L'Oreal Paris Superior Preference Fade-Defying + Shine Permanent Hair Color, 5CB Medium Chestnut Brown, Pack of 1, Hair Dye

Love the color long lasting and looks like salon quality but at a much better price comes with easy instructions covers the grey well and makes your hair soft and shiny looks natural it doesn't look fake like a lot of hair colors do this is a definite winner for me the only product I will ever use and I have tried other products out there but always come back to this one a very happy customer.

Just used the 5CB Medium Chestnut Brown last night and it’s not exactly the color I wanted but I knew the risk I was taking going in and I don’t hate it. The formula for this is runny and does drip, so watch out for those white counters and rugs. The color result is redder than I wanted but the box does indicate it can pull red for redheads so that’s on me, I should’ve gone for a fully cool toned brown. Perhaps this was due more to the quality of my sun bleached hair and general dryness, but it was striking during application how much my hair texture became like straw. I expected to follow up with my usual hair repair methods (Amika RX) but to my surprise, the provided conditioner more than restored the texture to a soft state. Attached some pictures with side by sides, befores on the left. I think I’ll prefer the color in a week or two when it inevitably fades a shade. I have a handful of grays toward the crown and this fully covered those, however, I can’t yet attest to longevity of the coverage.**Update**I used and reviewed this dye in October, it is now December and I have added an additional update picture (roughly 2.5 to 3 months after application). I was correct that the faded shade is what I’m most happy with, especially once the ends lightened up, which happened probably by week 3 or 4. Gray coverage is excellent though my growth seems to already be showing so I’m spotting silvers again. Red tone is lasting very well and I’m happy, just gotta find some sort of root touch up now. Overall a recommend for the lasting color, but I will mention that my hair is much much dryer over the last couple months than usual - I feel my hair usually “bounces back” after a dye (I tend to dye my hair once or twice a year only) and after this box it did not. So if your hair is chemically treated or severely damaged, I would look for a potentially gentler dye formula if there is such a thing. I am using deep conditioner treatments or a quality conditioner in the shower, but what seems to help most is a post shower cocktail: light spritz of Pacifica Silk Rice detangle spray, dime sized amount of JVN instant repair mask, a pump and a half of JVN blowout styling milk, and then the next day or morning 3-4 drops of the JVN nourishing shine drops (I also use Ouai hair oil but I’ve run out - and occasionally IGK mistress hydrating balm on the ends and before I ran out I’d frequently use the IGK Antisocial overnight dry mask which I can’t recommend enough lol)Best of luck to everyone on their hair journey :)

It's gorgeous! The color is absolutely amazing too. My hair is brown with beautiful redish highlights all over. Believe it or not, my husband did my hair and it looks beautiful. It's not dry either, it's very shiny, smooth and soft. My hair length is about shoulder length and we used 1 bottle but he also used a brush as well to brush it all over the roots. Especially where I was grey. It's a beautiful color. I highly recommend this product and color. I will continue with this color from now on. I love the mahogany color with the brown. It turned out better than going to the hairdresser and spending over $100. He did the same job, and it turned out amazing!

Have been using Preference 7.5A Medium Ash Blonde for years but it got darker so I changed to another brand new product but they discontinued it. Went back to Preference but it looked different, lighter & reviews were not as good. Just tried it and I'm very happy with the lighter color but still not covering all my resistant gray on my very short nape & sideburns Pixie cut, even with adding 1 No Gray. I'll try 2 No Gray next time & leave it on 5 mins longer. Careful it's very runny which is messy. No itching though! Smells the same not bad though. But I still trust it better than other brands!

L'Oréal, because I'm worth it. Remember that commercial? Very good advertising. It's the best hair coloring product out there in my opinion. Love the color.