L'oreal Excellence Hicolor, Copper Highlights, 1.2 ounce

I studied the reviews and a lot of people never said what color their hair was originally or if they had grey or how often they do their roots- SO…I was sick of the nightmare- I have super straight hair and it is originally dark brown/almost black (if I dye it black people think it’s natural!) and I’ve been getting grays since I was a teenager. My hair also grows FAST, and I need to cut my bangs once a week! So one day I was feeling depressed about my hair bc I had gone to a salon just a minute before & now it was mega pink but already my usual black & white roots were coming in! In desperation I Googled Fashion Color for graying hair/ Dark hair and the first thing that popped up was THIS BRANS of reds! I like the UNNATURAL red colors (for now) but was told no permanent “fashion colors” exist by the PROS! (Oh but they DO!! Here’s one right here!) I used Magenta once that time I ordered it and now, once a week I do the roots; I read specifically that to cover grays/fade a bunch of very dark hair that you’d use 30 developer (20 if your hair iw fragile & use Age Beautiful or a brand called Silk!) and the permanent dye mix in your most obvious roots only (at the part, the sides, beneath bangs) and leave on 35 minutes. You can actually, w this color- I know they say you can’, but you can! You can open it up and use only half the color w half the recommended amt of developer (1.2 oz!) & then put the lid back on and put it in an air tight container! The next time you go to use it, it’s FINE! Shampoo your hair w Clenditioner (I got it that here too- it comes in a big variety of colors, smells amazing & gives your already amazing, head exploding color an extra POP! Everyone will ask you HOW you got your color! So I’m telling you- if you have very dark hair w some or even a LOT of grey in it (bc grey is tougher to color than black, as some people know!) THIS IS HOW! And you may not have to do it every week! I do bc I’m a freak, my hair is super straight and grows 100 miles an hour but if your hair grows more slowly- you don’t need to dye your whole head! And if you ever wondered how famous people NEVER have their roots showing? Ever? Now you know (except they don’t get their own hands or bathrooms dirty and have a team of experts following them around- I imagine!)! I will try to include a pic of my current hair but this is my first review where I’ve done that & I should have one to show you! This dye is the bees knees, people!

UPDATE 7/10/22 I used this again to update my roots but used a sunset orange hair dye to brighten up my ends without lifting more. The pics attached are from this update. I have dark roots and you can see it really lightened and gave me the copper color back. Would still recommend. I also find using overtone orange for brown hair helps keep my color bright longer.I have used this brand before but in other shades of red. I really wanted this copper color but they never had it in stock at my stores and so I'd gone with other shades. I finally decided to order the copper and I'm glad I did. I have naturally medium to dark brunette hair. My hair was a kind of dark Auburn when I dyed it with this. I knew because my hair was previously dyed my roots would take quicker than the rest of my hair so I started with my ends. (I didn't want to use bleach) My roots were way too bright at first even still and there were some ashy streaks but that was more due to me running out of product (I used 2 boxes for my hair mixed with 30 developer) Because I wasn't happy with the streakiness I did another round the next day using another 2 boxes (with 30 developer) I didn't want to lighten my roots anymore just even them out but man it's hard to find toner to get rid of ash instead of getting rid of brassiness apparently. Anyway I started with the ends again and then mixed a little after care conditioner in with the rest of the dye (like a teaspoon not much) hoping it would dilute it enough to avoid over processing my roots. I then did the roots mostly just the tops where the streaks were the worst and left it on for another 10 minutes only because again I was afraid of too much lightening. Anyway it worked. I'm happy with the hair color. I love this copper color. On virgin hair this would have been much easier but if you have pre-colored hair you may want to consider bleaching the color out first if you want a more even and over all equal tone. Or possibly only use 20 developer on the roots? I'm not a stylist do your research lolI love this brand since I don't have to bleach my hair. I used Ion after care conditioner & some argon oil and my hair feels great even after two rounds. I will buy again when it's time to touch up.

It works super well. It became really bright red, I was kinda shocked at first and didn't expect it to work that well!At the middle part of my hair its a bit darker because it had been dyed black before ages ago, so probably use a color remover if you've dyed it black before, even though the black is not visible anymore.I used 20 vol. developer of a random brand, and it worked fine!

I dye my hair black, so whenever I do a fun color my roots grow out fairly quickly. I hate having to rebleach them and tend to just let them grow out or go back to black. I tried this copper out as it said it was for dark hair.. and um.. what dark roots?!?!? My natural near black hair went full copper. I also love that it's just the color in the tube, so I can mix just a little up with some developer and not waste the whole thing in one go. I used half the tune and it was too much! So now I know I only need maybe a quarter of a tube to redo the whole front price of my hair. I still have half a tube left. Will defintiely purchase again.

This really works well. You just need developer. I bought red hot and it has a tiny tube of a color intensifier in the box which I used. It's a really pretty color! I noticed the color even more after the second wash.