Punky Colour Vermillion Red Semi Permanent Hair Color, 3.5 fl oz

I purchased 4 of these from this Amazon seller "BYPLE", I recommend them! This seller has the cheapest rates in town for this product, believe me I know since I use it often. I have tried many other brands and I stick with this one. Jerome Russell Punky Colour is super vibrant and long lasting! I have tried Special Effects before and it is long lasting and bright however, Jerome Russell does the same thing for half the cost! Plus I enjoy custom mixing my own pinks using a tad of blue or purple (for a cooler toned pink, I strongly dislike warm toned pink.) Flamingo Pink by Punky Color needs toning with a pat of blue or purple. The result is a bright shocking Magenta! Love it, if mixed right it blows Special Effects Atomic Pink out of the water. PLUS, this product smells like grape kool-aid soda :D AND did you know that you may do custom colors with these?! Say you cannot find the perfect purple or the perfect blue, what not.. well, I often create hybrid colors by mixing anywhere from 2-3 different Punky Colour dyes then store them for future use under the cabinet. Example being: Say I want a cool-toned pink? I'd mix 90% Flamingo Pink and add in a half spoon of Violet! Beautiful and gorgeous :) Or I mix Atlantic blue with Spring Green and come out with a beautiful sea-green! LOVE :) *Word to the wise, never mix greens with pink, purple, orange, or red! And never mix blues with orange or red! Anyhow, if you buy this product you will get your moneys worth. It is super vibrant, in fact, is so vibrant that you can dilute it for applying if you have more porous hair (as a result of several bleachings which are necessary to attain platinum hair.) Speaking of bleaching.. you MUST pre-lighten your hair several shades (if you are naturally dark) for this dye to take hold and fill your hair cuticle. That is how you get a very vibrant color-true shade from this dye. I highly recommend and cannot say enough good things about this bleach: Schwarzkopf Igora Vario Blond Plus Blue Dust-Free Bleach (Available here on Amazon) It has never broken my hair off, burnt it, or burnt my scalp. And as my hair is naturally dark brown, this bleach has always provided the most rapid lifting, in several levels, that I have ever achieved at home. That being said on to some more information which I hope you will find useful. If you are interested in diluting this product as I do then here is my diluting recipe and tips and tricks that work for me! Tools: 1.) Get a value package of vinyl gloves. Never mind buying them by the set at the beauty supply per hair coloring, way too expensive in the long run. A lady ALWAYS needs gloves on hand. You'll thank yourself for it whenever the hair coloring fancy strikes!) 2.) DOLLAR STORE: Buy a box of plastic spoons & forks, great for mixing and disposable. 3.) DOLLAR STORE: Buy a 2-4 count set of "tupperware" type bowls with lids - these you can use to mix your color then store under the bathroom cabinet for future use. My diluting Recipe: 80% Conditioner (Cheap one such as White Rain!) I use the Coconut scent as it makes your hair smell divine! 20% Jerome Russell Punky Colour (1 good teaspoon will do it.) Mix well to blend it completely, scrape the bottom of the bowl and sides to ensure that it is all blended evenly. Apply! *** You can control the amount of hair dye ratio to suit your needs, such a lower amount for Pastel Hair, or a higher amount for brighter hair. I never put it on full strength because it wastes product as far as I am concerned and PLUS I do not want to be stuck with the same hair color for months. Want to keep it bright and vibrant? Here is how: DO NOT use harsh shampoos at ANY TIME or shampoo often. Get yourself some "Dry Shampoo" to control the oily roots only, it will freshen them and leave your hair smelling great after absorbing the oils. Use a shampoo which is SULFATE-FREE only. The vegan section of the grocery store should have a reasonably priced one or you can opt for purchasing a more pricey salon product. Don't like it? Here is how to remove: I have very porous hair so it "grabs" color easily and sometimes it does not want to let go! When I want it out the first steps that I take are using 'Head & Shoulders shampoo'. This stuff will really fade it quick within a few washes. You can't just massage it into your head and expect it to work though. You have to massage it well through your lengths by rubbing the lathered hair between your hands from top to bottom, one section at a time. Then you will see lots of dye rinse down the drain. Once I have it faded I then take a plastic mixing bowl and mix up either an entire packet or a full scoop (depending on which bleach you have on hand, a pre-measured packet or a canister) of hair bleach with a 30 or 40 VOL Creme Developer FIRST, blend and allow to sit for several minutes to activate, and then I add in several squirts of any shampoo - which for those who don't know - this is called a "Soap Cap" I apply this to my entire head (wet or dry) and massage quickly then let it sit for about 2 minutes or slightly longer. Usually before I even have a chance to finish getting all my hair covered with this mixture I can see the color just disappearing instantly! SO the same may be true for you and if it is WORK FAST to apply it. There is no need to keep bleach, even diluted bleach, on your hair for more time than it needs to be, specially if it is already damaged. Mine is damaged however these soap caps never hurt it :) Follow with a nice conditioner! Not something cheap. I love Hayashi 911 Emergency Pak Re-constructor. It cost's about 33 bucks for 33 ounces here on Amazon. I Squeeze the excess water out of my hair with my hands and then apply this conditioner, clip my hair up and cover my head with a plastic cap (you can use saran wrap also! or even a plastic grocery bag) and leave it on for at least an hour. It is truly a moisture quench for parched hair! AND THE SMELL IS DIVINE! ***About using soap caps for removing alternative colors: Soap Caps work best on faded Pink, Yellow, Orange, Purple dyes. They are pretty much instantly wiped out. Colors I have found which don't need to be faded first to be successfully stripped out quickly are: Pink Yellow Colors which I have found are super stubborn to remove with either Head & Shoulders or Soap Caps are: BLUE Colors which I have found to need substantial fading to be removed easily: Purple Green I love blue and purple but they are tenacious, especially blue. At least for my hair. I hope this review might help out some newbies! Please remember that ALL hair is different and dyes and removal processes are highly subjective to each individual! The above tactics just happen to work great for my hair so I thought I'd share.

