If I could drink I think I would have drank myself into oblivion the past few weeks! Unfortunately (fortunately?), I'm very very allergic to alcohol! It happened overnight too, was fine one day and then the next every time I had so much as a sip of anything alcoholic I'd have troubles breathing or go into anaphelaxis. It was really rather scary.
I used to use Special Effects in Cherry Bomb, but these days I've switched over to Renbow's Crazy Colour in Fire Red as it's cheaper and goes on better. I don't think it really matters what shade/colour of red I put on to it because it always comes out the same, but I always bleach it first.