Review (5/5): Pimpin purple/ Hot Lava
Hot Lava looks more orange than red. It would look good on level 6 hair and below turing it into an auburn color. On lighter levels of hair, it looks more bright orange and while cute if you want to look like a Halloween pumpkin shade of orange, but not for everyday.
Pimpin Purple is absolutely gorgeous. Not gonna lie, the first application was Barney-the dinosaur purple and that scared me, but once it faded it toned out my brassy yellow tones into a cute pink-coral shade that looked so good even without a touch up. (Second pic)
My latest dye(first/last picture) showes Hot lava on level 7 hair at the roots and a 1:1 mix of hot lava and pimpin purple at the tips.
This really is my favorite brand for hairdye, I question their judgement because my first dye came in a ziplock bag and cracked open so I wonder why they use hard, snappy plastic but the dye itself was so good that I wasn't even mad. I haven't touched other brands ever since Special Effects: no manic panic, ion brilliance, atomic fox, iroiro etc. Hands down. Best dye.