I finally got my hair colored with Hortaleza professional hair coloring cream in Light Havana 8.5. While I think the outcome was an outrageous shade of orangey red...period, people around me thought that it was a stunning shade that complemented my fair skin.
Price/Volume: 105php (~$2.50) per 60mL tube
Variants: regular (red), low-ammonia+essential oils (gold) and hair crystal color
Availability: HBC shops
Used with: Hortaleza professional oxidizing lotion 9% (30php)
Amount of products used: for my near-shoulder-length thick hair, colorist used all of the coloring cream and oxidizing lotion
Product Description:
- Permanent hair coloring formula imparts vibrant and lasting tones on hair that would complement every personality
- Non-drip, easy-to-apply cream formula allows superb coverage to enhance natural beauty of hair while covering grey hair
- Cream base with added conditioners make hair soft and shiny from roots to tips.
I cannot find anything to contest Hortaleza Professional Hair Coloring Cream's claim of a permanent, vibrant hair color. It does keep the hair shiny, too. However, I find that this coloring cream was too drying for my hair (versus the Revlon Colorsilk). My hair was tangled and heavy when I rinsed off the hair color, and the succeeding days after, I realized that I needed more pumps of conditioner to keep my hair smooth and soft.
Pros:
- affordable
- easy-to-use especially for DIY-ing beginners
- coloring cream's scent is floral rather than ammonia-ish
- vibrant and lively color
- light havana is a color that makes people give you the second look (which can be a con for those who'd rather go low-profile, haha)
- you can be very sure you're using quality products because expiry dates are printed (I can't remember if Revlon Colorsilk has this)
Cons:
- drying
- there are types of lighting wherein my hair color made my skin look brown
- the scent it leaves after rinsing the hair (semi-sensitive nose here)
- instructions are found inside the box; potential buyers will be less aware how this product is suited for DIY.
You can check out my haircoloring history. Before getting onto the light havana dye, my Revlon Colorsilk#50 Light Ash Brown-colored hair was already fading and 4 months old.
The horror story of my Hortaleza Coloring Cream experience is that the salon's colorist added more oxidizing lotion during the last few parts of dyeing (she worked my hair bottom-up). This explains why the upper part of my hair is way too blonde:
Sigh, I was so disappointed I thought twice about tipping!
Anyway, the color became darker after a week (during the Goody event I attended) and the upper part of my hair darkened a few more days after. So, yay!
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Overall, this is a product I'll be recommending to those who are willing to splurge on conditioners, hair masks and anything hairsturizing (you know what I mean you English nazis, you!). Who needs beautifully colored hair when you're bound to experience dryness and breakage because of poor post-coloring maintenance?
I might try out the two other HBC Professional Hair coloring cream variants to see if their formulation are a bit less drying on my hair. And definitely, no more light havana for me as it does not really suit my personality. I'll be getting colors that are more ash brown. Please stay tuned after a couple of months for a culminating review on how this dye fares in terms of color longevity.
wahh.. i am now considering coloring my hair again.. HBC coloring cream is actually good.. i used it before and the color lasts long :D
My friend recently colored her hair using this, too!
Why didn't you go to the Bloggers United bazaar yesterday? :(
Wow! The color is very vibrant! I've been using Hortaleza Hair coloring Cream for a long while now and i prefer it over Revlon colorsilk. But I do agree that you really need good conditioners after coloring. :P
whats ur original hair color? black? where did u get ur hair done? at home or salon? alot say hortazela isnt effective. others have to bleach hair first before dyeing to desired color. wat did u do to get this result from hortazela?
If you have dark hair, I suggest you have your hair bleached first to get a closer shade to your desired color. I will be going to HBC next week and let them apply the hair color I'm gonna buy. Thank God I have a cheap but wonderful conditioner to save my hair if ever the dye dries my hair. :o :D
hi! just want to ask if you bleached your hair before you applied it? because the color is really vibrant! I'm gonna be trying this out this week so I really need to know:D
@Hamza
Prior to using the Hortaleza colouring kit, my hair's ash brown. I have other people doing my hair and I didn't have to bleach it prior to using Hortaleza's.
@Andrea
Nope, I didn't bleach prior to colouring. It may have been too vibrant for my taste, hee.
Hi, did you only use LIGHT HAVANA As your hair color or did you mix it with another shade of coloring cream?
@Anon 7.8.12, 2:28PM
Only Light Havana was used :)
Hi ilang percent yung ginamit mo na pang mix sa kulay ng hair yang light havana. 9 ba or 12%?
I appreciate all of the information that you have shared. Thank you for the hard work!
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yung minix mo ba ung light havana with oxidizing lotion.. anong kulay ung na create? thanks
How can i color my hair .and any suggestion if wat color that match to my skin.
Ilang oras po pwde me babad buhok m sa kulay 3 weeks po cya rebound