Softsheen-Carson Dark and Lovely Hair Dye, Fade Resist Hair Color with Conditioning Mask, Virtual Violet, 1 Kit

TL;DR: Severely damaged my hair, did not color my hair as claimed. I can't speak for the other shades, but Virtual Violet is simply false advertisement. I am no stranger to dyeing my natural hair, and I've used the Loreal Hicolor shades for a couple years now. Those are also no-bleach dye for dark hair, and I have never had a problem with them. What made me decide to give Dark & Lovely a try was the color on the front of the box; it claims to take a very dark hair shade to a very bright and vibrant purple, something Loreal does not offer. This was simply untrue. My hair was the same shade as the darkest shade of the samples on the back of the box, and I hadn't dyed my shoulder-length natural hair in about two/two-and-a-half years, so almost all of my hair was virgin, save for about two inches from the bottom. Not only did the dye not even come close to the shade pictured on the front of the box (at best, under direct light, it was a slightly reddish brown) it also gave me more damage than I have ever had, including when I bleached my previously-relaxed hair back in high school. For full transparency, I left the dye on about 45min, which is longer than they said to on the box, but I had done this before with Loreal and had no issues. Again, all but perhaps two inches of my hair was virgin, and not only was there significant damage to my hair (it's thinner now and it tangles and breaks extremely easily) I also had no real color to show for it. This was about a month ago, and for some reason, each time I have washed my hair sense then, the water has been faintly red, despite there being almost no visible change to my hair. If you have dark or natural hair and are looking for a no-bleach purple dye, I would recommend the Loreal hicolor shades for dark hair only. They are more red-purple than blue-purple, but at least they do not claim to be anything they are not, and they do work, so you will at least see results that will make up for any damage you may do to your hair.

It's really easy to use and doesn't stain skin as bad as I expected. I've been using splat for years, and it stains my whole neck and ears and forehead every time. This brand wasn't as vibrant in color as splat, but it's a very close 2nd. Last much longer too.

Natural dark hair will lift about two shades, like my roots did. I love the berry pink it developed into!

Easy to use. Color came out more auburn/red than purple tone despite my dark brown hair. It's not awful, but not what I expected.

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