Special Effects - Nuclear Red

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Nuclear red is a semi-permanent hair dye from Special Effects. This colour is a really bright neon red with the slightest orange tones.

Price: £9.50

Availability: Out of Stock

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• More on Special Effects

  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 Nuclear Red

  • skcub_rats
    The color is extremely bright and very beautiful. I applied it over bleached hair that was a pale blonde. After a few washes, however, it began to fade to an orange. If I had washed it every day for as long as I had it, after a week to two weeks I would have ended up with a very pale orange with some streaks of pale blonde. While the color was its brightest I got many compliments from random strangers, a lot of looks, and even a few people hitting on me =/ I only washed my hair once a week so that it wouldn't wash out too quickly (yeah my hair got pretty greasy since I rarely washed it). No one gave me any bad comments. Overall, it was very fun to have nuclear red hair. The only reason why I'm giving it four stars instead of five is because of how quickly it washed out. But if you're willing to re-dye it once a week or once every two weeks then you shouldn't have a problem with it.
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    Spandorexxa
    An excellent dye for natural hair. A really hot hot ornage red. this faded to an equally nice ornage on my hair and didnt stain as badly as a lot of SFX dyes.
  • 
    xbiteme04x
    Gorgeous red, very vibrant.
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    Babyrok
    This red has amazed me. I put it over barely faded Electric Blue, hoping to god it would come out purple and it didn't! It's a little darker on my hair because of the previous color, but my roots are the bright red it should be. I am giving it a 4 only because I've only had it in for a week, so I don't know how it will fade. So far it hasn't faded at all.
  • Manic_Moth
    A bright and beautiful red. I'd say it lasted a good 2-3 months and faded to an orange that kind of lingered in my hair for another couple of months.
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    Aiken
    Good color, nice and solid. Medium fading. Stained a little, but I managed to get most of it out eventually when I wanted to change colors.
  • Glossy
    This was my favorite dye that I've used. It lasts for months with hardly any fading, and even when it does fade, the color doesn't turn gross.

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