 |
| My hair color before. It was pretty much a deep dark brown but it looks black. |
I went to my local Don Quijote to pick up my usual Lucido-L hair color in the imported asian goods aisle but this time I had my eye on Palty. They had two choices: hair color dye boxes or bleach boxes. I have a thing about bleaching hair knowing the damage it does so I opted for the regular hair color that comes in the pink boxes. I bought Palty hair color in Caramel Brown. *Keep in mind that these dye boxes come with Japanese instructions only*
I had high hopes for this hair dye to color my almost black hair back to my usual copper tone color but was disappointed with the outcome.
The color did somewhat show but it wasn't the color I was expecting it to be. It colored my hair exactly as it said it would in the back but well MY THINKING was that all Palty hair dye would contain some bleach for your hair. I realized it was basically just a hair dye.
Conclusion:
Price: 3/5 (It's an imported product so it was pricey. Around $12. Original price is 750 yen which is about 9 AUD.)
Application: 5/5 (very easy to apply. I love Japanese hair dye applicators! For longer hair, I'd recommend buying 2 boxes)
Outcome: 5/5 (It did it's job as to dying my hair exactly what the back sample hair colors indicated.)
Hair Damage: 5/5 (It did not damage my hair at all. It also helps that the hair dye does include a packet of Tsubaki Oil to wash your hair with.)
So not having the hair color I originally wanted I returned to Don Quijote and spent a lot of time contemplating on the Palty Bleach boxes. After lots of thinking I finally left purchasing...TWO boxes. I purchased Palty Hard Bleach in Gold Brown & Lucido-l in Caramel. I purchased both because I was still skeptical about using the Hard Bleach and because I usually have good outcomes with Lucido-l anyway.
When I got home I sucked it up and decided to go with the Palty. This time instructions were a bit different (since we're dealing with bleach this time) and you could also choose the kind of lightness you want depending on how long you leave it.
 |
| You can either leave it in for 15min or 30min. |
Conclusion:
Price: 3/5 (Around $13. Original price is 850 yen which is about 10 AUD.)
Application: 5/5 (very easy to apply. I love Japanese hair dye applicators! For longer hair, I'd recommend buying 2 boxes)
Outcome: 5/5 (It did it's job as to dying my hair exactly what the back sample hair colors indicated.)
Hair Damage: 3/5 (Since this was a 'Hard Bleach' it did do some damage to my hair. Especially the first couple of days. My hair had that straw effect and looked very dry. But with proper care my hair came back to it's healthy state in a couple of days!)
AFTER COLOR TIPS FROM ME:
Would I recommend Palty? I definitely would. I've gotten SOOOO many compliments on my hair color and sometimes people can't believe that it's a box color. Also, I would recommend Palty, Lucido-l, etc. to people of asian ethnicity because these products were definitely made for asian hair! I do notice that a lot of the American hair dyes I used to use before (Revlon, Lo'Real, etc) NEVER turn out the way I wanted and leave my hair looking like BLAH. The only one I would consider good are the Garnier brands.
To deal with the damage that I did receive from the bleach though, I make sure to take my vitamins but I also condition my hair with a conditioner that contains vitamin e and coconut oil <---- these help out A LOT. I do find that Nexxus conditioners always save my hair! Specifically the Humectress line! It's infused with both vitamin e & coconut oil. I've also heard that Hot hair treatment with Tsubaki Oil helps too but I haven't gave it a try yet. Keep in mind too that I do EVERYTHING to my hair when I style it (blow dry, flat iron, hair products) and by taking care of my hair after the bleach I was able to get my hair back to its healthy state again.
SO GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! :) Any other questions, feel free to ask!
BY THE WAY:
It's Monica's birthday today! Gonna go to karaoke tonight and get our druunnkk onnn!
OMG! I love the hair colors!I love palty~you look cute by the way~n_n
ReplyDeleteThanks Michi! I will definitely purchase Palty again! Do you use Palty all the time?
