L'Oreal • Excellence To Go Hair Color • Hair Color
(56 reviews)
| Average Rating. | 2.5 |
| Would buy this product again. | 37% |
| Package Quality | 3.8 |
| Price | 3.0 |
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paigefrank on 9/27/2012 11:59:00 PM more reviews by paigefrank
Age: 25-29 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
I really like this product. I have dark brown hair naturally and use the light golden brown. If you have a lot of grey I would leave it on for an extra five minutes or so. Color turns out a little dark but lightens up after a couple washes.
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melaaniepayne on 10/18/2011 11:53:00 PM more reviews by melaaniepayne
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Normal, Tan, Warm Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Brown
first time dying my hair today, i thought it was interesting that the box pretty much guaranteed your hair would be softer, i didn't believe it because i am only 14 yet my hair is so dry, damaged and frizzy and pretty much every time i wash my hair it is always frizzy and dry. when i was finished and my hair dried it is softer than its ever been :D also, the instructions are straight foreword and it was easy to use, plus the conditioner is super soft. next time i dye my hair i will totally get this one! also i love the color! oh and i got the color dark blonde natural..
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Ayashii on 10/17/2011 12:43:00 AM more reviews by Ayashii
Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Blue
Like a few of the reviews below, I spotted the lovely shade Light Auburn and decided to go for it (Shoppers was out of my HG Feria Copper Shimmer #74). Dear god. My hair is BLACK BURGANDY. I'm a natural blonde. It looks awful with my colouring. I'll be grabbing some Color Oops first thing tomorrow then redyeing with Feria! Hands down the worst purchase I've ever made. Really disappointed L'oreal. :(
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Exnyc on 7/28/2011 6:38:00 PM more reviews by Exnyc
Age: 44-55 Skin: Normal, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
I used this color in natural black on the recommendation of a friend. It was the first time I colored my hair myself, wanting to see if I could save on the $100 my salon charges. I found it super easy to use. My hair is very dark brown naturally. This color came out darker than I really wanted, but still looks natural and is not unflattering. It did not dry out my hair and covered the grey perfectly. I would definitely use this again, but probably go one shade lighter.
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mesloan on 5/27/2011 12:32:00 PM more reviews by mesloan
Age: 44-55 Skin: Combination, Cool Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine Eyes: Hazel
Waste of time. Very drying. Doesn't cover gray/white. Color is VERY dull. Just terrible.
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sjmbam on 5/21/2011 10:57:00 PM more reviews by sjmbam
Age: 44-55 Skin: Combination Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
Great idea - L'Oreal hair color that takes only 10 minutes to apply - but unfortunately it didn't work on my hair. It didn't cover my grays at all and didn't change my hair color much - not worth the time and money I spent on it.
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*TOP REVIEWER* icaria on 4/13/2011 9:58:00 AM more reviews by icaria
Age: 44-55 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
Please don't try this product. I usualy buy Excellence Crème in E3 and always get good results. They were out of it at the pharmacy so I decided to try this one in 6G Light Golden Brown. Not only did it not cover grey but the color is 2 shades darker when on the box, both shades look identical. I also realised that a "fast" color was not a good idea since I have very thick an mid lenght hair (I always have to use 2 kits). By the time I'm done with the roots, I have to get to the lenghts and it says in the instructions that the max time is 15 min. Since using it I washed my hair once and there is practically no more shine wich practically never happens to me since my hair is very healthy, it' weard for me to have dull looking hair. What makes me angry is that I will likely have to go to the salon and spend a lot of money to have the situation rectified. The color treatment smells horrible compared to the one we get with the original Excellence Crème.
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Tati77 on 2/7/2011 8:33:00 AM more reviews by Tati77
Age: 25-29 Skin: Other Hair: Other Eyes: Other
This product was dreadful! My hair was light-medium warm brown before, but I had an urge to go red. So I tried this in light auburn, thinking it would brighten things up a bit.
Ugh.
Dark, bland, lifeless, burgundy is what I ended up with. The colour is nothing like what it should have been, the product smelled awful and the fumes burned my eyes while it was on, and - whether due to the formulation or the volume, I'm not sure - the product didn't even go far enough on my hair! I have thick hair, but it's shorter than it's been, and with other hair colours I always have extra dye left at the end. This time I had to fight and shake the bottle and really stretch it to cover all my hair and even then I have streaks that aren't well-saturated enough.
Will have to re-colour with another product ASAP. Would definitely not buy this again.
