Perfect 10

Today I decided to try something new. I saw that I needed to dye my hair but I have been becoming increasingly more frustrated with the damage being done to my hair each time I do it. I have been trying to grow my hair and I've been doing a good job at taking care of it and resisting the ever-growing urge to cut it all off, but after each session with the bottle of dye, my hair feels dry. So I got a bright idea.

I've been seeing these commercials for Clairol's Perfect 10 and thought maybe I'd try it out. After all, a hair dye that will dye my hair uniformly and evenly while leaving my hair soft and shiny? All in 10 minutes? Sounded to good to be true. 

I pulled the bottles out of the package and studied them. Simple enough to use, after all it's not like I've never done this before. What confused me was the weird attachment that came with it: sort of a comb-like thing that is supposed to draw colour through the lengths of your hair. I threw that out. I attached the normal application tip and mixed the colour with the developer. It took me a few minutes to apply it, because like I've mentioned before I've been doing this for years, and I set the timer. The first thing I noticed was the mixture was a little thinner than I'm used to, but it didn't smell as bad as some of the other brands I've used. Once I set the timer, I went back into the bathroom and used a baby-wipe to clean up my hair line and by the time that was done it was time to rinse my hair.

I noticed that my hair was a lot more dry and coarse when I finished rinsing it. Not happy about that. I added the conditioner that the box of hair dye provided and left it on for about five minutes. Once I rinsed it off and towel dried my hair, it became apparent that my hair would not be softer even though the dye was only on my hair for 10 minutes. No magic in the box at all. Although I am happy with the colour and the lack of staining (dyeing your hair black for years teaches you all about staining and using old towels for washing your hair), the ends of my hair are still dry.

Bottom line is this: although the dye didn't stay on for the normal 30 minutes that other dyes do, it still didn't make my hair soft. I guess what I want is perfect hair. I paid for perfect 10 and got a mediocre 6. Next time I'm going to Aveda.