L'Oreal Paris Casting Creme Gloss Review

I absolutely love this product, it doesn't damage your hair, the blondes I have used are natural and don't go brassy. Over the last few years I have used a few different shades. The first time I tried this product it was the dark blonde. It was great, slightly lightened my hair but not much, it was so natural looking and my hair was shiny. The last few times I have coloured my hair I have used the medium blonde and I like it even better. It has lightened the already coloured hair and slightly lightened the roots so it looks really natural. It doesn't leave an awful regrowth line either. The hair colour is easy to apply, comes with applicator tip bottle and a hair colour tube. Pieerce the top of the tube and squeeze into the developr, give it a shake and twist the tip off it's ready to apply..

It has been about 15 years since I last dyed my hair so I was looking for a semi-permanent dye as I was a little nervous about the change.

After looking around at all options, L'Oreal Casting Creme seemed to be one of the only semi-permanents left on the market. Happily, the reviews I read were all positive and it was nice and easy to find, being in most supermarkets and big chain stores like the Warehouse.

I chose Mahogany (550) to go onto my light brown/dark blond hair to add a bit of depth and some red highlights. The instructions on the packet were nice and easy to follow and there are also lots of useful videos on the internet as well. I particularly like the nice touch with the packaging where the outer box has a pull-out tab to hold the applicator after mixing.

I found the product easy to apply to the top of my head and around my face (though it is quite a thin liquid) and enlisted the help of my partner for the back of my head (as I have quite long hair). I was initially concerned that I may have needed to buy two packets because of my past-shoulder-length hair, but happily there was plenty in the container and I felt that every part of my hair got a good coating.

After waiting the required time, it rinsed off nice and easily, making far less mess than I expected. I prepared myself for the result... It was a bit darker than I had expected, but not unpleasantly so. It looks quite even in colour, except where I had some lighter hair, which of course is now a brighter red, but it covered my greys nicely.

It's been a week since I coloured my hair and despite washing my hair four times, no colour seems to have washed out, nor has any colour been left on my pillow or clothes, so I'm happy with it's holding ability.

Overall I'm really happy with the result, have had nothing but positive comments and would definitely use this product again, though perhaps a slightly softer colour.

I used the Iced Truffle colour to cover some pesky greys as well as wanting to cover up the red tones in my hair from a previous colour. It worked fantastically on both! I was particularly impressed with the fact that it's not so strong smelling and yet still does a great job without so many of the extra chemicals that other colours have.

I love love love this product It feels like it actually conditions your hair rather than damaging it, smells great and the colour always comes up really vibrant! I love that you can change it up regularly and it seems to be quite true to the wash out time with regular shampoo

I get my hair chemically straightened as it is super curly and unmanageable like lordes so permanently colouring my hair is out of the question. This though wow!, I've used iced chocolate, and dark brown probably around 4-5 times total. If you hair is quite thick and or long I would recommend buying two boxes or you won't be able to work it entirely though your hair. It is like a deep condition. My hair feels so soft, it smells so yum and I love the conditioner that comes with it. Super easy to apply and of course does not hurt my scalp at all. When I first started using this it did fade quite quick I would say after a month but then the more and more I used it of course now takes forever to fade out. I would say a solid 3 months of full colour. Which is amazing for temporary but you do have to build up to this.

L'Oreal Casting Creme Gloss is the only hair colour I have and will ever use. It's easy step by step guide is truly fail proof and I love how this washes out rather then grows out. I always use the brown tone and after colouring my hair it always looks shiny, glossy and full of life. It covers grey hair easily and no-one ever knows that I use a colour as I tend to use a colour match close to my own hair colour. I allow half an hour to do the colouring and usually do this in the shower to minimize the drips going all over the floor.

When I used this product and put the gloves on, I found them to be very small for my hands and tight wearing which wasn't pleasant.

After mixing the solution together I found it to be runny from the applicator bottle and was messier than other products that I have used.

The colour however did look good.

This product was great. I really like the colour, although all the dye I have in my hair from many years of dyeing has built up so my hair is quite dark now, and you can't tell the true colour of the dye properly unfortunately. I find when I dye my hair my roots take ages to develop :(

This product is very easy to use and does not smell too bad, like some dyes I have used in the past where you can't even breathe properly lol. Also I love the fact that when your rinsing the dye out it doesn't take ages to get the water to run clear, that's always a bonus ;)

So all in all a great little product and I would definitely recommend to others!!

My hair is thick and dark so this didn't work out as I thought? I used it after lightening my hair and the red sorta turned out like an ugly orange but I tried it again and it seemed to work better! I like it but I wouldn't try again. Any suggestions please tell me! But the instructions are easy to follow and everything is nicely packaged and labelled.

I purchased this product with the mind of covering up a regrowth line, so that I looked nice in my Christmas-in-Thailand photos. I had a regrowth line after colouring my hair for the first time last year; I hate the look of regrowth, and in hindsight I wish I had only gone with a semi-permanent at the time. So I specifically wanted a semi-permanent this time, because I only wanted a temporary fix and to not do any further damage to my hair.

First impressions, the product is easy to use and straightforward. You put the colour into the developer, and spread through your hair. Easy, and a nice short developing time (20 min). I have long, straight, relatively fine hair; and I found one bottle was more than enough to cover everything. The smell is much more pleasant than other colours I have smelt.

Rinsing the colour out doesn't take long, and the creme conditioner that comes with it is a delight; nice fragrance, nice texture, and leaves your hair silky smooth. Enough to get through 3-4 washes as well.

The colour turned out darker than I expected, but given that it does begin to fade (and I was in the sun everyday), after a week the colour was exactly as I wanted it to be.

And a huge added bonus, now a month on (when it has mostly faded out, my hair is back to its mid-brown), and my previous regrowth line is much less noticable!! And the condition of my hair is still lovely and healthy and soft. I'm a semi permanent convert now, if you want 'the look', but not the damage or long effect of permanent, then give this product a try.