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MissAshleyBeth on 1/23/2011 9:47:00 AM more reviews by MissAshleyBeth
Age: 25-29 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Hazel
My hair really turns light blonde during the summer. I travel for work and cannot always find a quality salon to upkeep my color so I decided to revisit my younger years with a quick box die. This product is dirt cheap and if you need multiple boxes you can find it on sale & use a coupon to make it more affordable. This product seemed like a no fail until...
***UPDATE*** September 2012 - While traveling for work I stopped into the ULTA in Muncy, Pennsylvania. I saw my hair in decent lighting there and noticed I had a GREEN tinge to my hair. I talked to the salon manager wondering if it could have to do with the hard water at the hotel where I was staying. I told her my routine and she said that darker L'Oreal box dyes tend to have a green hue to their undertone. I was walking around with hair that was shining GREEN in the sun! This product seemed like a great quick fix...until I had to spend extra on a neutralizer to get the tint out of my hair. I will not be looking for another quick fix from this box dye.
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CRAZY4MAKEUP on 11/20/2010 1:56:00 PM more reviews by CRAZY4MAKEUP
Age: 30-35 Skin: Other, Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
For six bucks, I had to give it a try. I had dyed my hair black last winter and my hair is naturally dark brown with reddish highlights. I decided to stop coloring my hair black, but the outgrowth was to much for me. Half of my head was natural and half black.
So,went to a salon to even out the color as close as possible to my natural hair color. They used bleach all over my hair, not just on the black and tried to dye it dark brown.
The results, a nice halo of bright brassy red/orange and the ends were still black. I went back to the salon a second time to have them fix it and my hair still had a halo and was three different colors. Now, I'm out of 90 bucks and disgusted by the salon.
I tryed Esalon $20 bucks. which, did nothing to my hair. It was a semi-perm. but did not take well to my hair or even tone down the brassy color.
Then a few months later I seen this box on sale and I'm so glad I tried it. Not only was it cheap, but It balanced out my hair and took away most of the brassy color . Just took me ten minutes. Even my gray is gone. I'm going to buy a few more boxes while it's on sale at CVS.
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Aquainst1 on 11/14/2010 11:41:00 PM more reviews by Aquainst1
Age: 56 & Over Skin: Dry, Medium, Neutral Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Hazel
I used Excellence To Go 10 minute creme colorant, #9 Light Natural Blonde to cover/color my gray roots.
Money's really tight and I really agonized over whether or not to go get my hair done and sacrifice getting a turn signal for my Yamaha or give it a shot myself, so instead of going for my usual $105 color-the-gray-and-double-blond-foil-weave, I decided to try this $8.97 hair color from the local W-M.
I'd had good luck before with L'Oreal Preference, so this box touting coloring gray and doing roots was attractive. It had the right 'spin' with the wording.
My hair grows fast because I take vitamin supplements.
I SO lucked out!
My hair came out really, REALLY good. It's not salon quality, granted, BUT considering I saved not only $95 BUT at LEAST 5-6 hours travel and salon time, I'd say that was a doggone good bargain.
The 'Root Touch-Up Comb' made a big difference, being easier to separate the hair and apply the product.
I applied the product as if I was blow drying my hair, going for those areas FIRST that I knew would show when my hair was done.
The instructions said to leave it on an extra 5 minutes for hard to cover gray areas, but I chickened out and did only the 10 minutes as recommended. It's a good thing I did because the areas that were gray came out a TEENSY bit lighter than the hair around it, or maybe I didn't put the rest of the product on as thoroughly as I should've on the rest of the hair. Either way, the gray is pretty much gone and it took a sharp eye to find where the gray was. (Again, the only way I knew where it was was because the gray areas were a little bit lighter than the surrounding hair)
When I washed the color out, my hair did feel a little dryish and a tiny bit straw-like just before applying the conditioner, but the conditioner fixed that.
The shade selection colorization chart on the box was very close.
The only things I would do differently are a) get one shade darker than what I used and b) start with the gray around the face and THEN the parts/crown, since THOSE areas are usually the ones that take the most time and show the most (besides the part and the top of the head / crown).
Now all I have to do is cut my bangs a bit. I have a really good haircut anyway, so I think I can go another 3 weeks.
I'm VERY pleased with the results. VERY.
I'm going to suggest it to my daughter (and probably end up doing it for her). She's as picky as I am, so for me to recommend it AND do her hair exudes confidence.
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IcedMocha24 on 10/8/2010 11:21:00 AM more reviews by IcedMocha24
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Medium, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Blue
I used this in Dark Blonde and loved it! My hair is naturally medium brown so with the wrong dark blonde dye my hair can go too warm and reddish. This dye gave me a nice, neutral dark blonde though! The color was shiney with pretty highlights. I haven't tried any other shades but def reccomend the Dark Blonde shade!
