Shine Moist Henna Wax Review

Obviously, I love color! (That sounded so cheezy I wanna die! Ugh!)

Finally! After my long search for some alternative to Manic Panic I found this!

Shine Moist Henna Wax Color Treatment

"Specially designed for dull damaged hair. The unique formula is competent to penetrate deeply and protecting the cuticular layer of the hair while the color treatment is processing. Exclusive natural color treatment and rich protein bond nutrients helps give nutrition, leaves hair exceptionally soft plus natural color looking. Henna Wax Color Treatment enhanced by using professional steamer to maximize the potential softness." 

I started testing how to bleach my hair ombre style to prepare it for the color way before I found this.

I initially started bleaching using these products and tools as they were the most accessible ones I can find:

TRIVIA: Prior to finding about Shine Moist Henna Wax, I was so desperate to get a bright unnatural colored ombre that I tried Merthiolate. Yes that chemical you put after a manicure! I did the Kool Aid dip dye method.   

I know, my hair was very dry here. Worsened by the use of Merthiolate!

So back to the review......

Shine Moist Henna Wax in Cyclamen 500ml

Price: P680 (bought at HBC Antipolo)

There are smaller 100ml jars available with price ranging from P178 to P225 (4-5USD). 

These small ones contain free gloves and shower caps!

This is how the product's color looks like.

Cyclamen. 

I learned that cyclamen are actually purplish pinkish flowers. The color varies like shown in the picture below:

Cyclamen Flowers
Photo from: http://mybuzz9.blogspot.com/2012/08/cyclamen-flowers.html

So maybe that's why it smells good!

I think I didn't do any patch test. I figured it's a treatment and I don't have any allergies that I know of. 

I do recommend that you perform a patch test though!

TIP: You can add treatments or conditioner to dilute it if you're after a lighter pink shade!

Pink will only work on BLEACHED HAIR! Otherwise, it will become red or show up on black hair when hit by light.

The Result:

Hot Pink Hair. This was taken early this year and my first time to use it full strength!

 

It was still curly the next day... It has this weird texture when you iron you hair. Feels somewhat like plastic hair! But yeah it's great because it makes the curls last much longer without hair spray. I suggest not to do this often as my hair got dry after this.

For varying shades of pink that you can achieve with Shine Moist Henna Wax in Cyclamen, please view my Hair Journal

Pros:

♥  Great and very affordable alternative for hair dyes like Manic Panic!

♥  Doesn't Damage Hair and actually repairs damaged hair! A 2 in 1 product!

♥  Very good pigmentation

♥  Smells good

♥  Smooth texture and application

♥  Easy to find. (Hortaleza, HBC, Wastson's, and other Salon supplies stores carry it)

Cons:

♠ Can stain skin temporarily

♠ Potentially messy application

♠ Can stain clothes
♠ You can't iron hair a lot or else it will get damaged.

Will I buy again?

Absolutely YES! The 500ml bottle has lasted for almost a year now. I've also used it on other people and they love it too!

Semon Professional Permanent Hair Color Review

I just want to do a quick review of Semon Professional Color Cream.

Today I tested it on streaks of my hair. I've bleached it again to bring the Ombre up to my head in preparation for graying it. The tips BTW are the max bleaching job my hair could take.

Yellowy Brassyness! I'm creeping the Ombre up.

This is my starting color.

I'm going to use Blue and the Clear Corrector.

I bought the Clear Corrector first because I thought it was a toner because it says so on the chart and that it also says "Corrector". I tested it on a strand and nothing happened so I figured that it's something you mix to dilute color. 

I forgot the exact price but I think it was P90.00 for the Clear and it's 120 ml.

The Blue I think is the same price but only 100ml.

 I like that I can see the expiration dates easily.

Judging from the directions 20 volume is just perfect. 

I accidentally almost erased the 20% when I cleaned the bottle with alcohol. It can get really dirty when I run out of mix in the middle of coloring.

I bought this 1000ml for P130 (if I remember correctly)

I was able to get the 20 volume developer from the same brand when the store ran out of my favorite Mondes developers.

What comb? :P

Here is the result! On the first strand(left), I used the blue purely to see how strong the color is. The other one (right) I use 1:1 ratio of Blue and Clear. Pretty nice!

Here I'm just showing the more yellowy parts near the roots. Still pretty saturated! ♥

Now here I used it on my short hair on top which is very brassy and kinda orangey. I just had a lot left over from the blue mixed with clear toner so I tested it here. It turned out grayish! Which is what I really wanted. I just also want to get rid of the brassiness.


