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13 Nov, 2016
Works best on light or prelightened hair
3 of 3 found this helpful If you are buying this and your hair is darker than pale yellow then you will need to lighten your hair a few shades before this will work.
It is not a miracle worker and will not lighten your hair. This works the same as any other permanent hair dye, by opening your hair follicles and depositing colour into the shaft of the hair.
I am natural blonde but have been dying my hair various shades of the rainbow for years. I decided I wanted to go grey so began gradually bleach bathing my hair to lighten it to the required pale yellow/white. I had planned on using diluted veggie dyes to get my desired colour but found out about Barina A21 from a Vlogger/MUA on a video sharing site and thought I would try it as her hair was the same shade of grey I desired.
My hair was pale blonde with brassy streaks and white roots , I had previously used Provoke Purple shampoo to tone out a lot of brassy tones leading up to using this dye.
I used this dye on unwashed hair to lessen the damage. The instructions say leave it in for 20-40mins but I had read on a blog that the full time leaves hair with a blue rinse kind of look until you next wash it. I left it on for around 20 mins and rinsed. I looked in the mirror and saw my hair was blue, so I shampooed my hair and the foam turned blue, which was a good sign as it was removing the blue build up.
After styling my hair was a lovely even shade of grey! It was slightly blue but I knew it would continue to wash out so I am fine with that! I have washed my hair once since and it is getting less blue already.
This dye did not damage my hair at all. I am very happy with it and how it turned out!
I have read that it fades to a silvery grey which I am happy with.
I would definitely recommend this 100% and plan on ordering a few more boxes for the future.