I am not a blonde! (A girly post)
I have a thing about my hair. I use a fair number of hair products (okay, a lot) to try to make it look fabulous. My description of my hair: exceedingly thick (think of the thickest hair that you've ever seen. Now make it twice as thick. There you go.), brown with a lot of natural highlights, both blonde and red. My stylist refers to it as "golden brown" which I think fits. I was born a blonde and my hair gradually darkened until I was 5ish when it became approximately the color that it is now (though with fewer red highlights). The same thing happened to my sister, although her hair stopped at more of a dirty blonde color. But really, this is about hair product...My most recent change was to John Frieda's Brilliant Brunette shampoo and conditioner. I like it a lot-there was a huge and immediate difference in texture. I haven't seen much difference shine-wise, but my hair is lighter since I've been using it as well-the highlights show up A LOT more. Oh-I love the smell too. I used up the original bottles of the stuff this weekend and went to buy more last night. The problem? There are multiple formulations for different hair shades. Last time I bought the stuff, I stood there like an idiot in the middle of the aisle and stared at the bottles and my hair and tried to figure out which shade it was and then finally just bought the darkest one. Yesterday I thought I'd be tricky and come up with a shade BEFORE I went and then find the bottle that most closely matched what I came up with. My choice? Carmel. (Though as I think about it now, I realize that there are lots of colors to carmel. I meant the kind on an apple, not the kind in a Snickers bar.) I marched to the drugstore and was confronted with the following bottles:Brilliant Brunette: Amber to Maple
Brilliant Brunette: Chestnut to Espresso
(Similar products from Pantene were "Toffee to Almond" or "Nutmeg to Dark Chocolate")
Ravishing Red: Light Auburn to Copper
Ravishing Red: Dark Auburn to Burgundy
Sheer Blonde: Platimun to Champagne
Sheer Blonde: Honey to Carmel
Right away, we notice an immediate problem. I am certainly not Sheer Blonde.
So, in the end, I stood there in the middle of the aisle like an idiot again and tried to look at my hair and figure out what it is. My decisions?
1. My hair is Maple to Chestnut. Though I think I have seen toffee, carmel, and maybe even copper that are the same color.
2. Almond is not a shade of Brown
3. 97% of the blondes I know are Champagne to Honey
4. Burgundy has purple in it
Who makes up these colors, anyway????
I ended up buying Chestnut to Espresso again, using the reasoning that if it ain't broke, I didn't need to fix it.
Edited to Add: Wow. I just read that over, and I don't know if I have ever sounded so shallow in my life. Wow.
posted by Immunegirl @ 12:51 PM
10 Comments:
WOW! I just saw a commercial for his shampoos and thought I might give it a try. After reading about your experiences, I think I'll stick to my regular shampoo for colored hair LOL. Now that I think about it, I went to buy some shampoo for my hair since I had it colored and highlighted and they have two choices ... shampoo for colored hair or for highlighted hair. What about the peeps that have both? Yeesh. Decisions, decisions. I went with the color option seeing as I have more hair that's actually colored.
I actually REALLY like the shampoo and I would certainly recommend it if only I knew what color my hair was. Grrr.
New thought: It's Diet Coke colored. Is diet coke a choice?
Yay for shallow posts! I, too would have been looking at all the shade names with a glazed over look on my face. Hell, I even get confused as to whether my hair would be medium brown or dark brown! :)
I think it's dark brown naturally, but the coloring I have been using makes it medium brown. I think. Heh.
I have had blonde hair all my life. Up until last year that is. It just keeps getting darker as I get older. I was just thinking about this shampoo wondering if I should get some of the brunette stuff. I used the blonde stuff a year or so ago. hmmm. The people at my hair place can't decide if I'm a blonde or a brunette. heh. The haircut before last, the girl said it was light brown. The last haircut, the girl said it's a dark ash blonde. If they can't figure it out, how am I supposed to? sheesh.
Yay shallow!
Umm...wow. I say stick with what you're using cause the other stuff sounds like my hair (and GlowPop's too). Maybe I should try some of this.
Has anyone ever told you? You're quite shallow.
Glowpop: Your hair sounds like exactly the same color as my sister's. My mom says it is brown, I say it is blonde, and my sister says it is ashe blond.
Momma: Yes! You should try it. It is fabulous.
Carey: :P
this is a chick thing, right?
What tipped you off? Was it the title that says "A girly post"?
Goth...yes it's a chick thing. But that's why you love us, right? *smooch*
Jen...*smooch* 'cause I can
Wheeze...Would you prefer toffee, almond, or dark chocolate for a snack?
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