Remember my day one red hair? A week after, my hair turned from reddish copper to a wimpy-ass orangey brownish yuck. After a couple more weeks of the ugly madness, I decided to buy a drugstore colouring kit. This time I tried Garnier Nutrisse Creme in Pomegranate.
The results were fairly close to the swatches on the box, which was a delightful surprise. It coloured my hair a true red. I honestly think it would have looked better if the bleaching job was more intense. Well anyway, it’s a good drugstore buy.
Another thing that I tried is Pantene Red Expressions Shampoo.
Now here’s the deal: I wash my hair everyday. I don’t really understand how some girls can wash their hair 2-3x a week. My hair feels really gross on day two. Unfortunately for my case, this washes down my colour with every shower. I quite like this shampoo actually. It is a non colour-depositing formula, so I won’t say that it makes my red redder. What I like most about it is the smell. Mmmmm smells so good and girly.
I hope you’re still with me. If you are, you’d be glad that you did.
Last but not least I bought off eBay the L’Oreal Artec Shampoo and Conditioner in Red Clover.
Okay ladies, hear this. This is the BEST system to keep your hair colour looking fresh. Both shampoo and conditioner deposit a fair amount of colour back into your hair with every wash. It is amazing! I use it every other wash and I can definitely see a difference. Both come out of the bottles as a sparkly blood red, and the conditioner definitely stains my hands as soon as I finish applying. Don’t worry though, it washes out. It is a little bit drying, and so I like to mix a heavy conditioner when using the Artec conditioner.
It is a very good alternative to keeping up your colour in a salon. I mean, I’m a student! I can’t afford going to the salon all the time! Each bottle came out to be about C$22. It sounds expensive, but actually delivering the results it promises makes it a holy grail of colour-depositing shampoos.
What colour to do next?
As soon as I’m out of the Artec Shampoo and Conditioner, I think I will stay away from high maintenance but oh-so-hot red for a while. I’m thinking either chocolate or golden brown.