Hair Suggestions?

I hate my hair sometimes. It's such a little bitch. It hurts to comb(although I've been using a detangling shampoo for over a year now), and it never looks the way I want it to without about ten-fifteen total minutes of styling. This could be because Imm black and have black person hair, but that's no reason for me not to be able to have my hair look how I want it.

A lot of my friends do cool stuff with their hair, especially dying it cool colors and stuff. I really want to do that, and I brought it up with my mother, who claimed I wanted "to become white". After that I walked away. Here are some pics of my hair:

How it usually looks until an asshole teacher makes me take my hat off

Beanie-less

How long it is

So do you guys have any suggestions for what to do with my hair? I definitely want to dye it(suggest colors please) and possibly cut it a little, but I'm not too keen on straightening it. I'm worried I'll damage it.

 

ermmm maybe hmmmm some type of blues red etc like cool colors

 

dark red, definitely dark red
yes I'm not the only one

 

Dark red or blue...
I would go red though.
Its more complimentary
to your skin tone =)
Take pics!

 

You're fabulous.
Uh yeah I agree with the others that a dark red or just any red would do, but it's your decision and good luck with it! c:

 

Okay so it seems like the general consensus for my hair color is red.

What part of my hair should I color? A streak somewhere, the tips, the whole thing?

Also, how should I go about dyeing it? Leave a step by step tutorial.

 

I think streak would look good.

You can go to your

local barbor shop/hair salon and they will do it for you worry free

 

I'll look into it.

 

I think tips would be cool!