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Clairol Natural Instincts Reviews
#320 in Hair Colour

Description

Clairol Natural Instincts is a demi-permanent home hair colour designed to enhance your natural shade and gently blend up to 50% gray hair in just 10 minutes processing time.  Lasting up to 28 shampoos, the antioxidant-rich, ammonia-free formula leaves no visible root line as gradually washes away.

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    January 15, 2018

    Still washing out color after 4 shampoos

    I bought this brand because my usual brand was out of my shade. I really like the color it self, and the product. Its very easy to use and 10 minutes is a great time for effective coloring. After The 4th wash, my hair is leaving my towels dyed a red color. My usual brand has NEVER done that in the 10 + years I have been using it. I probably won't try this one again. I have to watch what I'm wearing now too, don't want to risk anything white going red especially if it rains......

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    January 03, 2018
    British Columbia, Canada

    no cover ups

    Matched my natural hair colour perfectly, didn't cover the all few whites I have. Easy to use, didn't notice any shine or dryness to my hair. Lasted for less then a month.

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    June 20, 2017

    No ammonia smell but does not work

    I bought this Shade: 6A/14, LIGHT COOL BROWN TWEED product and tried it 2 days ago. I love the ammonia-free smell and it did not burn my scalp. However, the color did not cover my greys at all. The color was also A LOT darker than what was shown on the box. I already picked the lighter shade and it was still darker than the other brand (Garnier). This was my first time trying a Clairol coloring product and I would not try it again.

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    2.8/5
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    March 29, 2017

    So I will start off with saying I had never coloured my own hair before using Natural Instincts. I first got the colour 4W, Dark warm brown as per the recommendation of a young lady that worked at the Shoppers I was at. I have helped many friends and family colour their hair so I wasn't too worried about the process. It is pretty easy anyways. The smell was quite potent but I kind of expected that but the burning sensation that followed felt wasn't expected (didn't think that would happen with a demi-perm colour) but it wasn't a super long process so again that wasn't the deciding factor on whether I found the product effective or not. When all was said and done, my boyfriend looked at me and said; wow that's weird your hair is lighter (and the colour indicator appeared to be at least two shades darker than my hair). I read around that other people have experienced this before and that the correction was to just choose a darker shade. I got another package but have yet to try again. I'm giving my hair a break for now.

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    2.8/5
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    September 26, 2016

    I have greys that I want to cover up and this looked like the perfect product that would keep my hair healthy.

    It as easy to apply and it only needed 10 minutes before washing out. The conditioner that came with it left my hair soft and manageable after dying my hair. It was a good colour for me and looked good.

    This dye did not cover the fine grey hairs around my face well or right at my scalp. I am not sure if I did not apply it close enough to my scalp but i could still see grey hair there after using the dye.

    Overall, a good, easy to use product. Be sure to apply it really well to areas where you want coverage for grey hairs.

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    March 28, 2016

    This conditioner left my hair feeling light, and fresh and my color stayed bright for longer. It has n average price so its affordable. Packaging could be more attractive so it stands out on the shelf. I will totally use this product again.

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    2.8/5
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    March 09, 2015

    I have used this twice and didn't like the results either time. The first time didn't cover manage to cover my greys at all (which I only have small patches of ) and the colour started to fade within a few days, even though I only wash my hair every other day. I gave it a second chance and had worse results. I left it on slightly longer, but still within the max time limit suggested. Not only did it still not cover the greys, but leaving it on any longer than the normal 10 mins caused my hair to feel very dried out and brittle for several days. And even though I bought the same shade as the first box, the colour was very different. Both boxes were supposed to be dark auburn, but the first box turned out the correct colour and the second turned out to lighter in shade and very orange (given that I left the colour on longer with the second box I would have expected the shade to end up darker not lighter)
    It's great that it's ammonia free (I have very sensitive skin and found no irritation at all using this), but it just didn't do the job.

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    October 25, 2014

    I have a few greys- under 5%. I'd like them 'blended away' and not have to use permanent dye which then colours all my non-grey hair too. I bought Natural Instincts and tried it... leaving it on for full amount of time suggested. After rinsing, I immediately saw that it didn't cover my greys. I get it that greys are supposed to be stubborn - but this product is for greys. A few months later I tried it again - just in case I had a bad or old box. I had the same disappointing results.

    I miss semi-permanents with a little ammonia - it made the colour adhere to the hair.

    I would only use this product in the future to tone permanent highlights or lightening. It was a waste of my money.

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    2.8/5
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    July 10, 2013

    Smell was low! Good colour coverage and lasted a long time.

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