L'Oreal Paris Colorista Ombre Review

While this product is very easy to use and great for in a pinch, unless you are absolutely amazing at dyeing your own hair, there is no way it can compare to salon quality and you're probably better off going to a salon.

I used this kit to lighten my hair before colouring it purple so that the purple would be more vibrant and it worked very well for that. However, I probably wouldn't have stopped at just the lightened, ombre shade and been that happy. Would recommend though if you plan on colouring your hair with a vibrant colour at home, though!

I lighten my hair. I had a bit of regrowth showing, so I thought I would try this ombre pack. I wanted to put some highlights around my face, and try to blend my lightened ends into my regrowth without lightening all of my hair.

The dye comes in a white and silver box, with pictures on the front and on the side of the results you can expect after lightening your hair. As part of the Colorista range, this is designed to lighten your hair in preparation for adding one of L’Oreal’s washout colours.

The pack comes with an Activating Powder, Developer Cream, Lightening Cream, Colour Conditioning Shampoo, and a DIY brush. The brush is what sets this pack apart from other hair colour kits. After you have combined the lightening products, you then coat the bristles of the brush, before combining the colour onto your hair. I found this to be a very good method for applying colour to my hair. It gave a very even dispersal of colour onto the strands of my hair and allowed me to coat the hair thoroughly. The smell of the dye was strong, but not overpowering.

However, the colour result was not what I wanted at all. I left the lightener on for the recommended time, and the end result was very patchy, yellowish, and almost orange in places. My hair did not look good! There was no nice blending of colours. Instead there was a stark contrast between my regrowth, and the newly lightened strands. The dye washed out well, but my hair was very dry afterwards. The final step was to apply the conditioning shampoo, which was very rich, and went a long way towards restoring moisture to my hair.

Altogether, I found this ombre hair pack disappointing. The formula seems to be straight bleach, of which there are better, cheaper options available if you just want to lighten your hair. The comb was nice, so I will keep it and use it in future colourings. I don’t recommend this product.