# my skin is turning purple. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648 "2002-11-07T03:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/1 "2002-11-07T03:15:08Z")
I’m dyeing my hair an interesting shade of purple. its called “egyptian plum” and it is very cool. When I put it in, I very stupidly forgot to put on the gloves, and now my hands are purple. Its very cool. I’l go to school tomorrow and i’l be like “look at my purple hair! don’t get too close though, I’m a leper!” I’m even takeing pictures of it. I have one when the dye is actually setting, and In about 30 minutes, I’l have one of the finishing results. not taht you care. but I’m bored. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/2 "2002-11-07T03:36:56Z")
Dying hair purple. What fun! Okay, I never dyed MY hair purple, I dyed my friend’s hair purple for her. And I’ve helped her dye it pink, too. She helped me dye mine blue, which was buckets of fun. Only recently have I started to be careful about colouring my skin, cause it takes a long time to come off, and I get enough looks for having funny coloured hair, much less hands and forehead! ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/3 "2002-11-07T03:44:32Z")
My hair has been about every shade of red imaginable, from bright orange to dark burgundy, as well as fire-engine red, purple, half red/half purple, blue, hot pink… (these were usually not my whole head, but chunks and streaks and stuff… ) and is currently a weird strawberry blonde with faded fuschia-red tips. I haven’t seen more than an inch of my natural hair color in at least five years. One thing I have learned… **always, always** wear the gloves. Not only does it stain, but it is pretty bad for your skin. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/4 "2002-11-07T03:46:31Z")
well, Its actually a rinse, and it says it’l keep for 14-24 washes, though with my hair its usually 6 months and the color is still there. Its just a tint, really. it says to keep it in for 8 minutes; I kept it in for half an hour. I managed to get most of it off my hands, but my hairline is very plummy colored. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/5 "2002-11-07T03:51:42Z")
You could say you’re [Stan Jones’](http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1003blueskin03-ON.html) daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/6 "2002-11-07T04:43:15Z")
I have the pictures. Unfortunetely, I can’t get the pictures from the photo shop onto my livejounal, and since I can’t do attachements, I can’t put them here. Oh well. ot that important anyways… Hey, on a side note, I only have like, 3 freinds on lj. My user names gypsy88. _hint hint_ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/7 "2002-11-07T04:43:59Z")
From what I’ve read about hair dyeing (mostly in Paula Begoun’s book _Don’t Go Shopping for Hair Care Products Without Me_), those “lasts X number of shampoos” estimates don’t mean that the product will actually wash out. They’re just providing a rough estimate of how long it should take the color to fade and/or grow out enough, requiring redyeing. So it’s not that the color is all gone, but that it’ll probably need touching up by then. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/8 "2002-11-07T07:58:22Z")
Whenever I get color on my skin, I usually take a small toothbrush (that I keep around for just this purpose), put a little bit of liquid soap on it, and scrub away. It usually gets it right off. I did my friend’s hair with a really bright MP red once, and she ended up using a bit of comet powder to get it off. Not that healthy for the skin, i’m sure, but there was no trace of the red left. Luckily, as I got older, I also got better at learning how to keep the dye where I wanted it, although I do end up with a blue spot on my shoulders or nearby every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/9 "2002-11-07T08:01:49Z")
I once dyed my hair that fake red color that doesn’t even try to look natural. All the women where I worked commented on it, none of the guys did. I’m taking that to mean I looked good :). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/10 "2002-11-07T14:47:29Z")
Rubbing alcohol should get that dye on your hands right off. I can’t help with your hair dye issues, as I am not a certified mental health professional. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/11 "2002-11-07T17:01:47Z")
If you put vaseline around your hairline and anywhere else where you tend to drop splats of hair color, it will come off easily and won’t stain your skin. Have fun with the purple hair!! I just went to black and totally love it. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/12 "2002-11-08T01:46:20Z")
\\\ dun dun dun… the grossly pathetic results You can’t even see the purple. I think I’m gonna cry. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/13 "2002-11-08T01:49:18Z")
wait… that didn’t work. > **[Just Be-](https://gypsy88.livejournal.com/)** > > You do what you love and fuck the rest that being my lj where I put the pictures in and it actually worked… ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/14 "2002-11-08T02:16:22Z")
You could do it with the rest of your body, and in two years run for the U.S. Senate as the Libertarian candidate in your state. (elmwood runs and hides … ) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/15 "2002-11-08T03:15:55Z")
Whoa! **magic8ball** , yer a major babe! (Sorry I don’t have anything more pertinent to add to this thread, but I thought it needed to be said.) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/16 "2002-11-08T03:22:23Z")
Elmwood… that wouldn’t work. I’m canadian. Plus, If I was going to be any coler at all, I would be periwinkle. And tuckerfan…😛 I don’t take well to flattery. I don’t take it well. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/17 "2002-11-08T04:05:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magic8ball \* > \*\*Elmwood… that wouldn’t work. I’m canadian. Plus, If I was going to be any coler at all, I would be periwinkle. > > And tuckerfan…😛 I don’t take well to flattery. I don’t take it well. \*\* So you’d prefer abuse? ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/18 "2002-11-08T04:31:08Z")
_Sigh_ I’ve always wanted a purple streak in my hair, right -there-. But I’m too much of a wuss to do it because I have strawberry-blond hair (well sort of) and am afraid it will never never fade out and since my hair grows so slowly it would be there forever. And now it’s senior year and I can’t do it anyway because I have to look all serious for job interviews. Damn the corporate life anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/19 "2002-11-08T18:57:29Z")
**Tuckerfan** … yes, well, thats what I’m used to… Thanks for the compliment nonetheless, though;) **Magickly Delicious** , if you where to get a semi-permentent one, then it’l wash out in a few months. And as for looking serious for interviews… well, it IS just after halloween… I’m sure you could get away with it. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648/20 "2002-11-08T21:12:11Z")
Sorry it didn’t turn out, magic8ball. Next time you visit, I’ll make you purple. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-skin-is-turning-purple/135648.md?page=2)