Kolours Hair Dye

One of the things I definitely wanted to purchase from the Philippines was some hair dye specifically made for Asian hair. I'm sure a lot of other Asians can sympathize with me about this. I know my hair, though not very thick, is very stubborn and resistant to any type of manipulation, whether it be styling with hot tools or hair dye. Most hair dyes here in the U.S. don't last very long for my hair. I don't know if it's just not absorbing the color or whatever. I always hear that Asian hair is different from Caucasian hair but all the hair dye seems to be for Caucasian hair. I don't even know where to find Asian brand hair dye in my area so I stocked up on hair dye in the Philippines.

This brand Kolours is one of two brands of hair dye that I brought with me from the Philippines, the other brand being Syoss. I bought this at the Watsons in the Megamall. Sadly, the selection of hair dye in most places was not very large. I don't know, I may just not be looking in the right areas.

This brand claims to be especially for Asian hair, which is the reason I bought it. The color is in black. In the selection available, it did not seem like they had other types of black (ex. blue black, jet black, natural black/brown black). The brand claims to have a "non drip rich cream format for long lasting and vibrant colors with added vitamin E & B5".

The box came with tube of the creme color, a container of color developer, 2 color safe conditioner packets, a pair of huge gloves, and an instruction manual. I don't know whose hands fit in those gloves but I don't think the majority of people can fit in them. Instead, I use my non latex gloves, size small. The instruction manual said to have a comb but I'm not sure what I was supposed to do with that comb.

In terms of what I did extra, I had a black shirt around my neck so I don't stain my skin. I also put a lot of thick lotion on my neck and hairline and especially my ears so they don't get stained black. I had a clip to separate sections of hair. Having a towel that you don't care for the quality of is good too. I have a towel I use only for dying hair so it looks like a tye dye towel right now.

I didn't think my hair was light but wow, it was a pretty noticeable change (for me at least) when I washed the dye off and saw my hair dry. I mean, my hair is really black now and I love it. Not a hint of brown anywhere. I do think it's pretty harsh on the hair because my hair felt dryer than usual after washing the dye out and it took a lot of conditioning (in my opinion, at least) to get my hair back to its previous softness. After a week, I'm still washing out a bit of color every time I shampoo but the color has stayed. Definitely this is a dye that I would buy again.