Paint It Black

Bleached streaks in your locks may go over big on a Roppongi dance floor, but they aren’t going to score any points with teachers. Strict Japanese schools ban makeup and nail polish, and hair can be any color as long as it’s black. Cosmetics wipe off easily enough, but what’s a bottle blonde (or pink, […]

Bleached streaks in your locks may go over big on a Roppongi dance floor, but they aren't going to score any points with teachers. Strict Japanese schools ban makeup and nail polish, and hair can be any color as long as it's black. Cosmetics wipe off easily enough, but what's a bottle blonde (or pink, or green) to do? Wear a hat? Shave her head? Drop out? Palty's One Day Hair Dye lets teens lead a double life. Just spritz a little Palty on before class for a conventional 'do. It's perspiration proof for those days when schoolgirls are sweating out a pre-calc test, but it washes right out in the shower.

- Brian Ashcraft

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