Clairol Professional Beautiful Collection Advanced Gray Solutions

In my opinion, this is the perfect maintenance solution. But, I highly suggest, if possible, to visit a Sally's beauty supply to see hair swatch in person because in my opinion, the color chart both on Sally's website and Amazon not as accurate. Easy application. No mixing, straight out of the bottle. Buy gloves as this is color only not full coloring kit. If you have permanent salon color and need maintenance in between visits this is good solution. If you are like me that got tired of the highlights for gray blending, the damaged hair, the yellow/orangey/brassy color as color fades then this is a great healthier alternative. My experience with B13W Medium Warm Brown. My hair was a faded shade of brown with some brassiness from previous salon color, my roots were a mix of natural dark brown with gray. Wish I would have taken a before picture, but I was eager to color since I waited until December 24th to color. My salon treated hair got darker with the warm brown tone. My darker roots actually picked up color nicely and my grays were lighter but altogether was great blend. Final color in my opinion had a hint of red undertone, but I like it and it was probably because of what was already in my hair. As of today, January 9th, I have washed my hair at least 5 times and color still looking decent. Starting to see some gray growth and fading around edges of face but that's to be expected from washing face and scrubbing makeup off. For me this is best and healthiest solution as it saves me money and hours in salon. My goal is to grow out my natural hair and since this washes out in time, I think it will help in between hair cuts until I decide what to do with grays. Just a side note, because my grays can be stubborn, I did not follow suggested time on bottle instructions and I actually left on for a little over an hour. I will include a photo of hair as of January 9th, please note, I just slathered it on and didn't take time to do sections. Next time I won't rush. Remember to shampoo and wash hair first then apply to towel dried hair and after time is up, rinse hair. I bought a packet of Ion after color sealer at Sally Beauty Supply to apply after rinsing instead of regular conditioner.

I was so tired of using henna. I had to mix it the night before hand and let it sit on my hair for at least 4 hours. The downside was that the color didn't last very long, it always come out reddish, no matter if I used indigo also. Plus, according to my hair dresser, henna was making my hair very brittle, even though I deep condition with every wash. She recommended this Clairol product and I absolutely love it. No mixing. It is less time consuming and has a better, more consistent coverage and color pay off as opposed to henna. Also, it lasts for several washes too.

Update: I gave it one more shot. This time I left it on for a full 1 hour and 30 minutes and I got about 85 to 90% coverage. The instructions say to apply to shampooed, towel dried hair. I left my hair dry and just moistened the hairline where I was covering with water on my fingertips. For me the pros outweigh the cons for this product. Pros: inexpensive, can be stored and reused for touch-ups, color blends well with my existing color. Cons: takes triple the time the label says to be effective. I got this product to cover gray's mostly at my temples, in between salon visits. The first time I tried it I left it on for 25 minutes per the directions and it did absolutely nothing. As far as I could tell it didn't cover any grays at all. After reading more reviews, the second time I left it on for about an hour and 15 minutes and it covered about 60% grays. Since I'm just trying to cover mostly at the temple and spots along my hairline in between salon visits, this works for me, But if you're looking for more complete gray coverage I don't know if this is the best product for that.

I have used this brand of temporary hair color for years with very good results. The only downfall was they eliminated my favorite color. I’ve been using for years when they came out with the better coverage over gray line, but you can mix colors together, which I have done and I’ve never had a bad color result.

I ordered Toasted Almond and it is just as described .left my hair a beautiful sandy medium golden blonde soft and Shiny ! Easy to use as it is premixed no need to buy a separate developer..easy to use it did look dark it kind of scared me but after a rinse and conditioner I could see the lovely medium blonde it left ! Like it so much I put it on auto delivery

I am reviewing Professional Clairol Advanced Gray Hair Solutions, after I first tried the moisturizing version with zero results (it is really designed for non-gray). I am 35-40% silver with fine virgin hair. As a former Cosmetologist, I have become highly sensitive to chemicals from years of exposure working in them. I typically cannot color my hair at all without some sort of negative reaction. I was a long time fan of Clairol's gentle Loving Care line before it was ultimately discontinued. I had been able to use it successfully for years without issue. If you want the short version, I am thrilled to report this product appears to be a fairly close comparable spinoff of Loving Care. Free of ammonia, peroxide, and other harsh chemicals and tints gray successfully. Just stop reading right here and get it!👍 I first tried the Toasted Hazelnut, the lightest color in this line. The goal being three-dimensional high and lowlights (I used a highlighting cap to achieve this). My existing natural dark, leaving some of my natural silver, and applying the toasted hazelnut color to coat the silver areas of choice. I washed my hair with a clarifying shampoo, so the color would have the best possible chance to coat the hair shaft. I allowed the color to stay on a full 45 minutes, per other reviews. Also, remember my hair was completely resistant to the other color. I wanted it to work! Since this product uses O2 technology, allow air to reach your hair, rather than using the typical plastic cap. The Advanced Gray Solutions version is much thicker. The color is more condensed and resulted in a successful tinting of color on my grays. Expect tint. I also think this formula smells much more pleasant than the mousturizing version. Toasted Hazelnut for me is a pale caramel (see first photo). I will continue to play with other colors in this line. Darker colors may coat and hold somewhat better. (UPDATE!!) Since my original review, I started mixing Espresso Bean and Burgundy Brown. It is bomb! I absolutely love it (see second photo)! It's rich and natural and covers quite well. This has become my favorite combination, by far 😍 Overall, I am so happy to say the advanced gray version does a great job. I have zero issues using the product. I do not experience the usual dizziness, headache, irritated scalp, or throat that I normally experience with color. Hooray!! An option for very sensitive people. The scent is pleasant in my opinion (for color) and quite tolerable to my very sensitive nose and breathing. It rinses off of skin quite easily. Easy to apply using a standard plastic bowl, applicator brush, and latex gloves. No staining, or mess (just use an old towel). Product rinses from my hair quite easily (use cool water to retain color longer) with no offensive fragrance. My husband loves the light scent it initially leaves behind. I found that quite unusual and pleasant. I do wish the results lasted longer. I always notice a loss of color from one shampoo. I typically shampoo once/twice a week. It lasts through 4-5 shampoos total for me, still leaving a very light tint by that time. Therefore, I reapply every couple, to 3 weeks. This has truly been a game changer for me. An excellent hair color product for sensitive people in my honest and professional opinion 😊 Yes!! Thanks so very much, Clairol. Please don't stop making this one!!

Decent price but the color does not last very long. It does cover my grey hair but washes away very quickly, especially around the hairline. Knowing that it won't last, I usually apply right before an event that I want my hair to look good.

This didn't seem to cover my greys fully, kind of blended them to look a bit like highlights. That being said, I appreciate it's ease of use and non damaging quality. Kind of conditioning instead.

I haven’t dyed my hair in 8 months, thinking I would go grey. With 50% grey, my skin tone was starting to look sallow. I decided to try a semi permanent dye, hoping that if I didn’t like it, it would wash out. The Toasted Hazelnut colour went on very dark brown, so I was a little concerned about the outcome. But after rinsing, it is a beautiful, shiny neutral light brown. No brassiness, only conditioned soft hair! I love it!

Love the color. Super beautiful. Good for Grey hair

I used this hair dye directly after I relaxed my hair it covered all the grey hair Gentle for the scalp and hair absolutely no tingling sensation Excellent 👍👍👍

Love this for when my roots are growing in, and I don’t feel like permanently dying my hair just yet. These my hair, nice and conditioned.

Instructions difficult to read, no gloves supplied, did not do a good job covering grey hair