Clairol Professional Beautiful Advanced Gray Solutions 3w Rich Walnut, 3 oz

In my opinion, this is the perfect maintenance solution. But, I highly suggest, if possible, to visit a Sally's beauty supply to see hair swatch in person because in my opinion, the color chart both on Sally's website and Amazon not as accurate. Easy application. No mixing, straight out of the bottle. Buy gloves as this is color only not full coloring kit. If you have permanent salon color and need maintenance in between visits this is good solution. If you are like me that got tired of the highlights for gray blending, the damaged hair, the yellow/orangey/brassy color as color fades then this is a great healthier alternative. My experience with B13W Medium Warm Brown. My hair was a faded shade of brown with some brassiness from previous salon color, my roots were a mix of natural dark brown with gray. Wish I would have taken a before picture, but I was eager to color since I waited until December 24th to color. My salon treated hair got darker with the warm brown tone. My darker roots actually picked up color nicely and my grays were lighter but altogether was great blend. Final color in my opinion had a hint of red undertone, but I like it and it was probably because of what was already in my hair. As of today, January 9th, I have washed my hair at least 5 times and color still looking decent. Starting to see some gray growth and fading around edges of face but that's to be expected from washing face and scrubbing makeup off. For me this is best and healthiest solution as it saves me money and hours in salon. My goal is to grow out my natural hair and since this washes out in time, I think it will help in between hair cuts until I decide what to do with grays. Just a side note, because my grays can be stubborn, I did not follow suggested time on bottle instructions and I actually left on for a little over an hour. I will include a photo of hair as of January 9th, please note, I just slathered it on and didn't take time to do sections. Next time I won't rush. Remember to shampoo and wash hair first then apply to towel dried hair and after time is up, rinse hair. I bought a packet of Ion after color sealer at Sally Beauty Supply to apply after rinsing instead of regular conditioner.

It's good stuff

a bit drab but does cover grey for 2 or 3 washes. it's getting an extra star for the grey thing haha. wouldn't buy again unless the price dropped.

I've been using this product for quite some time and never had any complaints about the quality, however, with my last order I thought I had ordered the wrong product (see photo). Then I looked on the back of the bottle to see more information. The label states that it's manufactured in Mexico. Perhaps Clairol is cutting corners in having this product made there? I don't know? In addition it appears that the amount of dye is less than usual since the bottle looks smaller. Time will tell if the dye inside has been compromised in quality as well. If so, I definitely will be switching to another brand. Addendum: Tried another Clairol Professional color (Rich Dark Brown) and I am very pleased with the results. It does not turn my gray roots orange, finally found one that didn't. This color is dark, however, but that's okay since it's a semi-perm dye and will wash out sooner than later.

Update: I gave it one more shot. This time I left it on for a full 1 hour and 30 minutes and I got about 85 to 90% coverage. The instructions say to apply to shampooed, towel dried hair. I left my hair dry and just moistened the hairline where I was covering with water on my fingertips. For me the pros outweigh the cons for this product. Pros: inexpensive, can be stored and reused for touch-ups, color blends well with my existing color. Cons: takes triple the time the label says to be effective. I got this product to cover gray's mostly at my temples, in between salon visits. The first time I tried it I left it on for 25 minutes per the directions and it did absolutely nothing. As far as I could tell it didn't cover any grays at all. After reading more reviews, the second time I left it on for about an hour and 15 minutes and it covered about 60% grays. Since I'm just trying to cover mostly at the temple and spots along my hairline in between salon visits, this works for me, But if you're looking for more complete gray coverage I don't know if this is the best product for that.