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This is my favorite of the Feria Power Reds. The color turned out just as indicated on the box, even with my hair being faded from previously being dyed red. I have med-long thick hair, so I do recommend getting 2 boxes of this if you have the same hair type.

I absolutly LOVE this product!!! This color has gotton me more compliments than any other. I used to be able to purchase it at the local walmart, but rarely. I will be ordering it from now on thru ammazon. The black glooves that come with it are better to use and fit alot better. Wish there were coupons for this product to use when ordering. 10 stars for my rating! Dana Modglin

I bought this expecting not to have my hair lifed very much as other products have been that way in the past. I have medium to dark brown hair and this lifted my hair so well! I have long hair and ran out of the dye before i was finished so unfortunately my lengths are darker in the back of my head and lighter in the front but it actually looks nice. I will be buying 2 more boxes (so i have enough) and will be doing it again in a few weeks to go even lighter!

The platinum blonde was my favorite hair color. i would tone it with purple shampoo and my hair turned this pretty white blonde and i miss this color with every fiber of my being

This review is for the Absolute Platinum color. If you have any experience doing platinum blonde yourself with bleach powder and developer, you'll know that it's messy and kind of tricky. Nothing gets your hair whiter than doing it yourself and applying the Wella White Lady toner, but it's a rocky process such that it's easy to fry your hair, have uneven spots, or even accidentally tint it purple. Salons in NYC charge you upwards of $200 for just roots and most of the time I'd leave with yellow hair I'd still end up having to fix myself. Enter Feria Platinum. I wasn't too sure about this at first, but decided to give it a shot and I love it. I am totally back to platinum thanks to the ease of use, the cream spreads really well so you get good coverage, and it didn't fry my hair. For truly white platinum you'll need to get a different toner than the conditioner in the package, but overall this is great stuff.Each time I've gone platinum it's been after having dying my hair red or black. I used this product most recently after dying my hair red (also with Feria) and I'll share how I got my results. My recommendation for doing it with this product is to first start gradually lightening your hair with a golden blonde color. If you're in a hurry, do it once a week. If you're not in a hurry, do it when you you touch up your roots, and gradually go a shade of blonde lighter. The last color I did was the Bleach Blonde which ended up making my hair pretty yellow, as expected. I wore a hat for three days and didn't wash my hair. Today I used the Platinum, putting it first on the darker strands of hair that were still holding onto the old red. After 20 minutes, I worked it into the rest of my hair, then let it sit for 20 minutes. Total time was 40 minutes. I used a disposable shower cap to cover it to prevent the color from drying out and to keep the hair "warm" from the heat from my scalp. My hair is not perfectly white on the ends, nor did I expect it to be, because of the previous red dye. It is pretty light though and only slightly yellow. I plan to use some of my Wella White Lady toner on it in a week after my hair has had some time to recover. The most important thing to remember with bleaching your hair, you need to give your hair time to get some of the oils back and to recover. Have a back up plan for how you'll wear your hair (hat, scarf, etc) while you're letting it do so, in case it's in an awkward state.If you do not have experience with bleaching your hair and your hair has been chemically treated, I highly recommend you do not use this product and have a professional do the initial lightening on your hair. If it's not light enough, that's ok, give it time and then try this product to get the final lightening once your hair has recovered. If you have really dark hair, you might need to do it twice. I'd recommend doing a test strand to see how long it takes to lighten your hair and how light you can expect this product to get it. For really even coverage in the past, I've used a full head hair dryer (one of those things that you cover your head with a cap and warm air circulates).I have naturally dark blonde hair that is somewhat fine and very oily. I like having it platinum because then it's not oily by the end of the day, and it gives my hair some texture and body (where normally it just kind of lies flat). I had given up on keeping it platinum because the upkeep was just too much for me, but since discovering this product, I'm back to platinum and happy I can finally maintain it without the disappointment of expensive and inconsistent salon results.

I used to get my hair colored at a professional salon and spent a fortune each time. It was always a great color, but it faded quickly. A friend suggested coloring it myself, and as nervous as I was about it, I figured the worst that could happen is I run back to my stylist and beg her forgiveness.The color was a little darker than I expected, but it was very pretty. It washed out to something closer to whats on the box. It looks natural on me (I'm a brunette), but it has a red shade to it. In the sun, it looks reddish too, and extremely shiny.And not only does the color look good right away, my hair is so much softer after switching to this.

Fairly easy to use and looks great! I haven't tried the pink yet, but the blue and purple are amazing!

Just as described! Recently we dyed my daughter's hair at a professional salon. She looks fabulous. To add extra color we bought professional hair chalk to add more color and so far so good! It is excellent and we are happy with this particular purchase. What fun!!!!!!

