Natural Instincts Demi-Permanent Hair Dye, 6C Light Brown Hair Color, Pack of 1

Pleasantly surprised! I have been dying my hair my entire life, mostly bleaching it very light blonde. This not only was damaging my hair a lot, but takes time to properly tone, conditioning treatments, etc. After I had my daughter i didnt have time to keep doing all that and had the salon try to darken it, and they did, but it was a hard transition from blonde to a more “mousey” brown. On top of that, it faded severely die to my hair being bleached previously, the ends lightened up alot and looked bad. I read that this type of hair dye was less harsh on your hair and picked a color close to my natural color and chose BBZ, or light carmel brown. First off, it didnt smell offensive and like chemicals, which I was shocked by. It actually smells nice. That alone made it a positive experience. The conditioner is pretty decent, and the color came out beautifully. Its thin, and drips easy, but if you take your time i find that it is very easy to apply and make sure you do not miss any spots. Color is vibrant and not brassy. Hair feels soft. I will use this product again.

I only have some greying around the hairline but I think this would still blend with more greying. I put it on my roots and hairline first for 10 minutes then apply the rest. The box says do 20 minutes, but I leave on for 30 mins because I really want to make sure those greys are getting soaked to the max. Use your judgement depending how porous your hair is. If I were to get stinging, I would wash it off sooner. For me, the color feels really gentle and no stinging or discomfort. It smells nice. I have been using Natural Instincts color for many years, doing the fun colors as a teen sometimes. I don't do the fun colors as often now mainly because with my greying it's such a delicate balance, like redoing the roots and all then i have pink hair with brown and grey roots.. don't always feel up to the increased maintenance. If anything, I think the formula has gotten even better and gentler/more natural over the years. The color I got was 6C which is a neutral light brown. My natural color has lots of gold in it so I offset it by doing neutral or cooler shades of brown, as inevitably my natural gold tones will start to show thru as the color fades. For this brand, the neutral and cool shades truly remove my brassiness and the greys are blended into a light brownish or highlight looking, for about 5-6 weeks. Sadly, my greys don't always 100% absorb the color, sometimes I still have some greys but they are blended into highlighted tones. It takes more intensive work to fully color the greys, more intense than semi-permanent color. During the summer I do a warmer shade like the light caramel brown, I like to rotate out seasonally with slight color changes. It looks even better when out in the sun as the sun naturally lightens it. Over the past 6 months I experimented with color depositing shampoos. They actually cover my grey better, like near 100%, BUT it absolutely destroyed and dried out my hair to the point I suffered significant hair loss. Natural Instincts never has been harsh like that for my thinner porous hair, from now on I am sticking to this and similar gentle brands.

BROWN HAIR? READ THIS! (6G LIGHT GOLDEN BROWN) It was my 1st time dying my hair, with the goal of covering my white hair and making it look ive never dyed my hair. After reading the nightmare of brown haired girls getting the medium brown and ending up jet black, I ended up selecting 6G light golden brown. I expected it to turn darker than the color on the box and that is exactly what it did. The longer you leave it on the darker it gets. I left the color on my hair 40 to 50 minutes. 1st time I did ends first then roots since I wanted to cover my full length whites. The 2nd time I did roots first then ends. It turns my hair a very natural shade of medium brown just like my natural hair. In fact it matches so well you cant even spot the regrowth until the new whites come out. Overall it makes the hair feel smooth healthy and even toned throughout. I love the conditioner it comes with. I wish they sold that separately. And no one noticed I had even dyed my hair which is exactly what I wanted. I think the color last a good while. It has definitely lasted longer the 2nd time around since I left it for 50 minutes instead of the recommended 20. It covers the whites well if you leave the dye on long enough. I have to really look for them it find them. I recommend and will continue to use this product!

My hair color is my choice. Great and easy to apply with no mess. Leaves hair shining and looks natural with no strong odor; smells like coconut.

Great product that is easy to use. It was darker than expected. Next time I would buy lighter than my actual hair color. It makes the hair soft and shiny, covers white and gray hair. I shampoo my hair every day and it holds nicely for a month or so

I used to use this product years ago, but then for some reason when I became almost fully grey I decided I needed to start using permanent hair dyes. I regret that decision! There's really not a need for the harsher dyes, especially when you need to re-dye to cover your roots every 4 weeks like I do. I do lose hair when I use this product, but I have not found a single dye (I've tried probably 20 types) that doesn't cause this, I don't know what kind of magic one must possess for this not to happen, but I don't have it. I have been having problems with hot roots the past year or two (where the top 1/2" of my roots turn orange), but did not have that problem with this product. I do always turn a little fan on low and keep it pointed at my scalp while I wait 20 minutes for the color to set, just to be safe! Since hot roots is caused by the heat from your scalp, I figure might as well keep some cool air flowing and so far it's either been luck, or it's helping prevent that. I generally use a 4 (dark brown) hair dye and wasn't sure this demi would be "strong" enough to notice any color difference, but it did make it a half shade darker and also got rid of a little bit of the reddish tone (it's still reddish though, just not quite as much - but it does turn more red as it fades over the course of a month though, FYI). Before and after photo attached. For grey coverage this does a decent job for a demi. I've attached a photo of my scalp where I'm pretty much 100% grey so you can see what it looks like. The greys are blended pretty nicely, but definitely not the exact same shade as the rest of my hair. I really don't think it's noticeable at all that the greys are lighter in person, it's blended well enough to not draw your eye (unless I'm purposefully tugging at it to show my roots like in my photo). Plus my hair actually feels soft and silky after using this product - which is DEFINTELY not the case with 90% of the permanent dyes I've been experimenting with over the years. I do use 2 boxes for my long hair. The conditioner it comes with is really nice, smells great (fresh and not perfume-y at all) and leaves my hair feeling better than it did before dyeing. I'm glad I re-discovered this product and plan to keep using it! Would recommend.

Dependable product. My Mother has used this color for years. It has remained the same and she will buy more in the future. It’s gentle on her fine sparse hair . It leaves her hair with more body and no harsh root lines as it comes out with shampoos and it looks natural . It simply fades.

Good color, this is good affordable hair dye. Not bad. But for me, it made my hair pretty dry out. - Pro: Great color, affordable price. Treatment and Gloves are included. Easy instruction. Not so much chemicals. - Con: This product made my hair very dry out, and damaged that I never had before. I had to special deep hair mask many times to make my regular healthy hair back. Color is not last long time, it lasted me about 4weeks, I do shampoo once a 2-3days. Bottle is too soft, not stable to stand itself, it fell over without touched, and spilled made mess. - Conclusion: Good for the price. Color is pretty accurate. Everything is included what you need for hair dye. I maybe buy when my budget is tight, but other than that, I'll buy to Schwarzkopf Simply Color Permanent Hair Dye.