dye my hair an unnatural color

I’ve used Manic Panic “Vampire Red” a few times in my life, and enjoyed the neon hair… while it lasted. Manic Panic washes out super quick, and my hair was so dry from the bleaching it didn’t keep the color as well.

I’ve had my hair enough odd colors to form a veritable rainbow, but it’s been about two years since that period. Sooo over February vacay I ran to Sally Beauty, picked up a color remover, a bleach kit, and a couple of jars of Manic Panic, and let the torture commence. As my hair is dyed black, the ends of what I bleached wound up this sort of horrid orange color, as was to be expected, and the roots were the blonde I had hoped for- didn’t apply heat, stupid mistake. :|

Anyway, I used Manic Panic’s Hot Hot Pink over the bleached bits, and the result is nothing short of delicious. The roots, as I said, were better bleached so they’re quite bright- but this is what you get when you put that particular dye over ginger hair (check the pic)

Well I started with slightly unnatural permanent boxed dyes. Then I went for Special effects over unbleached (but slightly lightened hair), which was fun, but wasn’t enough.
Then I finally went for it and bleached my hair. I left it blonde for a month (for fun, and due to an injury preventing me from dying it, lol) and then in went the Devilish! My hair is BRIGHT red, and fades to an orangey-pinky-red color. I have to re-dye it more often because I can’t stand orange, but it’s soooo pretty! And I definitely get a lot of comments on it. (I’ll never understand why old ladies think they have the right to tell me my hair is bad. STFU! I like it and that’s all that matters)

purple or turquoise or pink..
i can’t decide!!

I’ve tried black with a blue sheen, bright red, and purple that looked more blue than anything.

If you’re not one to commit to a color, I suggest Manic Panic hair dye. I’ve found it in Hot Topic, Sally Beauty Supply and online, and it washes out in a week or less. It’s also made with natural ingredients, so it’s not hard on your hair.

I’ve also tried L’oreal’s Black Onyx, which is that black with a blue sheen. It’s much more permanent, but that brand has only a few “out there” colors.

The Manic Panic website has lots of pictures and suggestions for making their dye last longer. Some users don’t wash their hair very often (not an option in my case, my hair is really oily), and others let the dye sit in their hair overnight, or for 4 or 5 hours. The container says leave it in for an hour or something…but that’s way too little to make your color last.

Good luck!

OMG! I had it all!

midnight blue
sky blue
fusha
plum purple
orange
blood red
rainbow!
teal
lilac

and of course my eyebrows matched

it was fun though. i am naturally blond, and when i was in college i was browsing the hair dyes in the store, and i found this box with this model with the most beautiful hair color. well, the color was auburn, and my hair turned out the red of a fire engine!

Those are all of the colors that I have had in my hair. I love dying my hair and I do it a lot during the winter but only my bangs or the back section of my hair.

sorry its uber fizzy…my-idiotic-self decided to take the pic before i flat ironed my hair…oh and now its blue YAY!!!

a few month back i dyed mine pink, but on camera it turned out orange but it looked awesome!