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What I like:

• Very Affordable for an uncommon hair color!
• Professional Quality
• Vibrant color
• Doesn't dry my hair out when you just leave it for 38 mins
• I like the packaging. Very neat design. It's not as hard and crumple-y to squeeze compared to Mondes and Bremod brands.
• Aside from the first wash, not very runny.
• Great alternative for brands like Manic Panic if you're after this kind of blue color. 
• Good for streaks if you have warm skin tone.

What I don't like:

• It can stain skin (but it can be washed off after bathing)
• Hair can stain clothes while it's wet.
• The shade on me is not very flattering. (but doesn't really matter because I'll be adding pink to get it ashy, gray, purple and violet. Yes I'd like to get varying hues because it's more fun!)
• Can be a drying to hair when left over the developing time based on the directions.
• The color won't be seen much on black hair like any other unnatural hair color dyes. You'll have to lighten your hair if you want it vibrant.

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I got so excited later that day that I colored my whole hair!

I don't think I should show a picture of it though. :P


Will turn it Purple really soon! Be sure to check my next post if you want to learn how to do it for less than P500! (As opposed to buying P700+ hair dyes like Manic Panic) 



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My Vivid Hair Colour Journal

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Hi lovely cupcakes!

I'm in the middle of a transition right now (a good transition though!) and that is why I can't update my posts sooner. That means I'll be super busy!

I'll be distracting you by posting a "Hair Journal" as I call it.

This will be a photo heavy post...

Here, I will post about changes on my hair color just to record the fun of it!

From just trying out bleaching my hair to get a dip-dye look to shocking pink highlights! My hair also keeps on getting lighter! I really want those super bright and colorful (unnatural) hair colors! I'm aiming for turquoise, blues and purples next!

Who knows? I might turn into a unicorn one day! :3

Let's get to the pictures shall we? I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I do! ♥

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First step was the "Experiment" or "DIY Dip Dye Trial"

And then there was the "Unexpectedly Shocking Hot Pink"

If you're wondering what haircut this is... I dunno... I cut my own hair and this is kind of an experiment. :p

Do you guys like it? I really LOVE IT!!

 Woot! Forgot to wear a bra here!

At this point, I started diluting the dye since it's so concentrated. 

I added highlights in my bangs and sections on the sides of my face because people think my hair is fake. Like I have some kind of clip-on hair or extensions. It's the first time I did highlights on myself. Thanks to the Internet, Google and WikiHow I didn't mess up!

Finally! A selfie of yours truely. Yeah, I'm a real person and not a company-produced blogger...

On the picture above, lower part of my hair was just bleached once whereas the sections on the sides of my face where bleached around 2-3 times and is light yellow before I dyed it pink. Also, I didn't retouch the color on the lower area and that is why it's orangey. I wanted a bit of variation. 

I lightened my whole hair using ash blonde thinking it will make the pink dye turn a bit purplish for a change of hue but ah... I followed it with bleach to lighten it more but it also stripped off the ashy color and so.. My hair is still pinkish. I tried doing rag rolls here for the first time too.

I'm kind of aiming for "the messier the better" look. My mom told me I looked like a doll when she saw this look. LOL!

Mid March 2014 

My hair color is faded...

And so I did a little experiment...

Dip Dye Bleached my hair 2 ways:

♥ HBC Bleaching Cream on my left

♥ Mondes Bleaching powder on the right

As you can see, they have very different results.

The bleaching cream had a toned down result compare to the powder bleach. But hair is less dry and is smoother than the yellowy-brassy right side.

I'll post a separate review on both and link it here. I'll repeat the process again to get a lighter shade.

I don't think I have to mention that they both stripped-off my previous color. ;)

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March 2014 Update

Bleached my hair further to make my hair more pink and pastelly when it fades.

Bleached again using Mondes Bleaching Powder and 30 volume developer.
Then toned with blue food dye mixed with hair treatment.
White hair! yay!

I mixed some Shine Moist henna wax with my hair treatment that I use as a conditioner. This is the 2nd wash.
Cotton candy pink!♥

I went crazy and added more pink in my treatment and let it stay for hours and tadah!
Pink hair again! I love it!♥

I think I might be pink haired like this forever. It really looks okay with my skintone but I probably won't color my whole hair pink. I like it gradual with darker roots.

I recently added blue streaks on my hair. It's a nice blue in all fairness. I only have a problem with it when it's wet. It bleeds to nearby pink hair. Not very cute.