L'OREAL TECHNIQUE HiColor Browns & Blondes Permanent Hair Color - Lifts Dark Hair in One Step Leaving No Brassiness, Rich and Smooth Creme Formula, Intense & Long-Lasting, H14 Vanilla Champagne

Best Red Hair dye I've ever used. It comes with a slight bleach in it. My hair is pitch black and it took me some trial and error with a LOT of products to get it right. On the parts of my hair where I experimented, they didn't dye as easily, but the virgin came out blood red, especially when mixed with a bit of red! It's good I bought 4 because the next day, I used the other two to redye some of the darker spots and make it all even. It really does look like a salon-quality!When the dye comes out, my hair looks brown or a bit coppery, but it doesn't bother me at all. Brown is nice. Red is a hard color to keep up with, so dying the hair every two months (maximum) is best. Every month minimum is good. As a touch up, using this product on the roots and another red dye probably from manic panic on the already dyed hair will help keep the hair healthy. It's not good to continually bleach one's hair.If you don't want a POWERFUL and STRONG bright magenta and red to be showing, you can use the other L'oreal Excel Hicolor red or magenta that is NOT hilights. The hilights branch come out brighter and stronger. I didn't know this from the beginning and mixed the two products, wondering why my black hair didn't turn red! Contrarily, you can also use a 20 developer with this hilights Magenta and it would come out very nicely but not as strong as with a 30 developer. Oh and as a last advice, to prevent any bleaching damage, organic/virgin cocoanut oil can be applied to the hair graciously as least an hour ahead of dying. This helps your hair to dye easier and prevents damage. My hair is actually softer than before I dyed it because I used it! I hope this review helps. :D

I used 20 volume developer so it didn't lift the color as much. My hair is naturally dark brown. I used the entire tube for 1 session. If you use a higher developer it will lift more. I like the results.

I didn't think this would work as well as it did, but I went from a dark brown to a very nice blonde. The vanilla champagne does not take super well on silver hairs, but the effect it gave my hair is Amazing! Follow the instructions and trust the process (I was very very skeptical while it processed), it does wonders!

Great!

ordered the wrong color - but love this brand

It left a beautiful color

This doesn't do what it says at ALL. It lifted my regrowth way passed the color on the bottle and did nothing to my regular hair. It won't work for hair with even a speck of dye in it. I am so upset I wasted money on this and the developer on top of it. All it did was bleach my roots and now I look like someone balding and it's going tp cost me even more to fix. I want my money back.

This is a great product with a 30 developer since I am a brunetteThis is a great way to get beautiful red hair without dye