oVertoneColor Depositing Semi-Permanent Hair Dye Conditioner - 8 oz For Natural & Color-Treated Hair, Moisturizing Shea Butter & Coconut Oil - Vegan & Cruelty-Free, Rich Velvet is now Black Velvet

Very pigmented and so pretty! The brighter the blonde, the more vibrant it will turn out. I let the color sit for about 30 minutes before rinsing out. My hair even feels super soft after drying! One tub of this product covers all of my hair, and smells really great (almost minty.) I have used their more colorful products in the past so I’m not surprised with how well this turned out.

I used Overtone when it first became a thing. The product slopped everywhere and was super messy. I loved its pigment, though, offering color JUST LIKE I got at a salon. I stopped using it because they constantly had fulfillment issues.I recently picked it back up again after a long hiatus here on Amazon. The pigment…. Leaves room to be desired. I have dark brown hair, so it should be super easy to get to black, but even after leaving it on 15 mins as it said, it just took me to a slightly darker brown. This was surprising, given my previous experience with Overtone.I used half of the can because I have thick hair, which isn’t surprising to me, but the lack of change just gave me a case of the “meh.”I have the suspicion they changed their formula, because the product didn’t get all over me, the sink, the wall, and the ceiling. I used my usual gloves and coloring protector and it was so nice to smooth the color over the hair without losing a ton of product on the floor or all over me. The dye came right off my skin after and all was good.Easy to apply. Probably should’ve left it on longer. Can take a sizable amount to saturate the hair if you’re like me with thick hair.Still giving 5 stars because—even with my most recent dabble in the Overtone arts—my hair is SMOOTH. The best thing I remember about their products, and even though I wish my hair was a little darker, I recommend it to anyone looking for smooth hair. Don’t want color? THEY NOW HAVE COLORLESS MASKS! If I ever want to get away from color, will 100% go that direction. I can’t describe how smooth and healthy my hair feels from their products. Amazing.

I bought the coloring conditioner in the shade Vibrant Pink. I had bleached my hair between the levels 8-10. My virgin hair was originally a level 1 (dark brown, almost black). So while the color obviously didn't show on my virgin roots, it deposited color very well on my bleached hair.My hair length reaches the middle of my back. I had to use an entire tub. I think for a more even application, I would have needed 1 tub plus at least 1/4 of a second tub. Be mindful of applying product on the back of your head. I neglected that area so while the color did show up, it was peachier and less pink than the front strands of hair that I could easily see and reach.The gloves provided in the box absolutely suck - they're thin and come apart easily and have holes in the sides which defeat the purpose of protecting your hands and render them useless. Luckily I have a stash of disposable latex gloves. You will absolutely need them to protect your hands from getting stained. Immediately wipe surfaces if product splashes onto it. Small amounts of product lightly stained my white bathtub pink. Not the end of the world but something to be mindful of.Application is fairly easy. The consistency of the conditioner is like a goopy cream. It doesn't drip so it's easy to apply, but because it's thick it's hard to spread. This is why you have to use a lot of product to cover a lot of surface area.Any coloring product will smell unpleasant. This conditioner has a mint fragrance in it that attempts to cover up the unpleasant chemical smell. It makes it more bearable. Some people have stated that the smell is like toothpaste. I think it's like a combination of chemicals and toothpaste.If you have sensitive skin like me, do a patch test on an inconspicuous area like behind your ear. Or apply a thin layer of Vaseline on the skin touching your hairline, including your temples, behind the ears, and your neck. For more protection, apply Saran Wrap on top of the Vaseline. I'm pretty lazy though and applied it directly to my hair and scalp, being mindful of not letting the product touch too much of my skin. My application wasn't perfect so small areas of my skin had product on it. Those areas, plus my scalp, became slightly itchy and red. The itchiness disappeared a few hours after washing my hair out.I applied the product and loosely clipped it up with a large hair claw, then sat in a bath for about 40 minutes while watching videos to pass the time. The instructions say to leave it in for much less time. I don't think 5-15 minutes will make a significant difference and will likely result in wasted product. I highly recommend leaving it on for at least 30 minutes, max 45-60 minutes.Rinsing out the product with water was easy. Took maybe a good minute to get it out. Although your scalp and hair strands will feel slightly heavy and sticky due to the deposited color afterwards, I highly discourage people from washing their hair with shampoo and following up with a separate conditioner. Shampoo and conditioners can make the color bleed out more. Everytime you wash with even just water, color will bleed. After first time application, just rinse with cool water, dry, and style, then use dry shampoo to avoid washing your hair often. This will prolong the life of the color.When the hair is wet, the color looked like a deep pink/light red. When fully dry, the color is a beautiful and soft pink, with a shade somewhere in between cotton candy and pastel pink. It's not actually too vibrant, despite its name. This was exactly the color I was going for though.After reading reviews on the pastel pink conditioner, which were very abysmal, I'm glad I went with vibrant pink instead. With 1-2 washes, the color gradually fades into a beautiful and subtle rose gold. With 3-4 washes, the color is almost gone. With subsequent washes, the color is entirely gone. If you wash hair every two days while relying on dry shampoo in between washes, you can expect the color to last for about a week.If you want to maintain the pink, you'll have to wash hair even less and/or reapply product every few washes. At $32 a tub for about a week's worth of color, it's pricey and not very financially sustainable. Knowing this, I bought the color just to have one week's worth of a final hurrah before I'd permanently dye my hair back to black. I had fun while it lasted and I have no regrets!I have not tried other colors in this product line so I can't speak on their quality. This product did its job and I was happy with the results. I'd recommend this to anyone with hair bleached to levels 8 or above looking for a week's worth of a whimsical and feminine color.

If you are unfamiliar with direct dyes, they essentially coat the surface of the hair. The more porous your hair is, the more dye is deposited, but that isn't to say direct dyes won't work on healthy or low-porosity hair. I have done a two-step henna/indigo process on my new growth for several years since I started to get gray hairs at my roots along where I part my hair (manual manipulation and heat styling means I have a row of grays in one distinct place on my head). Henna isn't a direct dye, but the dying properties (lawsone) in henna have an affinity for keratin in the hair, so henna coats the hair shaft. Indigo is a natural direct dye, and it works over henna. Orange red (henna) + blue (indigo) = brown, give or take. Henna has the benefit of making hair appear shinier and feel healthier, but the downside is it takes 4 hours, a lot rinsing, and a follow up indigo 30 minutes and more rinsing. I bought this to try and cheat between henna/indigo treatments. If you are warm toned and don't mind your dark brown having strong red undertones, this is a great choice. It offers full gray coverage. I have a very pale olive complexion, and my hair is naturally very dark ash brown (eyebrows are almost jet black), so this just made my hair look like some of the darkest henna stains I have had (different henna from different parts of the world stains differently, but there are no henna "colors"). I was looking for a more neutral brown, and from what I have read online, Overtone tends to skew warm, so this was a miss. Positives include short processing time, full gray coverage, and zero damage (although direct dyes are not supposed to damage hair, I have found a few of the salon brand direct dyes to be very drying). Your mileage may vary!