Manic Panic Classic Formula

In the quest to have the underside of my hair blue, I purchaed Manic Panic's 'Shocking Blue' dye from their NZ site. When this arrived, I bleached my hair and got it to a pale yellow shade. My research online made me think that this was definitely light enough for the pigment to take.

This comes in a small jar with a screw top lid. No gloves came with it so beware that you will need some. For the price I would have expected a pair of gloves but never mind. In the jar shocking blue is a beautiful medium blue with purple undertones.

I followed the instructions to a t, but ended up leaving this on for 2 hours - as I thought that perhaps by leaving it on longer it would stain my hair and this make this last longer.

Using a dye brush that I have from previous dye jobs, I combed this through the bleached hair and made sure to pay attention to make it look seamless and not patchy. After applying it, I wrapped my hair in glad wrap and chilled out for two hours.

When I washed this out it looked like I had committed a gory smurf murder haha. The dye washed out super easily and with no fuss. I excitedly dried my hair only to be extremely disappointed.

Before coin tuning, I want to add that everyone's hair is different and the reason this didn't work for me may be something to do with my hair. This didn't work out for my hair at all but it could for yours.

When I dried my hair I was definitely shocked... However,min stead of having shocking blue hair I had a super ugly, shocking green/blue TINT to my hair. For some reason the pigment in this didn't adhere to my hair whatsoever and merely tinted it - and tinted it an ugly blue/green. I was super disappointed after spending that much money on a dude, and quickly went down to the Warehouse and got a different dye.

As I saod above this may not have worked due to something with regards to my hair. My hair usually takes dye really well but this isn't the first blue dye that I have had problems with (a similar thing happened with Directions hair dye). Because of this experience I absolutely won't purchase this brand again and it wouldn't be my first recommendation to friends.

I've been flipping between Manic Panic and Directions hair colours now for years! I've used mainly all the red shades available. I started out bleaching and applying the colour for a super vibrant alternative look which you really do get on lightened hair- it's very saturated colour. I have super thin damaged hair and it tended to look great for about 6 washes before it begins to gradually fade out- evenly. It leaves my hair feeling treated with more body and has never damaged my hair. I still use it in between my permanent red colours to give my hair a longer break between the more damaging colour.

I used purple haze when i had lilac hair, amazing, colour lasts longer than i expected! I didn't use the full tub because i had added a spoon full into a bottle of conditioner, so it lasted me a couple months! :) Would definitely purchase again, worth the price !

I had a wee bit of an unfortunate experience where my hairdresser mixed up the strand tests when I wanted to go red. She had used Pillar box red at one end & Wildfire at the other. The red I wanted turned out to be the Pillarbox but I got the Wildfire & it went flaming orange! Now it wasn't as awful it could have been as my hair before was dark with quite a bit of light bits through my length. I was trying to achieve a dark red hue to my darker bits with a brighter Umbre effect. We'll it worked but it was the wrong colour. I ended up going over it with another brand's Pillar box. Now it looks beautiful! But otherwise... I found the formula really nice. It was gentle on my hair & actually improved the quality! There was an alarming (or not so alarming as I didn't want it anyway) amount of colour to the second wash however the colour remained. After reading a lot of reviews on Manic Panic & most saying that it works best on white blonde, I think it actu ally worked quite well on medium brown- giving it a beautiful hue..

I used the Manic Panic Turquoise colour to dip dye the ends of my hair and the colour was very vibrant and looks great. It also held it's colour for a while. After a while it did start to look a bit green in the ends, but this was to be expected with temporary colour on blonde hair. Out of all the hair dye brands I have used for vibrant colours, this was definitely the best.

I colour my hair all the time with manic panic. I have done so many different colors and I love them all. The lighter colors like cotton candy don't really work in my hair as I have dark brown hair naturally and haven't been able to bleach it blonde enough for those colors to take. But all the rest are awesome, they are so bright and make my hair feel so nice. They last a few months in my hair with only washing my hair every 2nd/3rd day.

I used the violet purple colour on my hair which was previously blonde obmre, hoping for a purple ombre look instead. Initially the colour was amazing! So much brighter than I'd hoped for. The only downside was that the colour came off onto everything and my hair felt quite chalky. I had purple hands for 2 weeks! It didn't wash very well but that is to be expected being a semi I guess. I would use this again if I wanted a good look for the weekend but to maintain it is too much work and too expensive.

Sadly the white toner did nothing in my hair, I would not recommend this one but i hear the brights are really good.

Manic panic is amazing. I've been using it for 5 years now and dont think I'll change brands. The colour are vibrant, and its ridiculously easy to use.

I've only used this in pink but I loved the colours. The only down side for me was that my hair had to be bleached nearly white for the pink to stick on. It's also very easy to make pastel colours with the manic panic classic. However, mixing it to a pastel colour will make it fade faster. My friend used the blue one and it just looked amazing!