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We’ve got answers! Whether you’re a hair dye virgin or a total dye hard, we’ve got all the pointers you need to get the Instagram-ready color of your dreams.
Because we’re the OGs in colorful vegan and cruelty-free hair color. But if that’s not reason enough, our hair colors are free of harsh chemicals and fortified to condition your hair while you color. With each Manic Panic® color, you can get the DIY look without the damage. That’s color without compromise!
Before coloring your hair, you should perform a patch or strand test with your hair color or bleach to make sure you don’t have any allergic reactions. You can also see if you like the color before coloring your hair all over!
Yes and no. Some of our colors (especially neons, UVs, and pastels) work best on a pre-lightened base. If you want our signature intense color, we recommend lightening your hair to at least a level 7+ blonde. But we also have colors that give gorgeous colorful tints to dark hair. Each product on our website comes with hair swatches so you can see before and after results on light and dark hair.
Your base color is SUPER important since it affects the appearance of tones. If you apply blue pigment on top of a yellow-toned blonde, the results can veer toward a more teal or green hue. The whiter the hair, the truer the color tone. Before you color your hair blue, watch a tutorial by Mykey O’Halloran on how to avoid green tints!
Our semi-permanent formula lasts for about 4-6 weeks. But stronger formulas (like our Amplified collection) last longer because they contain 30% more pigment.
If you want to fight the fade for longer, we have color-safe shampoos and conditioners made specifically to maintain our hair colors. Use cool water when shampooing and try to wash hair only once a week (the more you wash, the faster the color fades). We also have dry shampoo to keep your color fresh on days when you skip a wash.
November 10, 2025"From the very beginning, [Cyndi Lauper] owned every ounce of who she was: the Manic Panic-ed hair, all of those rad fingerless gloves, and those unbelievably layered, dynamic and one-of-a-kind vocals." - Chappell RoanPage Six, Chappell Roan pays tribute to Cyndi Lauper in crystals and shredded newspapers at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
November 9, 2025"Cyndi embodies every quality of an artist that I admire. She’s a born performer and a revolutionary songwriter, a forever fashion icon, and a fierce advocate and ally. And from the very beginning, she owned every ounce of who she was—the Manic Panic-ed hair, all of those rad fingerless gloves, and those unbelievably layered, dynamic, and one-of-a-kind vocals.” - Chappell RoanVogue, Chappell Roan’s Cyndi Lauper Tribute Look Is for True Fans Only
November 8, 2025If you ever marveled at the otherworldly hair color of Cyndi Lauper or Dennis Rodman, then you know the work of Tish and Snooky Bellomo, the founders of the punk rock-inspired beauty brand Manic Panic.New York Times, How the Sisters Behind Manic Panic Spend a Day Rocking Out
November 7, 2025At first glance, it may seem like Brown's hair is just darker than the last time we saw her. But when the light hits it just right, it becomes apparent that it's undergone a vibrant makeover. Her hair is definitely a '90s Manic Panic cranberry red.Allure, By the Way, Millie Bobby Brown Is a Redhead Now
October, 14, 2025You snap a selfie, making sure that your pink Manic Panic-coated ends get in the shot. This would look so good on your Instagram—once you add the Valencia filter, of course.Vogue, Kylie Jenner and Hailey Bieber Relive the 2010s With Teal Hair and Green Tea Boba
September 25, 2025[T]he film wasn’t embraced only by those in big cities with immediate access to queer safe spaces. It reached into communities far and wide, becoming a lifeline for visibility to those all across the country. Counterculture suburban teens—cross-dressers, queer youth, and their Goth and punk companions—too young to set foot in bars invented their own nightlife through Rocky Horror. They slipped out of their parents’ houses under cover of darkness, went to the nearest big city, transformed themselves in public restrooms, and reemerged as their glittering alter egos, wrapped in gender-queer Lycra and latex, crowned with synthetic wigs, their hair streaked with vibrant Manic Panic dyes.Harpers Bazaar, Fifty Years On, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Remains a Beacon of Freedom and Fantasy
