Pravana ChromaSilk Vivids Long-Lasting Vibrant Color - Blue Topaz Unisex, 3.04 Fl Oz (Pack of 1)

As someone who will no longer touch their hair with bleach or permanent hair dye, I had to find a semi permanent dye that still gave me some depth of color I wanted and lasted more than a few weeks. Pravana is it.Almost all semi permanent hair dyes (especially ones that show up on darker hair) are going to stain and be hard to work with. I’ve been using them for almost 8 years now and have it pretty much down to a science. I used to have to dye on a Friday because I’d have stains on my head, neck, ears, hands etc and couldn’t go to work the day after. I now can dye the night before and go to work the next day.I got a lot of these tips from other Amazon reviews years back and some were my own discoveries. Nonetheless I’m passing them to you. If you do not want to stain yourself or your bathroom, try the following…- Cover your sink and counter top with a trash bag or old towel. No matter how careful you are, a drip is probably going to get on it.- Same with the floor. Put something under you.- Put Vaseline or aquaphor (a lot of it) all around your neck, forehead, temples, ears, arms (unless you wear long sleeves) sides of your cheeks.. everywhere color could touch (it will touch your skin no matter how careful you are).- get a cheap hair dressers cover. I wrap mine so the open sides wrap towards the front of me and the closed section is in the back. Pull it up to your back hairline and fasten as best you can. If it slips down, the vaseline gives you protection.- Wear gloves when you apply the dye, rinse the dye and the first and sometimes second time you wash with shampoo. Same with when you brush it after the first rinse or two. It’s going to bleed and will stain when the dye is still really potent in your hair so wearing gloves until it’s dry will prevent staining.- Use a color applying brush. It doesn’t matter too much on which end you start with since there’s no developer. I find starting at the top gets less dye on my arms. If you get dye on your skin, you can remove with old rag or paper towel at the end. I get all the color on and then wipe everything off with an old rag or paper towel. There’s usually no staining since I used Vaseline but if there’s any left, soap and water in the shower will take the rest off. I usually have no staining when I get out after the first rinse.- I usually leave the color in overnight since my hair is so dark. You do not need to do this. It has never harmed my hair (I think it feels amazing after) and I personally feel I get better color this way. I wrap my hair in a Walmart bag and make sure it’s covering my neck and tie the two handles towards the front of my head. Sometimes I double bag. Never had stains on my pillow when I woke up.- If you have a clogged or slow draining tub, you will have massive staining first couple of rinses. Even if you don’t you will probably have some staining. If any color gets on the walls as you are rinsing, immediately take a cup of water and rinse it. It may or may not get it all off or you may see a hue of color depending on how much dye was there. I have a trick for any color left.- Immediately after getting out of the shower, wrap your hair in an old towel. It will stain the towel and any drops can stain your floor. Get all the water out you can so your hair isn’t dripping.- spray your tub the second you can! I use the Clorox bathroom cleaner with bleach. It comes right off. Regular bleach in water will get it off too if you fill up your tub and let it sit. But I found the spray is much easier. Spray and rinse or spray and wipe. Both work for me. You can never tell the tub was purple or blue afterwards. Also works if you get it on tile or sink. Careful though because sometimes a blob of the dye has gotten directly on my sink and even with bleach it still had some discoloration. That’s why I cover my entire counter now.- Also watch out for doors and walls! You may think you are father away than you are and brush up against it. Same when applying the color. Careful not to get drips on the wall or front of your sink. A magic eraser has worked for walls for me before but sometimes nothing got the color out depending on the wood.I know I seems like a lot but it’s worth it to have colored hair without the damage. My hair is so long now and finally doesn’t feel like straw. Pravana gives me the best color on non bleached darker hair and it lasts a good 2 months for me. All those steps above ensure I am NOT staining my skin and needing to scrub it off before work and that my bathroom stays dye free.

