What's So Bad About SPLAT?

To Splat or not to Splat? Let's explore...

[jess]

soo im the only one who never had a problem with splat…? splat works so well for me and the bleach works so good for my hair and the color always lasts me a year which i love

[turtleyamazing]

So I started using splat a few months back, before I saw any online controversy over splat. I’m a natural brunette, and I’d only dyed my hair with box dye once or twice before and I’ve never bleached. I’ve been using the double lift, which is supposed to work well on dark hair without bleaching and honestly? Great results. It stays pretty bright for about a month, and then starts to fade from there. I’ve been dying my hair regularly so I haven’t tested how long it takes to get the dye completely out, but the faded red or purple (which is the colors I’ve been using so far) honestly still look good in my hair? Part of that is probably bc I’ve only been dying about half my head, but still.

I also haven’t had a ton of issues with it bleeding or anything. Like it runs the first couple times I shower after dying but the only thing it’s stained is my shower curtain, which was like $7 so I really don’t care lmao.

But yeah idk it doesn’t seem to be damaging my hair, the texture of the dyed part feels the same as the parts I’ve never dyed. I’m happy I don’t have to bleach my hair to get fun colors, and I’m happy that I only have to pay $10 every other month so. It’s ideal for a broke college student.

In conclusion, I was very confused when I realized how many people absolutely hated splat, bc it’s been doing exactly what I want it to. I’m glad not everyone thinks it’s terrible 😅

[Absolutelyallison]

Do I think splat is the best of the best? No. Do I think it’s an excellent way for beginners to get into hair and hair color? Absolutely! It’s cheap, and if you’re careful or have the right hair type for the product, it will come out exactly like Semi-Permanent hair color.

[erikasantos]

a tip for anyone with thick hair like myself! get two to four boxes. i split dyed my hair black and pink. the one box of pink splat was not enough for even half my head. so if you have really long thick hair and plan to dye your whole head of hair, buy at least 3 or four boxes or the color you want. (I have type 3c hair, 27 inches. 18 inches when completely curly)

[LAT]

I HAVE DARK BROWN HAIR AND I'VE USED SPLAT FOR BRUNETTE HAIR FOR SEVERAL YRS, THE NO BLEACH ONE, AND I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT, IT STAYS IN PRETTY LONG, IT COVERS MY GRAY WONDERFULLY & MY HAIR IS STILL HEALTHY AFTER USING IT

[xxx-ieic]

I used this and the bleach to dye my hair for the first time. For whatever reason, my hair loved it. Instead of my hair acting damaged by the bleach, it felt soft and voluminous. It looked better than before. The color looked amazing; I used one of their blue colored kits. The color has lasted for MONTHS, maybe even a year. But it's faded out really nice, and doesn't look ugly imo. For me and my purposes, it worked out really well!

[winterlynn]

Ive heard horrible things about Splat and had mixed results with it, its nothing remarkable but nothing horrible either. Been dyeing my hair all sorts of unnatural colors since I was 11-12 years old (am now 39 so pretty experienced with dyes by this point) I use to use Manic panic, Punky colors and RAW in the 90's, and 00s and started using Splats Pink fetish in 2012, my biggest complaint was that it would look really bold on my bleached hair the first few days but then fade to a paler pink soon after. Plus you really have to use a lot of Splat or risk having blotchy spots. This is annoying because they don't give you that much in the bottle and I sometimes would have to go over one section of hair numerous times before the color would saturate it. So definitely recommend 2 -3 boxes on long or thick hair. Its ok, I'm planning on using the berry blast color, never tried this shade before, and hoping it turns out good! Thank you for the honest review of Splat, i always wondered why so many people seem to hate it

[kateharper]

I am currently using the midnight collection from Splat, midnight jade to be precise. I love it! Not many dyes out there have a green color to use, especially a dark green, and hardly any offer to go over darker hair without bleach. Their midnight collection is fantastic for not wanting to bleach! I will say I have had trouble removing Splat before when I attempted their purple first before green. I absolutely love the green so much though that idk if I'd ever want to go back or change it! The problem will probably arise when they discontinue it (hopefully they won't!). As of now, I've had my hair midnight jade for a year, and even when it grows out I still constantly get compliments and asked where I got the dark green shade from. Everyone who knows dye have been surprised when I say Splat, and then they go "Ugh! Splat?! It's terrible for your hair!!" I just shrug and say my hair always feels great afterwards and I have yet to have it damage anything. I do a touch up every 3-4 months. 😊

[michellecolombo]

My girls have blonde hair. Splat stains their hair forever. It does fade a good amount, but even a year or two later, I still see hints of the reds and purples in their hair.

