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“After seeing the fabulous reviews for L'Oreal Feria, I...”

written by NYCDenMom on 23/05/2006

Good Points
Smell
Genuine color
3D color/highlights

Bad Points
Remember that it is permanent

General Comments
After seeing the fabulous reviews for L'Oreal Feria, I went to the Feria website to review the colors (www.lorealparisusa.com/haircolor/products/feria/index.asp) and figure out which color would look best on me. This was a lot of fun and very helpful.



My hair is natural medium brown: the most medium brown that ever medium'ed a brown. It is short (kind of like a grown out pixie) and I have medium loose curls. I generally color it about every 6 months with something slightly lighter or darker than my regular brown. This time I wanted to go darker.



I swung by the drug store and picked up #41, crushed garnet. On the website, it looked rather black with red, but on the box, it looked red with a hint of black. I picked up a L'Oreal Black mousse temporary color in case this color didn't work out. (Trust what is on the box). I followed the directions. The smell is greatly helped by the "aromatic" oil you add. The conditioner after is great too. It would be great to have someone around to help you get all the sections and double check your work.



Yes, other people's responses of "psycho explosion in the shower" are not an understatement. Be sure to really spend 10 minutes rinsing, and double and triple rinsing. I used a white towel on my hair when I got out of the shower. Needless to say, I got back in the shower, and the towel is in a bleach cycle.



So, I have conditioned it and dried it. It is a bit more shocking red than I originally expected. For my hair, it is like bright auburn with fiery highlights. It is not what I expected, but it is fun. Not good for my skin color at all. I will definitely be putting some low-lights of blacks on top of this.