Charlie McDonnell: Dyeing my hair red
Charlie McDonnell: Dyeing my hair red
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Announcer: It's time for another "Challenge Charlie"!
Charlie: Oh, hello. I'm gonna do something a bit stupid today. Uh, I've been challenged by the good people of Twitter to uh, dye my head bright red. Sometimes teenagers have this thing where they decide that they want to rebel against the world. And the best way that they can come up with to do this rebelling is to dye their hair. Personally, I'm not really rebellious at all. But I am still a teenager, and while I still am a teenager, I feel like I can get away with having a red head. So let's go for it!
Okay, the first thing on my list is to have a little bit of a change of clothing. Ta-da! Here I am, wearing a towel and some very noisy gloves.
Next, I have to remove the applicator nozzle from the developer bottle, pierce the light coloured tube with the reverse of the cap and carefully squeeze the content into the developer bottle. So basically I have to pour this into this.
You can't really see me right now, but I don't really want to have a load of hair dye on my floor so I'm doing this over a table. And this is the shaking part. Uh, as you can see, it's turning a little bit flesh-coloured, which is the not the colour I want, but I'm sure it will be fine! And after I finish shaking this, I have to straight away start applying it to my head. I've never done this to myself before, so I'm slightly worried about this bit. I guess if I do it wrong, it will make a fun video, hey?
Okay, let's go. As you can see behind me, we have the timer activated. We're a very odd species, aren't we? This really isn't something that you see anywhere else in nature, here on earth.
I'm really worried about how much of it is actually on my forehead. My towel is falling off! My towel is falling off! Is it just me, or does that look orange to you?
This stuff is really starting to smell, really funny.
Do you know who I remind myself most of at the moment? Knuckles, from Sonic the Hedgehog.
Before I did this I was so adamant about the fact that I would not get any on my forehead as well, and I've just failed completely. This is a never-ending bottle of hair dye. It's just going on forever and ever. I swear it is. There it is! See? Oh!
My friend Tom recently dyed his hair bright blue. I told my friend Alex that I was doing this as well, and um, I said, "You should bleach your hair!" And then me, Alex and Tom could form a band and we could be called "The Primary Colours" and it would be really, really lame, so a good thing we're not doing that, hey?
I think we're almost out of hair dye. I think I might have completely ruined this towel. Don't tell anyone. Shhh! So it says that once I've done this all I have to do is rinse it, which definitely is something I would have instinctively wanted to do. Three minutes left. Two minutes left. What have I done to my head? One minute left. Five, four, three, two, one.
Hi. It looks a bit dark at the moment because it's still a bit wet, but it is red. So! I just looked at myself in the mirror and I, my hair is still red. It, it's actually happened. I have just dyed my hair red. That is what I just did. I mean, there's nothing I can say really, without just kind of pointing out the obvious. It's red. Oh my God, my hair is red. Ah! I guess it's going to be easier for people to find me out on the street now, because I've got this kind of big, siren head.
Yeah, I, I like it, okay. I'm going to put some trousers on. So that's all we have time for here on Charlie's so-called like – red. Have you got anything to say before we leave, new hair? Hello, I'm Charlie's red hair.
That's great. Bye!
Announcer: You've just had the almost imponderable joy of watching Charlie's so-called like, which makes you, like, cool.
Charlie: Have you got anything to say before we leave, Mr. Head?
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Do you think Charlie's new red hair looks cool? Would you like to change your hair colour?
If you liked Charlie, why not read this to find out more about him and his videos.

Comments
I think that some thing like changing my hair color will be funny But I prefer changing one of my bad habit
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I think that he's witty and cute....Dying my hair kind of change..even it's a simple change...Frankly i want big
changes in my life ..." i'm chasing a dream of big change" :))
You're right Blue Sea, he is a witty guy! He always makes me laugh.
Joanna (LearnEnglishTeens Team)
Charlie's so funny and cute. I love him in the red hair. It's really great.
I like the ending of the clip most. He says :" Have you got anything to say before we leave, mr. head ?" . That's so amusing.
Well, changing my hair colour is great, but my parents don't allow me to do it. They think that's the thing for bad teenagers to do. But I don't think so. Dying hair isn't bad. Older people in Vietnam don't like their children's hair be red, brown or blond. The majority of them think that is weird.
He's so gorgeous with his new red colour hair! And I like his accent too! Pure British :D Well I like my hair colour right now but if I grow up, I'd like to use some brown colour in my hair...Not all of it! Just some parts ;)
He is so nice!
I think that his red hair looks nice, but i don't want to dye my hair.
Wow, it seems like we all like Charlie's red hair. I wonder if he's kept his red hair... or if he's changed it again! What colour hair would you like to see him try next?
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
My friends and I think that Charlie's new hair coulur looks original and cool :), but we don`t want ot dye our hair because it can look weird...:(
I think it's agreat idea , but! i will never change my hair color .
because my parents never allow me! * * *
Charlie's new look is very cool .I'd like to change my hair colour but I think my parents never allow me
Soo cute ^^
No I dont like his red hair. I would not to change my hair like this. But he is cool man.
i like to dye the hair red and charlie look so beautiful
hahahahahaha
his hair is shiny, so I guess it was an expensive hair die ;)
I wonder if one can really die their own hair without leaving any undied areas...
oops, it's dye, not die ))
You look beautiful charlie
Well,I must say that I love Charlie' s new hair and I really want to dye my hair like that. But like you guys, my parents would never allow me to do so!
yes Charlies's new red hair look cool
i would like to change my color hair
Pretty colour. Its hue is really flattering, I would like to have similar one day.
He look great , i don't like to change my colour
he look great with this new red hair but it looks better with his normal color .i have never change my colour hair
he look like a women but he is a man.. i dont like his style ....
ho looks so beautiful with red hair
I don't like his hair; it's too extravagant for me. But if he feels nice, why not? I would never do such thing, I love my naturally blonde hair and I wouldn't destroy it with any color, it's much more healthier and naturally to have your hair color, not some ugly colors, like red, pink, green etc. NEVER!
Two girls in my class think Charlie is cute. Actually, they are the only ones who have died their hair at least once. Two girls are indifferent to him. One boy finds him annoying, but some really enjoy watching his videos.
As for me, I really had fun.
You find him cute too)) you said it twice))) i was counting))) aahahahah
I think that this is really cool that Charlie listened to his fans, and did what they was asking for)
What about me?) I already dyed my hair twice and I didn't got into the trouble) I was a little bit scared, cause while I was dyeing my hair color was different, but when I rinsed them it became normal)
crazy
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