Holy moly! This is the holy Grail of superbright and saturating hair colors. I can't even believe how deep and vibrant this color is. This is not for the faint of heart or for newbies. This is intense and can make a huge permanent mess if you aren't careful ( just check out the photo of my tub after I rinsed the color out) I have used pravana hair dye before to go bright red. I wanted to do something a little brighter and more intense this time, and so I chose the violet color. It actually turned out darker than the color swatch that is shown in the product photo, but I'm sure the color will fade over time into a beautiful violet purple. My hair had also been previously bleached and colored, so it's possible that because I was starting with a darker hair strand, the color is darker and general on my hair. Something that is very important to note is to read the directions that are on Amazon or that other reviewers have posted before you start. When I was doing the red dye, most people said to leave it on his long as possible. However, for the violet die, the users do not recommend leaving it on for more than 20 or 30 minutes as it can actually make the hair color fade faster. I'm not sure if this is true, but after 40 minutes, I ran to the bathroom to rinse it out because I was worried about overdoing it. The most important thing for you to know is that this makes a huge mess if you're not careful. If this is your first time dying your hair and you really want to do it yourself at home, I highly recommend doing it outside or covering your entire dye area with plastic. It made a huge mess on my deck and dyed a couple of my fabric chairs purple when my friend dripped color on them. (She was rushing and used way more product than needed, so it made a huge dripping mess. Take your time and start out with less color, adding more as needed, rather than using a ton at once, and making a mess). I was able to get them out with soap and water but you must do this immediately if you want to have any chance of getting the stain out of anything. I posted a picture of my tub after I rinsed the color out. It's also good to know and that everything on my body was dark purple. It took me several sessions of exfoliating and scrubbing to get the color out. Just be prepared for your shoulders and back and hands to be slightly purple that first day. It also died my feet purple in the shower from the dye running down my body. It's not a super big deal, and two days later it is already faded and you can't tell on my body, but something to know if you were doing it before an event. I almost recommend just taking this color to a salon and having them do it there to spare yourself the trouble of the mess at home. I did have my ends professionally bleached several months ago. I don't ever recommend doing the bleaching yourself at home but that is totally up to you. I don't know your level of hair expertise and so if you feel confident bleaching your hair at home, who am I to stop you? Anyway, I put my hair in a pony tail and so I just had my friend up tie-dye to the part below the ponytail that was previously bleached professionally. oh, I also would recommend investing in purple or very dark colored towels for you to use when dying, rinsing, and for the next several weeks after you apply the haircolor. I have been pleasantly surprised with how little the color has transferred on other items considering how terrible the bleeding and dyeing was on the first night. It did transfer onto the crystal clear white gym towels that they provide at my gym, but I didn't notice anything on my towels from hot yoga where I sweat a lot. That being said, I invested in a couple of blue and purple darker colored yoga towels and would highly recommend you do the same if you are planning on working out with this bright hair color. I'm hoping that as time goes on, The color will stick more and more and I won't have to worry about transfer at all. For now, I plan on wearing a darker colored shirts and not having my hair wet resting against any fabrics in my house or on my clothes. I did post a picture of my bathtub so that you can see the intensity that I am talking about. That is why they call these colors vivid. Regardless, I've gotten tons of compliments and I absolutely love it. It's a super bright and vibrant purple but I'm looking forward to lighting a little bit overtime and being the beautiful purple that is in the stock photo. I did add a third photo of the tub after I spent hours using comments, magic eraser, and a scrub brush. So, it is possible to get the colors out of your tub, but I wish I could have avoided this in the first place by just rinsing my hair outside or next time, I will just take this color to a salon.

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This colour is gorgeous and the product is easy to use. I just mixed it with regular white hair conditioner and applied to my clean dry hair. Left it for 1 hour and TA DA!! The colour is EXACTLY what I was looking for! The front of my hair was blond which turned pink. I already had blue in my hair so it made it purple which is what I wanted to achieve. I've ordered another tube of the magenta and I also ordered the Violet. And the best part: it did not colour my bathtub whatsoever! Looooove this product!!!

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I absolutely love this colour. It looks awesome and it lasts very long. I bleach my hair before and then use the colour on the bleached hair. I also mixed it with pink once and it always looked awesome!Only critic is the price. When I bought it for the first time it cost under 25€ and now they want 40€ which is way to expensive even if the colour is that good. I bought it 5 times now and Im always happy with the results 👌🏻💜