Bobble turns hair green
A LITTLE girl’s hair was dyed green by a Primark bobble she was wearing while splashing around in a paddling pool, writes Kelly Williams.
Despite four-year-old Celyn Jones’ hair having been washed every day since the incident on Monday, the colour still remains.
And stranger still is that the bobble was not even green, but dark-coloured.
Now her parents Stephen and Lowri Jones from Llangefni, Anglesey, are warning others about using the £1 hair ties from the discount fashion store, which is now investigating.
The couple said they have “tried everything” to remove the dye and although the colour is fading, it is still visible in Celyn’s bright blonde hair days later.
Lowri said: “On Monday, I put Celyn’s swimming costume on her after smothering her in sun cream.
“I tied her hair up with one of the bobbles we’d bought from Primark to keep her hair out of her face.
“Around 20 minutes later, I started to notice her hair was turning green.
“I took the bobble out and the green dye just spread throughout her hair.
“I didn’t think much about it at first, thinking the water in the paddling pool would wash it out, but it didn’t.”
The mum-of-five said she has since tried all different kinds of shampoos and has even used Fairy washing-up liquid on her daughter’s hair.
The 33-year-old added: “Celyn’s hair is very light so you can see there’s still quite a lot of green in it. She’s having to go to school with it like that.
“I’ve explained to the teachers but Celyn is loving it.”
A Primark spokeswoman said: “The quality of our products is extremely important to us. I can confirm that an email has been received and Primark will investigate this complaint.”
Primark have asked the family to post the bobbles to them for testing.