I got this for my 4 year old to play dress up with. Easy to apply and very easy to wash out. Have had them for over a month and haven't had any issues with it coming off on clothes or fabrics.

Does what you expect--goes onto hair easily, seems to cover the native color, then washes out with shampoo and water. Transfers a bit to fingers and cloth, but if you don't want that, just use some real dye! :)I like it a lot, anyhow. The colors blend nicely too--if you put pink and blue beside each other and comb, they mix nicely.

The colors are great, I got pink and green. The instructions included are for the mascara and not the chalk, but it isn't hard to use. The colors have a texture of a eye/lip liner and the colors are saturated enough to show up nicely on my dirty blond hair. And you can vary the intensity by applying more, or a second coat. The color stayed on my hair all night and didn't come off on my pillow which was nice, but they also washed out easily with shampoo. The little i got on my fingers while applying easily rinsed off.

I really like it! It stays fresh looking and it doesn't flake off like the powder chalk which would fall onto my eyelashes . colors are nice bright!

Extreme Platinum review: First of all - DO A STRAND TEST - also read the instructions. My natural color is brown. I had dark red dyed hair 6 months ago and started trying to lighten it, and I used 3 lighter dyes in succession. This has led to very damaged hair. After the last lightening (hair color shown below), I used color Oops and then I applied a protein filler so as to get the best possible results before using Extreme Platinum as I have been advised. In the shower, once the dye was rinsed, my hair felt like brillo - seriously damaged (it was pretty bad before I started) I applied the conditioner, and when I got out I sprayed a ton of leave in conditioner which seems to have done the job of making my hair almost smooth. I am somewhat happy with the results, but I probably should have left it on longer. I did a strand test because I was nervous about the results. My hair lightened a lot in about 10 minutes, and after that the changes in color were much more slow. I knew I could leave it in for 25 - 30 minutes, but timing the roots was much trickier. My hair is now patchy at the roots, the sides very light, some actually platinum, and the top with orange-blonde roots. My hair looks pretty brassy, and the roots which were 2 inches and dark brown did not dye evenly, and since they are now patchy they will require either touch up or another dye. I have decided to dye it extra light cool blonde by Vidal Sasson to get rid of the brassy-yellow appearance. Pictures show before (first photo) and hair right after lightening.

Great Color, I have had many compliments on this. The only thing is, it fades out faster than hair colors. I have to do my hair twice a week.

I buy this to dye over the section of my hair that is bleached. When it starts getting bronze-y I'll use the hi-lift brown and it brings it back to a nice shade of ash blonde. If your hair is dark brown, you may not get the results you're expecting, definitely will most likely not look like the color on the box. When I used this on the dark brown portion of my hair, it came out the typical reddish shade of brown. So I would only recommend it if your hair is naturally lighter or to refresh bleaching/highlighting that you have.

I like the color and the quality of the product. If I was younger I would wear all the time. But I am 65 with considerable gray and the gray area is brighter than the rest of the hair on the gray area even though there is hair coverage. It's just brighter and ordinarily would look like highlights in those with less gray. Too bad for me because the rest of my hair looks great.

I LOVE this hair color! This is EXACTLY the color I imagined for myself and I went from a dirty blonde to this. I was quoted 150 for professional services and I just couldn't afford that. but this is $8.50. I left it on 45 minutes for good color development. It's beautiful. There's highlights and low lights. It's completely warmed up my skin tone and brought out my eyes. I've bought quite a few boxes. My only complaint is it bleeds. I do not wash my hair often and every time I do it bleeds but I'm two weeks into my new look and it's still amazingly colored, soft, and shiny! I'm so so happy with it!

Product lifted my med-dark brown hair to a light "peanut buttery" brown. Slightly strange color but pretty cute actually. A little warmer than I would like but may try the UL 61 next time. Using "bluing" shampoo helps with timing out brassiness too. I used Aveda "blue malva". Hope this helps!

Very pretty shades. Not my favorite hair chalk, but my second favorite. Never buy the hair chalk than comes in disks, it does not work. These pens are fabulous to use and they show up more.

Product works great and washed out of my daughters blonde hair the first time using shampoo. As expected, the vivid color can fade during a long day, but that does not take away from the fun. My only negative, the directions on the back of each box indicated that color was to be applied with a "mascara" wand. No wand with this stuff. Just "draw" it on the desired spot.

