La Riche Hair Cosmetics Directions

I love these colouts so many to choose from very affordable and love that they come in wee jars you can pop lid back on when you don't use it all and keep for touch up and they smell so yummy and make your hair feel smooth and beautiful!

Having my hair coloured purple at the salon earlier this year and knowing I would not be able to afford salon upkeep, I was looking for a more affordable option. Thanks to reading other reviews and asking in the forum, this was recommended.

Affordable to purchase at about $14 online, and with a wide range colours I purchased Deep Purple and Ultra Violet. 2 stunning shades. Through a bit of trial and error I have worked out how to get the best results for me. (There is an instruction leaflet attached to the lid. However, it wasn't in English. I had to Google directions and again asked the forum for others experience)

The tub is tiny 88ml. For my long hair and density, 1 tub for full head application worked out best and gave the best results. Vibrant, completely covered hair. Did reduce my washes per week from 2 to 1, to prolong the colour. In saying that, it is washing out nicely. From the purple dye colour, fading to blue and now a hint of green. 3 weeks, 3 washes and I'm still happy with it.

Have had many compliments. I adore the colour. So keen to try other shades in the range. Intend to repurchase.

I use the Violet colour to make my own toner w conditioner and it works a treat! Leave on your dry or damp hair for 10 - 30mins. I also put this Voliolet colour in my favourite shampoo and have a Purple shampoo I can adjust the depth of colour of depending on the level of brassiness in my blonde hair. Cost effective, easy to adjust and the colour payoff is excellent.

Unless you love hardly washing your hair and only using cold water I wouldn’t recommend for first time bright colours! Still a great product just needs more aftercare than other bright brands.

Love these colours, so bang to choose from and they do last on my bleached hair. I used it inbetween salon visits and tinted my conditioner as well to keep the colour vibrant and lasting even longer. Love the smell and price point. Pastel colours are not so great, I’d rather choose a strong colour and leave it on for less time or add it to conditioner.

I've tried a few shades of Directions and had different results every time. The dye is very easy to use and doesn't damage your hair at all which is great. The colours themselves are lovely: there is a huge range that you can use straight, combine together, or mix with conditioner to get a more pastel effect. However I've had a bit of mixed bag in trying to achieve a vibrant colour.

My hair is very long, reaching my lower back, so the first time I underestimated how much dye I would need; opting for one pot of Pastel Pink and one of Carnation Pink. After bleaching my hair, I applied it in an ombre fashion to make the most of not having enough dye, adding conditioner to the mix to stretch it out a bit. The top went very pink as I'd desired, but the rest barely changed colour at all. The second time I used 3 pots of Pastel Pink over freshly bleached hair, and the initial result was a great uniform pink but washed out incredibly fast, leaving me with a peachy-orange colour.

I switched to their Turquoise shade, which has come up extremely well and is amazingly vibrant- exactly what I'd hoped to achieve and what I wanted from their pink shades. It has stained my sunnies and pillowcase though. I've used Turquoise a few times and I love it, a gorgeous consistent colour that doesn't fade too quickly. I've also been through all the purple shades, and again it's an experiment in finding a colour that you like, as the first attempt is usually a surprise. The colours are always really pretty and I get loads of compliments which makes my day every time. All my purple colours have faded out to a pretty blue/green, some faster than others, which is something else to be aware of.

Using Directions has been so much fun- I like change so I wasn't too upset by not getting the anticipated results. I've continued to use Directions and it's a really good product to play with for unique colours that are easy to work with and have a great consistent finish. Some shades will last longer than others, but if you're wanting to experiment with your colour, this is definitely the product to use.

My hair is bright bright red. It fades quickly and I need to keep it refreshed without damaging it with a permanent colour every other week. This is where La Riche Directions colour comes in. Every 2 to 3 weeks, depending on the fading of my hair I put nearly a tub through my hair. The great thing about this is it's non damaging on the hair as it doesn't need a developer to activate it. It's a conditioning colour. This is also good because you can leave it in for ages without the worry of it damaging your hair. I also mix a small amount into my conditioner to stop the colour fading so fast. I have tried other vibrant products like this such as manic panic and paintbox but prefer La Riche as it's cheaper and also like Manic Panic comes in a tub so i can get every last bit of product out or put back what i don't use easily. It pulls easily through the hair too and with a bit of jif it comes off anywhere I've accidentally splashed it. I normally cover my hair in glad wrap after applying and leave it on for a while....sometimes an hour or so, it depends on how hectic things are. I condition after but i don't use shampoo and you shouldn't until at least 48 hours after any colour. It's value for money and the colour result is the same as others brands like it as is the wear. Probably not quite as well wearing as Manic Panic but definitely better than Paintbox in my opinion. A great option for maintaining the vibrancy of fashion colours in between regrowth applications. Works better on pre-lightened hair depending on what results you are after. I apply to faded red that i achieve with either Affinage B-red or L'Oreal hi-lights in red. I use La Riche Directions in Coral red, Flame and Fire. I have coloured my sisters in Turquoise and aqua colours from La Riche and they were also great. I plan on trying the other reds as well.

Now I have heard wonderful wonderful things about this - and I have no idea how the coloured dyes work, but my review will be solely based on the white toner. So if you’re looking for a review on the dyes, skip this one!

Alright so I want to mention that these little pots are sold for 4 pounds over in the UK, but in NZ i had to track mine down from trade me where I paid $20, when I received it, I was more than upset with how little it was, and how little product it contained.

The pot is also a little difficult to work with! I find transferring it to another pot sort of useless as there is such little amount in there, but then again you can’t get your dye brush in the pot either! It’s also near impossible to open the container when you first get it!

So I wanted to purchase the white toner, because I got my roots done and they were slightly more yellow than desired. I did as the directions said, wash hair, put it on, wait for 15 minutes, wash out.

I put it all over my yellow roots, waited 20 minutes and washed out. Sadly, the yellow in my hair was still there, but the surrounding areas that are platinum blonde had turned purple! I’d only left it 5 minutes longer than the recommended time and it turned purple! Lovely! Not!

I was left with a lovely silver, purple hair, with yellow roots! Not happy! Because my hair is platinum it took way longer than 20 washes to get all that colour out! So be warned!