Colour Dye Recommendations
Please post your colour dye make & variety and your experience with it so far!
Updated: 10th February 2014
(I'll be maintaining this long term and adding in more of everyone's advice to the first post - any corrections, please let us know. Thanks to everyone's help!)
Reds:
Special Effects - Nuclear Red
sXedevitchka: "only lasted one wash in cold water...[but]...most awesome, most bright color I've ever used"
Snowflake Love: "no problems faded real nice"
Punky Colors - Poppy Red
Alexis: "Rub[s] off on anything it touches...turn[s]...pink after 10 washes or so"
Punky Colors - Flame
CorpseQueen: "nice red/orange, fades more to orange...very long lasting...hard time getting out!"
L'Oreal Colour Rays - Red
Sonic Architect: "permanent, very vibrant and required no bleach at all"
L'Oreal Excellence HiColor - Red
Jenni Dunfee: "really pleased...regular permanent dye...it doesn't really fade"
L'Oreal - Red Brown
nicole: "fades quick"
L'Oreal Excellence HiColor - Magenta
Jenni Dunfee: "really pleased...regular permanent dye...doesn't really fade"
L'Oreal Colour Rays - Red
Snowflake Love: "LONGEST lasting red I ever had and its definitely bright"
Beyond the Zone - Candy Apple
CorpseQueen: "nice shade of red, fades fairly quickly to a lovely pink...lasts a month or two"
nicole: "works amazing"
Manic Panic - Vampire Red
OctyOck: "not as dark as it looks in the bottle...really intense eye popping red"
Colorsilk - Red Brown
nicole: "fades quick"
La Riche Directions - Pillarbox Red
Kobalos: "good colour match, but took longer to settle in...didn't fade much in 1st wash...is lasting forever! :)"
Pinks:
Punky Colors - Rose Red
Toxic: "rub[s] off on walls...only did it bad night after...after 2 or 3 washes it stopped"
Special Effects - Atomic Pink
Cassy: "lasted over nine months"
LenaBean: "stayed in...even after dyeing it brown and then bleaching back to blonde!"
LenaBean: "stayed in...even after dyeing it brown and then bleaching back to blonde!"
Special Effects - Cherry Bomb
Alexandra Sloan: "awesome!...lasts for months...best for the first week...after a few washes it does get lighter, but still stays really vibrant"
Color Fiend - Pink
Sonic Architect: "took but I needed to touch up every few days"
Splat - Pink
Emily Beth: "vibrant...will last about 2 months & fades into cool peach BUT destroys my hair if I try to maintain boldness of pink"
Manic Panic - Candy Pink
Jenni Dunfee: "pretty decent...reapply after about 3 weeks...because it starts to look too orange"
Manic Panic - Hot Hot Pink
Pamparius the Sailor Man: "This is very pink and fades extremely slowly."
Beyond the Zone - Pink
nicole: "works amazing"
Fudgebox Paintbox - Pink Moon
Raspberry Razorblade: "it came out really bright and lasted ages!"
Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL - Raspberry Rebel
Mali DeLan - "It's extremely vibrant and it fades in sort of a pleasant sunset-looking pink."
Greens:
Adore - Forest Green
Emily Beth: "lasts a really long time AND doesnt fry your hair"
Punky Colors - Spring Green
CorpseQueen: "Amazing shade and it lasts a long time"
Protagonist: "Its the tops."
Kaarina Rotten Crotch: "is fucking amazing"
Protagonist: "Its the tops."
Kaarina Rotten Crotch: "is fucking amazing"
Alexis: "has stayed in my hair for months"
Punky Colors - Forest Green
CorpseQueen: "Super great...lasted a few months...leaving hair tinted light green"
Special Effects - Iguana Green
LenaBean: "absolutely the best color I have EVER had"
Sonic Architect: "needed touched up about every week or so"
Sonic Architect: "needed touched up about every week or so"
Special Effects - Limelight
lil Lauren: "DON'T get tho bc it wont stay in that long bc its such a lite color"
Khaos: "if your hair holds color well...touch it up after a few weeks...well worth it"
Hangman XIII: "no money for bleach...looks good"
Khaos: "if your hair holds color well...touch it up after a few weeks...well worth it"
Hangman XIII: "no money for bleach...looks good"
Electric Lizard - Forest Green
CorpseQueen: "didn't take AT ALL didnt even tint her hair"
Manic Panic - Electric Lizard
Sonic Architect: "did not take at all"
N'Rage - Green
ZachWilson: "outlasted manic panic and splat. Without redying form the first 2."
SplaT - Neon Green
ZachWilson: "lasted about 1 week without fading from blonde"
Directions - Spring Green
Lotte: "didn't take at all...looked completely washed out already"
Kobalos: "Left it in over night to take...washes out quite easily. Bright vibrant colour"
Fudge Paintbox - Green Envy
Raspberry Razorblade: "was pretty average and came out way more yellowy."
Blues:
Stargazer - Coral Blue
Kobalos: "Needs bleached hair...24hrs to dye in, with enough, makes alright colour...1/2 strength after few washes"
Directions - Alantic Blue
Antikia: "didn't last for very long"
Manic Panic - Shocking Blue
mike-o-psycho: "fades too fast about a week & it is almost greyish" (from swimming)
Manic Panic - After Midnight Blue
Sonic Architect: "stayed really well"
Jenni Dunfee: "did the best in my hair....would last me about 4-6 weeks before...needing touched up"
Alexis: "really dark navy almost blue....washes out in 2-3 weeks & slowly turned...green after that."
