Comments on: New Hair Chapter: Manic Panic-Vampire Red

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:14:54 +0000

If you haven’t bleached your hair at all before dyeing it, the red will simply wash out, so will go back to your natural brown colour. Not sure how long this would take as will depend on how porous your hair is. It may maintain a slight red tinge for awhile or it may completely wash out after a few shampoos.

If you find it goes to an ugly red and you want to get the rest of it out (either permanently or to re-dye it again), check out my post on removing hair dye: http://www.slightcaseofinsanity.com/2009/12/tips-for-removing-hair-dye-faster/

Good luck!

By: Lexi

Lexi — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:03:05 +0000

I have dark brown hair and I want to dye it red with Vampire Red Manic Panic. If I leave it on long enough I know it will leave a nice color but what will the color turn after it’s faded? Will it go back to brown or be an ugly red?

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:43:48 +0000

Yeah all the Manic Panic ones are semi permanent, whereas the Special Effects ones are demi-permanent.

The difference between semi & demi permanent hair colours are as follows:

Semi-permanent and demi-permanent haircolors are similar in the way they work,but slightly different in their formulation.

Semi-permanent color is designed to deposit color onto the hair only and has no lightening effect. The formula includes an activator that develops the color and helps to raise the cuticle of the hair shaft so that the color can be deposited there. Semi- permanent color doesn’t penetrate into the cortex of the hair, but it will usually last from
six to eight weeks, gradually washing out with each shampoo.

Demi-permanent color is also a deposit-only color with no lightening effect. The difference between the Semi- and Demi-permanent colors is that with demi-permanent color the color molecules are smaller and therefore penetrate into the cortex of the hair, as well as being deposited on and in the cuticle. This makes demi-permanent color a better choice for covering gray hair. The color achieved also lasts longer, but will fade due to the formulation of smaller color molecules being able to come back through the cuticle with each shampoo.

Demi lasts longer.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:37:06 +0000

Ah okay thanks for your help, are the Manic Panic ones all semi perminant? I like the look of the colour blood red. But i think whatever i decide to use I will do a tester strip first as i dont want to completely kill my hair! Also is the Special Effects dye semi perminant? I have a really good colour at home which was SCHWARZKOPF Country Colors Grand Canyon Red. But I found it faded pretty quickly.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:34:47 +0000

Hi Sophie,
Unfortunately I didn’t take pictures of my hair colour before I dyed it, but I bleached it to an orangey colour, just before it went yellow and blonde (I was told to only lift it to this colour by a hairdresser). I used Manic Panic hair dye in their shade “Vampire Red” (I have used Fudge before, and found they faded fairly quickly, and tended to fade to ‘yucky’ colours. Manic Panic will last longer, is more gentle on your hair and fades a lot nicer).

If your hair is already very light, I would check out my most recent blog (http://www.slightcaseofinsanity.com/2010/01/manic-panic-vampire-red-on-bleached-hair/), as I used the same dye again, but this time I bleached my hair a lot lighter. I put pictures there of the end result, and it came out BRIGHT. I was after a darker, more cherry red as well, so next time am going to try Special Effects dye instead, as they seem to have some slightly darker dyes, and better reds. “Vampire Red” was too pink for me.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:08:34 +0000

How light was your hair when you bleached it? And what Fudge colour did you use? because my hair is extremely light blonde, nearly white and want to try out fudge, but i dont want the colour to be too bright! And would quite like a darker red.

By: Kath

Kath — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:02:39 +0000

Looks great! Will have to try the Manic Panic brand colours.