Manic Panic Flash Lightning Hair Bleach Kit

I bleach and color my hair regularly, at least every few months. I have not had my natural hair color more than a few weeks at a time for the past 10 years at least. So I have used a lot of hair colors and bleaches and hair color removers. This is my favorite bleach by far. I cannot believe how quickly it worked. For reference, I was bleaching a light purple color out of my medium blonde/light brown ash toned hair. I also had roots that had grown out so I needed to bleach out both the old permanent color and my roots. My hair is about chin length with an undercut, but very very thick. One box of this bleached all of my hair in about 20 minutes. It took it to a light golden blonde, but probably would have been white if I had given it a a few more minutes. I started with my lengths and planned to let that sit for a bit then do my roots, but I could see the lightening in my lengths within minutes so I went ahead and applied to everything and was ready to rinse in about 20 minutes all told. I shampooed 3 times and conditioned with a hair mask afterward and my hair wasn't overly brassy or straw-like in texture. If you have long hair or very thick hair, you will likely need two boxes of this. The directions were super easy (just mix everything together basically) and it actually came with a decent pair of gloves (not the paper thin ones that I usually get and are practically useless). The smell with this was not as bad as some bleaches I have used either. I really have no complaints, for the price this is hands down the best bleach I have ever used. Simple, quick, and effective. Bonus, the color that came out was nice enough and even enough that I have been able to wait a few days in between bleaching and re-coloring (basically, it is presentable in public so I didn't have to go right back to the bathroom to color as soon as I washed this out). Especially if you have medium color hair and want to get some vibrant colors in, highly recommend this to get you started.

One of my favorite bleaches. I’ve used this on myself and all four of my kids and we are all brunettes. One try it lightens, two applications and it’s bleach blonde. We do it all in one day.

Black with short dark hair. Worked perfectly, lightest my hair has ever been. Wasn’t expecting much but made it very convenient to self bleach my hair without much hassle. Probably gonna stick with this.

Yes bleached great. Lifted higher than expected.

It works great

No matter what color you start with, count on Manic Panic to do what you wanted it to. Love the packaging: Makes it easy to mix up only a little at a time (was only lightening a section of hair) so it is s a Great buy for the cost.

EDIT 3/3/14: Because I'm a noob at hair dye, I reviewed this product a while ago, wrongly assuming I was reviewing the 30 volume Manic Panic bleach kit. I have since ACTUALLY used the 40 volume one, which I will now write a review of here. The review that follows is the correct review for this product, and the review below the break is actually meant for the 30 volume. So last year when I used the 30 volume kit, I dyed my ends into a gradient. I started with mostly thick, straight, medium-dark brown hair. I left different parts of my hair in the bleach for 20, 40, and 60 minutes. The parts that were in bleach for 20 minutes turned a light brown and the parts that were covered for the longest turned a nice medium-light blonde color. This was perfect for then adding some Manic Panic dye and being left with a cool colorful ombre/dip dye look. This year, I went for something similar, but covered more of my hair. Here's what the 40 volume kit did that the 30 volume did not: - It burned. The moment I got it on my neck or face or arm (despite wearing gloves and attempting to be very careful) it burned and I had to call someone in to help me wipe it off. - It damaged my hair. When I dyed my hair last year there was almost no harmful effect, but this year after washing the bleach out my hair was very stiff and straw-like. And I almost never use heat on my hair and use very few products. A few conditions later and it's looking mostly normal, but I wasn't happy about this because... - It didn't lighten nearly as much as the 30 volume kit did. The ends of my hair ended up covered in bleach for 75 minutes (they say for dark brown hair you can go up to 90) and the parts that were covered for the shortest amount of time had it in for about 30 minutes. My hair now goes from my natural dark brown, to a medium brown, to a lighter brown, to a dark brassy blonde color. I'm not extremely happy about how light it got, but because of the way it damaged my hair, I'm scared to re-lighten anytime soon. I know some of this can be attributed to the fact that it is a 40 volume kit and therefore I should have expected the harsh results. But I wasn't pleased with the burning and the damage... when it didn't even lighten my hair all that much! I should've done better research and done 1 or 2 lightening steps with a 20 or 30 volume instead of jumping right in with the 40 volume. Some redeeming points: the shade my hair is makes for a nice ombre to walk around in. It's definitely more subtle than if I had bleached my ends super light. So that's nice, at least. But not great for what my purpose was, which was to later add colored dyes. ----- I decided on a whim to do a self-done dip-dye/ombre color on my hair, and everyone recommended I use Manic Panic. I used this bleach kit on my hair, and not only did it come out the way I wanted it to, but it was pretty easy to use. The kit comes with everything you'll need -- a little tub for mixing and applying, a brush, thin plastic gloves, and the product itself. The gloves felt pretty cheap and after my third or fourth layer of bleach (since I was doing ombre) they started to break, but they held up pretty well until then. I'll echo what others have said in that if you're planning to dye your entire head of hair, and you have a lot of hair, you might want to get two of these bleach kits. I ran out sooner than I thought I would. In the end, the parts of my hair that were covered in the bleach for a total of about an hour turned a yellow blonde color (my original color is a dark brown) and the parts that were covered in the bleach for about 20 minutes turned a light brown. It made for a really great gradient. Overall, I would definitely recommend this product, and will definitely use it again if I ever plan on bleaching my hair again :)

One of the best, and strongest hair bleaches I've used. Has a mixing cup, gloves and an application brush. Shipping was on time. I'm glad they had them in stock.

He de decir que el mejor decolorante que he usado. Te deja el tono muy muy claro y así es muy fácil que luego te coja el tinte. Mi pelo natural es negro muy oscuro. Adjunto foto ddl tinte que usé después (de la misma marca que la deco, buenísima gama).

No me gustó, venía con el producto derramado, y yo no tenía guantes de protección (como iba a saberlo) y ahora tengo mi mano irritada

Llevo el pelo de 2 colores y necesitaba decolorar para poner el color en la raíz, en menos de 5 min ya estaba rubia platina cosa que con otros tengo que esperar muchísimo. No me daña el cabello y lo deja súper suave

Excelente aclarante para el cabello sin dejarlo maltratado. Me decidí por esta marca porque vi las reseñas que decían que aclara sin dejar ese tono como anaranjado que dejan otros aclarantes. Mi cabello es castaño muy oscuro y pues... Las reseñas son ciertas! Deja un tono muy bonito (como castaño claro con reflejos dorados). Claro que la intensidad del aclarado depende del tiempo que lo dejes puesto, yo solo quería uno o dos tonos más claro que mi color natural y me encantó. Además rinde bastante y a un precio excelente 👌Lo súper recomiendo!! 💜

Wish I could give a 10. The best lighting kit. I see why they call it flash lightning, dyed so fast!! Don't want to keep it on for too long. Works instantly. Amazing product! Just keep it off skin, burns a bit, but goes away.