Hilarious Photos Of Hair Dye Fails That’ll Make You Glad That You Went To A Professional

Emily Izsak | October 14, 2024 7:00 pm

If you let your roots grow out during the pandemic, well, you're not alone. A lot of us decided to go back to our natural hair color when all the hair salons in the country decided to close their doors indefinitely.

You might be feeling kind of down about your overgrown roots, but at least your face isn't swollen and your whole bathroom isn't blue. That's more than the people on this list can say.

She Lost So Much Hair

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Photo Credit: Kristen Rankin / Facebook

This woman went to a salon to have her hair bleached and the people at said salon didn't do a very good job.

She lost so much hair! She should have just stayed a brunette.

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A Blue Bathtub

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This woman's kid got into her hair dye while she was at work.

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Now her entire bathtub is blue. So is her entire kid. It wasn't a pretty scene when she got home.

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He Got Into The Hair Dye

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This dog somehow managed to get into his owner's hair dye while she was out of the house.

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Now he's completely blue. She tried to wash the dye off but it just ended up coloring his whole body.

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Expectations Vs. Reality

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The photo on the left is the reference photo that this woman showed her stylist.

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The photo on the right is what her hair looked like after her appointment. It's bad enough that she'd know you were lying if you tried to convince her it looked good.

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A Broken Glove

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This person didn't realise that her glove had a hole in it until she was finished dying her hair blue.

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Well, I guess her middle finger is going to be blue for a while.

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So Much For The Bathroom

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This person was trying to dye her hair herself in her bathroom. Trying being the keyword.

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When she squeezed the bottle too hard, she ended up with hair dye all over the place.

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Her Boyfriend Helped Her

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This girl had her boyfriend help her dye her hair and it's safe to say he didn't do a very good job.

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You can even see where her chain was sitting on her neck.

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A Slight Allergic Reaction

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This woman tried to dye her hair black and then she had an allergic reaction to the hair dye.

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It worked, but I bet she won't be dying her hair again any time soon.

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So Swollen

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This guy also had an allergic reaction to hair dye. His whole face didn't swell, but the top of his head definitely did.

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He looks absolutely ridiculous. I hope the swelling went down eventually.

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Not As Advertised

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This is a warning to all you people with dark hair out there.

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You can't just dye your hair blonde straight out of a box. You need to bleach it first.

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Poor Pillow

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This person thought that her purple hair dye was set, but apparently, that wasn't the case.

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When she woke up in the morning she noticed that her hair wasn't the only thing that was purple.

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A Purple Pig

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This little piggy got into his owner's hair dye. Now he's a purple little piggy.

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Honestly, it isn't a bad look on him. The purple hair kind of suits him.

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All Over Her Arm

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This girl fell asleep on her arm the day after she decided to dye her hair blue.

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It created an interesting pattern. Let's hope it's a temporary dye that will wash off after a few days!

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She Dyed Her Eye

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This girl tried to dye her hair blue and she ended up getting hair dye everywhere except her hair. She even got hair dye on her eyeball.

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That doesn't seem safe.

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Endless Options

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This Imgur user and boyfriend posted this photo online along with the caption,

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"Girlfriend told me to pick up some hair dye. Nothing in my life has prepared me for this..."

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It's Not His Fault

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This guy's wife fell asleep on his arm last night. She had recently dyed her hair red. Now his arm has markings from her hair all over it.

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He looks like he got struck by lightning or something.

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She Needs This Fixed At Once

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What would you even call this cut? Is this the bed hair supreme with bangs?

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She can't be too happy over how her hair looks when she stares in the mirror.

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It's A New Style!

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When someone says they want to chop off a few inches this isn't usually what they mean... We sincerely hope this woman didn't pay any money for this hair cut, or at the very least we hope she got a refund.

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Maybe this was the result of a midnight breakdown, like when girls cut their own bangs in the middle of the night, or maybe some sibling rivalry went a little too far... No matter the reason, she's going to be rocking a bob for a while.

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Someone Ended This Man's Social Life

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You can't go out in public looking like this unless you lost a bet or you're the richest man on earth.

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It's either he goes bald or waits for his hair to grow back.

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His Parents Probably Didn't Like This Cut

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Judging by this kid's haircut, he doesn't care about what others think about him, including his parents.

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This looks like a school photo day, and he isn't even smiling for the wallet-sized pictures so his parents can have them.

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Hopefully, He's Not Done

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It looks like he's still getting the cut finished, so I hope that's the case.

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If this is how he wants to look, he better get a hat ready if he doesn't want awkward stares.

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Repping Texas And Proud!

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Can you be mad at people for loving the state that raised them?

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Not really, but you don't have to like the haircut they get when the design is that state.

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The Perfect Tan Line

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According to Twitter user Cait, this is the "delightful result" you get when you go for a spray tan for your birthday but you pull the hairnet too low onto your forehead... Looks like it's time for someone to consider getting bangs.

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Shouldn't whoever set her up in the booth have helped her out with the hairnet placement? Maybe some minimum wage employee was feeling vindictive that day. Someone on Twitter compared Cait to Ross from Friends when he gets a spray tan only on his front half and honestly, they're not wrong.

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Is That A Nest?

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Some hairstyles don't need to see the light of day, and this is one of them.

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This newscaster probably didn't have enough time in the morning to get her hair right.

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From Sophomore To Smurf

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"How's college going? .....well my roommate is now a smurf" wrote one Twitter user when she shared pictures of her roommates hair-dye-gone-wrong incident.

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While trying to dye her hair because that's what hip, young, cool university students do, this college student managed to dye her hair purple, but she also died half of her body purple along with it. Her hands, her arms, her face and neck, all dyed purple. Hopefully one of her school colors is purple so she could play it off as school pride...

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Party In The Front

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HAIRCUT
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If you ever saw this style of haircut walking through the hallway you immediately would try to avoid eye contact.

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This is the hairstyle of someone who would have no problem spitting on their English teacher and then doubling down on the principal. This haircut screams "daddy issues" from the tallest tower of this kid's small southern town. If you're as uncomfortable as me looking at this picture, just go to the next page please.

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Walking Advertisement

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"My girlfriend was bleaching her hair to re-dye it, and used a Walmart bag to keep the heat in... She just sent me this."

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We're guessing this girlfriend's intention wasn't to turn out looking like a walking Walmart advertisement, but unfortunately, that's what happened! This is why you're supposed to use regular ol' clear plastic shower caps when you're bleaching your hair, and that's definitely what she'll use when she has to bleach it yet again.

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Taste The Rainbow

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Molly shared this photo of herself to Twitter writing, "thank you facebook for reminding me of the time I accidentally dyed my hair orange and then accidentally dressed like a bag of oranges." At least she's able to laugh about it now that her hair is back to a less vibrant color (we assume.)

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When will we learn that there's a reason hair salons and colorists exist! Molly learned that lesson the hard way.

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How Hard Could It Be?

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Mermaid hair--a mixture of hair dyes combining pink, blue, and purple--looks stunning. But it usually requires a professional hair stylist, as indicated by this attempt. This woman tried to pull of mermaid hair but ended up with random strips of blue-purple.

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Even worse, she didn't follow the style. Her ideal style dyed the tips, while she poured dye on the top of her head. Who knows why? She probably saw the hair style on Pinterest and through, "How hard could it be?" As it turns out: very hard.

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He Looks Like A Monopoly Piece

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I don't know what the heck is going on in this picture, but there's a part of me that actually respects the cleanliness of it.

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There's not a single strand of hair that is out of place. It's the perfect little ball that makes him look like if he passes "GO" he'll be rewarded $200.

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