Just, NO!
Last week I suddenly wanted to dye my hair purple.  I searched everywhere for the perfect shade, and I thought I had found it in Manic Panic Amplified.  I had assumed it would last longer than it used to. I was horribly wrong.  It's not as if I'm a stranger to dying hair, either.  My daughter is currently rocking a shade of blue by Pravana Chromasilk.<br /><br />Here is the procedure I used:<br />First, I bleached my hair to a pale yellow (first time it has EVER been bleached).<br />Then I washed and blow-dried my hair until it was definitely dry.<br />My husband applied the Manic Panic Amplified - Purple Haze using the brush that came with the Manic Panic kit.  We used two bottles to cover my hair, since it is VERY thick and nearly shoulder length.<br />He then brushed through each section of hair to make sure that it foamed up like the directions said to.<br />I left this stuff on for HOURS like recommended, even using heat (blow-dryer) until it was fully dried.<br />I washed it out in the sink using completely cold water.<br /><br />It is recommended that you don't wash your hair for several days, so I didn't.  I held out as long as I possibly could.  Five days later I went to wash my hair - using ONLY COLD WATER (the shampoo is sulfate free, and I use a color-lock conditioner that I get at Sally's Beauty), and as usual some dye washed down the drain (that's normal).  I got out and looked, It was already faded to a much duller purple.  This doesn't make sense to me.  But here's the real kicker:<br /><br />It has only been two more days, I haven't washed my hair again, yet SOMEHOW most of the purple is gone.  Like, where did it even go?  My hair has not been wet, I have been avoiding swimming until I find a bathing cap, because I don't want to mess my hair up.  Right now I have a few streaks of purple and a strange orangey tone left behind on my bleached hair from the Manic Panic.<br /><br />Next time I am going to buy Pravana Chromasilk Vivids.  It's what I used on my daughter, and 8 weeks later her blue is still holding strong.
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