Hair Dye Review - Manic Panic Ultra Violet

Previously

I had dyed my hair previously with Ion Dye Rose, which is a pastel pink it had faded out completely. My hair was back to blonde more or less when I dyed it Lavender, I liked the colour result but it faded even faster than the pink I would have had to re-dye it every week to keep it looking fresh. So I only had the strictly lavender hair for just over a week (which is why I don't have any pictures).

Half Manic Panic Ultra Violet, Half Ion Dye Lavender

Half Manic Panic Ultra Violet Half Ion Dye Lavender

I had left over Ion Lavender dye so I used equal parts of that and Manic Panics Ultra Violet, I decided to switch dyes because of how fast the Ion dye was fading. 

Ion Dye Rose and Ultra Violet Manic Panic

It took about three weeks for the  Lavender and Ultra Violet mix to really start to fade out and need to be redone. I don't think I mixed the dyes together enough because my hair faded faster in certain spots and was still really fresh in others. 

I had Ion Dye in Rose and some Ultra Violet sitting around so I decided to use those, I didn't mix them together. I put the rest of the Ultra Violet on the top layers of my hair the dusty rose on the bottom. Left that on for two hours. I mixed the remaining ion rose dye into some conditioner and covered all of my hair I left that on over night. 

Manic Panic Ultra Violet and Ion Dye Rose (Pink)

Bleached my roots 

Ended up with some kind of creamsicle type fade 

Hair Dye Review - Ion, Rose and Lavender

After the First Few Washes

First Day,

The Process 

Naturally I have very dark brown hair but to begin this process my hair was a honey blonde with lighter highlights. I had slowly gone blonde over the course of a couple years before I decided to dye my hair pink. I had added more and more highlights each time I went so that my hair is still super strong and silky. 

I do use a hairdresser when bleaching large portions of my hair I really don't want to wreck my hair and I find you get a way better result than home bleaching kits. For me the money is worth the bleaching, toner, conditioner process if you are looking to save some money you can always ask for a trainee hairstylist they are about half the price. 

When I do my roots for the first few times I use the home kits and have my sister help me. After that I find the blond starts to get that brassy colour so il let my roots grow out pretty far and then go to my hairdresser again. At this point I seem to want to change my hair colour again anyways so she strips all the colour out of my hair and we start fresh or we could go back to blonde at that point.

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My suggestion that people with dark hair take the bleaching process slowly, I know that is not what people want to hear but after wrecking my hair when I was in high-school I have to say that it is way nicer to take a few extra months or so to get to your desired colour is way better than bleaching the daylights out of your hair right away and  then having brittle, straw-like frizziness.

My Review 

I was happy with the colour I got right away but it faded insanely fast compared to other products I have used. I was happy with the way that it faded, the colour was beautiful but after about 2 maybe 2 1/2 weeks I had ZERO colour left in my hair. I used a toning shampoo (purple shampoo) when I had decided the colour was more or less gone and after that my hair was the blonde I got from bleaching there was absolutely no dye left.

I had the pink hair for about six weeks before I tried the Lavender the lavender faded just as fast if not faster because I didn't get the same vibrance right from the start as I got with the pink. The Lavender also didn't wash out as completely but it was still perfectly fine to dye over.

This hair dye also does not stick to freshly bleached hair.
When I had my hairdresser dye my hair I had the roots bleached that day and while the colour was there it wasn't the same as the rest of my head and it washed out almost completely after the first wash.
When I did a root touch up myself and tried to dye it after none of the dye stayed. I waited 2 or 3 days the next time I touched up my roots and had washed my hair and conditioned it before I tried to dye it again. I had no problems that time.

PS

I have medium to long hair (about the middle of my back) and it took my hairdresser two full tubes to dye my hair the first time and when I did touch ups it took me a tube and I put another tube in my conditioner.
I would buy this dye in bulk if you decided to keep the colour because of how often you need to re-dye.