I have been DIY my own hair off and on for maybe 9 years now. I latched onto this brand early on and it's my favorite by far. I have used all the pinks, oranges, and yellow, and alpine green. (not cherry on top, vermillion red or red wine, no other greens, no blue, no black) - you can mix a TBLS or less of the dye with 1/4 or more of cheap conditioner and it colors just as deeply as if you didn't, I probably don't use more than a few TBLS in total each time, super budget friendly, and with this I never felt it damaged my hair even though I bleach it every two weeks while I use it. - super easy to do ombre with, I just bleached it for the third time this go round and did a very different color combination, with yellows, oranges and dark pinks. - if you wash with cool water it fades amazingly slowly - with a cool water rinse, I think it's maybe left any color spots on my bedding, though it will stain the tub if you rinse too vigorously and splatter - I'm on my third go round this time, started with fire at the roots, then flame, then yellow, bleached roots and did rose red, then fire, then flame, bleached roots then did yellow at the roots, flame, then poppy red at the ends, just to reiterate the fact you can play with various colors fairly easily and often. - im not sure why the site exists, "vk . com / punkycolour" but it has so many photos of young cute ladies with photos of the dyes in action, it's great inspiration. - with regular clarifying shampoo and hot water you can fade it fairly well if you want an easier clean slate to dye from. - neutral, if I dye my tips yellow and orange higher up, even if I use clarifying shampoo and some light bleaching on them, I still can get orange muddying the tips over a few washes that makes it hard to get yellow again unless I bleach the ends longer than I'd like. - down side, the cotton candy did NOTHING for me, nor did the pastel shade adjustor. The green looked great briefly, but then wouldn't get out of my hair no matter what, still had green tint until my hair grew all the way out (like it would look gone, then a hot shower would have a bit more green leak out of the depths of my head!) Green is hard to get rid of but I didn't expect a battle! Anyway, high kudos to this dye brand, and now I know there are a couple reds I need to order!

