My Beauty Space : Product Reviews, Tips and Experiences

t’s been a LONG time since I’ve colored my hair, whether it’s a box color or I’ve gone to a salon to get it done.  I think I just got tired of dumping chemicals on my head, and I was happy with my natural color for a long time, so I decided to just skip it for a while.

Now that I’ve caught a few gray hairs popping up here and there though, and I also feel that my recent trip to Costa Rica bleached the ends of my hair out, I figured it was time for a hair coloring refresher, and I decided to go with my favorite brand of hair color of all time, L’Oreal.  In my opinion, if you’re coloring your own hair with a boxed kit from a drug store, L’Oreal is you best bet.

I’ve tried Revlon, Garnier, and other common brands - in fact probably every one there was besides L’Oreal, and I always ended up coming back to L’Oreal for the superior color and the even better after treatments they give with their hair coloring kits.   L’Oreal hair colors always left my hair shinier, and the conditioners made it really smooth.  The color always came out pretty well too, and was long lasting, so I figured I couldn’t go wrong with them.

Their newer line called “Natural Match” is supposed to give natural color to the hair that matches your natural color very closely, just boosts the highlights and the tone and makes it a bit warmer and brighter.  This time I chose the 4W shade, which is a warm brown shade that is supposed to give a hint of red tint in it as well. 

The only complaint I have is that it turned my ends a bit too dark, almost black in some places, but I also understand that my ends were very bleached out to begin with, and therefore more susceptible to soaking up too much color.  My hair feels great though, and I know that a lot of the excess color will wash out within the next week, and I’m sure I’ll be happy with it again!