Garnier Nutrisse Creme Light Brown 6 Review

It was time to dye my hair and I fancied a change so on a whim I purchased the Garnier Nutrisse in Light Brown (No 6). I usually go for a darker shade in varying brands which usually means for a week or so I have black hair as my hair is so porous and takes really easily, but this time I wanted to skip the black hair stage.

Stupidly I decided to look up reviews of this dye AFTER I'd decided to slap it all over my head. I found quite a few negative reviews about how it seems impossible to wash out and how it still stains towels weeks later, generally the reviews seemed not so hot, which left me a little wary when it came to washing it out...

The results: (FYI, my hair was a very dark brown as you can see in my profile picture).

unstyled, straight out of the shower blow-dried hair.

I actually quite like it. I don't LOVE it but I think it looks quite nice. It does seem to have lightened my hair a little and the colour is fairly even. I didn't have much trouble at all washing it out and after blow-drying my hair feels a little dry but mostly soft. It didn't smell that awful and it wasn't terribly hard to apply. I was hoping for an almost ash brown, and it does seem to have cooler tones to it now which I like.

view from above.

On to the cons, there isn't much product. I did only buy one box and I just about got it to cover all of my thick mid-length hair. I'm surprised it came out so evenly, actually, I was convinced I'd probably missed a few bits after the dye had all run out. 

The conditioner was fine, but usually my hair feels great after using the conditioners that come with hair-dyes, this time it was still a little dry. 

All in all, it was just fine. Not great, not bad, just average. Overall I would give it a 6/10 and may use it again in future. 

2014 Hair Stuff. Growing it long, ditching the straighteners, minimal dying.

image via Pinterest and here.

This year I'm going to attempt to have pretty hair. Long pretty hair.
I haven't managed to grow my hair long since my early 'teens, mostly because I get bored so easily and chop it off, but also because of the suffering I put it through. I've dyed my hair countless times, used straighteners on it almost daily for the past 10 years, and blasted it with hot hair-dryers. I also have naturally coarse porous hair which is really susceptible to any damage, it tangles easily and this makes having long hair a bit of a challenge.

I have been growing out a pixie I had over a year ago and my hair is now actually quite long, (just below shoulder length) and I'm aiming for another 6 inches.

To help grow my hair long quickly I'm going to do the following mostly obvious things this year, until I reach my desired length.

- Take a good multivitamin.
- Eat plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables and oily fish.
- Avoid applying heat to my hair as much as I can.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Not cut my hair (obviously!)
- Dye my hair no more than once every 2 months.
- Regularly use intense conditioners to limit the tangles (I usually get lazy with this.)

Also for the next 3 months (as of last week) I'm going to avoid my straighteners completely. I've already gone one week without using them so I'll see where I'm at on the 10th of April.

I wanted to give up the dying completely but I'm not quite ready to reveal my silvers just yet..

Good luck growing your hair out if you're trying! It's so tempting to cut it all off when it's misbehaving.

Kat x