Directions Hair dye by La Riché : Review and my hair history.
Hi guys! hope you are all ok!
So, today review is on La Riché's Directions Semi- permanent hair dyes, and also after a month and 2
weeks worth of root growth i can finally afford to get then sorted! But I am still awaiting payday :(
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| Ewww Roots |
I LOVE LOVE LOVE directions hairdye! I've been using it for as long as ive been dying my hair (since i was about 17), the colours are unique, vibrant and conditioning. There a huge range of colours that go from neon green to black and even a silver and white toner for blondes.
However you do need light or to pre lighten the hair to get the desired bright colours, which directions do supply their own bleaching kit too, with a range of peroxide percentages.
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| Me having the toner on and the colour i use - Cerise |
However as much as i love directions, i do not recommend bleaching your hair at home as i have made this mistake too many times myself. So like me i recommend going to a good hair salon and get the professionals to do it, its worth paying a little bit more than risking loosing your hair.
Directions are perfect to use after on bleached hair as they are conditioning and only semi permanent, you can even mix the colours to create your own unique shade!
If you are interested in this product here's their website:
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| YAY! |
My hair history
I wont bore you, or we would be here for days, but i have done EVERYTHING to my hair, from going jet black to bleach blonde (worst mistake ever) and all the colours of the rainbow, even green!
Ive got really dark brown hair, practically black, so i always have to lighten my hair to get even somewhat of a colour on it. Last year i had XXL black on my hair and chose to go bleach blonde. So i went the hairdressers and the journey started there, all went well, i went through the highlighter orange phase and finally to the blonde. I was very happy, i put multicolored strands in and even went pastel purple! very happy. However my hair was not, when i washed it and combed it so much was coming out! then i went for a routine root touch up. As the hairdresser was blow drying my hair i could hear it ripping with each stroke of the brush. I went home and stupidly kept running my hair between my finers, all i could hear was *plink *plink* *plink* and most of the hair would be between my fingers.
A couple of days went by and i just brushed my hair into a center parting and i noticed a tiny Mohawk of broken-off hair where it was all falling out.
Devastated.
I rang up my hairdressers crying down the phone and they rushed me down to assess my hair, diagnostic: it was wrecked.
No more bleach.
They gave me this product for free which was Salon Professional Rescue shampoo and conditioner and for over 3 weeks i had to sleep with conditioner in my hair and it wrapped in a towel in order to get the moisture and protein i had lost back in. When it finally started to grown i had them dye it back to brown and i left it for a good year.
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| Before, the XXL Black |
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| After :) |
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| During - Ginger Ninja |
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| Amazing multi colours by Directions |
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| Pastel purple - Mixing Violet and Lavender Directions together alongside lots of conditioner to weaken the colour |
now my hair is back to normal all i do is have the roots lightened with a special toner (NOT BLEACH) and my directions put on.
Ahhhhh *breathes a sigh of relief*
My view after all of this
Bleach is evil
Sleeping in conditioner and masks are a godsend
and so it Salon Professional products, they saved my hair and saved me from getting a pixie cut, which i do not have the face or stature for. Id look like G.I.Joe.
There are many places to buy salon professional products but it isnt cheap, but YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Also their hair oil is 100X better than Morrocain oil, I usually get them cheaper off either:
Feel Unique
or
Beautybay
Peace out and happy colouring!
Zoe *
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| Oh yeah i wore a wig out most times- but shhhh! ;) |
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