La Riche Hair Cosmetics Directions

I recently purchased a tub of this over trademe. I got it in the colour Mandarin orange. I had prelightened my hair before applying to get the best results as the oackaging states. I applied for 40 minutes instead of the recommended 30 and then rinsed thouroughly and conditioned. As far as colour goes the initial colour was amazing and bright, just what i wanted. In subsequent washes with cold water the colour has gone more patchy but has remained quite bright. For the very impressive inexpensive price you cant go past it. I have tried other temporary colour brands in the past and Directions really stands up on its own. I will be purchasing this in the future in other colours.

I have always enjoyed having crazy coloured hair and trying new things. My problems always was that I got bored easy of the colour, that the upkeep became too much of a hassle (because so often these vibrant colours do not last) I tried La Riche Directions from just searching through Hairaddict.nz (seriously go check them out) And found La Riche Directions, I had NEVER tried this before or seen any reviews on it. Total impulse buy. So for a low $15 (free shipping, arrived within two days) I bought Carise!

And it is my new colour. I use this colour on the bottom of my hair as an ombre, bleach beforehand. (initially)

and it lasted 3 weeks with no touch up!!!! which is just amazing! and when I do need to touch it up it grabs to my hair without having to rebleach.

I am a happy shopper and manage to get three uses out of one little jar. My hair is almost midway my back and a majority of it is in this colour!

Check out my photowall!

I am converted!

* I tried this color in Carnation Pink. It's ok I guess. I bleached my hair to medium blonde but I should've gone even lighter. Color does not work on dark hair at all. You have to bleach your hair very fair to make color show. Pink is very vibrant first you apply it and stays like this until you wash your hair. It fades quite fast and if your hair is not paper white, you'll end up with peachy-orange hair until the pink completely vanishes (first pink fades in a week, then you'll have warm peachy-tinted hair for rest of the month and the it will be your natural hair again). I probably wouldn't buy it again because the upkeep is too much to deal with and I can't be bothered to dye my hair after three washes to keep the pink the way I want to. I'll use up what I have left though. On the good side - dye doesn't make your hair dry and I think it even conditions it. On the tub it says to rinse the color out after 15-30 min but you can keep it on longer, it doesn't do any damage, it only makes color show up better. One tub lasts for one use on shoulder length hair. If you dip-dye or use it for streaks, you can use it multiple times. For pastel shades you can use 1 part of conditioner and 2 parts of dye mixed together, but then you'll have to keep it on longer.

I went into a Hair Product store a few weeks ago on the hunt for a Bright Dark Purple & walked out with Pillar Box Red... It's my favourite & wave it in my face I'll buy it!

I usually get Manic Panic but this store stocked La Riche instead. I had heard good things so I didn't hesitate in buying it.

Much like Manic Panic, it comes in a wee tub with a screw on lid, no gloves or application tools. One needs confidence with these products.

I popped it in, left it in for 45 minutes instead of the recommended 30 and washed it out.

The results were beautiful! I had a few weeks before stripped the colour out of my hair with a Bleaching Product, so I was a Gingery pink. On top of that I had put in Schwarzkopf Brilliance Ultra Violet (Dark Brunette Purple) which had faded out to an almost pinkish colour but still quite dark. So I was surprised at how vibrant Pillar Box came out!!

However!

It washed out in the first wash... My hair was still red but more Brunette Red, not the vibrant red I had had for the previous 5 days (Dry Shampoo is your mate).

SO I applied colour again, second go never acheived the Vibrant red.... I'm a little sad about it.

The colour runs out in water very easily, so do not wear light colours with wet hair or if there's a chance of rain... Also be manned with a bottle of shower cleaner if you have white acrylic walls in the shower as it stains something wicked!

I will continue to use this product though as I love the colours & I have resigned to the fact that if I was bright coloured hair then it will be a weekly maintenance.

I use to have red hair and this color held really well! And all the colors are super vibrant and amazing. Also I decent price. Still have half a bottle somewhere at home haha. Honestly best stuff I used to color my hair. I tried everything this one was the best.

I have tried both the Spring Green and Cerise shades in this brand and was very pleased with both of them! The product spreads well in both dry and damp hair so it's easy to get an even coverage without using excess dye. It also has a pleasant and unobtrusive scent unlike many other hair dyes. The colour is initially very vibrant and will last well for 3-4 weeks before showing significant fading, and even then usually fades into a pleasant pastel shade. Colour also doesn't bleed or stain clothing/shower walls as much as other brands.

I love the range of colours La Riche provides, they provide some colours that a lot of other dye brands don't. My go to shade was "tulip", a lovely reddish pink shade. I bleached my hair first before applying the dye to get a nice bright colour, I prefer a darker pink so I put the dye through twice. I found the product was thick so didn't run and was easy to apply, I only needed to use half a tub each time on medium length hair. The colour lasted a month or so before it started to fade so I received two or so months of good strong colour from one tub. Good value for money.

I absolutely love this hair dye! I have used it many times and it's always left my hair feeling extremely soft and conditioned. I have used Alpine Green and Midnight Blue and both colours are amazing on my hair and don't fade to an ugly colour. It usually lasts for an extremely long time (around 2 months) and touching up is extremely easy, just through it on while you're running your errands and you'll be good to go!

I adore this stuff!!! I have used it about four times now and have never been disappointed. Most recently I have used the lavender which was a lovely pinky purple and the Lilac which fades out to be a more silvery colour after a few washes. The thing I like most about these is they fade out after about a month, which is good cause it means I can change up my look often without having to bleach my hair. Also my hair is always very soft after using it's like a conditioning treatment.

Directions Hair Dye is a brand that has good reviews online and is inexpensive. When I was looking to dye my hair blue, I got this in the shade Atlantic Blue.

I bleached my hair to a light yellow and then applied this after washing and drying the bleached hair. Ignoring the instructions, I left this on my hair for around 5 hours (my sister trained as a hair dresser and assured me this wouldn't damage my hair). After rinsing it out I was excited to blow dry my hair to see what this looked like.

Immediately I was disappointed. Instead of being a vibrant blue, this was - at best, a pale, ugly green. It was like the pigment didn't absorb into my hair fully. I was upset because my hair had been bleached to a pale yellow and toned to take some of the brashness out. I definitely did not expect it to turn green - especially an unpigmented green.

While the pot is easy to use, I was super disappointed in the results and bought a different dye the following day which worked far better. It could be my hair type or the shade I chose but I will never purchase or use this brand again. Especially when there are more affordable, more pigmented dyes out there.