For some reason, because my hair is weird, I haven't found a dye that actually takes to my hair no matter how long I leave it in.
A few weeks ago I picked up a few bottles of this "Crazy Color" hair dye in no.65 Candy Floss:
I originally picked up three bottles because my hair is fairly long and the bottles didn't look like they had much in them. I got them for £3.49 each at a Duty Free shop in Manchester, but I'm aware you can get this brand all places online for similar prices I think.
I had no gloves or anything so thought I would come out of this with rosacea of the hands, but it turns out this dye is actually really creamy and doesn't stain skin at all, even though it says it will.
I only needed one bottle to cover my whole head which was pleasantly surprising. It actually goes a long way.
It has a weird overly creamy texture and I found that it almost lathered in my hands when I was rubbing it in, turning it sort of white. I'm really not sure if that's meant to happen but it happened the second time I used it as well. So I just went with it.
Pretty much straight away you can see the colour on the hair - note: I started this process having re-lightened my hair a few days before - so I was impressed to begin with. However, this product's only downfall was the fact that it just would not take to some parts of my hair.
After covering my whole head and leaving it to settle for the suggested 15-30 minutes (took that long to put it all on, but whatever) it became apparent that some parts of my hair, particularly the very top, had taken to the dye very well whereas I was still very blonde towards the ends.
I left it longer than they suggested on the bottle just for good measure then washed it out. It wasn't messy because it practically ran clear, albeit a little soapy. The bottle said just to rinse it but I shampoo and conditioned it anyway.
I dried it pretty much expecting a patchy job which is what it was (honesty here, people). Don't get me wrong- it was all pink, just varying shades throughout.
I didn't take a picture of the initial results but the top of my head was quite a vibrant pink and it gradually got blonder as you went down. Kind of like reverse ombré (lame).
I went over it again the next day to try and even the colour out, using probably a quarter of a second bottle to slap on the ends and hope they matched. It helped a little bit and washing my hair again made the top fade ever so slightly but there was still a noticeable difference in colour, as all my flatmates liked to point out.
One advantage, though, is that because the dye is so creamy, it left my hair weirdly really soft. So that's nice.
Terrible lighting aside, you can tell none of it matches. But here's a tip, kids: if you act like it's meant to look that way, everyone thinks you're just super quirky and loves it. It's great.
TO CONCLUDE:
Price: 3.5/10
Quality: 3/10
Bonus points: it's available in A LOT of colours and does wash out really quickly, so even if it looks like crap, it's gone in a few washes.
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