Baby with food color in hair HELP!

[dontfencemein]

I havent been on here in over a year, but I figured if someone would know it would be you lovely people.
My 3 yo decided to "paint" her sister with some food coloring she snuck out of the kitchen. The one year old is now green and yellow and red. She has light straw/white blond hair. Is there any hope of getting this out. Please tell me there is!

TIA
Jamie

[Madame J]

I got red food coloring on my fingers in the third grade and it took two or three weeks to wear out. I would say give her hair a gentle wash to get any immediate residue off, and then just wait it out. It'll look silly, but if you put a hat on her, people will be none the wiser. The only other thing you might try is washing with baking soda, but it is incredibly drying, so it's probably better just to wait it out. Anything else you could use to get color out would be potentially irritating on young skin.

[marikamt]

poor sweetie!!! The only positive is that one day this will be a funny story the family will tell.......
good luck!

[motormuffin]

You could try vinegar with a tiny bit of laundry soap...I don't know if I'd try much else. I'd take some pics so you can say..."remember when?". My daughter cut her own hair and the cat's. Kids are kids. If the vinegar doesn't work you may need to wait it out.

[Merewen]

I second the "take pictures" advice. My mom has some lovely photos of when a friend and I decided that it would be way cool to color all our exposed skin with markers. People understand when small children have turned funny colors. It's likely to remind them of their own selves/children/nieces/nephews/grandkids etc.

[halo_tightens]

I don't know if she'd tolerate it or not, being just a baby, but it seems like a long soak in something like SMT might persuade the color to let go. I've noticed that my henna always fades a bit when I SMT, and food coloring can't be as stubborn as henna!

[dontfencemein]

What is SMT?

[Nightshade]

Baby shampoo, honestly. It'll help raise the cuticle of the hair. You could also try 1 part baby shampoo, one part honey, and let it sit for a few minutes (or as long as she'll tolerate) before rinsing.

[Dementia1013]

You could try vinegar with a tiny bit of laundry soap...I don't know if I'd try much else. I'd take some pics so you can say..."remember when?". My daughter cut her own hair and the cat's. Kids are kids. If the vinegar doesn't work you may need to wait it out.

Won't the vinegar help stain her hair? I would think it would be like the easter egg effect help keep the color on...

[halo_tightens]

Sorry-- I was talking about Snowy's Moisture Treatment, a mixture of 4 parts gentle conditioner, 1 part honey, and 1 part aloe vera gel.