Review (5/5): SPLAT RULES THE UNIVERSE!!!!
I've been bleaching, dying, shaving and dreading my hair for nearly 30 years. I've tried every product on the market with various success (usually not up to what I was actually trying to accomplish). I tried Splat without any sort of expectation and I was completely amazed!! Not only did the bleach take the blue black right out of my hair, it didn't fry my hair either. I have nearly waist length, medium thick hair and as long as you keep the bleach moist, a little goes a LONG way. I had zero skin irritation except for where I didn't wipe it off immediately and the bleach process took about 2 hours, remember, blue black cheap dye was what I was removing. Rinsed all the bleach ought and got an interesting shade of orange (almost left it that color actually). Dried my hair (which took an hour, between the length and the porousness created by the bleach) and then did the pink dye. Like I said before, I had no real expectations...Manic Panic let me down, Special Effects was useless. I left the dye on all day, 6 hours at least, did housework, took care of my pets, went to the store, got some funny looks (I live in the country with cowboys so you can imagine...) No skin reactions (I think Splat is a vegetable based dye like MP so it doesn't do the nasty stuff that that chemical dyes do). I finally rinsed my pink helmet in cool water for about 20 minutes, in the shower and was shocked, amazed, astounded and thrilled at the color!! My hair was not only so pink I could barely look at it, it was silky and soft and just beautiful. FIY~ I only use shampoo and conditioner that is not tested on animals and contains no animal by products, this may or may not make a difference. I do know that most shampoo contains sulfates and this will strip the color (even natural color) right out of your hair.
Any way, I love the color!!! And it's been almost two months, some color washes out with every shampoo but it's still VERY vibrant!
Here's my recommendation:
Keep the bleach off your skin, it will irritate.
Keep the bleach moist, it stops working when it dries out. A plant mister works great!
Dry thoroughly before adding the color.
Leave the color on WAY past the recommended time if you want it to be vibrant and last. It's vegetable dye, it won't fry your hair.
Rinse with the coolest water you can stand.
Don't shampoo after rinsing, just condition.
If you must wash your hair every day use cool water and minimal shampoo.
Use sulfate free shampoo (Loreal Shampure is decent and CHEAP).
Hope this helps!!
Oh yeah and I'm a licensed cosmetologist so I'm not talking out of my a**!
I've used the purple, red and pink kits and have had fab results with all of them. I used the purple on my sisters virgin hair (all freakin 3 feet of it) and it came out beautiful. She has naturally light brown hair so I didn't use the bleach (more for me)!