Wella Kolestint Hair Color Review: Black

Sometime ago, I was going through a phase, we all know that... a part of "the phase" also included college coming to an end. It was not about missing friends and stuff anymore though, It was 'OMG I am growing up!' I need to get my act right and do something. There was the whole pressure. You know after 5 friggin years of college, which was fun, I also needed a break,... but my mind kept saying no.

My heart on the other hands, had plans of its own. Believe me, my heart works in sneaky ways cause if my brain had any idea what my heart had planned up its sleeve, it would have never happened! :|\

Okay so getting back to the story, My heart didn't wanna grow up and was in complete denial. And I really wanted to do some super crazy stuff while in college, which I never got around to do! (ohhh believe me, I have don't stuff in college, I was/wasn't supposed to do) but there were things, you know, like getting my nose pierced, getting my eyebrow pierced, getting a tattoo, getting my hair coloured?! yes, NOW you know what I'm talking about.!

So for how scared and un-brave my heart is, it obviously went for the least permanent option. And guess what?! I decided I wanted to have the dual toned hair and I wanted to get burgundy no okay red layers, low lights. thats what its called right? like under my black hair.?

And who do I choose to trust to do it to my hair? Wait for it............ ME.  yes. 

So as everyone would have guessed, It didn't go quite as planned. :) No it didn't. I looked hideous! So now I thought it was time for damage control.

Now when people on behalf of Wella contacted me, I decided to give this a shot, and I decided I wanted to get just the black colour to repair my hair. But then I couldn't use it on my hair cause  I apparently need to wait for some three months to recolour it. I asked them if it would be fine if I could use on on someone else.. and they were okay with it.. But since the colour was chosen.. I just stuck to it.

Now my family is not very okay with colouring hair. :| I know weird. My mum has the blackest hair ever and my dad's is salt and pepper. wooooo song.

So I decided to colour my dads hair against all his wishes. Oh and we got a barber home to do it!:P cause no one trusts me like I do! HMPH.

Anyway lets get on with the actual review now!

 Price: Rs 519

The box contains- A pair of gloves, A tube of Color Creme, A Bottle of Cream Developer, An After Color Intense Shine Treatment , and a pre color treatment with almond extract.

Pre Colour Treatment

The guy wasn't comfortable using the applicator provided..

The process of application wasn't very different from the regular application. Just that here, they had the  Pre colour treatment cream provided.. And the rest followed.

Okay so here are the before/after :P pictures-

After a haircut too. :) 

This is what my dad has to say about Wella Kolestint-

He thought it didn't smell too bad.

He liked the pre colour treatment. and the conditioner provided.

He likes the shine in his hair.

Well, for someone who wasn't ready to get this done in the first place, He sure is a happy man.. or maybe thats cause my mum loved how he looked. :)

What he disliked-

He was forced into doing this. :|

I felt, the colour wasn't as intense. You know like fake jhatak black. But then, thats a con only cause I intended to use it to correct my mistake. Otherwise, the colour is pretty subtle here and that makes it look natural.

Oh and for my red hair you ask? Its been a while and I'm thoroughly enjoying a break while my red hair lasts! :)


PS: Product was sent by the company for a review.

I found an alternate Profession! I can cut hair now!! :D

I have found an alternate profession. Bleh. :P No no seriously. Being an architect doesn't pay much!. :P

Okay maybe I need to practice a little more before I go pro! :P I chopped my mums hair! :P yayyyyyy

I was sent the Crea Clip for a review sometime back and I was just too scared to use it. I mean yeah it looked easy. But hair is serious business. So I took a chance with mom. :P
[Ermm..No, I am not a bitch. my mum always had short choppy hair, but she let it grow so  she could tie it and save herself from summers. But you need to look good right? and a nice daughter who would chop your hair for you. :P cause well you are too busy to go for a haircut!:P]
So anyway, cut to the part after convincing mum. [Pa, you were helpful. :* and mumma you were a darling about it.] :| okay.

So, I practiced on my hair a little, I cut my face framing layers. :D and then I moved on in life to cut my moms hair. :D

Okay so all I can say is, It actually is as easy as it looks. :D and I thought I'd start with cutting bangs, then I decided to go all the way ( :| ) and just get it done with. :P

Okay so I'll describe what I did mainly and I will do a step by step tutorial when I find someone else's hair to cut. Or Just cut mine one of these days.. :| after May 10th:P

There are 2 clips in the set. A small straight clip (blue) and a large curved clip (white).

I presumed the smaller one was meant for bangs and the large one for the rest of the hair. 

But all that matters is the length and thickness of hair. 

The clip has a central part that has some liquid filled in it, that has 2 lines marked on it , and there is a bubble that forms because of the liquid. Now all we have to do is to make sure the bubble stays in between the 2 lines. This means, the clip is straight and balanced and we can lock the clip on the hair and chop away. :D

My mothers hair is short, straight and very very silky. I couldn't use the large clip on her hair since all her hair would slide out of the clip. So I chopped away with the short clip and put more layers since lot of her hair wouldn't fit in the small clip. [I dont have before/ after pictures. sorry. :( ]

The clips also have bristles on both sides to hold hair in place. Once you set it right on your hair, you clip it.

Sturdy clip

So, I not only cut her hair, I cut her hair in layers. It looks awesome now !:D

I don't have pictures cause well I was busy cutting her hair and I dint have anyone to click pictures and I was unsure of the result (mom, please don't kill me. And in my defense, I did tell you half way through that I had no idea what I was doing. :]

I cut her hair and forgot to click pictures immediately. She had to wash it the next day again and then I scrunched it. I'll add more pictures later, But this is it for now. :)

Thanks for being such a sport! :*

Materials Used-

oh and loads of clips!!!:)

• Okay so all in all, Crea Clip is a great product if you like to do this yourself. 
• I'll use it to cut my bangs and my face framing layers which grow out soon, and need frequent trims.
• I think its a great option to have, In fact, it is pretty easy, so you can cut your hair on your own.[more on this after I do]. :D
• This is effort. I mean you're cutting your hair here. This involves blood and sweat! :P lol okay no... just that it is freaky the first time cause you don't want to mess up but then you get used to it working and its super-easy after that! :)

It is easily available online here.


Price 29.99 $ that is around Rs 1335.

But then this is a one time investment and I am only too happy to have it handy. And I spend around Rs 1200 for a hair cut and get it done twice or thrice an year after feeling very guilty! So now, trims are for free. :D
I have seen some very useful youtube tutorials after I cut mums hair. :P Will try it out that way on my hair. :)

I would definitely recommend this to people. If I could use this, everyone can!! :)

Oh and the best part? I throughly enjoyed using this!!!

Disclaimer: The product was sent to me by the company for me to review.