dye
  • this'll smooth out the hair shaft and the dye won't take as well.

• rinse your hair with cold water before applying the Kool-Aid dye
  • this too smooths out the hair shaft, it's the heat thing.

stay colored for a longer time

• add a spoonful of vinegar to the Kool-Aid mix
  • dunno why, but this makes the color last longer...and smell worse.

• shampoo with baking soda before applying dye
  • this'll strip the hair of oil and help open up the hair to the Kool-Aid.

• put plastic or foil on you Kool-Aid covered hair and blow-dry
  • its getting that heat thing going for you, be careful.

• brush the Kool-Aid through your hair every 15 minutes or so
  • just seems to work it into your hair, you may as well.

• wrap Kool-Aided hair in plastic and a towel go to sleep
  • the plastic and the towel let natural heat build up, and if you do it overnight it gives it the maximum time to work. It'll also probably mess up your sheets.

• a friend
  • it'll be cleaner, trust me.

• old bucket and cups
  • cause you're gonna ruin them more

• old clothes and towels
  • cause again, you're gonna ruin them more.

• vaseline
  • smear it on your forehead, neck and ears for protection.

• rubber gloves
  • to save your hands.

• bleach and baking soda (baking soda tothpaste?)
  • for cleaning up the mess you make....bleach for the surfaces, baking soda for you.

• old hair brush and/or comb
  • you guessed it, you're gonna ruin them more.

Methods of Kool-Aid Hair Dying (as not recommended by the Kool-Aid Man)
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