Are you going to let her? My husband and I had this discussion awhile ago. I say if the girls are behaving, doing good in school, responsible......they can do whatever they want with their hair. It would kill me to let Presley do it because she’s got such pretty hair but if when she turns 16 - she wants to color it purple - I think I would let her. Now body piercings and tattoos? Ain’t gonna happen!
Anoreth had red streaks in her hair earlier this year, and it didn’t look bad. We got temporary color, but it lasted longer than expected. It didn’t look too shocking with her natural (light red/orange, you can see her on my profile page in the Christmas-tree pic).
I’ve agreed in principle to another color, but we’re putting it off until after my parents visit next week :-). We’ll go to “Sally Beauty Supply” and talk to the clerk about what type of color is likely to look okay and not last too long. Then if she really wants purple, okay. It will match the used car we just bought for her to drive: “The Purple Thing.”
She got her ears pierced recently, too, and bought some cute earrings with little bats (at the nature center!) to wear to an upcoming church youth conference. “The short girl with the purple hair and bats in her ears, who knows all the Bible and theology!”