Category: Discontinued Products

  • Special Effects Alternative Brands

    Special Effects Alternative Brands

    Special Effects Alternative Brands.
    SFX closed in 2019 and very quickly all the remaining dyes sold out.  Any dyes you find now will be at least 4 years old so mix well and try a strand test if you buy one of these.

    We still get almost weekly about hair dyes that are as vibrant and last as long as Special Effects!  Sadly there are none that truly compare to this wonderful and well-loved brand. Many people are importing brands from the USA such as Arctic Fox & Lunar Tides, Beeunique cannot stock these as the ingredients do not comply with EU rules.  This means the dyes should not be for sale or imported into the UK or Europe.

    Peronally, from the brands we do sell I have found that Adore Hair Dyes have the closest colour range to Special colours.  They don’t last near as long but are a fair bit cheaper to buy so would be worth trying.  I have also found that Adore Hair Dyes are very easy to wipe off the skin with a face wipe unlike SFX that stained your skin for several days usually.

    The colour from Special Effects that we are most asked about is the amazing Atomic Pink Hair Dye – this was UV reactive neon pink and lasted for months!  The longest lasting semi-permanent brand that is allowed in the UK & EU is Manic Panic and their Hot Hot Pink is a very close match to Atomic Pink colour-wise. From customer feeedback & reviews there are a few Headshot & hermans colours that are also close to this bright pink shade.

    Special Effects Alternative Brands for Atomic Pink – All Pink Swatches that we sell.

    SIMILAR COLOURS TO SPECIAL EFFECTS ATOMIC PINK:
    Adore Neon Pink Hair Dye
    Adore Neon PInk
    Crazy Color Pinkissimo Hair Dye
    Crazy Color Pinkissimo
    Directions Flamingo Pink Hair Dye
    Directions Flamingo Pink
    Headshot Pink Elephant Hair Dye
    Headshot Pink Elephant
    Manic Panic Hot Hot Pink Hair Dye
    Manic Panic Hot Hot Pink
    Stargazer Shocking Pink Hair Dye
    Stargazer Shocking Pink
    OTHER USEFUL LINKS:
  • Special Effects are Closing

    Special Effects are Closing

    THIS IS AN OLD POST FROM 2019 – SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE STILL CLOSED!
    Our latest post with possible alternative brands/colours can be seen here: Special Effects Alternatives

    Yes, sadly the rumours are true, Special Effects are closing!
    We found this out late last week but wanted to know more before posting and causing a hair dye stampede.

    Why Special Effects are closing:

    Special Effects want to make it clear that they are chosing to close at this time and it ‘may’ not be forever.  They moved premises a couple of years ago and this caused a huge backlog in dye production which they were still playing catchup with.  Their new premises are now being sold which means another move and they simply cannot deal with yet another move and keep up with making their hair dye so decided to close while they decide what to do in the future.  I would like to stress that if they do decide to open up again then it will be at least a year or more as they would need to find new premises, set it up and then stock-up on colours.  They have us on their contact list and have assured me they will call when or if they know anymore, but for the time being they are definitely closed.

    What Colours are still available?

    Another reason for our delay in posting this was to find out what colours they can still ship and we are pleased to say we have an order for over £20,000 placed with them.  This new order should arrive within 2-3 weeks and will include the following colours: Blood Red, Blue Haired Freak, Blue Mayhem, Burgundy Wine, Candy Apple Red, Cherry Bomb, Cupcake Pink, Deep Purple, Devilish, Fish Bowl, Hi-Octange Orange, Hot Lava, Iguana Green, Joyride, Nuclear Red, Purple Smoke, Sonic Green, Wildflower & Toner.

    They have none of their other colours in stock and wont be making them again before they close.

  • Manic Panic Discontinued Colours

    Manic Panic Discontinued Colours

    Manic Panic have discontinued a few more of their colours, below is a list of the shades they are no longer making: Amethyst Ashes / Electric Lava / Inferno Red / Red Passion Hot Pink

    We are out of stock of all of these colours apart from Red Passion (now out of stock).  If this is a favourite of yours, grab it while you can as these are no longer in stock with the manufacturer.

    On our Manic Panic post at the end of last year we also noted the following Manic Panic discontinued colours:
    Voodoo Blue / Green Envy / New Rose / Fleur Du Mal

    There are still 46 shades in the Manic Panic range and you can see them here Manic Panic Hair Dye

  • Adore Discontinued Colours

    Adore Discontinued Colours

    Adore have discontinued a few of their colours over the past 6 months or so.  Below is a list of the shades they are no longer making:
    Hot Pink / Rich Fuschia / Dark Chocolate / Medium Brown / Pink Fire

    There are still 56 shades in the Adore range and you can see them here Adore Hair Dye

     

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