L’oreal redeemed themselves!

So I sent a complaint to L’oreal about their 15 minute hair color I bought. It actually was almost 100% gone from my roots in a week, so I lived with totally grey hair for almost 4 weeks before dying it again a few days ago.

In response to my complaint, they sent me $10 in mfr coupons!

I can only use one of the $5 ones at a time, so I get 2 boxes for $3 each. That’s a damn good deal. Well, $4 each now that I’ve moved to the Preference line.

YAY!

L’oreal Preference #8 Medium Blonde

LOVE IT!

I had to buy this in place of my normal Excellence #8 as, yes, it was sold out again at 2 Walmarts. But I found with great pleasure the color, smell and ease of use surpasses Excellence.

It’s not as easy to see where you put the color at first, but it’s much better smelling and not as thick so it’s easier to seperate your hair while it’s on to ensure complete coverage.

The color is outstanding and blended perfectly with my hair. I also like that total time of 30 minutes to cover grey as opposed to 40 with Excellence.

All-in-all, hands down I recommend Preference over the Excellence brand. It’s about a $1 to a $1.50 more but totally worth it. I paid $8.97 at Walmart and Excellence is $7.89.

Now if it holds the test of time to keep my greys covered, I’ll definately buy it again. Oh – and the conditioner smells awesome too!

And did I mention that I had ZERO scalp irritation? Normally I’ll have some redness and flaking pretty badly after I color my hair – with Preference I had nothing. It was so nice to not have to deal with that.

Pros

• Better smelling
• Shorter development time
• Easier to move hair around to check coverage
• Same color as the Excellence brands
• 100% grey coverage
• No scalp burning during development
• No scalp irritation afterwards

Cons

• A little more expensive
• Not as easy to see where the color goes
• Slight scalp itching after about 20 minutes