[amyhartman]

splat midnight amethyst is great for a bottom base layer then apply blue shades on top of it. When the blue starts to fade instead of getting the yellow and green tones you get the purplish blue tones. It looks nice and you get compliments. people will question if you "just colored your hair again" because it will look more purple or more blue depending on the way the light hits it. Been using that color combo for a few years now and when you have darker hair you can just throw on a layer of the midnight amethyst mixed with midnight indigo on the roots with out doing a whole bleaching of roots every time it starts to grow out. I only do the whole bleach processes once a year.

[Jaene]

tbh, I dont care what anyone says about splat. Ive tried soo many brands and absolutely nothing works as well as splat does

[FknNefFy]

FYI I have splat pink fetish in my hair right now and it’s pretty much exactly the color that the purple turned interesting

[FknNefFy]

Thank you I was trying to figure out what volume developer it was

[bluebird]

Wow. Was not expecting it to turn pink.

[savannahb.]

I’ve been trying to get my splat red hair dye out for a few days now, if tried color remover, lightener with 30 developer 3 times! My hair is a magenta/pink. It’s no where NEAR blonde. I’m convinced this is going to stay in my hair till it’s grows out.

[Onlerin]

Gonna go with Splat so I can be purple for a few months and then just bleach it to hot pink when I'm tired of that

[carbonated_salt]

As someone who always has purple hair and isn't worried about it staining my strands I'm glad someone made a video about splat, especially the shade I was considering because ive been using expensive permanent dyes and idk if I need to be using that if I'm staying with the same color all the time


For reference I usually use ion color brights radiant orchid usually but imo it's not blue enough after a wash or two but I can't renew my color every week so splat might be a better option (after seeing the results honestly im considering buying it, i have short hair and for the price, it lasts a long time) some options like splat really do work for some people and i think thats why its still on the market

[noxlumen]

A tale of 2 results: My sister has nordic hair that holds even a 'wash out in 1 shampoo' color for EVER, while I, thanks to a native American ansestor....got Asian hair. So we both bleached and did 1 hour with heat on the splat blue. HER color held so well we needed a color lifter to make her 'work appropriate after 1 week. Mine washed out in a week. We BOTH ruined a lot of towels from the secondary transfer till the dye came out. In order to ACTUALLY get my hair to midnight blue...I reverse enginiered and indigo dye for wool/silk and added a protine treatment. Gentian violet+vinagar+gelatin cooked in for an hour (or 2) with a hairdryer gave me far more stable color with far less transfer on washes. If you want punk colors...maybe don't knock fabric dye techniques till you try them since NO salon has EVER given me that kind of stability in a blue due to the fact I LOOK eastern European....so they dye my hair like I got my sister's nordic locks.

[meowscutie]

I've seen so many videos where people say it fades really easy but I haven't experienced that. I've used professional permanent dyes that faded much faster, in fact the first time I used splat my hair stayed that color with almost the same depth for like 3 years I literally had to cut it off because it just stopped fading/bleeding

[rokusho]

Hey so gonna give my honest take on splat too since I’ve recently been using it.
Tldr: you get what you pay for and if you know what you are doing it’s not the worst but it’s not comparable to a pro. And for short hair cost of screwing up isn’t as bad for long or medium hair.otherwise be prepared to live with it.

A guy here with shorter hair. So penalty of messing up or needing to recolor is at worst 6 months using midnight indigo and midnight jade. Bleach free kits.(Brown hair.)

Pros: lasts freaking forever.
Isn’t terribly expensive
Strong color (not box accurate but could say the same of others.)
Half a bottle was more then enough.
Can handle a lot washes. (They say 30+ and I’m gonna side with them on that after 2 months with both colors.)

Cons: it lasts forever.
It stains everything. (Nothing short of bleach cleaner gets this stuff off I swear.)
Despite midnight line being marketed for brunettes models on box are photo enhanced blondes. But there are swatches on side that show either light brown or medium brown hair. Each color has a different range limit. However natural bleaching (apple cider vinegar) is enough to get it in effect range unless you have dark brown or black hair.
Long development time of an hour and 15 minutes.

Personal experience: first time with indigo didn’t lighten and dye bled a lot because I was paranoid about washing out the color and didn’t know make up wipes could get what got on my skin off. But also discovered my “sulfate free shampoo” was not in fact sulfate free. Color only noticeable in sunlight. Cool raven feather color effect but not what was advertised.

Second round with indigo with new aragan oil based shampoo and bleeding wasn’t nearly as bad but I still was pretty timid about lathering again fearing bleeding. Color remained same as first.

Third time new hair with jade,
Lightened hair with cider vinegar for an hour, used brushes and during washing lathered the crap out of it. Virtually no bleeding aside from a few missed spots on my scalp behind head. (Virtually unnoticeable.)
Color is still not as advertised but it’s actually noticeable and a nice deep forest/British racing green.

Happy with my third round and for fourth mite take 2 hours to lighten my hair to get the ACTUAL box color. It’s not the best or professional grade but “you get what you pay for.” I think is as fair a statement for this brand as you can get. Hell at least their “for brunettes” line actually sticks unlike my attempt with got2bs.