Manic Panic Living in Color
Tish and Snooky Bellomo have never been afraid to stand out. Since their early start in punk bands including Blondie in the late 1970s to blazing the trail as hair and makeup entrepreneurs, the Bronx sisters have always lived a colorful life.
With a colourful foreword by RuPaul -- a customer/fan/friend and dye-hard for decades -- Manic Panic's Living in Color is both the rollicking origin story of the sister's punk rock roots combined with a fearless guide to finding your colour in the rainbow. Written with veteran beauty writer Jade Taylor, this guide provides unique and fail-proof methods to achieve the perfect shade or combinations of colours that express the inner you, as well as maintenance, effects, tips, products, remedies, and attitude.
Perfect for all ages, this vibrant handbook features the most creative techniques possible, from unicorn hair to ombre to rainbow, using the brand's most popular colours, including Cotton Candy, Violet Night, Atomic Turquoise, and Electric Tiger Lily, some of which glow under black light. While everyone from tweens to seniors are experimenting with wild colour now, Living in Color features the pop culture icons, such as Cyndi Lauper and Kurt Cobain, who originally made these colours a household name.
Tish & Snooky Bellomo are pioneers of the 1970 NYC punk rock scene, performing with bands including Blondie. The sisters founded Manic Panic in 1977 on St. Mark's Place, the first punk rock store in the U.S. More than forty years later, their vegan, award-winning hair colour comes in every colour of the rainbow and is available all over the world, but the sisters still live in New York City.
Jade Taylor, former beauty director for NYLON, has written for publications including Refinery 29 and Bust.