I made an impulse decision to color my hair gray today. New year, new hair... why not?
Here are the products that I used:
Ion color Brilliance brights: Rose
Ion color Brilliance brights: Titanium
Pravana Chromasilk Pastels: Pretty in Pink
For these colors, you don't need to mix them with any developer, which means they aren't damaging. It's just paint, which also means it's semipermanent.
First coloring, I wanted to compare the Pravana pink against the Ion pink. as you can see, the Pravana didn't color my hair at all. I'd say I was at or near a level 10 (whitest blond) and I've got porous and thick hair. It should have worked, but it didn't.
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bummer. also check out the scarf I crocheted. chains! |
The Pravana is in the far left, the ion is in the middle. The gray honestly doesn't look so hot either. I actually wanted a pale gray, almost off-white. but it looks kind of green, probably because the dye isn't completely opaque. I wonder if Jerome Russell makes a gray--those were very opaque colors. Sometimes the problem isn't your hair--it's usually the color, which is a translucent sheen of color. Especially when people say "Oh in the SUN it's purple or whatever." Short story: Pravana sucks and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Amazingly, it's a pro brand. I'd be pissed if I went to a salon and got this:
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you can see by my roots it's KINDA pastel pink. |
The ion pink is too vibrant to pass off as pastel. You'd need to dilute it to get it a true pastel.
Needless to say, I redid my hair and now it's:
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wet hair |
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dry hair |
The gray looks a little blueish. I honestly have an ash toner that would get this same color. Maybe with a few washings, It'll look more grayish. I LOVE the pink though. the pink is awesome, especially poking through the ash gray I have here.
That is crazy about Pravana! Regardless, your hair looks awesome, I dig it!!
ReplyDeleteyeah it's crazy....and I've heard great things about pravana...
DeleteDon't look so sad. It's pretty good~
ReplyDeletelol thanks
DeleteWhat a fantastic hair and blog! Love it!
ReplyDeletethanks! your blog is cool too!
DeleteYour hair look amazing! Fabulous!
ReplyDelete:)
DeleteI used the violet pravana on my hair. I lightened it to about a 7 or 8 an it hardly takes. Excuse me while I go buy some manic panic. Glad I'm not the only one who experienced this.
ReplyDeleteyeah parvana blows. glad i'm not the only one either
DeleteI love Pravana, and it has taken to my crazy-over-processed hair (caveat: the blue doesn't seem to take unless your hair is at a level 10 or so, and from what I've read online, the same is true of the pravana pink). I've used Pravana Violet mixed with Wild Orchid and Red, and I had the most beautiful plum-magenta color ever.
ReplyDeleteI would also mention to make sure your hair is washed with a clarifying shampoo and no conditioner prior to coloring.
And lastly, I slept with the color in, so it penetrated to the core of hair follicle - which I think was part of the reason the color lasted for over 6 months without having to reapply/re-color (I do this w/any alternative color, and it makes a huge difference).
Anyhow, people's hair is different, so to each their own... :)
I haven't tried the nonpastel pravana colors, but I believe you when you say the violets and reds were fine. My jaw would drop to the floor if a pro brand couldn't do those colors. The pastels, however, are useless. Unless I had a defective tube. My hair was at a 10 and clean (otherwise the ionic colors wouldn't have taken either). It was disappointing since I keep hearing good things.
DeleteI don't bother with any of the pastels - I think you (proverbial 'you', not you, though you would, of course, qualify as well, lol) have a better shot mixing the full-on Pravana colors w/conditioner (the pastels from other brands I've tried seem to not 'take' to hair either).
DeleteOn a side note: have you tried Arctic Fox Hair Color? They're cruelty-free and even have a glow-in-the-dark neon yellowish color. I'm waiting on a shipment right now, and have read amazing things about them.