Clairol Colour Strong Permanent Hair Dye - 8.1 Medium Ash Blonde

Hi all ~ I bought 3 boxes of this ‘Clairol Colour Strong Permanent Hair Dye - 9.1 Light Ash Blonde’ to ensure full coverage of my long medium thickness hair (length almost to my lower back). In my review photo I am showing the colour of my hair before (the top photo) & the colour result after using (the bottom photo). As you can see ~ my hair was a coppery colour (also box dyed) and as much as I loved it I fancied a change so my aim was to remove as much of the orange as possible so I chose an ash blonde as ash is great at neutralising orange tones. I also had ‘hot roots’; my roots were a lighter colour than the rest of my hair, and areas of very dark hair (my natural colour) in various places. I added 2.5 boxes (it covers really well so I could of got away with using just 2 boxes really) to all of my hair (including the darker bits) except for the lighter roots on the top of my head (my parting) and the roots at the back of my head down to my neck. I left the dye on for approximately 30 minutes then I covered the roots with the dye for 20 minutes. So 50 minutes in total. This was a trial and error situation as I didn’t know how long the hot roots would need. In hindsight I would have only left the colour on my roots for 10 mins as my roots are still a bit lighter, however, not glaringly so, so I am still happy with the improvement. The result was fantastic! A gorgeous, light, ashy blonde with lovely subtle golden highlights! the colour result on my very dark areas of hair was also impressive - lightening the hair just enough to blend in without turning it orange (which will usually happen if you put blonde over dark hair). I have dyed my hair (with products containing bleach) 3 times over the last 6 weeks (PLEASE NOTE: people usually advise leaving longer between dyes but I am lucky that my hair is particularly strong & healthy so I took the chance ;-) … & I can honestly say out of all of the products I have used, THIS one left my hair feeling SUPREMELY nourished soft & shiny! I love the final conditioner ~ I am going to try and buy it separately because it is so good! Great price, lots of product, super easy to understand the instructions & to mix, no strong smell, and definitely worked to cover my orange/copper tones! Highly recommended :-) Happy colouring & I hope you have found my review helpful!

This is a lovely colour your hair looks highlighted afterwards

Nice colour, doesnt smell too strong and covers greys well!

This is an excellent product and great to see it available on the market for all to benefit from. I believe this is the first box dye that has this technology to rebond and protect your hair. Inside you get instructions, gloves (excellent quality gloves. Not the horrible plastic bag gloves), bond primer, colour developer, colour tube and a bonding treatment for after. You start off with the bond primer and then mix your colour developer and tube together, following the instructions depending on the type of application you need. Leave on for the allocated time and then as you rinse, don't rinse it all off straight away. It's good to emulsify the dye and you just need to wet it and then once it's frothy, massage it through like shampoo and then rinse thoroughly after that. This helps a lot! Once you've rinsed the colour, apply the bonding treatment. Overall, the colour is multidimensional and great for covering up those patchy areas, post bleach. Definitely will be buying again as my hair feels great after using this. 10/10! Clairol are known for being at the top end of hair colour expertise. You can't go wrong. If things have gone wrong, it can be down to your hair's porosity and if you needed to bleach beforehand to get the result you were looking for. You can't get better than this company, especially at home :)

Far too dark for a no8

An absolute waste of time and money. Between applying the product, waiting 45 minutes, 15 mins longer than stated, once my hair was dried I noticed 0 % coverage of grew when it states 100%. I saw absolutely no difference. Did not think the result would be so appalling from a known brand

The Clairol Colour Strong hair dye doesn't smell overly strong and it does leave your hair silky soft. Unfortunately if you are trying to cover the greys you will be disappointed.

This is my second purchase, definitely will be sticking to the clairol strong hair dye. Before trying this I always used clairol hair dye. This one is so much better it colours every bit of grey.