Garnier Olia Review

I used to use this dye all the time it smells decent,easy to apply and makes your hair nice and shiny,the bright colours wash out pretty fast wouldn’t be so bad if you could get away with only washing your hair a couple times a week,decent price and a good variety of colours

I've just done my second box of this colour and I'm really impressed.

I've picked it up on special both times for about $12 so excellent value in my opinion, it has everything you need included but my fave is the conditioner which easily gives you a couple washes worth, and the colour only takes 30min to develop. My hair is medium to long in length and quite thick and I'm able to spread one box to cover it all.

After using my hair has been left super silky & shiny and I've always gotten compliments on it. The only downside for me personally was the brighter colours do fade after a few weeks, but the more natural colours last well, dark brown is my favourite.

I've been dying my hair at home for years, and often like to try new dyes, especially ones that are more gentle on my hair (or so they say). And this one just didn't take to my hair at all, the dye didn't last at all, it came out super quickly and the color didn't look good. Definitely wouldn't repurchase.

I always dye my hair at home and have used this brand for about 5 years and my hair always looks lush and refreshed. Also its so affordable!

When I opened the box the first thought I had was this was the best packaging I've ever seen in a box of hair dye. Developer and color crème in tubes, a separate bottle for mixing, a more full sized conditioner tube rather than those silly little sachets, as well as gloves and instructions. You could color me impressed.

In terms of the hair color itself, it's an oil based color and looked quite shiny when applying, it also smelt slightly better than the ammonia colors, but the color once applied was average in it's vibrancy. It did last the 4 weeks and the colored matched the box well on the plus side.

I'd consider it again - especially as I got it on a good special, but I haven't found my holy grail hair color yet.

I purchased this (bright red) to over dye a previous (patchy) colour attempt. I found the mixing process awkward with the extra bottle and the weird bottle holder hole in the box. I ended up just getting someone else to hold it while I squeezed making it a two person job. The application itself was fine, a bit messy but I managed to cover my whole head with reasonable ease. I didn't use the provided gloves as I have tiny hands so always use my own. The end results were even coverage (which was my goal). The colour was not as vibrant as on the box but I expected that. The after care conditioner was okay, my wet hair became a bit tangled feeling. There was also no red stains on my pillow case which was a bonus. All things considered, I think it did an average job. My hair looks great now (next day) and feels really soft. I am expecting fast fade and will probably go back to a regular non oil dye next time around though.

Overall I've found this product pretty good, considering I generally go to the hairdressers to have my red done as I've always been worried about colour on my carpet!

The box that you're supposed to put the bottle in while mixing is poo, just throw it away, it should work (as other brands I've used in the past did) but it just doesn't. The packaging is great, looks super funky and the even the directions look fun. A nice change from some of the other brands I've used in the past.

Mixing is a breeze, it's not hard, pour one into the other and shake.

Application is very easy, the consistency is perfect for easy coverage and the gloves are not too shabby - I was a little surprised at that as I have gorilla hands and they still managed to fit me, although it was touch and go! My eyes did not sting or water once during the application which I was more than pleased about, must be the oils they use.

Rinsing out was easy, although being red it took ages and ages and ages....

After care conditioner, Yip, pretty good. Didn't like the smell too much but you get a very generous amount and it makes your hair feel nice and soft.

3 weeks down the track, well the colour fade has been considerable, just check out my pillowcase and towels lol, but I'll forgive that as red is such a high maintenance colour.

I probably wouldn't get this particular red again as it just wasn't bright enough for me, but when I finally go back to brown I would try this hair dye again as it covered all my greys and was gentle on my hair.

I did think it was a little on the pricey side as far as home hair dye goes and as far as the amount you receive goes. I have rather short hair - think pixie cut length and I wasn't able to use all the product but I think if my hair was below my ears I would have been in trouble.

I used the red twice and as much as my hair felt great after the dying process i wasnt impressed with the colour the box portrayed it to be bright and it wasnt at all so if you are looking for a stand out colour i dont suggest this range

I do like this product and I like the oil side of it. My first experience was with the 'Red' shade and 'omg' I looked like a traffic light! I've never had such a vibrant effect with a red tone before. My hair is naturally quite a dark brown and in all honesty I just wasn't prepared for it and thankfully had this brown spray I was able to apply over the top to tone it down a bit, until I was able to cover it with another dye! Since then though - I've grown more confident and comfortable with the red look and I think I get away with it! The downside I have experienced with this product though is that for at least three to four weeks after, after every wash the colour still seems to be washing out, leaving stains on towels - this doesn't seem overly colourfast to me and does put me off a wee bit, even though the colour still looks good in my hair - weird.