September 9, 2025Manic Panic Dream Girl A surefire way to stand out in a sea of very stylish fashion show attendees? Dyeing your hair a vibrant neon hue. While cotton candy pink strands have become a street style staple over the past few years, expect to spot various other colors of the rainbow (like tangerine, seen above) while perusing through street style highlights this month.The Zoe Report, Expect To See These 5 Beauty Trends Everywhere During Fashion Week
August 17, 2025Based on our crystal beauty ball (AKA the fact that we see rosy-hued hair on a new celebrity head everyday) and the changing seasons, we're pretty sure Manic Panic's about to be sold out everywhere. yahoo!life, Stars Tempting Us to Dye Our Hair Pink
May 1, 2025Best Semi-Permanent:Manic Panic Semi-Permanent Hair Color CreamInStyle, The 6 Best Ammonia-Free Hair Dyes for Shinier Color Without the Sting
March 11, 2025My texture remained unchanged no matter how I dyed it (Manic Panic red a la Angela Chase in my teens, chunky blonde highlights in my twenties, single process auburn in my late thirties when constantly appearing greys made it feel like a necessity) or how many heat tools I wielded.Oprah Daily, My Hair Had a Midlife Crisis—and Came Back Wildly Wavy
May 24, 2024 [T]he Uncut Gems star said, “Girl, this is what I’ve been using,” holding up a jar of Manic Panic Semi-Permanent Hair Color Cream in Red Passion, which she said she buys “in bulk” for $14.New Beauty,Julia Fox Shares the $14 Shade Behind Her DIY Cherry Red Hair
February 5, 2024[I]f you, too, want to achieve this very look as sported by thee Megan Fox, you may want to stock up on a few bottles of Manic Panic's Manic Panic's Cotton Candy Pink Amplified Hair Colour Dye before they all sell out!Cosmopolitan, Megan Fox debuts frosted pink locks with a new shag haircut
March 13, 2023Julia Fox shared that she uses the Manic Panic Semi-Permanent Hair Colour Cream in Red Passion. ’90s kids might remember Manic Panic (the nostalgia!). The temporary tints come in shades like pink, blue, burgundy and orange, single-handedly carrying the millennial population through Coachella and the enduring obsession with bright ombré tips.Grazia, this $30 At-Home Hair Dye is How Julia Fox Achieves Her Faded Cherry Hue
November 3, 2022In 1977, sisters Tish and Snooky Bellomo opened America’s first punk store on none other than St. Marks Place, laying the groundwork for Manic Panic, their expressive hair dye company. The imprint, which now boasts 45 years of business and a roster of high-profile clients, played a key role in the come-up of Manhattan’s punk scene with signature, avant-garde hair modifications.Hypebeast, The Hundreds Champions '80s Punk New York With New Manic Panic Collaboration
October 22, 2022As far as celebrity brands go, Paramore’s Hayley Williams’ colorful endeavor makes perfect sense. The 33-year-old singer has always sported iconic Manic Panic locks that inspired and defined a genre as well as countless fans.New Beauty, Paramore’s Hayley Williams on Her Iconic Hair, Inspiring Gen Z and Her Forward-Thinking Brand
October 17, 2022“God bless Manic Panic!” - Hayley WilliamsVogue, Paramore’s Hayley Williams Breaks Down Her Hair Evolution With Longtime Stylist Brian O’Connor
August 15, 2022[T]his dye from Manic Panic, the main name in neon hair color, can make your hair as bright as street signageNylon, 15 Brightest Dyes for the Neon Hair of Your Dreams
August 8, 2022This was a unique moment in the city’s musical history that changed the lives of many of the artists and audience members who were there, though their stories have gone largely untold. Imagine an upbeat “Lord of the Flies,” styled by Manic Panic and Trash & VaudevilleNew York Times, In the Late ’70s, Teen Punks Ruled New York. These Are Their Stories.