I ordered these because my 3 year old daughter wanted pink hair! I thought it would be ok if it was temporary. We first tried the kool-aid method which was a huge mess and I had to have a 3 year old sit for 45 minutes sitting still! And then it didn't even stick. So I ordered these. They are small, the size of a longer chap stick. It says it's chalk, but it's not dry like chalk, it is more of a chalk with oil in it. You have to pull hair taught to apply the color (like chap stick) so you will lose any curls you have since its oily. You can brush through it afterwards to break apart the colored portions and it looks cuter and looks more dry. It also washed out in 1st bath. Overall, I would say it is a good product for someone who just wants colored hair for 1 day. She has light hair, so you can see it well. Mine is dark brown and you could see it, but not very well. The colors are cute.

This product is a bit waxy, and it took longer to apply than I anticipated. You can build color slowly by adding more product, so it's very easy to control how much color you have. I have light brown hair, and the colors did not show up as boldly as I had hoped. In the first attached photo, you can see the purple, pink and blue after doing about 10-12 passes of color. On the next photo, I ran a large toothed comb through my hair 3-4 times to break up some of the waxy chunks. The color became lighter with each pass. So if you are someone that brushes your hair throughout the day, this probably won't work for you. I was a bit disappointed that the purple almost disappeared once I combed it, so as a test I added a ton to my bangs, which have the lightest highlights. The color did better there, and definitely showed up more than on the darker hair sections. The texture was a bit weird, and my hair tended to tangle. Although it looked totally normal. Everything washed out completely in 1 shampoo without leaving any residue.

I must say that I received this item in exchange for my honest opinion. I received these chalk hi kites and my daughter wanted to use them immediately. I was able to make her hair so beautiful. It gave her a rainbow of colors and was extremely easy to use. I do recommend that you use an old shirt the 1 or 2 times you use these. My daughter wanted colorful hair, I said ok, but no dyeing it. These are so cool. They have her the ability to have colorful, but no commitment to it.

These are so easy to use. You just rub then on strands of hair and you have cool colors. Best thing is they wash out easily with your regular shampoo. Fun product.

Absolutely loved the color (Intense Auburn), but it didn't last long at all. It faded extremely fast. Switching brands.

I did its job. My hair felt pretty dried out after using this, so I reccomend making sure you use a nice conditioner or treatment for your hair afterward, but the color came out really nicely. Used this as a prep for dying my hair pink and I think it's going to look really nice after my hair has had some time to recover.

Purchased the "Intense Copper" and the resulting color was nice, but a bit darker than anticipated.The worst part is that the product is VERY watery, so is not only harder to apply, but also to cover... I have longer hair and needed two boxes.

First of all.. lets start by saying this product only works if you leave it in 45 minutes to an hour. If you take it out in 25 minutes then I can see why everyone said their hair turned red. My hair is like a wine color and I started out with a medium brown color. The roots are really wine compared to the ends but it came out as the color I expected. So far I like the color but when it fades I will probably dye my hair jet black. The best way to describe this color is red wine or purple red.This color might turn out violet black if you used it on black hair.. but then again.. you would probably just have super wine roots and purple black ends. lol Hope this helps.

I thought this would turn my brown hair a more blonde color. But no. I only gave it three stars because it did lighten my hair but left orange, brassy tones in my hair. I would only buy again if my hair was already blonde and I was trying to get it even more lighter. But to go from a dark color to platinum, no it won't do that.

I recently bought this hair, got it in the mail on time through seller 2011superdeals2011. The box was missing the aromatic shimmer serum and they refunded me my money right away. I read on line that you can use without the serum, so I did it looks good the exact color on the box, but next time I would like to use the serum. The color made my hair dry , but I grease and condition in the shower every day while hair is wet. I let the shower mist my hair everyday it helps to keep my hair moisturized. I use organic castro oil and shea butter leave in conditioner.

I purchased the hair chalk as part of a costume. I have dark blonde hair and it took a dozen or so passes per small section to color my hair. While the chalk did eventually color my hair, it left an extremely oily and weighed down look.It's nice to have the ability to control how much color your hair gets, but isn't worth it if you're looking for a fuller color. I'm sure this would be great for light blondes (or white hairs).

Its chalk that colors hair.... What do you expect, gets on everything and washes out on everything.. but if you are into colored hair and matching top... its great..

It is what it is: some not-so-great chalk for about eight bucks that I can use on my kid's hair and that satisfies the part of her who wants dyed hair. It doesn't last and it's not that bright, especially on kids with darker hair. My youngest is blonde, though, and you still don't really see it on her. You have to really use a lot, which ends up getting elsewhere, on their clothes, etc...

I bought these fire my daughter who has dark brown hair. The blue did not show up well at all... Even if she caked it on. The purple and pink were okay on dark brown hair but if you have curly hair and want to blow your hair out and use these crayons it wont work well because you need wet hair to use these.My other daughter who has strawberry blonde hair used these and all the colors showed up well. Again though she has curly hair so even when her hair was straightened she had to wet the piece that she wanted colored....which curled her hair back up . Not good for a person who goes curly to straight.

