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Overview

Hair color is one of the easiest ways to give new life to your personality and a little excitement into you daily routine. Whether you color your hair for a fresh, new look or you want to cover up those pesky gray hairs, color is a fun experience women love to experiment with. L'Oreal is one of the leading beauty brands in the world, and its Excellence and Preference hair colors are some of the best in the business.

L'Oreal Excellence Creme Hair Color

One of the oldest L'Oreal hair color lines is Excellence, and they have been successful with this color largely because of the sheer amount of coverage and even color it provides. L'Oreal Excellence Creme Hair Color is designed more for those that want to erase any remnants of gray that may be lingering. It offers 100 percent gray coverage and it contains Pro-Keratine Complex that revitalizes and protects your hair from the inside out. Additionally it's available in 42 shades, so the color possibilities are endless, which gives you a lot of room to create a hair color all your own.

L'Oreal Excellence To-Go

While the Excellence line is a lot more entrenched in covering gray when compared to the Preference line, it still manages to do other things for your hair, especially in a pinch. L'Oreal Excellence to-Go gives you hair color in just 10 minutes and keeps those gray strands at bay. This product is just one of the reasons that the L'Oreal Excellence color line is worth a try. It's more than just gray coverage -- it has a formula that nourishes your hair and offers professional level color.

L'Oreal Superior Preference

In addition to its Excellence hair color line, L'Oreal also has its Preference line, which differs because it almost solely focuses on providing color, not coverage. L'Oreal Superior Preference prides itself on offering color for up to eight weeks without any fading. What gives L'Oreal Superior Preference its salon quality is the inclusion of gold conditioners that keep the hair hydrated from the drying agents of hair color.

L'Oreal Superior Preference Dream Blonde

Another member of the Superior Preference line, is strictly for ladies that have a severe case of blonde ambition. Yes, L'Oreal Superior Preference Dream Blonde is for fair-haired beauties or those who want to be. It is a complete hair care system that aids you in achieving a color-rich blonde hue. Blonde is not only a hard color to maintain, but it's also difficult to try for the first time, especially if you are attempting to go from a dark to light shade. Superior Preference Dream Blonde offers moisture-rich hair straight from the bottle   http://www.couponingtodisney.com/possible-free-box-of-loreal-haircolor-2/

How to Match L'Oreal Hair Coloring

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Choose the color family you want. If you were blonde as a kid, a blond shade will look natural. If you have brown locks now, want low-maintenance hair or have dull hair, stick with brown. If you have cool or pink skin, consider a red. Women with golden or olive skin have a hard time rocking red well.

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Check out your skin tone in the mirror. The right color will set off the shades in your skin through contrast. Olive-skinned divas look bright in golden tones. Pink-skinned women can incorporate subtle blue and violet undertones to neutralize the skin redness.

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Look at the L'Oreal color swatches in your chosen color family, such as red, brown or blond. Keep your skin tone in mind and focus on colors that have the opposite undertone. L'Oreal breaks it down on the box by listing whether colors have a cool tone, neutral tone or warm tone. Auburn, copper, mahogany and burgundy also denote warm L'Oreal tones.

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Place your skin beside the hair swatch to see how it looks. The right color plays off your skin. Experiment with several different hues until you find the color that works best for you.

Tips & Tricks

 

If you have long hair, grab two boxes of dye so you get enough to cover your whole mane.

L'Oreal offers online color consultation to help you pick the color that's right for you.

 

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The Hair Colors

At the time of publication, the only semipermanent hair colors that L’Oreal offers come in the Root Rescue line of products, designed to help you maintain your current hair color. Because the colors are semipermanent, they don’t require that you lighten or bleach your hair. The Root Rescue hair dye colors are designed to look natural, not funky. The dyes that are closest to bright red include Light Auburn (6R), Dark Blonde (7), Light Brown (6) and Medium Golden Brown (5G). The L’Oreal site states that its semipermanent hair dyes only deposit color on the hair’s outer layer.

Your Hair Color

The bright red, semipermanent hair colors that L’Oreal sells work best if your hair is blond to light brown. Because the dye formulas darken your hair, you will not be able to see the shade you applied to your tresses if they are already medium brown to black. L’Oreal’s line of nonpermanent and permanent hair colors may be best for you if you have dark hair and want to add bright red to its hue.

Your Skin Tone

The best bright red hair color depends on your skin tone and eye color. According to “Ladies’ Home Journal,” you have a cool skin tone if you have blue or green eyes and fair skin. Cool skin tones look best with red hair colors that have blue or violet tones in them. You have a warm skin tone if your skin is olive, dark or golden and you have brown eyes. Red hair colors that look best with warm skin tones are those that have golden or yellow tinges.

Application

Before you apply a L’Oreal semipermanent hair dye to your tresses, wash your hair the day before -- not the day of -- the application for the best results. Spread a layer of skin moisturizer around your hairline so that it’s easy to wipe away any dye that contacts your skin. Then part your hair into small sections so that it’s easier to apply the hair dye evenly into your locks. Mix the hair-color formula according to the directions that come with the product, and apply the dye from the root of your hair to the ends. Let the formula sit in your hair for the amount of time recommended on the package before rinsing it out with warm water. When the water runs clear, apply the conditioner that comes with the bottle of hair dye.