Last Saturday afternoon I wrote about Manic Panic. At the time it was still in my hair, so I couldn’t give you much of a rundown on it. Well, my hair is now nicely colored, and it stays that way because I mixed about two tablespoons of additional Manic Panic with my shampoo, and another two tablespoons with my conditioner, so I get a “freshening up” dye every time I take a shower.
Manic Panic is a vegetable-based dye that doesn’t contain ammonia, bleach, or any of the other harsh chemicals that strip hair of its nutrients and vitality. This is a good thing for me, as my hair is already weakened and somewhat damaged from a protein deficiency I am currently battling. The downside is that the lack of the stripping agents prevent Manic Panic from truly “bonding” with hair strands like standard dyes do, so it tends to wash out completely within a few weeks (this is why I added the dye to my shampoo and conditioner; doing this has worked perfectly, as my hair has the same cherry wine shade that it did on the first day I dyed it).
Manic Panic has barely any smell to it, and it doesn’t burn or sting like normal dyes do. It felt very good in my hair, and washed cleanly out — though I had to spend ten to fifteen minutes rinsing in the shower. Oh, and my bath tub and shower curtain are now hot pink. But I’m sure that’ll eventually clear up whenever I stop shampooing and conditioning with dye!
Best of all, Manic Panic did a great job of adding some spunky color to my hair, which impresses me because my natural color is dark brown!
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