L'Oreal Sublime Mousse

I will be the first to admit that I'm horrible about coloring my hair. I go back and forth between natural color, salon color and home kits. I rely on the salon when I'm coloring my hair significantly lighter or for highlights, but it just takes so much time. I know some people think going to the salon is a pampering experience, but I just get bored! Home kits only take about 30 minutes, but it can get quite messy and it definitely shouldn't be used for drastic hair color changes. I just got my hair cut on Friday and I needed to do something about my majorly grown out color, but I didn't want to commit to salon color, so I ran out to Target and picked up L'Oreal's Sublime Mousse.

I actually colored my hair at home a few months back using the Palty Bubble Mousse color. Palty is a Japanese brand aimed at a younger crowd. The problem with Palty is that most of the shades are very light, like blonde light! I bought the darkest color (Chocolate Waffle, I think), but I barely saw any difference to my roots or ends. I also thought using the mousse was kind of weird, but because I never learn my lesson, I decided to try the Sublime Mousse.

I used shade #50 - Pure Medium Brown and it was easy enough, although I did make a huge mess (as always). I like that the mousse doesn't drip, but I still find it more difficult to apply than regular color and it seriously left half my forehead brown! The other good thing about Sublime Mousse is that the instructions say to apply it to the entire length of your hair whether you have roots or not. 25 minutes later, just rinse it out, apply conditioner and you're done!

I'm happy with the results, but the color is a LOT darker than I was expecting. Medium brown made my hair really dark, almost black. Oh well, at least my roots problem is gone. I think I want to do something red next, so I'll probably be heading to the salon for a couple of hours early next year.