Arctic fox purple rain on black hair

Who is she?

Purple Rain is a deep, vibrant purple. While it’s relatively dark as one of our most highly pigmented colors, it will still turn out a very vivid, intense purple on a lightened base. A level 7 or so will be best if you want the brightest purple, but on a darker base, Purple Rain will still give you a visible darker purple tint, especially in the sunlight! In fact, Purple Rain is one of our best options for tinting unbleached hair, often giving a dark purple hue to a dark blonde or light brown base, and even tinting medium or dark brown hair with more of a deep eggplant or burgundy hue. While Purple Rain goes on a gorgeous grapey purple on a lightened base, our purples are formulated to fade in more of a pink range over time (and then eventually silver on platinum hair).

Tips and Mixes:

Purple is a very versatile color simply because it’s a combination of warm and cool tones, made with red and blue, so of course Purple Rain is one of the most versatile AF shades too! Just about any color or mix can include Purple Rain for added depth. So if you’re a custom color addict like us, Purple Rain is a must-have! So many of our very favorite mixes feature Purple Rain.

For a deep cobalt hue, use a half-and-half ratio of Purple Rain and Poseidon, or for a more pigmented shade use Aquamarine instead of Poseidon! Get the mix here!

You can get a deep burgundy by mixing Purple Rain with some Wrath or Poison, or if our existing burgundy, Ritual, is too red-toned for your taste, you can bring it into more of a cool-toned burgundy range by adding Purple Rain.

And have you seen our Ginger Spice recipe? Surprise - Purple Rain is in that, too! Get the mix here! Want to get a more pumpkin color like the one below? Get the mix here!

Punch up a pastel for better coverage on a medium to light blonde base by adding a few drops of Purple Rain to Girls Night or even Periwinkle! Check our mix here! Need a super dark, almost-black purple? Purple Rain and Transylvania. Aiming for more of a smoky lavender hue? Sterling and a few drops of Purple Rain. A UV-reactive violet? Electric Paradise and just a smidge of Purple Rain. She can really do it all!

What could go wrong?

Purple Rain tends to be the troubleshooting solution rather than the issue itself, but you may still run into a hiccup or two along the way. Gave Purple Rain a try only to find it’s a bit too dark for your taste? Try washing your hair in warm water to help speed up the fade, and use a diluted Purple Rain with your next application for a more medium purple result!

Purple Rain is one of our best options for tinting unbleached hair, but depending on your hair type you may still see it not show very well or only turn out visible in bright sunlight. If this is the case, your hair may be too dark naturally to grab on to a visible amount of pigment, in which case lightening a few shades should do the trick! But truly, Purple Rain is the closest thing to a universal solution to any hair problem we offer. Can’t get the last of your previous color to fade out? Cover it with Purple Rain! If you’re coloring your hair blue and it goes teal due to some yellow tones, the addition of purple rain can cancel out the yellow and give you a truer blue shade! Plus it can help prevent a green fade if you add it into your blue mixes. Brassy/yellow tones in your hair when you were aiming for ashy blonde? Add a drop or two of Purple Rain and Poseidon to your shampoo and conditioner for a DIY purple shampoo with a light toning effect.

Talk to us!

So what can’t she do?? Purple Rain is our most popular color for a reason, Fox Fam! Let us know your favorite way to use this queen of color in the comments, and show off your completed looks in our Fox Fam Facebook Group! And of course, if you have questions about using Purple Rain or any other AF shade, you can send us a message at [email protected]. Stay colorful, and see you next year!

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Hi
I’m a level 5 at the roots, 6 at the end, do you think I can mix purple rain with virgin pink to make it a dark pink that could show on my hair, without bleaching?

Thanks!

Celestine

Célestine on January 21, 2020

To get the Colbalt using the ratio of 1/2 Purple Rain with 1/2 Aquamarine will it still be a deep Colbalt as in the picture also will it show up good on natural medium brown level 5 hair that has red still in it from July but is faded loving the Cobalt also will one 8 oz bottle of Purple Rain and One 8 oz bottle of Aquamarine be enough for lhair lenth that is at the l just past my shoulder blades? How much product would Need total of each bottle at the most and how long would you receive leaving it on for?

Mary on January 21, 2020

i love sooo much this shade. purple rain is that kind of shade you CANNOT pass on ! you HAVE to get your own bottle. why ???

- the color itself is soo pigmented, it takes so much time to fade and when it does, it’s still looking good !
- even if it’s too dark, the pastel-super-diluted version of it is soo cool.
- AND of course, one of my favourite things about purple rain: it’s not just a color… wanna get a perfect ash / white blonde ? make yourself your purple shampoo ! oh, your hair is too yellow to try blue hair ? no problem, add purple rain! want a deeper pink? add purple rain to it !

i just love this. had purple rain in my hair for a long time, now my hair is white, so i’ll try a pastel with it.♥

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