4 stars for initial use, because the color didn't take consistently on all strands. This is gel which made it easy to apply with a coloring brush (not included). It smells fantastic, almost fruity. Painted it on, smoothing it through, then sat for 25 minutes. The residual rinsed out easily enough until water ran clear (this left my hands blue but that faded after a few hand washings). I did notice some bleeding onto the towel when drying, as well as to the brush bristles after. The turquoise shows up well on natural dark blond hair. I didn't want to damage the hair with bleach first but I think it probably would have gotten the more desired brighter pop of color she wanted. Maybe next time. Her hairs somewhat long but we only used half the container, so if you are looking to do peek-a-boo color, this should provide 2 applications. The instructions say to discard leftover after 30 days, and this expected to last 35 washes. Will use it again in a month and see it if covers more evenly then. Make sure you have latex gloves ready for application & dark pillow cases & shirts because the color does bleed/transfer.

I got the Punky Color dye in the shade Violet. The first pic is where i started, second is after bleach to show how light it was, and the rest are after dying it purple in a few different lightings. I chose this dye as it was pretty cheap, with decent reviews, and a cool toned purple. I started this journey wanting lavender hair, which I eventually semi-ditched as I came to realize that not only would it be hard to achieve well but also would not last me very long. Sooo.... I altered what i wanted for a cool-toned purple so it would eventually fade to a lighter purple color (instead of a warm-toned purple that would fade to more of a pink). It stuck really well to my bleached hair. I did dye my non-bleached eyebrows with it (which I was terrified to do as I had heard of this dye staining from other reviews) and it did not hold really at all, which I knew it wouldn't be a lot of color even if it did. I kind of just figured I would use the last bit of dye to see if it would tint my eyebrows enough to tie the look together. That being said, I wouldn't recommend to use this on dark hair. Although I toned my hair, I do think my hair was still a little warm toned (probably because either my hair was too wet when I applied the toner or because my hair wasn't light enough). That being said, despite that, my hair came out a very vivid cool-toned (for the most part) purple. It does look pretty warm-toned in warm lighting. It's been about two weeks now and it hasn't faded at all which I'm pretty happy with. It did kind of stain when rinsing, but it surprisingly did little damage to the tub. I rinsed the dye off by tipping my head over the tub and rinsing under the faucet. So I would say as long as the water is running or you can wipe any outlying spots quickly that I wouldn't worry. However I found that a little bleach easily wiped any bits that did stain off. Head and shoulders also did wonders when taking the dye off my eyebrows. That being said, despite not bleeding for a handful of days directly afterwards, it did start bleeding randomly on day #4 or 5, but stopped again after I washed my hair again. So, I wouldn't worry about that much either- just something look out for. My nails however are still purple lol. I definitely would recommend this dye.

