They had instructions in English so that was helpful. :D The dye amount IMO is slightly less than American brands. Two boxes barely soaked my thin medium length hair. Also the dye is more runny and the applicator was different from anything I've used before so I got quite a few droplets on the floor and sink. >.< Anyway, the hubby helped apply the dye to the back of my head because I hate doing it myself.. lol.
So my original hair color is black with some leftover color on the tips and a few thin brownish highlights here and there. My hair, the parts that are virgin black, went from black to brown rather quickly. I didn't notice it becoming any other shade other than just brown. It was a neutral, pretty brown at first with no orange/red or brassiness. Quite interesting, haven't seen that type of change in all my years of dying my hair. So after all the dye was on my head, which took about 20 mins or so, I waited another 20 mins or so before rinsing it off. Total time was somewhere around 40-50 mins. I decided to rinse it off because I noticed the color getting warmer and I was worried it would turn brassy, but now I'm thinking maybe I should have waited another 15 mins because it is *slightly* darker than my ideal shade. Oh well, better safe than sorry.
This brand tells you to shampoo your hair twice with your own shampoo. Shampooing twice made it so there was no leftover hair dye smell afterwards. LOVE THAT. I will always shampoo twice from now on after coloring. And no conditioning in shower either. They provide a hair "moisturizer" that you put on after shower like a leave-in conditioner. My hair felt GREAT after the coloring process. I didn't notice any damage or negative change in texture at all. So I'm quite happy with that.
Pictures! And as you'll notice, the color looks very different depending on the lighting. But I assure you that it's very even, no brassiness or ugly red undertones. Just a pretty warm brown.
... a few minutes later.
Other things to note: I don't recall the dye having a strong smell, I was able to dye my hair in the bathroom with the door closed and still breathe. :D Also I made sure my hair was "soaking wet" with dye, squeezed the dye in over and over again from top to bottom, brushed my hair with the applicator multiple times, I think I probably lost around 20-30 strands of hair during the dying process but nothing significant afterwards, I put the dye all the way to my scalp and it did burn slightly but only for a few seconds, I kinda just globbed it on everywhere section by section, ain't nobody got time to be meticulous.. :P
And yesterday, I purchased this "purple shampoo" to keep the color from becoming too warm or brassy. I hope I won't have to color my hair for another two months! All and all, I am quite pleased with the results and experiencing an Asian brand hair dye (which I've always been too hesitant to try!). I'm glad that I was able to achieve this sort of color at home and saved myself a trip to the salon and we all know that not every stylist is good at coloring Asian hair! :x Night night! <3
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