ReplyDeleteAhh I always go to salons to dye my hair, but I just might try doing it myself now! Thanks for posting after care tips as well! I'm gonna buy conditioner with vitamin e and coconut oil from now on ♥
ReplyDeleteOmg, the Palty bleach color looks amazing on you!! I've been eyeing it too, but was just too scared of killing my hair. U.U So thanks for the after color tips! I'll definitely try it out sometime. ♥
ReplyDeleteThe first result was still pretty good for just a regular dye! I use to use palty bleach a lot but started giving American brands a try since their price is better. It's weird because I've found that the Garnier boxes never work out for me. :(
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm glad it turned out to be such a pretty color on you! ^o^
Akane - you should try it! if doing your whole hair. for more intricate designs, i would stick to the salon ;)
ReplyDeletetricia - aw thanks love :D let me know how it goes when you try it! what do you use for your hair now though? looks good :)
dolly - yeah i thought so too! it did exactly what the box said it would, but i guess i wasn't really the color i thought i wanted hehe. yeah american brands for sure because i know imported gets pricey. which garnier do you use? the ones in the red boxes? i use the ones in the red boxes. the 100% ones. the green ones are okay. lolllll try the red boxes!! what american brand do you use?
What a coincidence! I just colored my cousins hair w/ Palty in Sakura Creamy. I'm glad it came out right on her and yours look great too!
ReplyDeleteThey sell it here for $10, I left it in for 30 minutes and it matched the box color outcome :)
It makes me want to try it out too but since my hair is super long and thick I would figure I'd need 3-4 bottles which I don't have money for to do yet lol.
Thanks for recommending some shampoos because I wasn't sure what to recommend her to keep her hair intact!
I obviously don't have Asian hair (so it's not made for my type) but I had really poor results from Palty too D:
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the bleach worked for you, as it also worked for my friends. But then how wrong can you go with bleach?!
Either way I have the same philosophy as you when it comes to dying with bleach, so I understand :D
your hair does look great! I've used Palty before and I also loved the result, it evenly dyes my hair unlike some other hair dye I've used. great blog, I'm your newest follower :)
ReplyDeletebloomzy - you've gotten poor results? as in the color doesn't show up? or did it really damage your hair? i think since your natural hair color is brown or blonde, regular (European) hair dyes will work best for you. i think since asians typically have black or dark brown hair, the dye that's made in asia probably work better with asian hair. but who knows, this is just my observation! :)
ReplyDeletepop champagne- thank you love! i absolutely love your blog so it's an honor having you follow me back :) which color palty have you used?
bloomzy - you've gotten poor results? as in the color doesn't show up? or did it really damage your hair? i think since your natural hair color is brown or blonde, regular (European) hair dyes will work best for you. i think since asians typically have black or dark brown hair, the dye that's made in asia probably work better with asian hair. but who knows, this is just my observation! :)
ReplyDeletepop champagne- thank you love! i absolutely love your blog so it's an honor having you follow me back :) which color palty have you used?
Is the original color according to your dyed color or your actual root color? Like on the bleach box it shows your original color and then tells you how long to leave it in for it to turn a certain color. if my hair is dyed brown but my roots are growing back out, should I do it according to the black original color (my roots) or my fading dyed color?
ReplyDeletei think you should do it according to which is dominating your head more: roots or the dyed hair? when i dyed my hair with the palty dye, some of my roots were showing (original hair color is a dark brown almost black color) and it turned out even.
ReplyDeleteHi! I was just wondering - when you dyed it the first time (with the pink box) was your hair already dyed with a black/dark brown colour or was it mostly your natural colour??
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
hi! when i first dyed it with the pink box, my roots were like half way out already, so yeah mostly my natural hair colour :)
ReplyDeleteI would use this bleach but Ive had bad experiences with Palty bleach before! it made my hair orange! Do you think its worth trying again on my dyed brown hair now?
ReplyDeleteoh no! how long did you leave it in your hair? i think if your hair is already dyed brown you should leave it on for about 10 ~ 15 minutes and then rinse it out right away!
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks for the review! I've been meaning to try this, but I'm a little scared, because I have about 2-3 inches of black natural roots, but the rest of my hair is darkish red brown, and I'm afraid that it'll come out really unevenly, especially since I heard that dying over red hair can get disastrous results.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I love your hair color~!
if your roots and your darkish red brown hair are NOTICEABLY different then I'd wait to dye your hair. If it sort of blends intogether somewhat, I think it should be okay ^^
ReplyDeleteand thank you <3
Looking cool! Your hair is very attractive shined.
ReplyDeleteDid your hair have any orange tones? I'm going for a brown colour but my hair is a dark brown now after using palty's honey brown and then macaroon beige a month later.
ReplyDelete