So, I want to preface this by saying that I am the biggest chicken when it comes to dying my hair. Like, I'm 23 (almost 24 yikes) and I've never actually dyed it, aside from that spray on color you can get at party stores for Halloween. I've talked about it extensively for years, but I've always been too afraid to bite the bullet and do it.
That's where Garnier Color Styler comes in. As I've mentioned, I have been OBSESSED with having colorful ends lately. Particularly, I've wanted purple ends. I was talking to a friend, and she recommended trying out that spray on stuff from party stores to try it out before I committed. I didn't see that when I was at Target, but I did find Garnier Color Styler which seemed like a classier version.
I tried it out the next morning, before the Pride Parade. Putting it in was super easy, even for someone as inexperienced as me. It came with some gloves, and all I had to do was shake the bottle for a few seconds, squeeze out the dye, and apply it where I wanted. Then, once it was dry, I had to brush it out.
From the instructions, it seemed like I only needed a little bit, but I kept adding more and more to make it brighter (likely because my hair is so dark). But I can't complain, because it actually did show up! My hair is obviously pretty dark, so I didn't really believe that it would. But it did!
I do want to add a quick note that the dye gives your hair a weird chalky texture, but I was willing to deal with that because my hair was purple and I was obsessed.
Unfortunately, by the end of the day it became hard to see in my hair when I wasn't in natural light. The picture below was taken at the end of the day, after I had spent like twenty minutes trying to figure out if the purple was even still there or not. The next day it was still there, but it was impossible to see except when I was outside under the sun. That night I took a shower, and it was gone for real.
The dye supposedly lasts 2-3 shampoos, but didn't even make it to one with my hair. I imagine it was probably still there, just faded enough you couldn't see it with my dark hair. That's all I can think off, because it was true to promise in that it didn't rub off at all overnight.
I imagine that it would last longer for those with lighter hair, since it won't blend in as quickly when it fades. It does also say it lasts longer on damaged hair, and mine is about as healthy as it can get-- I don't have split ends, I don't dye it, and I don't use heat-- so that probably factored in quite a bit as well.
Overall though, I would absolutely recommend it to someone (and I think I told like three of my friends they should). I have more left, so next time I want to try adding more to see if it shows up brighter or lasts longer.
Either way, my trial run was definitely a success and I want to do it for real. I do still want my hair to be longer first, but I don't know that I want to wait that long. Good thing I've got this to tide me over now.
I was also having an amazing hair day, btw.
