Hair Color - Loreal Excellence Hicolor

Loreal Excellence Hicolor

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Printed Date: October 03 2025 at 3:44pm

Topic: Loreal Excellence Hicolor

Posted By: alwaysandnever
Subject: Loreal Excellence Hicolor
Date Posted: July 31 2007 at 11:51pm

My hair is naturally very dark and I've always been fond of light-medium brown hair and about over year ago I dyed my hair using Loreal Preference Ultra Light Ash Brown. Initially, I was disappointed about the color - it hadn't turned out as the picture. It all depended on the light source - under super bright light it looked light-medium brown but under most conditions it looked much darker, even though noticeably lighter than my natural color. Though it turned out great - I got lots of compliments and many people didn't realize it wasn't my natural.

My hair is short (6-7 in) and has mostly grown out the dyed hair [whilst my hair being cut regularly], and I was thinking of trying something else as I did like the dye but wanted better results. Even if not "lighter," it showing up better and/or not so red is desirable.

I was looking here at some older posts and found someone was in the same situation as me and posted this link:

http://www.beautydeals.net/shop/list.html?categ=212 - http://www.beautydeals.net/shop/list.html?categ=212

I am wondering if anyone has tried and/or knows how this might turn out. Is there any chance that this might turn out badly? I'm willing to take a risk and the scenario of it not lightening that much actually.. just as long as my hair doesn't turn orange or anything. Also, what would be better, the light cool brown or the coolest brown? I have tan skin and don't want something *too* light that is looks horrible but obviously I'm not sure how lighter/darker my hair will turn out as opposed to the pictures there - I'm unsure how strong because it asks to mix with a developer, unlike my last dye which came in one box.

Basically, I'm trying to find the best dye to create the coolest (as in, ashiest/not so reddish) light brown that I can do at home. I am not interested in bleaching/etc, just wanted to know if this would produce even slightly better results than my previous. My previous dye said 2-3 shades while this states 3-4 shades.

Thank you for any advice :)

Replies:

Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 9:39am

The best way to produce the most natural color without bleaching is to dye the hair only two shades lighter than the natural color. If you want lighter hair, then you must bleach and tone for a more natural shade. However, I have noticed that "nothing" looks as natural as your own color. All dyed hair tends to look dyed, to me anyway.

Rebekah

Posted By: alwaysandnever
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 2:36am

Would it be possible to get a color like this?

http://www.clairol.com/brand/herbalessences/chart/shade.jsp?hf=true - http://www.clairol.com/brand/herbalessences/chart/shade.jsp?hf=true

[the third one down under golden]

Wow, I just now realized my mistake from the previous dye.

http://www.adiscountbeauty.com/media/loreal2color.jpg - http://www.adiscountbeauty.com/media/loreal2color.jpg

If you look at light ash brown that's almost exactly how my hair looked under most lighting conditions.. But thats not quite what I was aiming for.. the other pics sure made Light Ash Brown look different - more like golden. When I had a choice between golden/ash though I choose ash to neutralize red.

But anyways, do you have any suggestions now? If I use the Clairol will it turn out like that color, or will it look red?

Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 1:25am

Only if that shade is two shades lighter than your natural color. Otherwise you will need to bleach then tone to get that color.

Anytime you try to lift hair that is very dark, red is the result. I'm sorry without seeing your hair and knowing your hair, it's really hard to give any suggestions about what to do. You could strand test to see what will result. Remember that gold, beige, red are warm colors and will produce red. Good luck and I hope this helps...

Rebekah