TLDR: Very easy to apply, it smells wonderful (fruity), and the color is as pictured. HOWEVER!!! It stained EVERYTHING! Would not suggest ever using this product indoors unless you're looking for a reason to deep clean. Use leave in conditioner to help reduce transfer (worked for me). I definitely should have listened to the reviews about the staining and taken them seriously. Technically speaking... the color pay off is definitely there hahaha. I had no problems during the application process whatsoever. Its a bit thick, similar consistency to a hairmask. Smells very nice and definitely easy to tell when you missed a spot. One thing that I love about these kinds of dyes is there isn't any rush. I can really take my time and be sure that I'm happy with my coverage. I've used quite a few different dyes, but this brand takes the cake for staining. I understand that there will almost always be color bleeding/transfer but I've never experienced something like this before. Listen, I know that you'll need to let the cold water run over your hair for a while to make sure all the excess dye is gone but it would just NOT run clear!! I spent about 15-20 minutes scrubbing my hair under the faucet watching all the dark blue go down the drain. Once it started to run a nice pale blue I figured "Yeah, good enough!!" and decided to turn the water off. The entire front area of my tub was stained blue (with smeared handprints of my struggle haha) and so were my hands and arms. I thought that was the worst of it till I got a look at myself in the mirror. I was about as blue as a smurf You could see blue staining of where the water ran down my face! I quickly grabbed my makeup wipes and started going to town scrubbing away. I felt like I was just smearing the color around instead of actually getting anything off, so I pulled out the big guns. I grabbed some paper towels and rubbing alcohol and continued scrubbing. Finally starting to see some progress, I relaxed a little. It was very short lived as I began to notice that anywhere my hair touched left bright blue stains. Dejected, I once again shoved my head under the faucet. It was time to subject myself to more staining... I grabbed my shampoo and began to lather it on like there was no tomorrow. I don't usually do this unless the instructions say so but I was desperate at this point. My hands were back to the same dark blue, I was getting frustrated (and sore). I grabbed at my conditioner and slathered that ALL over my head and through my hair. I made sure to leave it on a bit before washing it off. While I let it sit, I tried to wash off my arms and hands with my body wash but it didn't really do much. After I washed out the conditioner I saw a noticeable difference in transfer on my hands. Satisfied, I once again turned the water off and got to work at the rest of my body. I used rubbing alcohol for my ears, neck, arms, and hands. For my face I used makeup wipes and lots of soap. (I have sensitive skin). I bleached the absolute daylights out of my sink and tub and I can't even tell if I got it all off. I'm almost convinced my tub is still slightly blue. I want to once again reiterate that I have NEVER experienced something like this before. I have used red, black, purple, brown and blue dyes from all different brands and have not had this happen. I've even had Manic Panic reds, blues, and blueblacks before yet never experienced this level of staining. I most likely will not be using this brand again. If I do, I don't intend on using it indoors.

This product delivers. Solid beautiful colours, long lasting and makes you feel like a true artist. I need somwone to help me with the photos but the colours are vivid and awesome

I absolutely love this dye. It smells good and doesn’t trigger my asthma and it stays in my hair and doesn’t wash out quickly. I was my hair with sulfate free shampoo and warm water and the color stays vibrant. I do leave the dye processing for two hours.

This was my first time using Punky Colour, and dying my hair such a bright color, so I went into it with a lot of trepidation. Overall, the process from natural hair to bleaching, neutralizing the tone, and finally coloring was more positive than not, and I can see myself doing this again down the road when I want to try another fun color. PROS: * The color is vibrant and true to the photos. I was a tad worried it came out more pink than purple, but it is recognizable as a violet shade, so I'm happy. * It smelled of grape when I applied it, and because my hair is short, I have about half the container left over should I want to revitalize the shade after it starts to lighten. * It left my hair with no discernable damage at all. In fact, my hair felt soft and healthy immediately afterwards. * While I was worried about color bleeding onto my pillow and laid down a towel to be safe, I didn't experience anything transferring to other fabrics except for a bath towel I used during and immediately after the first rinse through. It's with noting that I did rinse my hair with cool AND hot water for a total of 5 times, which is what I suspect kept any extra colot from staining my pillowcase. CONS: My bathtub looked like I'd murdered Grimace in a special episode of Law & Order, and I was worried it was going to leave a permanent stain on the tub and tiles. Thankfully, a combination of The Pink Stuff and Bar Keepers Friend removed everything with a bit of patience and hard scrubbing.

Weird texture but it lasted longer than other brands I’ve tried. I also mixed it with white from another brand and it turned out great.

Excellent colour, smells great but doesn't last beyond a couple washes

If you wanna go crazy and luv ur hair color please try this brand easy to apply and note that it only work on highlighted hair and light color hairs, very quality it doesn’t damage your hair it’s simply a WOW

Used it on a pre bleached hair. Great colour and also works as a very good conditioning treatment. All dry and frizzy hair got treated well, had not expected that.

Was alright, but fades to quickly, and a tad lighter than I’d expect, probably great for people really wanting the cotton candy hair with very blonde hair.