Garnier Olia Review

I found this product was easy to use, the instrucents were clear. The bottle you blended the hair dye in was a great shape, good size for your hands. It had along tip which made it easy to put the syr through your hair. I found the colour didnt quite look like i thought it would. I had stripped my hair colour so it was a light colour, the red didnt really show through alot. In the light it gets a shimmer of red. Loved the conditioner you use afterwards, hair felt great. Have used these dyes before and had good results.

When I first got the box, I was really surprised at how big it was compared to other hair colouring product packaging. The design for the packaging was well thought-out.

I had to re-bleach my roots before using this as my natural hair colour is black. However, since I asked a friend to do it for me she evened up dying my ends as well as my root and my hair became very dry and I was scared to try this product over it. This did a very good job at toning my hair, the colours were very even and it was very easy to apply. I have shoulder length hair and there was still about half the bottle of product left over when I was done. The colour developed fast for me, around 10-15 minutes or so. I really like how the conditioner or "hair treatment" came in a tube so you can actually re-use it, unlike other ones that come in packages. It also helps make your hair soft after the colouring. After blow-drying you can see the vibrancy of the colour, so shiny!

The only thing I didn't like about this was the mixing bottle. It got hard to hold onto it to squeeze the product out because it gets slippery.

Faded very fast after a few days and turns yellowy. However, purple shampoo does a good job at getting rid of the yellow tones.

Overall, I'm very happy with this dye. I would use it again, price is very reasonable since all other box dyes are around the same price.

Being an at-home colour queen, I was really excited to be able to test drive this new Garnier product. My natural colour is 90% grey, so a hair dye that promises to cover the grey is of utmost importance to me. I usually dye my hair every 4-6 weeks to keep the grey under control, and because I dye it a dark brown the grey regrowth is really obvious. For the trial, I opted to try the Dark Beige Blonde, expecting the actual colour of my hair to be a light golden brown (as per the colour chart on the box). Instead, after using the Garnier Olia, the colour of my hair hasn't changed from the dark brown, and the coverage of grey was really disappointing. The grey roots were still visible when I washed the dye out! For this reason alone, I would not use this product again.

What I did like about the product: 1. No strong smell - the smell of the dye while applying was subtle and pleasant. 2. The formulation - it was creamy and thick. 3. It did leave my hair feeling softer and smoother than usual after dying.

What I didn't like: 1. The bottle - found the shape of the bottle difficult to control, especially once I had dye on the gloves, it made the bottle quite slippery. 2. The lack of grey coverage.

Thanks BR for the opportunity to trial this product, however it's now back to my old faithful, Garnier Nutrisse!

When this arrived I was super excited! No ammonia meant no burning nostrils and yucky after dye smell in my hair!

The packaging looks great - it has that high end look but for a fraction of the price. I really liked the shape of the application bottle because it is something different to the normal at home dye bottles. I found it easy to hold and the product came out of it with no trouble at all. I hated the gloves though! I have little hands to they were far too big on me. I think latex ones would work better and I actually ended up swapping for some half way through the application process. I thought the push out hole on the box was a great idea - I didn't have to worry about damaging my bench tops with excess dye from the bottle =)

The dye itself smelt great! It was like using a nice smelling conditioner in my hair, not a dye. I would probably buy this for that reason alone! And when I went to wipe off some stray dye from my forehead (opps!), it came off with just a wipe - no scrubbing required which was a total bonus! The conditioner is fab too! Such a lovely scent and there is plenty for a few uses.

The coverage was really good in my hair. I don't have any greys yet (touch wood!) so I can't comment on that particular claim but my hair feels so soft and is super shiny since I dyed it. I would absolutely use this product again!

I was so pleased to be picked to trial Garnier Olia, as I really wanted to find a hair colour that didn't contain ammonia etc. I chose Intense Red, as I liked the shade it promised to be, and I thought, why not do something radical rather than safe..

I was very disappointed in the product unfortunately, and I really didn't want to have to write that... But I'll start with the positives. I thought the information on the website and it's interactive tools were fantastic. The packaging of the product is very eye catching and modern and sophisticated. The pack contains very good information and is user-friendly.

Inside the pack is everything you need to colour your hair and they also are packaged in unique, trendy packaging. If I could make a suggestion I would ask for a second pair of gloves - 1 to apply the colour, and another pair for when you rinse the colour out, I'll explain why soon.

