Special Effects - Blue Velvet

This deep blue hair colour from Special Effects starts out almost black and gets visibly brighter with each wash. Blue Velvet is a rich and faceted dark blue hair dye, which while semi-permanent, can last for several months on bleached hair!

Price: £9.50

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Special Effects is one of the longer lasting brands, with almost 30 shades there are plenty of colours to choose from.
Each bottle contains 118ml of cream hair colourant. Not tested on animals.

Longevity of hair colour varies from shade to shade with pale colours lasting around 4 weeks on light blonde bleached hair and deeper colours like Blue Velvet, Deep Purple and Atomic Pink lasting several months for some!
Usage Instructions & Tips +/-

For best results, particularly with lighter shades, apply to hair that has been pre-lightened to pale blond. Apply to freshly washed (not conditioned), dry or damp hair. Apply using latex gloves. We recommend using a tinting brush to ensure even coverage. Work the dye into the hair for a few minutes and leave for at least 15 minutes (you may leave this dye on for longer as long as you cover your hair with plastic wrap or a shower cap to prevent it drying out). Rinse with warm water until the water runs clear.

For longer lasting colour, use a shampoo and conditioner for coloured hair.
Ingredients & Precautions +/-

Ingredients

H20 to one hundred, Cetearyl alcohol, Ceteareth-20, Benzyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Citric Acid, Mixes of dyes, Diazolidinly Urea, Methlparaben, propylparaben.

Precautions

Although these dyes do not contain the harsh chemicals of other dyes such as ammonia and peroxide, there is still a small chance that they could cause an allergic reaction. For this reason it is imperative that you do a strand and sensitivity test before using them. An ingredients list is available above and can also be found on the product’s packaging (ingredients list can sometimes be found under our sticker). NEVER use any of these products on eyelashes or eyebrows.

As you would expect from a dye these colours can stain textiles, ceramic, wood and other surfaces as well as temporarily stain skin and nails so be careful to cover surfaces and wear gloves when applying the colour. Once used these products may also rub off your hair and skin and onto clothing and bedding. Although this usually disappears after washing it’s worth bearing this in mind. Staining to bathtubs, basins and showers can easily be cleaned using a bleach based cleaning product.

Do not mix with peroxide.

Colours may cause permanent staining to bleached or chemically treated hair. Tip: You can avoid staining on your skin by applying a layer of vaseline anywhere on your skin where dye may come in contact.
Reviews of Blue Velvet
- Missihavenolife
  
  This was a really pretty shade of deep blue that does in fact fade to indigo. Depending on who you ask and what lighting you are in, people will tell you that it is either blue or purple. My only problem with this color was that it lost its obvious blue after about a week and then looked indigo, which was still a very pretty shade, but I did dye my hair BLUE! I still recommend it, though.
- xCrazyColorKidx
  
  A very nice shade of dark blue that fades to an indigo sometimes, but is still very pretty. after a few washes seems more purple than blue. Lasted around a month until fading made it silvery lavender.
- calyx
  
  Look, it lasts a while on my hair and fades pretty evenly, which is the main criterion I'd use for judging whether a dye's decent. However, I was looking for a pure blue, and got sold this stuff. It's really quite purple. Maybe when it's first applied it's too dark to differentiate but when it fades the underlying base becomes apparent. The purple base gives the blue a really quite fascinating bright synthetic neon glow, which is probably just what some people are seeking in a blue, I was looking for more of a deep summer sky blue. I prefer my blues to fade to pastel blue with a turquoise green hint, not silver/grayish as purple blues tend to. But some vastly prefer the latter, so be forewarned and this blue might be right up your alley.
- gorgeousgreen
  
  This is a really nice dark Indigo color that has staying power. In florescent light it looks more purple, but in natural sun light it is a bright and beautiful blue. If you are looking for a lighter, truer blue try special effects electric blue or a mix of the two which is what I did.
- pierat
  
  A dark blue colour which works well on brassy blonde and turns dark brown a blue-black colour. It has not faded yet and I've had it nearly two weeks. Not bad, but this is not really a crazy colour in my opinion as it is too dark! However if you want a blue without bleaching your hair to a crisp pick this one :)
- pierat
  
  I used this again on lighter hair and it looks lighter, quite a deep blue but still nice.
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