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laurenmf on 10/5/2010 11:31:00 AM more reviews by laurenmf
Age: 25-29 Skin: Dry, Fair, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium Eyes: Hazel
I'm shocked by the bad reviews. I have been trying to get my hair medium auburn for a month now (10 dye jobs including a trip to the salon) and nothing has worked. All the dyes have turned into a muddy brown color after one wash (and I use Wen). I finally used Feria in the brightest red I could find. This made my hair RED. In fact, it was bright pink in some spots. I tried to tone it down by washing with original dawn (this usually works - my hairdresser suggested it). However my hair still looked a little too pink for my taste. I picked up medium reddish brown, in spite of the bad reviews here, because I liked that it only took 10 min and the color looked nice. I am very impressed! My hair is so silky! It was very damaged before from bleaching so I was not expecting these results. Most colors claim that they leave your hair in better condition, but few deliver. This one definitely did. The color was quite a bit darker than the picture, but I expect some fading, so it's ok. I will repurchase, but will choose a lighter color.
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kjeff on 9/13/2010 3:35:00 PM more reviews by kjeff
Age: 36-43 Skin: Acne-prone Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel
THIS STUFF IS AWFUL!! Why oh why didn't I read these reviews first!!!!! I usually use Feria in a copper color and get sooo many compliments. It seemed to be frying my hair a bit so I wanted to try something different to see if I could restore some shine. I chose this in the Light Auburn. Like others who reviewed this color, I was horrified! This is NOT a copper color as it appears on the box. It is a burgundy, blue/purple red. My hair was almost black with dark red highlights, which is hideous with my skin tone. Thank goodness for color oops. Got the color out and now I am waiting to recolor. Hopefully my hair won't all fall out. Excellence to go did leave my hair feeling soft, shiny and healthy, plus the 10 minute time was great, but I can't forgive them for telling me I'd have red hair and giving me BLACK/BURGUNDY!!
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veronaqueen on 8/4/2010 11:31:00 PM more reviews by veronaqueen
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine Eyes: Blue
Just tried this in Medium Ash Brown (5A) and it turned my hair almost black. This is a terrible product and not something I would have expected from L'Oreal, since their regular Excellence Cream works so well!
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heliossa on 7/20/2010 8:12:00 AM more reviews by heliossa
Age: 30-35 Skin: Sensitive, Fair Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
This is not the same as Excellence. I used 6N in Excellence so I tried the 6 in this, and it is much darker with none of the warmth of the 6N. I am very disappointed in this color. I can only hope that it will fade quickly. Would not purchase again and certainly wouldn't recommend it.
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plateaux on 7/6/2010 7:31:00 AM more reviews by plateaux
Age: 30-35 Skin: Acne-prone Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
This one is great! Gives excellent, lively, healthy colour. Does not damage hair at all. I cannot fathom why it has got so bad reviews.
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poezemoes on 6/27/2010 1:15:00 AM more reviews by poezemoes
Age: 44-55 Skin: Sensitive, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
This dye (used it only once...!!) made my hair to break off severely and I've got frizzy pieces all over !! My hair feels very, very dry and looks like straw !! What a nightmare ! Will NEVER use this stuff again !
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*TOP REVIEWER* Jocky80 on 6/18/2010 4:00:00 PM more reviews by Jocky80
Age: 30-35 Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine Eyes: Green
In Europe this is called Exell10 and is a 10 min version of exellence creme by loreal.
I love Loreals haircolors and in both beautyshools that I have been in we have worked with the Loreal professionell colors, so I understand how the work and so on. I have been using those colors on my hairs for years and getting the color that I wanted. But now I was out of them so I decided to buy and try this mostly because it had the shade that I wanted: Blackbrown #2 ( 3-4 steps darker than my natural color). That is an easy color to get and it often last very good in my hair.
Liked that it was fast and looked good after washing my hair. After the 2nd wash I started to se my roots, and now 2 weeks after I'm back to were i started. And this is a permanent color! BAD! I have used Semi-permanent colors that have had better stayingpower in my hair! Recommending this color... nope.
I do give i a 2, and that is only because it has a blackbrown (#2), most lines have only a darkbrown #3 and then jump to black #1.
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Templej on 6/8/2010 1:11:00 PM more reviews by Templej
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Red Eyes: Brown
I chose a shade (6R-Light Auburn) very close my natural color just to cover some gray, and ended up with a bright burgundy color instead. My son asked me why I colored my hair purple! This is the worst hair color product I have ever used and will definitely NOT buy this again.