The product is easy to use, it has a very slight scent, which is good, as it's not overpowering, and is much more pleasant than other products that can overwhelm with the smell of chemicals. I got some of the product on my skin (round my hairline and my ears) and it was easy to remove with a little shampoo on a tissue. The design of the application bottle makes it easy to hold in your hand as you apply.

But that is where my positives stop.. The colour developed well in my hair, I waited the suggested 30 mins and followed all the instructions to the letter, I ensured I had distributed the colour evenly and massaged it through at the end. I don't have many grey hairs, but do have some at my temples and a few at my part, so I made sure I coloured those well. I have coloured my hair previously, so I wasn't expecting the shade to change remarkably. Well... you couldn't tell I had coloured it at all... very disappointing. The product claims 100% grey coverage, this was not true.. they were still there. Apart from a bit of colour on top there was none at all anywhere else. In rinsing the product the colour just kept washing out, it never slowed down, there was colour everywhere in the shower and unfortunately all over my towel as well. Other products I have used I have rinsed with warm water until the water runs clear... this is all I did, but it never ran clear, there was just SO much colour..

My hands were dyed, my fingernails a mess... so I wasn't happy.

My supermarket retails the product at $16.99, which I personally wouldn't normally pay for hair colour anyway, but I certainly wouldn't pay it for this one, and I am unlikely to purchase it again.

It comes in quite a large box and has a few different bottles inside. I find it odd that the mixing bottle comes empty. The product was easy to mix once instructions had been read and the applicator bottle is a good shape and size for ease of use. The gloves were ok, they were an ok fit on my hands. It also had a generous amount of conditioning cream for after use

The product had a lovely scent unlike other hair dyes I have used. It was also quite easy to remove from my skin.

Overall the product was quite easy to use, and left my hair feeling in good condition.

This is my first time dyed hair at home so i cant compare this with another permanent hair color. This review is base on my personal reference. All you need for dying hair are comes in the box. The color is easy to mix and the bottle is practicle enought to spread the color. The instruction that comes with is cleary enought and easy to follow. After I did exactly from struction the result is very dispointing. My hair color have not change at all . My hair have been dyed from black to light brown and the color that i got is light brown. My root been grow for 4months, but this hair color did not do its job at all

I'm not entirely happy with the outcome of using Garnier Olia Intense Red. My hair was light brown and the box indicated using this product would produce quite a vibrant intense red. The result wasn't quite what I expected. In the sunlight the colour is fairly bright but florescent lights make it look dull. It has been 10 days since I put the colour through and it has faded quite a lot over this time. My colour turned out a bit patchy too but I put this mostly down to one box of dye not being quite enough for my long hair and me being out of practice in the art of home hair colouring. I don't think Olia quite lives up to what it says it will do - the colour wasn't as vibrant as I expected and this colour was not lasting either. My hair was slightly shinier and softer though I guess. It is more expensive than most other permanent colour products and I don't think it does a better job than products I've used in the past. I do like that it's amonia free though. This could be a good product to use if you were after a relatively subtle change and chose a colour similar to current hair colour.

I had the opportunity to trial this product at the comfort of my home and I really enjoyed. It was ammonia free - that's a plus which means it won't damage my hair.

The packaging looks beautiful and definitely looks premium. The application bottle was very unique and it's a great tool for sectioning out my hair throughout the application process. The price of this hair dye was a fraction more expensive compared to the other brands in the market. I personally won't purchase this product at its retail price unless it goes on special.

I have chosen the color mahogany (new color range) - I loved the outcome of the color on my dark hair. The smell of the hair dye was pleasant as I'm allergic to the smell of most hair dyes. The conditioner that comes along with the product was more than enough - it's enough for three usage. Overall, definitely enjoyed the experience of Garnier Olia! :)

Just as the title reads, it's not the best home hair colour I have used but it's also not the worst.The products required come in a large box with a pleasant design. Very similar to most home colour kits.It contained a developer cream, colour cream, conditioner and applicator bottle. I was impressed by the amount of conditioner that they provided. It came in a 54ml tube which gave me a few uses opposed to the usual foil packets that you get with home colour kits. The instructions were easy to follow and I like the fact that the products contain no ammonia some more natural ingredients (there are still lots of other chemicals though) I don't have grey hair to cover so I can't comment on that but I can say that it did an average job of colouring low light in my hair. The colour came out nice at first however I found that it did fade quite quickly after a few washes.