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The Color of Rebellion-Manic Panic
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Tish and Snooky Bellomo, sisters who grew up in the Kingsbridge area of the Bronx, are the founders of Manic Panic, a wholesale beauty supply company best known for producing four-ounce tubs of hair dye in colors like Ultra Violet, Electric Lizard and Cotton Candy Pink.
When they started their business 30 years ago in a storefront on St. Marks Place in the East Village, magenta hair was considered cutting-edge. These days strands of magenta hardly raise even an unpierced eyebrow. Yet Manic Panic has survived, and over the years it has quietly assumed the mantle as the go-to place for socially acceptable punk-style hair dyes.
The business, which they say generates $5 million in annual sales, has become what Tish jokingly calls “the Coca-Cola of alternative hair colors.” Its products have appeared in fashion shows for Anna Sui and Marc Jacobs and on celebrities like the British retro soul singer Joss Stone.
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02-Mar-08 |
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beauty, business, cutting-edge, Hair-color |
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