September 2, 2021From Rodrigo’s waist-skimming waves to braided space buns, her head-to-toe visual odes to the ’90s and Y2K are never complete without Hawkins’s signature touch of Manic Panic streaks and face-framing braids.Vogue, Meet Clayton Hawkins, the Hairstylist Behind All of Olivia Rodrigo’s Nostalgia-Stoking ’90s and Y2K Looks
July 16, 2021At 15, I liked to think I was punk — I had dyed my hair magenta with Manic Panic and worn Dickies with a studded belt and low-top turquoise Converse that had AFI lyrics scrawled on them. Though, actually, it wasn’t so much that I was punk and more that I had a crush on a hot-pink-haired girl in my English class who gave me a Bikini Kill CD that felt like it had changed the trajectory of my life.The Cut, Willow Smith Is Manic Panic Perfection
October, 8, 2020[Gwen Stefani] reached for the Manic Panic. “I didn’t have any budgets. I didn’t have a stylist … I wanted my hair like cotton candy light hair. I had this vision of what I wanted and I ended up with fuchsia pink hair for like a year"Page Six, Gwen Stefani goes back to her ‘90s pink hair
June 9, 2020For a neon pink that's sure to shock people — in the best way possible — Manic Panic Classic High Voltage in Cotton Candy Pink goes above and beyond. In fact, it even glows under black light and lasts up to four to six weeks.Allure, The Best Pink Hair Dyes and Tints to Try at Home
May 13, 2020If you’ve been noticing a lot of freshly dyed pink and purple heads on your Instagram feed and want to join, it turns out the best at-home hair dye for the job hasn’t changed much since you were in high school. “Manic Panic is, of course, a classic choice,” says Yong.New York Magazine, How to Dye Hair at Home, According to Colorists and Home-Dye Enthusiasts
January 9, 2020Manic Panic Creamtone Perfect Pastel Hair Color in Blue Angel“I’ve been dyeing my hair since I was probably nine, when I used food coloring to make it green for St. Patrick’s Day. I switched to Manic Panic a while ago. They have a ton of great colors and I can mix and match the color depending on my mood.” - Cyndi LauperPage Six, Cyndi Lauper says this under-$10 hair dye brings out her ‘true colors’
November 26, 2019The sisters' journey to success inlcuded selling creative hair color in every shade of the rainbow - bringing the products in suitcases from the UK. When things soured with the company they distributed for they started making their own color - 100 percent vegan and cruelty-free. They now have 50 colors plus a line of cosmetics sold around the world.NY1, Manic Panic Punk Rock Hair Dye Color History
November 8, 2019At the 1999 opening of the Christian Dior Boutique in New York, the now-iconic blonde rocked hot-pink hair, courtesy of Manic Panic dye. Proving all it takes to lift full-look black is the right pop of colour.British Vogue, 9 Times Gwen Stefani’s Style Embodied The ’90s (And The Noughties)
October 18, 2019Despite her new-found fame, Stefani told Vogue that she had full creative control of her look — and admits she used Manic Panic box hair dye to achieve the bold color.People, Gwen Stefani on Her '90s Pink Hair and Braces Phase
July 8, 2019Eilish’s green mane makes me crave colorful hair again even though I’m working to rehab it back from bleach damage. If you do too and your hair is even a little light, you can get a similar look with more temporary options. I love Manic Panic Amplified Semi-Permanent Hair Color in Electric LizardStylecaster, Billie Eilish Looks Totally Different With Neon Hair
July 4, 2019All you need is bleach, a jar of Manic Panic, and a bathroom sink to embrace summer’s coolest grooming move.GQ, How to Dye Your Hair Blond (or Pink or Blue or Green…)
May 28, 2019If slime green isn't your thing (it isn't for the faint of heart), you can mix it into darker hues or opt for a few different colors from Manic Panic (like the perfect cotton candy pink) and get the same glowing effect. TBH, I'm probably going to aim to try out every single shade once I'm done with my reign as slime queen.Nylon, This Hair Dye Literally Has Me Glowing Up in the Club
April 15, 2019The rapper performed at Coachella this weekend and was spotted with her husband Offset wearing hip-length blue and purple hair arranged into bows on top of her head. Her hairstylist, Tokyostylez, revealed on Instagram that he used Manic Panic dye in Shocking Blue, Voodoo Blue, Ultra Violet, and Hot Pink on Cardi's wig to give it the colorful gradient effect.PopSugar, Cardi B Must Have Telephoned Lady Gaga For This Beauty Look, and We Like It
October 24, 2018Once word got around to designer Jeremy Scott, Soo Joo Park's Manic Panic makeover was as good as done.Vogue, This Platinum Blonde Model Just Went Atomic Orange at the Moschino x H&M Show
