How long do you leave Colorista on?

Hey there, So, last week I saw the L'Oreal Paris Colorista collection in my local store, and really wanted to give the #RedHair a try. The reason I didn't pick the turquoise or blue was because of my orange based hair (I've got medium brown hair). The packaging told me, it was also meant for dark to light brown hair. So you wouldn't have to bleach it before putting it into your hair. It would washout after 2 weeks, and go back to your natural haircolor. Have you heard anything about the Colorista Washouts? Or even tried it? I want a dark red color to see if I like to go back to the semi-permanent red dye. It says to let the dye in for 30 minutes, however, I want a bright result, so I am planning to let it stay in for 1-2 hours. Or maybe longer. I don't know if that's a problem, but I've done it with Manic Panic and it gave me the best results. Anyone who has some advice about the dye? I would love to try it but if I can't leave it in for more than 30 minutes, I'd like to know. And if you have any experience with the Colorista dye, you're welcome to share! Would love to know.

Living la vita colorata ♥

This is the result I'd like to have.

Dozens of people say their hair was stained green after using L’Oreal Colorista dye.

According to the box, the temporary colour ‘lasts two to three shampoos,’ or around a week.

But take a look at the reviews on Amazon, and many people say weeks or months after they used it, the colour has faded but left a dodgy mint or blue tinge behind.

And yes, it happened to me as well.

I used the lilac dye after previously getting my hair bleached and loved the result. The patches of mouldy green which stayed behind though… Not so much the look I was going for.

Unfortunately I read the warnings AFTER I had slathered the dye all over my hair and waited for it to take, so by this point it was already too late.

The reviews

Here are some of the reviews from others on Amazon…

• ‘DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT- I used the lilac hair colour and although the colour was nice, when it came to wash out it made my hair bright frigging blue. I am not happy at all and have had to rebleach my hair to get rid of the blue.’
• Initially it was an OK colour although didn’t give very even coverage. Reason for 1 star is after one wash the colour had basically gone and it started turning green… took ages for the green to fully disappear!
• Ladies I beg you not to buy this. After one use and one wash which all the purple washed out it has turned my hair green. Yes green reading the reviews I can see it has happened to a lot of people. I even bought the L’Oreal colour faded shampoo don’t bother waste of money. I dyed my hair yesterday my usual blonde again and you can still see a green tint. My hairdresser has recommended I get it cut out.
• Please don’t buy this, it left my hair green and i had to go back to brown hair because of it. DO NOT BUY THIS UNLESS YOU WANT GREEN HAIR
• Don’t use it! I used the lilac which after eight washes (should have been two or three) turned blue. When I tried to get rid of it with colorb4, it turned vivid green and seems to be permanent. Very expensive mistake, this stuff should not be on sale

L’Oreal warns that people with bleached or blonde hair should not use the turquoise, burgundy, red or orange dyes.

However, there’s no suggestion that lilac, blue or purple aren’t suitable for bleached or blonde hair.

The safest colours seem to be pink and peach which have mostly positive reviews (and I can confirm that the pink worked perfectly for me, with no green issues and a gradual fade out.)

I asked my hairdresser what went wrong with the lilac, and she said that dyes like this can stain badly and shouldn’t be left on the hair for long at all – a maximum of 15 minutes.

However, the box says that for a vivid effect you can leave it on for up to half an hour – so I obviously did that because I didn’t want half measures lilac hair.

I ended up having to get my hair sorted out in a salon when the green just wouldn’t shift, and the hairdresser put orange on it to try and neutralise it.

Thankfully my hair lived to be dyed another colour, and it is no longer green and didn’t have to be cut off.

But if you use the blue or the lilac, be aware that you could end up with more colour than planned.

L’Oreal told Metro.co.uk: ‘The Colorista brand offers a new approach to delivering a range of colour effects to the hair – from cool pastel shades to super bright hair colours.

‘As with all hair colour products, the end-result will vary from individual to individual based different factors, including application techniques, hair condition and hair colour history.

‘L’Oréal Paris takes all feedback from our consumers very seriously.  We will investigate this matter further and will take the appropriate decisions regarding the particular shades.’

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