Green Dye

i am dying my hair green soon, i want to get opinions on the best dye for green, all i have access to is manic panic

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Permalink Reply by Kaarina Rotten Crotch on November 27, 2008 at 4:07am

Manic panic does suck.
And green does not fade fast, it faded fast for you because you used manic panic. Punky Color spring green is fucking amazing

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Permalink Reply by zero on December 29, 2008 at 12:44am

I mixed manic panic's electric lizard and enchanted forest once, and it turned up as this kind of turquoise-y green. But like everyone said, it faded shit-quickly

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on December 30, 2008 at 4:56pm

i use special fx limelight, which is a few shades lighter than iguana green, more of a yellow tint (making it lighter)

but if your hair holds color well, and you're willing to touch it up after a few weeks, it's well worth it. and you can order it off of the internet for under ten dollars last time i checked.

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on December 30, 2008 at 4:58pm

I hope this link worked.

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Permalink Reply by Segadoway on December 31, 2008 at 2:12am

i tried it and it didnt work well the first time, so we re applied and it turned spinach coloured, and its now yellowy EWWWWWW

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on December 31, 2008 at 2:27am

did you bleach your hair?
and how long did you let it sit and did you use heat (ie a hair dryer)?.

sometimes those all can kill color if you aren't careful.
if you want it to be bright, you don't want your hair to sit too long with they dye on it (the longer it processes the more "intense" dark the color will initially turn out).

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Permalink Reply by Segadoway on December 31, 2008 at 9:59am

i didnt bleach beforehand as i had bleached for blue and then washed it out, i will try it again and bleach it, i never knew about that time thing, i did leave it in over night lol

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on December 31, 2008 at 11:33am

lol yeah. with the green dye it can set in as little as ten or fifteen minutes depending on the brand. (like the shade of special fx i use, i can rinse it after about fifteen minutes)

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Permalink Reply by Segadoway on December 31, 2008 at 9:35pm

i left it in for about 18 hours.............
it turned spinach coloured

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Permalink Reply by Protagonist on January 1, 2009 at 2:45pm

18 hours?! Holly crap! No wonder it didn't work right >.> 45 minutes did the trick for me. Mind you that was with Punky color.

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on January 1, 2009 at 10:54pm

=O
oh man.. good luck! set up a pic as soon as you get it done!

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Permalink Reply by Hangman XIII on February 6, 2009 at 5:54pm

I'm going to use Special Effects Limelight today. Probably even Deep Purple because half my 'hawk is still pink from using Splat! purple and it faded to pink after bleaching it and I have no money for bleach so I'm probably just gonna do half my 'hawk purple and half lime green and see how that goes. Should be interesting. I'll try my best to get pics.