Jenni Dunfee: "did the best in my hair....would last me about 4-6 weeks before...needing touched up"
Alexis: "really dark navy almost blue....washes out in 2-3 weeks & slowly turned...green after that."
Color Field - Blue
Sonic Architect: "two weeks or so and still looking decent"
N'Rage Mix and Go - Blue
Jenni Dunfee: "looked horrible and spotty and grey...Made me leary of bleach and dye in one"
Turquoise:
Manic Panic - Turquoise
Punk Colors - Turquoise
Jenni Dunfee: "probably my favorite...faded pretty fast [daily wash]"
Alexis: "did not turn out at all on my natural dirty blonde hair."
Punk Colors - Turquoise
CorpseQueen: "AMAZING COLOR & long lasting, fades to nice light blue after few months"
Purple:
RAW - Purple
Sonic Architect: "washed out in a day"
Manic Panic - Purple
Jenni Dunfee: "only lasted about a week...but it turned such an ugly color"
Manic Panic - Ultra Violet
Alexis: "nice and darkish for a few days, but eventually turned my hair grey"
LenaBean: "turned my hair navy blue for three weeks. It was icky!"
LenaBean: "turned my hair navy blue for three weeks. It was icky!"
Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL - Cyber Purple (permanent)
Lotte: "darker purple...more subtle and not so 'eccentric' and extremely vibrant colour"
Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL - Mystic Violet (permanent)
"more on the pink side...more subtle"
Punky Colors - Plum
Alexis: "its dark and last forever. It also smells really good."
Punky Colors - Violet
Snowflake Love: "so far lasting really nice. The ends of my hair are fading to a bleach white/purple look"
Ion Brights - Purple
braids: "color can vary depending on how much you use"
Yellow:
Punky Color - Bright Yellow:
Alexis: "Lasted quite a while on...bleached hair....re-dyed...before ever needing to touch it up"
Colorsilk - Blonde
nicole: "always comes out copper or orange/yellow"
Orange:
L'Oreal Excellence HiColor - Copper
Jenni Dunfee: "really pleased...regular permanent dye...faded a little during the summer/swimming"
Punky Colors - Flame
CorpseQueen: "nice red/orange, fades more to orange...very long lasting...hard time getting out!"
Special Effects Napalm Orange
Steve: "when first dyed its a borderline red but fades to the definition of orange. Think crayon colors."
Special Effects High Octane Orange
Nahtch: "more red than orange...Its now been about a month, now its much more orange"
White:
Manic Panic Virgin Snow
Alexis: "[On]...super dark brown- black hair...40 vol bleach...is supppper light and as close to white as"
Black:
Nice & Easy - Natural Black
Jennifer Rose: "decent permanent, stays colorfast & doesn't fade to ugly gray/green shades"
Manic Panic - Raven
Alexis: "washed out in a week"
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Permalink Reply by Steve on
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The Nuclear Red is officially "faded," it turned orange. I've been working allot recently (work as a metal scrapper and have been fixing up my car) so I've been showering around twice a day, so it looks like it'll survive around 10-15 washes. Starts out a dark red, not purply gothy red, but red red. Fades to a light orange.
I went to Sallys and got some Manic Panic Rock N' Roll Red, see if that fairs any better.
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Permalink Reply by Damian McKay on
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Manic Panic works if you Shampoo your hair first if you don't then it doesn't really take. this is in relation to enchanted forest and electric lizard greens.
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electric lizard isnt a very good color tho. I find Directions spring green is much better.
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Permalink Reply by bendy on
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star gazer is fuckin brill if u wash ur hair with cold water its perminant 4eva
manic panic sucks balls the colour fades quiker then the peoples trust with nick clegg
crazy colour is very good but expensive as fuck
so yea star gazer very good XD
xxx
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Permalink Reply by Dreadful on
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white's a tricky color. you gotta bleach your hair as light as possible and then add a really light purple in very even small amounts. i think manic panic makes a color to do this. but i would definitely recommend bleaching first.
P.S. looked it up it's called "virgin snow" but i haven't used it so i can't vouch for it personally. i've only done this with purple color mixes i got from salons and shit.
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I think thats what toner is, very very very light purple that takes the orange tones out of bleached hair
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Permalink Reply by CorpseQueen on
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Just used punky colors-purple yesterday. It came out the most gorgeous fusha I think I've ever seen. Very pink in the sun, more purple/pink indoors. Barely stained my skin. I am in love..
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Permalink Reply by Kobalos on
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Sounds lovely! Hope to see some photo's. :) And that it doesn't fade quick.
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Here's an indoor one
hopefully I'll get a picture of it in the sun soon. And I'll try to remember to report back for how well the color keeps!
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Haha thanks..
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That is lovely looking! With all three colours - and the fusha reallly did come out nice.
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So I got dove intensive repair shampoo/conditioner and while it's amazing for my hair it has severely stripped my color after just one wash. I'm going to continue to use it for now, I'll have to try the colors again after my hair gets nice and healthy.
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