[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I am kicking myself for not taking pictures of this kit that I had stashed away (thankfully) from when it was sent out months ago because it’s one of the simplest dye sets I’ve ever used. It’s ages since I’ve dyed my own hair – I used to do it myself all the time and then I got lazy and let my hairdresser do it but I was impressed that it wasn’t nearly the chore I was expecting it to be.
I used the Mid Brown option (4.0) because it was what I had and in fact it’s exactly the right shade to give my hair a boost and cover up the greys. I know that some people commented when I posted about this on Instagram that it didn’t give coverage over front greys but I can’t see how it would cover some and not others if it was correctly applied. Anyway, you can see how it worked on me from my Insta pic below:
The kit comes with gloves, a sachet of barrier cream to apply round your hair line so you don’t end up with brown blotches (or whatever colour you use), a tube of dye and a nozzle bottle of base lotion. It also comes with a stain removing wipe (which I had to use on my arms!) and a sachet of deep conditioner. You tip the dye into the base after applying the barrier cream, apply in stripes at your parted hair lines, wash off after half an hour and add the conditioner for a minute or two, use the stain removing wipe if you need to and that’s it – you are done. I had an old towel ready to catch splashes which I didn’t need in the end because the nozzle allows for very precise application – simply part your hair, squirt (gently) and repeat. At the end of the root application you use up the rest of the bottle in the remaining hair.
I was so pleased with the result that I Face Timed my friend Genevieve to show her – and I very rarely Face Time anyone! As you might imagine, this is selling out like mad at Boots who have a recent re-stock and I’d highly recommend for first time dyers, novice dyers or experienced. Don’t forget to patch test first. It’s £10 with varying colour options (nothing for reds unfortunately) HERE, non affiliate HERE, and 40 Boots points, if you collect.
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Used Josh Wood colour recently plus a shade shot. Initially ordered the wrong colour (online) but customer services were excellent and refunded me straight away. My daughter helped me apply it and I’m really happy with the results, The only home hair colour that completely covered my greys. (and I have a lot) The second time ordering I used the colour consultation online and it was really helpful. I also watched some helpful Josh Wood YouTube videos. In her previous job my daughter met Josh Wood a few times and said he is a genuinely nice guy. Well that’s my hair sorted next it’s my monobrow
Haha…. plenty of mono-brows requiring attention at the moment I should think. Pleased you had a good result.
And I can vouch that it looked perfect in ‘real’ life!! So much so I’m ordering it myself!
Ah thanks Gen – it’s so good – let me know how you get on with it.
Hi i have been using your permanent colour in lightest blonde during lockdown to cover my roots(My hair is dyed light blonde with grey roots) with great success. The only problem is that on the second application i experienced some stinging on my scalp which didnt last that long so i wondered if it would be ok to use this procuct again as it gave a really nice result. Lots of compliments from people who thought id had it done at a salon.
Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
Mrs V Davies
Hi Mrs Davis – this is probably a question best posed to the Josh Wood brand at http://www.joshwood.com in the Contact Us section. I’m sure they’d be very happy to help. x