High Voltage Semi Permanent Hair Colour - BLUE STEEL, 118 ml

First and foremost - hair has to be bleached for this colour to show up. I had pink/purple hair and I applied this directly on top once the pink had faded a little. I applied the colour at 5PM and kept it in overnight, washing it off the next day at 10AM. The colour came out super vibrant and stayed on for quite a while (depends on how often you wash your hair. I wash thrice week and the colour stayed bright for one week, and then faded to a really beautiful seafoam green over the next two weeks) The quantity is really good. I have shoulder length hair and I was able to use this bottle to cover my complete head twice! Best way to apply it is using your hands (with gloves). Just massage the colour into the bleached hair. The colour wont show up on dark hair so you dont need to worry about being precise with where you put it. Work in layers and comb your hair vigorously after each layer as this will help even it out (comb till you see a frothy residue on the comb which is several shade lighter than the colour in the box). Keep it on for at least 6-8 hours, preferably overnight (if you want it to last atleast three weeks). Wash it off and use shampoo only on the scalp, if needed. Use conditioner to seal it all in.

Okay, some context- I had bleached and coloured my hair before, around beginning last year. It was the rainbow hair- green, pink, indigo, purple and blue. Only the blue remained (washing out seperate sections is really tricky). So this year all that remained was a lot of blond and light teal near the ends. It looked damaged and odd so I decided to use the manic panic blue to deepen the colour in the edges. It worked out amazingly! I put it all over (I have some greying near the roots too) and as you can see, it came out pretty darn cool. Added bonus was that it didn't bleed AT ALL! I remember all that unpleasant bleeding of colours on my back,dress and ears as I sweated. My fingers would be rinsed in colour , every time I ran them through my hair. And all that was a professional Salon work. This time, the towel that I used to dry my hair after washing the dye too didn't get any colour whatsoever. I put it on dry hair that I had shampooed a day back (no conditioner). I left it for a few hours 2-3. Rinsed it off throughly. My hair feels very clean and conditioned, so I didn't shampoo again. I have washed it since, it didn't bleed. So A++++++++++. One thing to note. It works better on bleached hair than grey hair. My Grey's got a transparent blue sheen but my bleached ends got an opaque blue colour.

I bleached my hair to an almost popcorn light yellow over a period of a few days and did the purple wash and everything. Then I used this product to colour my bleached hair. It looked amazing for about 3 weeks but didn't stick very well to my hair. Too much color washes out with every hairwash.. need to be careful to not let the blue flow into your skin while bathing because it turns everything blue! Fingernails will be blue after a hairwash. The colour was beautiful. It looked like a bright lovely stunning electric royal blue during the first 2 weeks but by the end of the third week it started to fade out into a dull, almost sky blue. (I washed my hair 5-6 times during these 3weeks) This product is super great if you need to color your hair for an event or something but you should probably buy one that is more long lasting if you want the colour to be brilliant after 3weeks or more.. if you want a long lasting ink-blue colour for your hair I'd recommend using this and then by the 3rd or 4th week colour it with a purple hair color. The two colours mix to form a beautiful ink blue that lasts upto 2.5 months.

Great product! Very easy to apply. Just make sure your hair is alreasy bleached and has a blonde shade to it. Also, the colour is bleeding like crazy. It's on my clothes, pillows, everywhere. But you can always re-apply it. It took me a little more than half the bottle. So I think it's pretty good.

I notice a lot of reviews complaining that this product didn't do anything etc. I used it to tone a friend's hair after we bleached it with 40 volume developer. It definitely neutralised the yellow tones in his hair and left it pretty close to platinum blonde. We then went in with Manic Panic Electric Pink Pussycat with fantastic results! Followed the instructions on the box closely. This will NOT work if you have strong yellow tones in your hair after bleaching. Be patient and do another round of bleach, then use this. This will also not work at all for orange tones - you are better off toning those with repeated applications of blue colour / blue shampoo. General rule - purple neutralises yellow; blue neutralizes orange. We applied the toner to hair that had been washed and dried after bleaching. Left it in for around 45 minutes then rinsed out. Make sure you saturate the hair with the toner for best results - it's hard to gauge since it's a pale colour on pale hair but just go in with more than you think you need and you should hit the right amount :D Unfortunately toners like Wella's colour charm series aren't available that easily in India so this is what we need to make do with. But I'd say it does the job if you use it on sufficiently pre-lightened hair, saturate, and leave in for 30-45 minutes.

Need to use bleach to make the colour seen.

Absolutely amazing! I used Manic Panic for the first time and having read reviews about the dye not working, I was a bit cynical but still gave it a try. I have long hair with ombre highlights. In one container, I was able to dye my hair twice. I would suggest you to dye your hair atleast twice for the color to be able to truly show. Would recommend if you're bored with your hair and wanna add a fun twist to them. Go for it!

The colour was alright, but barely lasted two weeks. ://