Le Color One Step Toning Hair Gloss, Cool Brunette, 4 Ounce

I tried the **L’Oréal Paris Le Color One Step Toning Hair Gloss in Rich Brunette**, and it’s honestly a super easy way to refresh your hair without much effort. You just use it in the shower, leave it on for a few minutes, and rinse it out. No mixing or complicated steps, which makes it really convenient. The result is pretty subtle, but nice. It doesn’t change your hair color dramatically, but it helps it look less dull and adds a bit of shine and smoothness. My hair felt softer afterward too. It doesn’t last very long, but it’s good if you just want your brunette color to look a bit fresher between salon visits.

I’m a natural medium to dark blonde with a lot of gray. This toner worked great on virgin hair and didn’t turn purple. It toned down all brassiness and brightened my grays. Smells great and made my hair silky smooth!

Super easy gloss to use! Left my hair so soft and shiny! Only took a star off because I did not achieve the purple color they display on the box. Most of it washed off, and it left behind a red brown color. Overall id buy again for the price!

Very happy with this product! It did a great job of handling brassy tones with the very first use! It was easy.

Color: I bought the cool brunette. This took the brassy tones out of my hair, and that is what I wanted, so all good on color. Update: I have brown dyed hair, and after continuing to use this, I really like how it tones and improves the color of my hair. Staining: I read other reviewers complaining that this stained their hands. Um, its a hair color, of course it stains. This does seem to have more staining power than other colors Ive used, but it also likely means the color has better hold or penetration, right? It didn't stain my bathtub or sink. I used gloves and made sure to wash it off anywhere that it touched. All good. Procedure: I used this as directed with one alteration.. I conditioned afterward. The conditioner I used was my regular product, which I like a lot and is unscented. I wanted to try to rinse/condition away some of the overwhelming smell, which didn't seem to work. The smell was so strong I ended up washing my hair again the next day. The whole thing was very time consuming and a lot of work. Next time I might try applying it to damp hair before washing, and see how that goes. Update on procedure: I have used this as a prewash treatment on damp hair a few times now, and it works. Gloss: My hair ended up looking somewhat matte the first day that I used it, but it seemed to pick up a touch of sheen and looked a bit healthier after I washed it out. Update: It does add a touch of gloss when I use on damp hair before washing. Smell: the fragrance was so strong that I washed it out the next day. The fragrance was still annoying afterward, but was more tolerable. I wish the smell was less intense. Conclusions: I will continue to use and experiment with this product. I have quite a bit more left in the tube. The jury is still out on this. I like the color and gloss, but the smell is tough to take and the process per instructions was more lengthy than I expected. Irritation Update: On my third use of this, I developed some irritation on my scalp, like pimples on my head. One was near my hairline and lasted over a month, but is finally gone. Yikes. I had used this to my scalp, which was damp at the time. I hesitate to use it again. If or when I do use it again, I will keep it away from my scalp. Not everyone reacts to products in the same way and have a lot of skin sensitivities. Just wanted to share the info in case it helps. I will keep looking for the right product for me.

I have alot of gray hair that is mixed with black. Lately, it has been looking dull, wiry. Decided to try this product, and I am happy with the results. I feel and look 20 years younger, my hair is very soft, healthier, and have a natural gloss.

