l'oreal feria mango 74.

On my ever ending quest to be 100% happy with my hair, I came across the 'cult' hair dye shade that everyone seems to be using to achieve beautiful red headed-ness. This shade is called Mango Intense Copper 74 by L'oreal. If you pick this up off the shelf, you may be a little intimidated. The box shows an extremely bright orange colour, but don't be scared. 

I've seen this shade multiple times on the shelf and I've always been afraid to use it. However, after asking many people how they keep their ginger/ auburn hair so fresh and bright, this always seemed to be the answer they gave me so I bucked up the courage and bought a box, although I do have mixed feelings about this product. It gave me a gorgeous shade of ginger but if i'm 100% honest, only I can seem to notice the difference. I think this is because I missed a teeny bit of hair near the roots in some parts and can see my original color, other than that no one really can see the difference.

(Before - my original colour before application)

(Shade 74, Contents and Box front)

 (After - Hair without filter in naturally lit room)

Pro's 

- The gloves provided are different to the usual see through gloves that you get that just seem to snap or do not fit your hands properly.

- The dye actually lifts the hair without having to pre-bleach and still gives quite a strong result dependent on your original hair colour.

- It's about an average price, mine cost me around £5.00 to £6.00 in a Savers store, I think its a little more expensive in boots but sometimes they appear on offers which is handy for longer hair that needs 2 or more boxes. 

Con's 

- The smell was very strong and lingered on the hair even after washing the dye out. 

- The dye is verrrry bright and can stain items around you, my hair dripped when wet and has stained my bathroom floor with orange patches. 

- The colour can look a little 'fake' in certain lights, if you're after a more natural looking auburn or ginger I would NOT suggest this dye. 

- It didn't actually come out as bright as the box depicts, If you were after a stronger ginger shade i'd suggest the Paprika Power that comes in the same brand of dye. 

Would I re-purchase? 

I would maybe give this dye another try to fill in the little bits I missed, its a nice dye to use but for me it wasn't as bright as expected. I wanted to re-fresh my colour and it didn't really make it that much different, no one even noticed unless I told them.