But should apply more more more even for very small portion of hair and even very light to! Not as expected:(

i bought these for my kids first day of school one of my kids has blond hair it look really nice in their hair my other 2 kids have light brown hair it did not show up as well in their hair. i only reccomend this if your kid has lightly colored hair. it does wash out easy

My hair after coloring was totally yellow :(

For some reason this color didn't take on my hair And no have used feria before many times

TLDR: Buy Vidal Sassoon instead. They have several plum / lavender / purple shades.Details: I always used to use Feria when I was doing shades of light brown, and was very pleased with the results. So when I saw that they had this shade, and now I am doing my hair in "funky" colors instead, I was thrilled.The box came with more than just the usual bottle + liquid + conditioner tube. It was a little like a chemistry project. I was excited, thinking how great the results would be.I was very disappointed. It certainly colored the hair well, but the shade was a much more pink-magenta color, rather than a plum or violent. Worst of all, it stained my scalp. Bright magenta pink.The results are not terrible - once I got my scalp scrubbed clean with Sea Breeze and alcohol based hand sanitizer - but certainly not the color I was looking for.The Vidal Sassoon brand comes out a lot closer to the depicted shade.

It doesn't spread as well as other hair dyes due to the powder and overall thickness once the powder is mixed into the solution. I use Loreal Preference Extra Light Ash Blonde instead.

More red than anything.

My hair is med brown. This dyed my hair red with a few dark highlights. Its very very red. I'm thinking about getting black dye to cover the red up. I was hopeing for more of a black/lavender color. I would not buy this color again.

Not a great product. This brand does not adapt to the hair very well and the colors aren't great. I'd search for a different brand next time.

Left my hair extremely greasy and after washing my hair I am still a grease ball. I have dark blond hair and it took a lot of back and forth to get some color.

When I read "chalk" I expected a chalk like feel to it. It's more like a greasy crayon.

This stuff will get everywhere. Your clothes, skin, car. It looked kinda cool but not really worth it.

it came with Purple Pink and Dark Blue. Looks nothing like the product picture. Dark Blue did not even show up on brown hair. must have light or blond hair for this product to work

While the chalk worked well enough on my wifes light hair, it did not show on my daughters black hair. She was disappointed as were we.

My hair was blonde, and the color came out okay but washed out completely within 2-3 washes. I've used 5 boxes of this. I love L'Oreal but I do not love this product. I think the model looks gorgeous on the box but this is not what you will look like after using this product, by any means.

I am so sad because it didn't work at all. It just bleached my roots and lifted the dark blonde a bit. I died it pink to distract from it but this isn't worth the money unless you are just touching up roots. Don't use it to actually make your hair go from dirty blonde to platinum because it definitely wont!

Didnt work don't know if it was expired it or a bad batch not sure

I am VERY disappointed that there were such glowing reviews when this product sucked for me. My hair is blonde, I just wanted it white-blonde. Forget it. I got a brassy penny color and even a toner afterwards didn't help. Don't waste your time or money.

The box lies! It took three times to get my brown hair anywhere close to platinum (and fried it in the process). If you're trying to go from dark to really light your best bet would be a salon. If you're trying to go from a different shade of blonde it might work.

Used two boxes on hair that had mostly been bleached before. It was very dry and didn't spread very well through my hair. It left several patched that barely lightened. I left it in for an hour and a half, and was not impressed with the color, lots of brass left. Dying it dark ash blond and getting shampoo with tonor seems to be helping with the final results.

I use it on my cats fur this stuff doesn't show well on darker hair colors

I have fine straight hair so I thought it would be easy to use. I have only tried the green one, but the tip broke off as I was trying to color my hair. I would not recommend this product if you plan on doing it yourself and holding onto the ends of your hair as you try to apply it.

This product only works on blond hair. My daughter has light brown hair, & even after using almost half of the stick on one section of hair, it cakes up on the hair, makes it sticky, but barely shows up. The hot pink shows up a little bit, but this product is definitely a waste of money!

This product doesn't show up as well as I expected even with low expectations. It feels very gross and you might as well just smear lipstick on your hair because that is how it feels.

Looks awful in hair, kool aid is even a better choice. Makes hair tacky, clumpy, as if you rubbed melted candy in it. Washes out easy, so that was good.

I haven't tried any other hair chalk.. but it was more like a soft crayon. It sort of clumps in the hair and makes it heavy. Hard to see unless you put it on thick.. and then it just feels gross! I wouldn't buy it again.