I usually don't talk about products on here unless it's a book review, however, I had an experience today that I had to share.
I'm at that age where I color my hair to cover the gray. Now, I've enjoyed coloring my hair for years, trying one color or the next until about a year ago when I settled on Dark Ash Brown. Lovely color that really fits me perfectly.
I decided, after seeing a commercial featuring "Angela" from The Office, to try a different product. It looked intriguing - after all, who wouldn't want less mess by using a pump and the "tones and highlights" promised sounded wonderful. So I bought this Clairol Nice n Easy Colorblend Foam. I bought it in my standard color and had high hopes in how it would turn out.
My high hopes were dashed. First of all, the pump works by you squeezing the bottle. The "foam" that comes out is simply bubbles and do you know how long it takes to color your hair with bubbles? A long time, folks! I followed the directions and started at the gray areas, went on to the rest of the hair, then came back and re-applied to the gray areas again. Then I waited 25 minutes, during which time I cleaned my sink, vanity and toilet. It's a good time to clean up when you've got hair coloring in your hair. When said 25 minutes were up, I rinsed my hair and the very first thing I noticed was that my hair felt like straw. I knew this wasn't good. After putting the creme rinse on, it got better, but my hair still feels damaged. Now for the worst part - there are NO tones and highlights and the ash brown on the package is not what I got. My hair is almost black!! The absolute worst part is the staining I had on my skin! It's really bad - so bad, I'm not sure how long it will end up being there. So much for wearing my hair pulled back! You can even see the staining on my scalp! To make matters worse? It didn't cover all the gray!! Bleah!!
I am actually L'Oreal girl. I use a lot of their products including make-up, hair products and always their hair coloring. It is superb!! I have used both of these products and love them both!
They both give me the color I expect, I do get those tones and highlights, and my hair definitely doesn't feel like straw! My gray is always covered, too. I just love the L'Oreal products and I wish I had never strayed. Believe me when I tell you that the couple of bucks you'll save using other products just isn't worth it!
I am horrified by my hair. It looks like I dyed it! It has an over-all one color look and the very dark color is just not what I wanted or what the box promised. I don't know how soon I will be able to fix this, but I'm going to wait awhile. My hair feels damaged and I don't want to do more damage.
When I do color my hair again? Believe me - I'll be using my trusted and wonderful L'Oreal products!! They really are the best!
Blessings - Julie
