K**N
How to use this from a professional
I am a licensed cosmetologist, a colorist, and here’s what I’ve learned about adore hair dye. I’ve used this product many many MANY times in many many MANY ways on myself and on clients. I like it better than some professional products. Recently, I used the color mocha to tone my hair. I had colored it neon yellow months ago. It’s turned weird and It was time to tone it down. I was going for 7N…that’s basically dark blonde/light brown…ish. The mocha was actually green toned but I’ve only seen it red toned. So that was weird. I’m glad about it tho because I was worried it would come out too warm because of my already yellow undertones. I put almost a full bottle in a bowl of water, stirred it, put my dry hair in pig tails and dunked each pig tail in for 10 seconds and washed my hair. That’s how you get a small change…unless you’re pale cool light blonde. Be careful and don’t use colors with green undertones (darkest brown) on very pale light blonde hair unless you’re using a punky green to achieve green hair. If you’re blonde or ashy and want dark brown hair, add copper to your hair first. dark Green cancels out warmth like red and orange. Use the color darkest brown to kill warmth….that’s why it’s green. Use it on warmer shaded of hair and you’ll get dark brown. If you put the product directly on damp hair and let it sit, your color will be more drastic. If you put it on dry hair it will really really take in a bold way and last longer. Use your color wheel and common sense. Mix shades and test them first. This dye is great for people with damaged hair! If box color isn’t grabbing because you’ve colored it to much…yeah you know who you are….adore is what you need to use. It will thicken and condition damaged hair. Some colors fade quicker than others. You can’t have it all. It will stain everything it touches instantly including your skin, sink, towels…When in doubt, strand test! You can not go lighter with this, only darker or brighter and different. It’s not the best for covering natural grey hair unless it’s been bleached. You’re best off using a permanent color because natural grey/white hair is resistant. Peroxide is needed to open that hair cuticle to let the color in. Keep this in mind, there’s a color scale from 1-10. 1 being black and 10 being light blond. Your hair took time to lift from 1 to 10 when you bleached it….yeah you know who you are. It went through stages of colors during that process. If you want your color to turn out right, not fade weird and last longer…consider coloring your hair first a shade between what you are now and what you want your final color to be. I see some people having problems with adore because they are skipping this step. This goes mostly for natural colors. I hope that makes sense and helps someone!😅
P**Z
This stuff is to dye for!!
TL,DR: this stuff is legit, works on unbleached (but lightened) hair, it’s an alcohol-free aloe vera based formula, AND you get two bottles for the price of one!! That’s right — 2 for 1!My light brown hair asked for a colorful makeover. The last time I had dyed it was half a decade ago, and before then I kept going back and forth between carrot-top and tomatohead. I figured this time, should I embody a beetroot? Challenged accepted! And thus began this mission.Because my hair cannot handle bleach, I researched what is the best way to transform unbleached hair to purple.The first step was to lighten the hair a shade or two. I stumbled upon a variety of natural methods, and ended up doing a homemade paste of sorts using 3% hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and honey, leaving it on for 30 minutes before washing. I applied it twice — waited about two weeks between application. It made my hair a dark orangey copper the first time, then slightly more golden the second time. Nostalgia almost convinced me to stay with that color, but no… The mission was to get that bloody beetroot!The next step was finding a dye that works on unbleached hair. I had used “Wildfire” flavored Manic Panic the last time I dyed my hair, to obtain that spicy candy red. It didn’t let me down before, so why not go with that brand again, right? Ha! Right. It was quite the letdown. The concoction was more like a color depositing conditioner that didn’t deposit any color.Such deception… but! My determination superseded that feeling, so back to the drawing board I went.After researching legit semi-permanent dyes, I stumbled upon a few, one of them being Adore. I was leaning towards Arctic Fox at first, but after reading almost all the Amazon reviews on this product, I opted for their Purple Rage and Truly Red.I first applied the purple to most of my hair, then applied red to the bottom portion, the bangs, and some of the front strands of hair. I twisted each portion of hair like a cinnamon bun, covered them with a plastic cap, and “put them in the oven” by wrapping a heating pad around the cap (one review suggested to apply heat and mentioned using the heating pad instead of a hairdryer). Because I didn’t want to relive the panic Manic Panic gave me, I left the dyes on for about four hours to ensure proper color absorption. I then unwrapped and uncoiled the hair and washed the dyes out with only conditioner and not so warm but not cold water. And…As you can see from the photos, this stuff really works!To my surprise, the dyes actually didn’t leave my bathtub looking like the aftermath of La Batalla del Vino. The purple dye did leave a few small streaks, but they came off completely right after I cleaned the tub.Also, I didn’t realize at first, but this dye has no alcohol! I avoid any and every hair product with any variation of alcohol in it. My hair appreciates sobriety and hydration. The aloe vera in this formula provides the kind of hydration my hair unexpectically needed from a hair dye.It’s also worth mentioning the package comes with two bottles of dye for the price of one — same size bottle as Arctic Fox, but at half the cost! In this economy, that is most definitely a win. I ended up with four bottles altogether. Just one bottle of each color sufficed. Even after using so much of the one bottle of purple dye, I still had plenty left over. I put some in a separate bottle, added conditioner, mixed them up, and did the same in another bottle with the red.Although it ended up looking like a female Magneto and not so much a beetroot, I’d still consider this mission accomplished!I’m dyeing to try out other colors when I bluelieve I’m redy — maybe in another five years, maybe sooner!So, yeah… 10/10 would recommend!
A**L
After buying six different colors…
After buying six different colors, I can honestly say this is likely going to be my go-to brand when wanting to dye my hair. I’ll be upfront and say it’s obviously not permanent; for me, it fades within a week, but considering it isn’t harmful, you can do touch-ups whenever you see fit, which is very easy/quick. The bottles are nicely priced to the point where you can keep them stocked for whenever you need to do so. I’ve even heard of people putting some of the dye in their shampoo or conditioner for a brief touch-up every shower. With no ammonia in the product, it’s fine to do it. For me — I apply the dye and leave it for 30 minutes, then I rinse it out in the shower. Works perfectly. I’m very impressed.As for this specific color (sunrise orange), it’s 100% neon orange. It’s exactly what I, personally, wanted… but if neon isn’t your thing, you might want a different shade of Adore. You can find color charts online for their dyes/colors.I hope this helps any semi-perm dye “noobs” like myself! :-)
J**L
My favorite hair dye
I’ve been dying my hair for years. I usually uses Manic Panic, and have tried Raw, Ion, arctic fox and this is my favorite. There’s nothing wrong with the other brands but I love this one snd the price! It is a clear gel and smells like strawberry jello. It’s so bright it’s really neon and, bonus, glows under black light. I over bleached my hair, since it’s REALLY dark to begin with, so a dye that didn’t damage my hair is really important to me. I was surprised that it lasts really well before needing a touch up. It stays bright for almost three weeks with daily shampooing. Hope this helps!
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