Natural Instincts Demi-Permanent Hair Dye, 6A Light Cool Brown Hair Color, Pack of 1

Quick update...and raising from 4 to 5 stars. I used this 6 weeks ago and only now is the color beginning to fade around the temples and a bit at the roots, but it is so nice and gradual. No harsh lines. I love semi-permanent. I wash 3-4x a week. I have to say I am impressed, and I will do this again in a few weeks. It's lasting way long than advertised. I thought it looked red at first but after a week that faded a bit I guess? And suddenly this older now single lady has far more love interests than only 2 months ago...I wanna see where this goes... Still advise doing test strands! Original review: Back when I was 30% gray, 6A was my go-to semipermanent color. I loved it and used it for years, but during COVID I let my hair totally wash out, and then later just grow out. But 6A was a perfect match for light ashy brown. I'm about 60%gray now. I decided to try it again... I tried 6A (darker vertical, right image) and also something kinda fun maybe... 7A to hopefully add some blonde highlights to the gray (left image) Swatches are 25 minutes of 7A, and 6A, from the gray-est hairs, showing some representative strands of my natural gray and natural mousey ash brown. Both are red..6A is a little better in the image but really in just about all other lighting it's "red". Not the 6A I remembered! Want to remind people to do a test every time you color.

too dark

I naturally have light brown hair and I've been doing medium brown for many many years. I tried a mushroom blonde and I liked it but it was a little bit too light. I tried this color and it was just right it was great because it spread on my hair better than most most are too thick and they don't spread well and doesn't look natural this one spread really well look very natural dark enough to make me feel like my face is framed but light enough to feel natural. It went on very well it looked very well and it has lasted an extremely long time.

This is a great color for grey coverage on my almost light brown hair (I’m naturally about halfway between medium and light brown and get some natural blond highlights when I spend time in the sun). I’ve gotten many compliments on all the level 6 light browns I’ve used from this line: Ash, neutral, golden, caramel. I haven’t tried warm, I like to avoid red highlighted browns. It gives my hair different tones and covers the grey that I have been getting in the front. The color lasts longer if you use a really good brand of shampoo and conditioners for color. I use Ion color sealer as conditioner.

Great natural color—and not available at my local CVS!! Thank you, Amazon.