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Ieri mi sono fatta tingere i capelli.

Ieri mi sono fatta tingere i capelli.
Yesterday I had my hair dyed.
From Lesson 302:Reflexive causatives (farsi)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ieri mi sono fatta tingere i capelli.

Why does this sentence use sono instead of ho if the verb is fare?
This is the reflexive causative construction (farsi + infinitive). Normally, fare uses avere (ho fatto). But when you add the reflexive pronoun mi to say you had something done for yourself, the auxiliary verb must switch to essere (mi sono).
Why is it fatta (ending in -a) instead of fatto?
Because the sentence uses the auxiliary verb essere, the past participle must agree with the subject. This tells us the speaker is a woman. If a man were saying this, it would be Ieri mi sono fatto tingere i capelli.
Does the past participle ever agree with the thing being dyed (i capelli)?
No. In the farsi + infinitive construction, the past participle of fare agrees with the subject (the person getting the service), not the direct object (i capelli). It doesn't matter that i capelli is plural; the participle stays fatta for a female speaker.
Why does the Italian say i capelli (the hair) instead of i miei capelli (my hair)?
In Italian, you typically use definite articles (i, il, la) instead of possessive adjectives when referring to body parts, as long as it is obvious whose body part it is. Here, the reflexive pronoun mi already makes it perfectly clear she is talking about her own hair.

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