Pink Streak

Ella turned up to dinner with pinkish hands. I asked what she had been doing to have pink stained hands and got no sensible reply. We continued eating dinner and thought no more.

Some time later in the evening, I noticed pink splashes all over the girls white vanity. A little annoyed that this mess wasn't cleaned up and was difficult to remove, I once again asked Ella what she had been doing as I walked into her bedroom. There I was confronted with Ella who had her hoodie up over her head and securely fastened under her chin so only her face was visible. The penny then dropped - omg what had she done!

Calmly (but worried and furious inside), the rest of the conversation went something like -

Me - Have you coloured your hair?

Ella - Maybe

Me - Do you want to show us?

Ella - No

Me - You'll have to show us sometime. You do have to go to school tomorrow. When you are ready come and show us, we will be in the lounge room.

About 15 minutes later, Ella emerges with the hoodie still over her head. Nervously she finally reveals her experiment. On either side of her face are streaks of pink and the bottom few cm's of all of her hair is also pink! I'm slightly stunned while Andy says - it looks good. Are you happy with it? Ella says kinda. 

Eventually we learn that she has wet tissue paper to use as the dye to colour her hair! Not sure where she got the idea for that from. Anyhow her coloured hair lasted about a week before it washed out and returned to her natural blonde.

Later the next week Ella accompanied Andy to his haircut at the local shops. She was keen to talk to Bernie (the hairdresser) about the best way to colour hair. Some 15 minutes later and $15 poorer, Bernie added two pink foils to Ella's hair. She was so happy! Not surprisingly these lasted a little longer than the tissue paper attempt.