I am on my third (edit: now it's my seventh) tube of platinum pearl and I can't express how much I love this stuff. When I bleach my roots I end up with level 9 yellow hair, which I then use Shades EQ to turn into more of an icy/gray blonde. But once that toner starts fading, the yellow creeps back in and that's when I start using this product. I leave it on for at least an hour under a shower cap, which does leave just a hint of lavender in my hair but I like that and intentionally leave it on for way longer than directed because I want that hint of color. It does darken up my blonde due to leaving it on for so long but that's the look I'm going for. The smell is pleasant and my hair is SOOOO soft after I rinse, despite all the abuse I put it through with bleaching and toners. Also, I scoured the reviews before purchasing and noticed a lot of the people who included pictures and complained about the product "doing nothing" used the wrong color. They either started off with hair that was too dark for the product to have an effect, or used the incorrect color to neutralize. So for the first issue of using this product on dark hair - this is a color-depositing product, it does not lift at all so if your hair starts off DARKER than the color that is coming out of the tube, your results will be almost imperceptible, or you will get no results at all. If you use blush BLONDE on brown hair, guess what - it's not going to do anything, because it is impossible to see a lighter color on dark hair. The color may be there, but you won't see it. Look at the color of the model's hair on the box - if your hair is significantly darker than that, chances are you will not see significant results. I will say, some of the before/afters in the product photos are misleading in my opinion, which I'm not a fan of because it gives people unrealistic expectations. Like the plum color most certainly will not turn truly black hair a bright purple like the photos claim, especially if it's virgin hair unless maaaaybe you're in very bright direct sunlight, but that's another discussion. If you are attempting to neutralize undertones, you have to choose the correct color based on what tone you are attempting to neutralize. Look at a color wheel. Purple neutralizes yellow, blue neutralizes orange. If you have orange brassy roots and use purple, it won't work. If you have yellow brass and use blue, same deal. And you cannot fix a bad bleach job with a product like this - if you do not lift your hair enough and end up with really orange roots or streaks, you need to bleach again, a color-depositing conditioner is not going to fix a bad bleach job. Your hair must be light enough for the conditioner to be able to neutralize. I do wish the products were labeled with what color the product actually is because that might help but do some research and choose the color that is appropriate for your hair, or do another round of bleach if your hair can tolerate it. But this product is not going to magically fix hair that was not lifted properly. This product also must be applied COMPLETELY evenly, otherwise you will get streaks. It takes me a good 20 minutes to work this through my semi-thick boob-length hair because if you don't fully saturate every strand, guess what - those strands will not be affected and you will end up with streaky hair. I haphazardly slapped this in my hair the first time I used it and I did end up with streaks. I've since learned my lesson and I section my hair into 6 parts and apply to each section until it is fully saturated from root to tip. And if certain parts of your hair are more damaged (aka pourous) the color will stick to those parts more as well. I start with the hair growing from the nape of my neck since it's less damaged, then move up my scalp and do the hair growing from the crown of my head last, which gets more abuse from the flat iron and therefore is more porous. Ends tend to be more damaged/porous compared to roots, so if that is a concern for you, apply to hair closer to the scalp first and slowly work your way down.

Update: I ended up mixing it with the L’Oréal Burgundy gloss and I really like the results. Second picture is the mixed colors result. Kept it on for about 10 minutes only this time. It does improve hair quality too the more you use it. This is a good product. I do have to leave it on for close to 15 minutes for it to work. Instructions say 5-10 but I find even with highlighted hair that doesn’t really get the gloss to make a difference in hair color. This was more of a chocolate or dark brown neutral tone than a cool tone. I have purchased bronde before from this brand and that is truly a cool tone gloss and I highly recommend it for toning down brassy highlights. But this dark brown brunette one was good too - just didn’t deliver on the “cool” part it has in its title/description.

Love it. So easy to apply. My greys actually felt softer and the shine is amazing.

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I’m really happy to see my “red” brunette neutralised to a more cool tone. Even when I choose cool colours & blue green shampoo my hair always comes up red after the first wash. It was easy to use & didn’t drip. I have mid length thick hair & I think I’ll get 2-3 uses out of the tube, which is great. I also think it’s helpful to hide my grey roots in between colours.

Me encantó. He de decir que en la primera aplicación no fui fan del resultado, pero lo volví a usar, con un método distinto y me quedó bello, súper suave y brillante. Lo que sí, es que no alcanza para tantas puestas. En esta segunda aplicación casi me termino el producto, pero sin duda lo volvería a adquirir... y de hecho ya lo hice.

Really adds a lot of colour. Great for a refresh of colour in between dye jobs. My hair becomes soft and managable also.