Review (1/5): 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.
Here is the procedure I used:
First, I bleached my hair to a pale yellow (first time it has EVER been bleached).
Then I washed and blow-dried my hair until it was definitely dry.
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.
He then brushed through each section of hair to make sure that it foamed up like the directions said to.
I left this stuff on for HOURS like recommended, even using heat (blow-dryer) until it was fully dried.
I washed it out in the sink using completely cold water.
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:
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.
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.