April 10, 2018All praise the Queen of Rap and MANIC PANIC.......Cardi B’s stylist, Tokyo Stylez, created the look by dyeing a similarly short wig from Exotic Hair with Manic Panic’s Green Envy High Voltage Classic Cream Hair Color. A rep for the brand says that they and Stylez corresponded directly when it came to the color. If you want to make your own "money moves" with the emerald hue, you can pick up your own jar for $14 — a small price to pay for such a bold color.If you're more into her Invasion of Privacy cover hue, Manic Panic has shades like Electric Banana and Sunshine that can help you achieve that particular look.Allure, Cardi B's Hairstylist Broke Out Manic Panic for the Star's SNL Appearance
March 12, 2018I read an article (that I now cannot find) about how Harley Viera Newton would add pink Manic Panic hair dye into her conditioner to get a slightly rosy, very natural-looking tint and it was the answer to my prayers.Elite Daily, Lucy Hale Just Made A Shocking Hair Change For $12 & I'm Obsessed With The Results
March 9, 2018My tip to getting this super light pink for all you blondes is to add a tiny amount of manic panic pink to your conditioner. This will create a SUPER LIGHT PINKPeople, The Secret to Kim Kardashian's Baby Pink Hair Color Will Cost You Less Than $10
January, 19, 2018“Like, someone asked me the other day why am I an actor, and the answer was because Manic Panic had its way with my brain, probably,” - Jake GyllenhaalPeople, Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers when 'My Sister Dyed My Hair with Manic Panic ... It Just Stays Forever'
August, 15, 2017The "anti-aging" and "aging gracefully" messaging we're constantly bombarded with is demeaning, insulting, sexist, and ageist. It's natural to age, and the beauty industry needs to stop making women feel ashamed of being older. We’ve earned every wrinkle — our wrinkles are a road map of our lives, and our laugh lines are proof of how much fun we're having. Happiness is the ultimate beauty treatment. - Tish and Snooky BellomoAllure, Grown Woman: Why We're Proud to Be Badass Boomers Who Are Aging "Disgracefully"
April, 17, 2017For Coachella, Stylez told Teen Vogue that he took a blonde wig and dyed it using a mixture of Manic Panic hair dye in "Electric Lizard" and "Electric Banana." The result, which Stylez shared on his Instagram, is crazy bright and pretty damn beautiful.Refinery 29, Here's How Kylie Jenner Made Neon Hair Happen
March 22, 2017Manic Panic is so synonymous with wild hair color that the company name has turned into a verb: to Manic Panic is to dye someone's hair Wildfire Red or Atomic TurquoseThe Cut, Why Manic Panic is Still Cool
March 17, 2017Although Kylie's version of the look was a wig, care of her longtime wig guru Tokyo Stylez, the color is surprisingly easy to replicate at home on your real hair. Tokyo revealed that he combined two $10 jars of Manic Panic hair dye in "Electric Lizard" and "Electric Banana" to achieve the perfect shade of highlighter yellow.Teen Vogue, Kylie Jenner Uses Manic Panic Hair Dye to Get Neon Coachella Hair
May 9, 2016It’s no secret that Grimes (née Claire Boucher) has a weakness for Manic Panic.Vogue, Why Grimes’s New “California” Music Video Is a Bold Study in Two-Tone Hair Color
December 15, 2016Fearless doses of bleach or sea-blue adventures in Manic Panic notwithstanding, Halsey's sunny smattering of freckles and angelic features...Vogue, Why Manic Panic Feels Punk All Over Again: Halsey Reimagines Her Buzz Cut
November 20, 2015It's a 180 from the side-swept Hollywood curls and ladylike color palettes that the Dior muse has been favoring of late—one that can be executed with temporary extensions or a quick fix Manic Panic dye job. Now that we’re approaching the darkest stretch of the year, the look felt like confirmation that there’s no better time to go bright.Vogue, Did Rihanna Dye Her Hair Blue? Why Now is the Time to Go Bright
October 2, 2015Jared Leto made another show-stealing hair statement at the house’s after-show fete in Paris last night. This time around, the Thirty Seconds to Mars front man rolled in with a freshly Manic Panic-ed chop that revealed an inch of dark roots.Vogue, Is a Manic Panic-ed Crop the New Man Bun? Jared Leto's Bold Look at the Balmain Party
September 25, 2015Manic Panic has been the go-to hair color for the fearless for decadesBustle, Manic Panic's New Line Is '80's Gold
June 16, 2015I just went into Ricky’s and bought this Manic Panic—which is just semi-permanent. It’s called Bad Boy Blue.Into The Gloss, Soo Joo Goes Blue
January 14, 2014The Inspiration - Manic Panic" Right now, I am incredibly inspired by the force that is Manic Panic. I love their history, what they mean to so many generations of teenagers and punks, or anyone just looking for a new way to express themselves. My goal for 2014 is to get the hair color line I've always dreamed of creating. I came up with the name years ago and finally made the decision to start working on it last summer. There's so much to do but Tish and Snooky and Manic Panic keep me believing in the hair-dye dream. " - Hayley WilliamsNylon, Hayley Williams The Checklist