Ombre hair time!!! Review: Loreal Paris Preference wild ombre (brush on dip dye) colour No. 3

Hello my lovely shopaholics!! I dip dyed my hair!! Actually it's not that exciting I have done this before...with the same Loreal kit (Loreal Paris Preference wild ombre)...but I am doing it again. This is because I bought the shade number 1 for brown hair last time I ombre/ dip dyed it and it turned out quite ginger so I wanted to try it again with a lighter shade number 3 which is meant to be for those with dark blonde hair. So I hoped it would turn out lighter. By the way I purchased my kit from Savers which costed a fiver.

So here it is. The kit contains:
The followings were labelled with the number on the packaging
(1) Lightening powder
(2) Developer cream
(3) Lightening cream
(4) Conditioning shampoo
Also contains a pair of black plastic gloves, a brush to brush on the dye and instructions to use the product.

So the way I used it was I poured powder (1) into developer cream (2) and then squeezed the lightening cream (3) into (2) as well. Then give it a good shake to mix well. After that, gloves on and apply the mixed dye onto the brush. I divided my hair into two with a middle parting in the front and back (see picture below). The instructions suggested to start brushing on the hair from behind at ear level all the way down. Since my hair is quite long and I didn't want to have so much blonde, I started on the last 3-4 inches on my hair and kind of worked my way up instead of down.

Here is what my hair was like when I was dying it. And if you have long hair like mine, an old t-shirt is necessary. Do not try the sainsburys bag method I've shown in my earlier blog (if you don't know what this is it is basically me creating a cape with sainsburys bags to stop hair dye getting onto my clothes. Pathetic I know lol)

I reapplied the dye as they dry out and I also checked whether my desired colour has developed by washing off the dye on a small strand of hair. I waited for about 40 minutes but the dyed parts still look gingery. Then my sister said 'they said it works better if you keep it moist, so maybe cover it with foil or something?'. So I went to my beloved cling film again (again you can see why I love cling film in my first post). I waited for another 10- 15 minutes or so and went to rinse off the dye and washed my hair with the conditioning shampoo (4) provided in the kit. According to the instructions this is how you should look when you rinse your hair...

And the cling film managed to keep the hair moist with the dye but maybe the dye has been applied for too long and it stopped working. I ended up with quite gingery hair but less so comparing to when I used a darker shade before. Also the ombre/ dip dye effect was much more obvious. 

I was pleased with the results. A few problems were that a few strands of my hair was a lot lighter but that could be because I used cling film at the end and some the dye worked better at some parts. Also my ends are quite dry after that. I want to repeat this process to achieve a lighter colour so that I can play with the wash off dye from Bleach London. Work/ job interviews shall start soon and in Hong Kong light hair colour means I won't get a job I want. But I am planning to hide the light part of my hair with a hair donut (twist it all into the donut so that only the darker hair shows on the bun). This is also why ombre/ dip dye is fun!! We all like to hide some secrets..

Overall Loreal Paris ombre kits are so easy to use, they come so many different shades of blonde and colours ( red, purple etc). I highly recommend them to those who want to achieve an ombre/ dip dye effect at home.

That's it for this review, hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. See y' all soon.

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