John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Visibly Brighter #Review
{Disclaimer: I was sent these products for
review}
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| John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Visibly Brighter Subtle Lightening Shampoo, Conditioner and In-Shower Lightening Treatment |
First post of the year Woohoo! Today we are
talking about the John Frieda Brilliant
Brunette Visibly Brighter Subtle Lightening Shampoo, Conditioner and In-Shower
Lightening Treatment.
This particular Brilliant Brunette line is
designed to subtlety lighten your hair without leaving your hair bleached or
orange. When I first got these, I was thinking in my head Yes, DIY balayage! Ummm no...I think my expectations were a bit
cray-cray. Silly rabbit.
Let's first talk about the In-Shower Treatment. The In-Shower Treatment is a lightening product that comes in a dual squeeze tube for easy application. It is supposed to be a quick and easy way to lighten your hair. You fold back the plastic tab to reveal a small opening to each tube.
Let's first talk about the In-Shower Treatment. The In-Shower Treatment is a lightening product that comes in a dual squeeze tube for easy application. It is supposed to be a quick and easy way to lighten your hair. You fold back the plastic tab to reveal a small opening to each tube.
‘Squeeze the product out and apply to wet
hair concentrating on roots or all over. Rinse off hands’.
I
opted to do this part out of the shower. I brushed and then wetted down my
hair. I squeezed the product out directly out on to my wet hair. I paid special attention to applying this
solution to the front edges and the lower portion of my hair. It wasn’t too
hard to apply to the desired areas although it wasn’t precise. The product, a thin gel consistency, allowed
me to squeeze the product out in straightish lines down the length of my hair.
Then I patted and stroked it on to the strands.
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| John Frieda In-Shower Treatment |
The whole time, I was either holding my
breath or taking breathes through my mouth only. The In-Shower ~~gasp~~ Treatment ~~gasp~~ stinks horribly! You only need to keep it on for 5 minutes and
then rinse off but holy crap I don’t
think I would have been able to handle being enclosed in a shower with that ammonia-rific
smell. I dye my hair all the time and this treatment was possibly the strongest
smelling solution I have tried in a long time. Not a fan of the smell.
After the five minutes were up, I jumped in
the shower and rinsed off the lightening agent and breathed deep. Then I washed
with the Visibly Brightening Subtle Lightening Shampoo and Conditioner. I was
pleasantly surprised that the shampoo was ashy gold colour. The colour will
give brunette hair a golden boost. The conditioner was beige cream and worked
wonderfully. My hair feels pretty good
right now. Smooth and soft. Plus I like the smell of the conditioner. All these
products are infused with honey and marigold extract. I am not positive what marigolds
smell like but I am envisioning they smell like this conditioner.
Now for the moment of truth; does the
Visibly Brighter Subtle Lightening system work? Yes I have to say it does. It is subtle, I will say that. It will
not give you any sort of balayage situation (what was I thinking? Haha) but
your hair will appear a tiny bit lighter and in my case the chestnut tones took
on a slightly more golden tone.
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| Before and After In-shower Treatment |
I can attest that the In-Shower Treatment
is safe to use on colour treated hair. I
recently touched up my roots about a week prior to using the In-Shower
Treatment and did not see any ill effects other than my ends were a bit drier than
before. But what hair colouring/lightening system won’t do that?
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| Brilliant Brunette Visibly Brighter Subtle Lightening Shampoo and Conditioner |
I have only used the Brilliant Brunette Visibly Brighter Subtle Lightening Shampoo and Conditioner
for about a week but I can still only see the change in tone that that the
initial In-Shower Treatment gave. Now my
roots have a lot of grey so I am interested to see what this does to that. Will
it make them yellow? Brown? I am curious.
What do you think of the Brilliant Brunette Visibly Brighter Subtle
Lightening In-Shower Treatment? Do you think you want to give it a try - smell not withstanding?
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