Garnier Olia Ammonia Free Permanent Hair Color, 100% Gray Coverage (Packaging May Vary), 6.43 Light Natural Auburn, Red Hair Dye, Pack of 1

The media could not be loaded. Purchased 4.0 Dark BrownFor the longest time I used a natural hair colorant and then one day it did not seem to get the deep brown shade that I longed for. I am 43 years old and my once medium brown hair is probably 50% grey from age, stress, and pain. I started dabbling in other brands and this is the first time I have tried Garnier Olia.I must say I am very happy with the color. The brown is cool toned which is what I need. I guess you would call me a "cool winter" as far as color. I run between pale skin in the winter to a medium skin tone in the summer with pink undertones. I have grey eyes. I look good in colors such as black, blue-red, deep purple, just about all blues, etc.I colored my hair a few days ago and when rinsing it out. I just used conditioner. I find this helps the color sit and take longer. I then washed it 2 days later with a mild shampoo followed by conditioner. In the last number of days, I have actually gotten a number of compliments on my hair, which, it has been a long time since that happened. I used to get compliments all the time, but as I got older it slowly stopped. Now that I have gone back darker, THIS seems to be my shade and, I am going to stick with it for awhile.I have hair that is past my waist and this whole kit seemed to cover my roots and actually do my entire head with a pretty even color. I think, it you wanted a more uniform, deep color and your hair is super long, perhaps a bottle and a half to two? I was actually happy with the one bottle.I have never paid to have my hair colored. I have always done it myself. It is so easy these days. This brand did not seem to damage my hair. Since it is long and I am 'older' I am pretty particular about my hair products. I follow my washes with Bumble and Bumble Invisible Oil and usually something by Living Proof and then I sleep on it all overnight. I wash at night to let my hair pick up some natural oils since my hair is normal to dry in nature. Using this hair color did not change my hair texture, if anything, it feels a little better, a little less frizzy at the ends. This is good.Overall ... I will be purchasing this brand and this color again. Very pleased. Please see the video for before and afters. I think I probably had an inch of grey grown out and my previous color and brand had faded a lot.

I have been coloring my hair for about 25 years. From bottles, boxes & expensive salons. Seems I have tried it all, some I liked well enough, some not so much & that includes the salon! The mishaps never really bothered me though as I like to try new products and well, hair grows out, so I never stressed over it. My medium brown hair has stubborn grays now, mostly on top and I have been immensely frustrated by box colors in recent years. My daughter wanted her hair done for prom, something subtle & a bit lighter than her normal color, so I tried Olia Medium Blonde 8.0 on her light brown/Dk. Blonde hair. First of all, the smell is great-it really is and at first I did it outside because the normal box colors are ALL too powerful and give me a headache. The bottle worked fine for me even though it is that drop type shape, but I can see how it could be a problem for some people. Just mix it in a dish then and paint it on, no big problem & with how awesome this product is that is a very small concession indeed if you need it! The color looked great, but was a bit too light on top for her personal liking (her hair seems thinner there and the color really took), so I quickly went out and purchased Dk. Blonde 7.0 and used that over the 8.0. Wow! It turned out great - beautiful shading. She said her hair feels better than ever, it is shiny and just looks really healthy - you know like hair always looks in magazines but never in person - until now! The first 2 photos are her hair, the 3rd is mine because of course, I was so pleased with how her hair turned out that I also bought 4.35 Dark Golden Mahogany for myself due to another reviewer who loved it - and thank you, it is truly a beautiful color! Not only that, Olia actually covered my top greys...this has not been the case with any other color I have tried. My hair feels luxurious as well. I noticed some bad reviews and I can only surmise that some people need practice (we all do initially!), maybe a different color or maybe for whatever reason they just didn't like it, but I never want to try another hair color product again. My fast & free haircolor days are over - this product sold me instantly. It is spectacular. The pictures are not great quality & certainly don't do justice to how great both our colors turned out, but I think pictures are helpful so I uploaded them anyway.

Works great, easy to apply at first I thought the shade wasn't right, the color turned out perfect!