Review: Avon Advanced Techniques Professional Hair Color

Today I'm going to review Avon's Advanced Techniques Professional Hair Color.  The shade I used was 3.0 Darkest Brown, which is the darkest shade of brown you can get without going black.  Just to give you a little background about me, I'm forty years old and have been colouring my hair since I was fourteen, that's a long time and a lot of hair dye.  I've mostly used home hair colour bought at the drug store, but in the past couple of years I've bought the Ion brand of professional hair colour through Sally Beauty.  Since I'm an Independent Avon Representative, I decided to give the Avon hair colour a try and see how it stacks up against drug store hair colour and the professional hair colour that I've used in the past.

What comes in the box: The box contains four components in addition to the instructions and gloves.  You get a pretreatment, developer, creme colorant and post treatment.  The pretreatment was a nice addition above what you normal get in most home hair colour kits.  The intent of the treatment is to protect the length and ends of your hair from the colour, and to ensure more even colour coverage.  This is supposed to prevent the end of your hair from getting darker than your roots, as can sometimes happen if you colour your hair a lot, as you get a build up of colour on the ends.  I really like the pretreatment, it had a nice fragrance, and was easy to distribute over the hair.  I'll get into more detail further down about the actually hair colour, but I have to say I really liked the gloves that came in the kit.  They were sturdier and of better quality than the what is usually in boxed hair colour kits.

Colour Range: This product comes in a range of twenty five shades, ten blonde, nine brunette, four red, and two shades of black.  So there is a shade to suit most people.

Consistency of Hair Colour: I liked the consistency of the product.  You mix the developer and the creme colorant in a bottle, and apply it to the hair using the applicator at the end of the bottle, as you would with most home hair colour.  The product was thicker than typical hair colour from the drug store, and as a result didn't drip and run like some hair colour products can.  The smell of the product was not offensive and didn't bother me at all.

Price Range: The hair colour I bought was on sale for $7.99, and the regular price is $10.99 which is comparable to the drug store brands.

Results: The colour took thirty minutes to develop, and rinsed out well and easily.  The post treatment left my hair feeling soft and silky.  I really like the resulting colour, as it looks very natural, with subtle lights and darks, instead of just a flat colour.  My hair is very shiny as well.  While I don't have a lot of grey hair, I do have some, and the product covered my greys completely.  I did get a little of the dye on my skin, but it came off easily with a little cleanser and water.

Overall I really liked this hair colour and would recommend it to anyone who colours their hair at home.  What I think really makes this product stand out is the pretreatment, the quality of the gloves, the low order and the mess free formula.  I will definitely use this product again.  In order to purchase this product, simply contact your local Independent Avon Sales Representative.

Disclaimer:  I'm an Independent Avon Sales Representative and purchased this product.  All opinions are my own.