Reviews on LOreal Natural Match?

This has only been out several weeks. The reviews on Makeup Alley are generally positive. But given my experience with drugstore hair color, I am concerned about this pulling red, even with the ash or neutral brown colors. Has anyone tried this hair color yet, especially those who are trying to avoid red?

i ended up with some not so pretty results but i think the biggest reason why is that i thought my hair was darker than it really is...the thing i was really happy about though is that it didnt seem to damage my hair at all...i was expecting it to fry it a bit more than it did.

just make darn sure you know what color you are starting with!

when i started, my hair color was actually lighter than i thought it was, i posted yesterday...see the red roots and mahogany/purple ends post...i think if my hair had been the color it said to start with it would have been very close to the color on the box...i just tried a color that wasnt close enough to my own color. the one really nice thing is it actually did not seem to damage my hair (dry out) like most dyes ive used before.

so if anyone knows how to fix this! please i start a new job on monday...id really be happy if i could NOT look quite so "alternative".

 

since i posted this earlier this morning i manged to find a way to fix it. hooray! :)

Edited by clueless

I'm no expert, but have you considered getting ColorFix from Sally's and removing the color? Then using a color formula designed to work with what you are left with? There's a "sticky" thread on this board that tells all about the basics of hair color, including how to correct or support the color you have on your head. Also, I've heard of people using protein fillers on porous hair, to control color grab and wrong hues. And on Makeup Alley a woman posted that the Natural Match was the wrong color on her highlights, so she removed all the color, bleached the highlights further, then applied Natural Match again. I think she also used a filler on the highlighted area. Basically she was trying to get all her hair in the correct color in order to receive the Natural Match in the color she wanted.

What I did when I felt I was going too far with experimenting and not being happy with the results...I went to a professional colorst and had her correct back to my original color. Maybe you could find someone open on Sundays.

Hope this helps.