Clairol Professional Beautiful Collection Advanced Gray Solutions | Semi-Permanent Hair Color with Gray Coverage for All Hair Textures | Packaging May Vary

Gently Tints Without Harsh Chemicals and Strong Fragrance!
I am reviewing Professional Clairol Advanced Gray Hair Solutions, after I first tried the moisturizing version with zero results (it is really designed for non-gray). I am 35-40% silver with fine virgin hair. As a former Cosmetologist, I have become highly sensitive to chemicals from years of exposure working in them. I typically cannot color my hair at all without some sort of negative reaction. I was a long time fan of Clairol’s gentle Loving Care line before it was ultimately discontinued. I had been able to use it successfully for years without issue. If you want the short version, I am thrilled to report this product appears to be a fairly close comparable spinoff of Loving Care. Free of ammonia, peroxide, and other harsh chemicals and tints gray successfully. Just stop reading right here and get it!👍I first tried the Toasted Hazelnut, the lightest color in this line. The goal being three-dimensional high and lowlights (I used a highlighting cap to achieve this). My existing natural dark, leaving some of my natural silver, and applying the toasted hazelnut color to coat the silver areas of choice. I washed my hair with a clarifying shampoo, so the color would have the best possible chance to coat the hair shaft. I allowed the color to stay on a full 45 minutes, per other reviews. Also, remember my hair was completely resistant to the other color. I wanted it to work! Since this product uses O2 technology, allow air to reach your hair, rather than using the typical plastic cap. The Advanced Gray Solutions version is much thicker. The color is more condensed and resulted in a successful tinting of color on my grays. Expect tint. I also think this formula smells much more pleasant than the mousturizing version. Toasted Hazelnut for me is a pale caramel (see first photo). I will continue to play with other colors in this line. Darker colors may coat and hold somewhat better. (UPDATE!!) Since my original review, I started mixing Espresso Bean and Burgundy Brown. It is bomb! I absolutely love it (see second photo)! It’s rich and natural and covers quite well. This has become my favorite combination, by far 😍Overall, I am so happy to say the advanced gray version does a great job. I have zero issues using the product. I do not experience the usual dizziness, headache, irritated scalp, or throat that I normally experience with color. Hooray!! An option for very sensitive people. The scent is pleasant in my opinion (for color) and quite tolerable to my very sensitive nose and breathing. It rinses off of skin quite easily. Easy to apply using a standard plastic bowl, applicator brush, and latex gloves. No staining, or mess (just use an old towel). Product rinses from my hair quite easily (use cool water to retain color longer) with no offensive fragrance. My husband loves the light scent it initially leaves behind. I found that quite unusual and pleasant. I do wish the results lasted longer. I always notice a loss of color from one shampoo. I typically shampoo once/twice a week. It lasts through 4-5 shampoos total for me, still leaving a very light tint by that time. Therefore, I reapply every couple, to 3 weeks. This has truly been a game changer for me. An excellent hair color product for sensitive people in my honest and professional opinion 😊 Yes!!Thanks so very much, Clairol. Please don’t stop making this one!!

Easy application and nice for quick and temporary color.
Easy to application, no messy and it is not strong smelling.Do not cover the gray hair completely.

It Works! Nice Gray Coverage.
This product works really well at covering grays. *If used correctly*I have thick hair and stubborn graysI use this as a root touch upSecond Try (same bottle)Applied to clean DRY hairI left the product on for a little over 60 min.I washed it out with cold water until the water ran clear and didn’t use any shampooo/conditioner as directed.First TryI left it on for the minimum time required and I rinsed it out with very warm water and washed with conditioner after.It didn’t cover my greys at all it just added some light colorleaving in longer made it look a bit darker which is fine because I have natural 4N hair and I used 6N

I haven’t dyed my hair in 8 months, thinking I would go grey. With 50% grey, my skin tone was starting to look sallow. I decided to try a semi permanent dye, hoping that if I didn’t like it, it would wash out. The Toasted Hazelnut colour went on very dark brown, so I was a little concerned about the outcome. But after rinsing, it is a beautiful, shiny neutral light brown. No brassiness, only conditioned soft hair! I love it!

I have mostly white hair now, any natural hair colour left is a dark ash blonde. I have a very pale complexion, so keeping my white hair can make me look very washed out. So I use a combination of 2 colours of this product. I use light ash blonde (BO1N I think is the code), on my roots, and then I put little dots of the Chai brown all over, then massage it through my hair. The result is stunning. I get so many compliments on the colour of my hair. The light ash blonde appears to fade faster, simply because its a light colour to begin with, so adding the hint of chai brown, appears to keep the all over colour longer after many washes, and the colour that stays permanently, is so so lovely. I wash my hair twice a week, and I can go a month before feeling like I need another application.

Instructions difficult to read, no gloves supplied, did not do a good job covering grey hair