Ion Lavender Semi Permanent Hair Color Lavender

- You need 3 tubes for shoulder length hair and much more for thick or longer hair. This stuff is the consistency of toothpaste- Dilute with WATER, not conditioner. I guess some conditioners work -- mine did NOT. Water definitely works fine.Why? My first try, I diluted with Tresemme conditioner, mixed very well, and carefully applied with a brush. The results were large sections that were white, lavender, or silver. Ugh.The second time, I diluted with *water*, mixed very well, and applied with a brush (same as before). The color came out almost perfectly evenly -- a bright purple everywhere.The color was much brighter than I wanted, and it didn't fade! Over three weeks of shampooing my hair x2 every time I showered, it finally faded just a bit to the point where people called it "lavender". Just know that if you dye over platinum bleached hair, you will not have this pale color from the beginning. I've attached a few photos of the change in color over time. First photo (glasses) is after one week -- second photo (in the dress) is after 1 month. This stuff doesn't budge.A lovely bonus: If you bleach over this dye, it turns a bright greenish-blue color (mostly green), like Listerine. Seriously! It's almost impossible to avoid doing this just a little at the roots when you touch them up and it's ... pretty distressing. So don't plan on just bleaching this color out of your hair, and don't touch up your roots unless you have new dye on hand.This dye stays in hair well, and fades true to color. I've now let it fade (still shampooing x2 with hot water) for six weeks and it's still an even pale purple. I will definitely use it again if I want purple -- but probably only as streaks or ombre because of the issue with bleaching.

This is the best lavender color I have tried so far and I have used the lot. It’s the perfect lavender tone, not reddish or too blue. Lasts about two weeks or so depending on how frequently you wash your hair. The color comes through better with more lightened hair, close to white/platinum. It’s also geeat for toning those orangey blonde strands.

Other than the fast shipping provided by the seller, everything else about the dye was terrible! I was looking forward to try out Ion Color Brilliance after reading some pretty good reviews here on Amazon, but in the end, the lavender color that I applied on my newly bleached hair (I bleached it two days ago, my hair color was almost white) became an ashy brown???Lesson learnt - I'm sticking with Manic PanicAs for application, one tube isn't going to dye your whole head. I have a short pixie cut, and one tube was barely enough. And the condition of my hair is in a pretty bad shape, dry and sort of damage.I will not purchase Ion again.

I haven't had any issues with the color fading to teal. I really like the grey/lavender color it came out as. Probably a little darker than advertised. However, even though I had it applied by a professional, some spots are way more blue than others. I like the look, because the ends of my hair are Manic Panic Shocking Blue, but I wouldn't like it very much if I had wanted an al over consistent color.

I used this dye as a toner for my brassy blonde highlights. I’m naturally a brunette and my highlights were bleached but needed a touch up after a couple months. I mixed this with white condition (using about 4 times the amount of conditioner compared to the dye) and left it on for 25 minutes! It definetly worked well but I would recommend coloring in sections. I started with the bottom and worked my way to the top and the top ended up not looking as good since it wasn’t on for as long. Loved this dye!

Got Lavender and the color was exactly what I was looking for. It is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! My only issue with this color is that it fades way to quickly. After 2 washes it was almost completely gone from the ends of my hair, but still had some color near the root. I am in love with this color I just wish it would last longer. Picture is AFTER 2 washes.

I put this on prelightened hair. Picture shown. I have used this product for almost 10 years. It's fades into a beautiful silver blonde. One tube did only that front part of my hair so I suggested two bottles.

I have brown hair so I knew that it was not going to show up super bright, but that was fine since I wanted a subtle color. After using two boxes however, there still had been no change to my hair. I highly recommend bleaching your hair or lightening it before using this product if you have darker hair.