03 Feb Review: L’Oreal Paris Debuts New Sublime Mousse Healthy Look Haircolor
BREAKING NEWS: The hottest hair color trend of the season is Illuminata. See the technique and photos HERE!
In this era of instant gratification, we want Twitter-speed results. This surely, applies to your hair color, right?
It seems that L’Oreal Paris heard your cry and answered in the form of its latest hair-coloring offering: the new Sublime Mousse, which is no ordinary mousse or foam, but a truly sublime one.
(Dictionary definition of sublime for the classic nerd is: : “to elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor”).
So, in other words, consider your hair coloring experience elevated. Knocked up a notch. The Sublime Mousse Healthy Look Haircolor is a lighter-than-ether airy mousse that is mess free and easy to apply as shampoo. Gray hairs are instantly covered.
How do you use it? You rotate the pump bottle to mix the formula,and dispense the foam into your hand and massage it into the hair like shampoo. There are 12 shades of permanent hair color in this collection, each as unique as you. At a recent event, we saw the model’s shiny, glossy locks and were impressed. This is truly one knockout mousse!
This retails at the beginning of March 2011 for $9.99 at mass retail and drugstores everywhere.
MUST READ: You must check out interview with celeb colorist Frederic Fekkai where he shares tips to get salon-like hair color results at-home.
We know that mousse and foam are two new innovations in the hair-coloring department of late, and we’re curious to know if you like them. Are you a fan? Check out these before and after photos of the new Clairol Natural Instincts haircolor. And check out the latest innovation from John Frieda with the Precision Hair Color Foam. And if you’re looking to cover gray, check out our review of the Garnier HerbaShine Hair Colour with Bamboo Extract. And find out why this new hair color from Couture Color Luxe Blend Creme Hair Color retails for $30 !!
In case you make a hair coloring mistake, check our quick fix post here.
Plus check out our post on the hottest hair color trend for Spring/Summer 2011, Ombre Color Streaming HERE.
And check out our post on the hottest hairstyle trends for Spring/Summer 2011 HERE.
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Amber
Posted at 13:37h, 24 AugustI’ll start by saying that the Loreal Sublime Mousse Color I chose is very similar to my own hair color; no drastic changes were expected or desired. This color/dye was mainly used for gray hair root coverage & on that point, was most effective.
Found this product easy to use & perhaps the least messy of the dyes tried in previous years. This color does actually enhance my true hair color (much like when I was younger) but the problem appears after…perhaps, the second use?
Now my roots appear greasy & unwashed even immediately after washing? This result is quite noticable & completely unacceptable. My hair has always fallen in the normal range & never have I experienced greasy looking hair.
It is a shame because I find this hair color extremely compatible with mine & were it not for this strange effect, I would continue using this color. But since I cannot wash the greasy look out (& I’ve tried a variety of shampoos) then I cannot endorse this hair coloring product.
However, if Loreal can fine tune this product & make it better (without such a negative side effect) then I would probably use this product again & perhaps even recommend their Sublime Mousse…but not at present.
Madara
Posted at 16:22h, 04 SeptemberHi! My natural hair is dark blonde, but it was too light at the ends so I decided to color it all dark blonde. Today I tried l’Oreal Subleme mousse 70 and it really IS SUBLEME! Exactly what I needed – my hair feels just the same as before, not dry, glossy, the color is exactly as on the package and pictures and looks really natural. A little bit too brown at the roots, maybe because the color was there longer than on the ends, but I think it will wash out.
This is the 2nd time when I color hair by myself and I found it very easy to use 🙂 AND untill now no alergy even for me, who’s always alergic to cosmetics.
Maria
Posted at 23:14h, 07 SeptemberI just got finished using this product. I have been using bleach on my hair during the summer so my hair was ultra blonde.
I think this product worked well for my hair because I had white hair (bleached) before so it didn’t have to readjust to any other colors of hair strand color.
I paid $8.00 for this product and have to say my hair looks good. But then again, anything was better then it was before.
Jennie
Posted at 22:53h, 01 OctoberWay too dark. I hated the results. It’s solid looking. Like shoe polish. I am embarassed to go out. My hair has shine but it’s brittle. My former product was discontinued so had to try something different.
Their website sucks. It should have an easy to find repair in the FAQs with regard to too dark results and corecting the damage. But of course they would not want to do that because it would be bad publicity.
DO NOT USE THIS SHITTY PRODUCT.
Kelly
Posted at 11:51h, 12 OctoberAfter purchasing the pure dark blonde No: 70 hair mousse i decided to check out any reviews on the web. After coming across the reviews on this website, I was a bit hesistant to try this colourant.
Firstly, I have medium thickness long hair just above the elbow, which has been blonde for some time now, years and years. My hair is in good condition as I dont use any additional products on my hair other than shampoo and conditioner and hair colorant. I dont even blow dry my hair just let it dry naturally.
I did a strand test with the colourant to decide how long to leave it on for. After 25 minutes, the hair was darker and very similar to the picture on the front of the box.
At home, I found that the mousse did not run and was enough to cover all of my long hair and get the foam working when massaging it in.
After 25 minutes (as indicated by my strand test) wary of the other comments on here, I washed off the hair dye and also gave my hair an additional shampoo. Once i washed this out, i used the conditioner in the box, I found it creamy and white however i did feel that some of my hair was still felt a little dry as i applied it. Once i left this on for 3 minutes, i washed it off and also applied my own conditioner and left that for 3 minutes.
My hair colour came out exactly as it was on the box and thanks to the additional conditioner i applied, came out feeling healthy and smooth. I must say that I think this product is for darkening lighter hair rather than lightening dark hair as if you wish to lighten dark hair you need a pre-lightener first before you dye it.
Good product, easy to use, did what it say on the box.