It's been a while, please excuse my laziness, but I come bearing great gifts in the shape of a review of the best silver hair dye i've ever tried!
Now, I've been dying my hair since I was 14, and i've tried an awful lot of different brands during that time, and I also like to think that I now know what i'm doing (ha!)
Silver hair is difficult to achieve, unless you're someone with magic hair that just does what you ask it and behaves all the time, but who has hair like that? No one, and who would ever be that lucky? Not me. But fear not! I have the solution!
Colour Freedom Metallic Glory is the answer to all of my grey silver shiny granny hair problems, and hopefully yours too now! It's available in Superdrug stores, or online (but sells out quickly) and probably on other sites too, but I haven't checked, because i'm lazy (see paragraph 1).
This hair dye claims to be permanent, and comes in 5 shades, from a slight silver tint all the way through to basically black, so there is a shade to suit everyone.
This brand of dye is the only one that really works for me. I have incredibly stubborn hair, that either drinks up hair dye like a flower in a drought and ends up too dark, or simply rejects the dye all together and ends up patchy and uneven, the result is literally dependent on my hair's mood. Let's get on to the praise singing:
As illustrated by this painful photograph, my hair, once bleached, is a shade I like to call "Unwanted Barbie". I have very dark hair naturally, and once bleached my hair is very stubborn. Before using this hair dye I used to use various toners which took months to build up any colour on my hair and help to blend my roots seamlessly, it was safe to say that back then I was just around for the party and not taking my grandma hair seriously.
Colour freedom actually dyes my hair grey (shock horror, can you believe it!) and blends my already grey hair into my roots seamlessly. I honestly at this point, can't complain (but just wait, i'll get there).
When applied to my "Unwanted Barbie" roots, it looks very dark, and stains my hair instantly, and upon first using it I had a small panic and skipped around my bathroom debating whether to wash it off but I didn't, and thankfully my silver hair problems were all finished that day.The result is always very good, even, shiny, all you could wish for. I won't use another dye again while my hair is still grey, and that speaks volumes as i'm very fussy! And as a bonus, it smells amazing and doesn't stink out your bathroom - win!
Now on to my complaints - I said i'd get here.
1) Price - For those of you with short hair, this won't be an issue. For me, with hair thicker than Kim K's butt and 26" extensions, it is. One box covers my roots, but for an overall colour touch up, it's not so cost effective, which brings me to another issue:
2) Longevity: This product claims to be "permanent" - IT ISN'T. Within 3-5 washes you will notice that the grey has left your hair and it's more silver blonde, which for some will be great, for me it isn't, as it means I have to do a full head retouch in-between root bleaches, which makes my purse unhappy.
With every product comes negatives, and for some these won't be a problem. Overall this product is the best one i've found, if you have any suggestions please let me know, they would be greatly received!
Bye for now,
Amy
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