Garnier Olia Review

So I received my colour today and was so excited I used it straight away :)

Firstly, when I opened the box, I thought the packaging was very stylish. It's a lot better looking than other brands out there. I liked it a lot. The second thing I noticed while mixing the product was that it didn't have that foul chemical smell. It was a pleasant floral smell. So I wasnt getting gas out while applying the product to my hair. That is a huge thing for me. It actually made the whole experience of colouring my hair enjoyable. It's normally something I hate to do! While the colour was developing, the dye got really dark which gave me high hopes for the end result. I normally just colour my hair dark brown (I haven't in almost a year because I wanted to give my hair a break) so thought I would switch it up and try something different. However, once I washed it out after the 30mins and let it dry naturally, I was quite disappointed in the colour. It wasn't the intense vibrant violet I was expecting. It's a nice dark colour, and you can see the violet in the light, just not what I was expecting. However, I do have longish hair and maybe if I use two boxes instead of trying to portion one box for all my hair, it would if been different. I'm going to try that next time with the same colour to see if it makes a different. The product is good though, and will definitely be using it again :)

I trialed this product in the Soft Black shade (slightly darker than my natural hair colour). I dye my hair mainly to cover up greys (or as I like to call 'very very light blonde' hairs) and to make my hair more vibrant and shiny.

Since the hair dye is ammonia free there was no harsh smell, but a nice floral scent instead. This was a big plus for me. The dye was also easy to use, and very gentle (no burning or itching). The colour was perfect and it also made my hair look really healthy and covered up all the grey. A bonus was the gloves - much smaller (and therefore easier to use) than other brands.

However, I wasn't a fan of the bottle - it was very hard to hold (especially once I had dye on my gloves) and I even dropped it at one stage (luckily onto a towel on the floor). It was also very runny and dripped quite a bit. It also took a lot of rinsing to get all the product out (water is run clear), but I didn't have any brown marks on my towel afterwards.

I feel like the colour has faded quicker than ammonia based dyes, but I guess that is the cost of not using harsh chemicals.

This is my first time colouring my hair at home as I usually get it done at a salon. The colour that I chose was Iced Chocolate which is a lovely light brown colour and I have found the overall experience pleasant.

My first impressions were positive. The packaging looked very high quality like a premium product should. It looked like it should be priced at about $25.00 not $16.99. Inside the box was a range of bottles and potions. As I have never dyed my hair at home before I got an experienced friend to do it for me. As she mixed the product I looked over the instructions provided which gave various methods depending on whether you had dyed your hair or not and I found them to be very easy to follow and really user friendly. Another positive was the smell of the product which was very pleasant kind of like a nice shampoo. After I let the dye work it's magic I jumped in the shower and washed it all out using the reasonably sized conditioner that was provided in the pack. The dye washed away easily and did not leave any stains on the shower floor. After showering and blow drying my hair I took a close up look and was stoked to find there were no dye stains around my face. My hair previously had red tones through it and all those red tones were replaced with a lighter brown but overall it didn't dye my hair a lighter brown like the packaging, it was more of a deep brown kind of like cocoa mixed with butter (you know, that really dark creamy brown). While this was not the colour that I was expecting based on the image of the woman on the packaging, I am still satisfied with the end result. Because my natural hair colour is a dark brown, almost black hair colour I will try an even lighter colour in the future. I am thankful to have tried Garnier Olia hair colour because I can now save a whole lot of money by dyeing my hair myself.

I frequently home dye my hair, and decided to try a different product this time round. I loved the packaging - very slick - and the actual application bottle was a great shape to work with. The time to develop was standard and the smell was inoffensive. Also liked that Garnier included a larger tube of conditioner in the packet, so you can use it for future washes. However, I wasn't impressed with how it turned out. Colour pay off was relatively good, but it left my hair much drier than it was previously and I didn't feel like my hair had much richness/shine to it after the fact. I have had better coloration, glossiness and moisturisation from semi-permanent dyes and will return to using those.

We were heading away for the weekend and I wanted a colour to spruce up my dull hair. Popped into the supermarket and grabbed a light brown for $10.99

The instructions were easy to follow and gloves really generously sized. Love that there is no ammonia, no nasty smells that make my eyes water!

My husband put my colour through and found the colour spread easily through my hair.

After washing out and drying off my hair, I was really impressed with the colour, it was very similar to my natural colour but bright and shiny. A week later it is still lovely.

I enjoy using the conditioner, it has a beautiful smell really helps keep my hair soft and prevents it from drying out.

Overall I was really impressed and would use this colour again

I purchased this from the supermarket in a hurry as needed to pep up my hair for going out.

The bottle is a bit unusual and at times slipped out of my hands as it is quite wide to hold.

I really like that this product doesn't have the nasty chemical smell that other hair dyes come with. It mixed up easily and the directions were straight forward. This was easy to apply apart from the odd shaped bottle.

The results were gorgeous initially but after a few washes the colour faded alot and became very dull.

I found this product super easy to use by myself. Usually I have to get help but they bottle made it easy. The coverage was great. I have dense hair and there was more then enough. Had some left over which never happens. Smelled great too! I found that the colour lasted for about 4-5 weeks before fading out (for me thats average). Really good price for a good product that I would use again before other products.

I really liked this product, mainly because it is ammonia free. I like to keep an eye on what I put on my skin and hair and I have found it difficult to find a permanent, ammonia free hair dye. The smell isn't too bad either, which is another problem I have had with other hair dyes. I did find that the colour continued to rinse off in the show long after I had initially died it which was disappointing. However, I would use it again purely because of the gentle formula.

An amazing formula, absolutely no drips whatsoever... not one! It feels and smells great. The bottle is designed really well so that you can open it up and scrape every last drop, which I like because I've got long hair.

But I was disappointed with the colour (Frosted Chestnut). I just felt that it wasn't very strong and didn't develop enough. The 'if your hair is this colour, it will look like this' blurb on the box was misleading, as my hair doesn't look anything like the box says, despite my original hair colour being one of the 'before' colours on the box.

That said, the whole experience is worth it if only for the way my hair feels and smells! I think this is from the conditioner - you get 54ml! Amazing!

I would buy this brand again, but I would get a different colour. Amazing value for a $10 special at New World!

Overall I've found this product pretty good, considering I generally go to the hairdressers to have my red done as I've always been worried about colour on my carpet!

The box that you're supposed to put the bottle in while mixing is poo, just throw it away, it should work (as other brands I've used in the past did) but it just doesn't. The packaging is great, looks super funky and the even the directions look fun. A nice change from some of the other brands I've used in the past.

Mixing is a breeze, it's not hard, pour one into the other and shake.

Application is very easy, the consistency is perfect for easy coverage and the gloves are not too shabby - I was a little surprised at that as I have gorilla hands and they still managed to fit me, although it was touch and go! My eyes did not sting or water once during the application which I was more than pleased about, must be the oils they use.

Rinsing out was easy, although being red it took ages and ages and ages....

After care conditioner, Yip, pretty good. Didn't like the smell too much but you get a very generous amount and it makes your hair feel nice and soft.

3 weeks down the track, well the colour fade has been considerable, just check out my pillowcase and towels lol, but I'll forgive that as red is such a high maintenance colour.

I probably wouldn't get this particular red again as it just wasn't bright enough for me, but when I finally go back to brown I would try this hair dye again as it covered all my greys and was gentle on my hair.

I did think it was a little on the pricey side as far as home hair dye goes and as far as the amount you receive goes. I have rather short hair - think pixie cut length and I wasn't able to use all the product but I think if my hair was below my ears I would have been in trouble.