Review (5/5): Atomic Pink vs Pravana
I love, love, love Atomic Pink by Special Effects. I've been dyeing my bangs unnatural colours for years, and I've always used colours that you could get at Sally's or the drugstore (Ion, N'Rage, Manic Panic, Splat) and NOTHING compares to this dye. Not even Pravana, which is a professional hair dye.
I went to my stylist to have my whole head bleached for the first time, and she was able to get my medium brown hair very platinum. She added on Pravana dye, Magenta and some other colour mixed together, to try and achieve a bright pink colour that would fade to pastel pink.
After two washes, the Pravana turned BRIGHT orange at my tips. It was very disappointing, so I decided to take my hair dyeing into my own hands, and buy some Special Effects dye, which I had heard good things about in the past.
The first time I dyed, there was an immediate difference. I diluted the dye with a bunch of conditioner, and used about an 8th of a bottle of the dye, with a tiny tiny bit of leftover purple I had.
After two weeks of washing every 3 days, the orange was very faintly coming back, so I dyed over it again, knowing it was the ugly Pravana colouring.
Ever since that last colouring about a month ago, my hair has not turned orange at all, and is fading beautifully and slow. I am very pleased with this dye and get compliments all the time. I will always recommend Special Effects now, and I can't wait to try more colours!! Also, the price is amazing for the intensity you're getting. Mine turns out very bright, and I use mostly conditioner.
Please do NOT use this dye if you don't know what you're doing. I saw a few reviews where people are putting this dye on their dark brown hair thinking it develops the hair or something. YOU HAVE TO BLEACH YOUR HAIR. This is a vegetable based semi permanent dye, all it can do on brown hair is tint it, maybe.