I had never dyed my hair fully until recently except back in the day with colour mousse that hardly did a thing! The first dye I tried was a Schwarzkopf traditional semi-permanent liquid type one,and it was a mess.I had to get my Husband involved which was an horrific experience for him.He wanted no part in the matter really because he didn't want to be responsible if it didn't work out as he knows how precious us women are over our hair ! I have very thick hair so it was a mammoth task in itself,it was dripping all down my neck which resulted in me shouting and making my poor Husband get into more of a flap ! All in all not a very good experience that was and is never to be repeated. I then saw a couple of adverts advertising this mess free,great coverage foam dye so was tempted to go and have a look.When I did though,it all seemed to be a permanent colour which filled me with dread.What if it went wrong,I wouldn't be able to get it out etc.....were thoughts I had,but in the end i thought oh well I can get one close to my natural colour and dye it back.In the end I was browsing in Boots and saw the John Frieda ones were on offer at £6.66 so I thought I would get one of those,the name of the colour now escapes me but I remember it had a combination of Red and medium in it! Everything about it looked very professional and stylish which made me feel better about it,even down to you getting Black disposable gloves you received.I decided to do the colouring that weekend and all in all it was a pretty straight forward task.My Husband got involved on my request just to check if I had any colour on my skin anywhere and wipe it off and to help me with the timings as I stayed put in the bathroom as did not want to drip any colour anywhere.That is still a ritual I do 4 boxes in but now sometimes I take my phone in to time.I find because it is a foam you don't get any dripping but I still prefer to stay put in the bathroom with a towel around me just in case.With the old style dyes I found I needed a towel,apron etc...to cover me and they all got covered! With this foam one towel is just needed as a precaution.I am now more confident using the foam and I find I don't need my Husband now to check if there have been any disasters so will continue with this method of home hair dying.
There are quite afew brands now doing the foam dye,I have tried three,John Frieda,Schwarzkopf XXL and Superdrug's own brand one.I must say I liked the Superdrug the least of the three as I found it irritated my head slightly during development and the results of the colour were not that noticeable,particularly on the roots.My favourite is the Schwarzkopf XXL one in Deep Cherry Bliss.The colour to me is divine,noticeable and looks different in certain lights and always gets me compliments.I would say however it does take longer to wash the foam out than the others but it's worth the effort.Also just as a side note,I find all the brands and this is probably the case with most dyes it does get subtler on the second wash and so on.
