When I first saw the box for Live Luminance in a web ad, I almost jumped out of my seat...that probably sounds very tragic, but I love red hair, and have always wanted it. Unfortunately for me, my natural hair colour is a medium to dark brown, which means in order to get red hair it has to be lightened. After several years of mostly failed experiments over many methods (such as pre-lightening first, leaving dye on longer than strictly advised, etc) and just as many brands (including other shades in the Live range), I had half given up, accepting that a "dark auburn that could be red when the sun shines on it" was as red as I was going to be able to achieve at  Read the complete review

I have quite short naturally medium blond hair and decided that I would try this hair dye to make my hair lighter, the colour I used was 1aa platinum and this is what I found: Ease of use- The box contains a mixer bottle, a sachet of powder and a paste, it also provides conditioner, gloves and an instruction leaflet. I have never dyed my hair before and asked m sister to help me do it. The instructions are clear and the whole process is relatively simple even if you have no experience of doing this. You basically put the powder and the paste into the mixer bottle, shake it up and then apply to your hair. The mixer bottle comes with an application tip so that ...  Read the complete review

I dye my hair various shades of red and purple and I like the shade to be quite deep and vibrant and......this may sound odd.....but I like it to look dyed rather than natural. the Schwarzkopf Live XXL range of hair dye does tend to go for the more extreme end of colours as there are options of shades like Cosmic Blue, Shocking Pink and the brightest pillar box red. I have tried several of the colours - my favourite being burnished red. I usually buy this from Boots and it costs me £5.49 per packet - and because I have long hair unfortunately I usually need two packets, but this is standard for me when it comes to dying my hair. The Live XXL comes in a box ...  Read the complete review

I used Schwarzkopf Live to colour my hair red and I used "pomegranite passion". I was colouring over a dark brown colour and didn't expect great results. However I was pleasantly suprised when my hair had changed colour a significant amount. I did however notice that my roots were brighter than the rest of my hair, ( I know this often happens with hair colours but it never seems to happen at the hairdressers). I used permanent colour which really is permanent, although I found it to fade somewhat on my split ends leaving it looking a little bit white but more unhealthy than anything. This is more to do with the condition of my hair than with the ...  Read the complete review

Unfortunately I've had many disasters when it comes to dying my hair and using this hair dye has been one of them I'm afraid. Last year I had dyed my hair black and by the time I used this I thought most of the black had worn out as my hair was back to it's usual brown colour. Anyway, I purchased 2 packets (I have quite long hair) of Schwarzkopf Live hair dye in a bright red colour, I forget exactly what red it was but it was a very bright one. I followed the instructions to the letter and expected to have luscious red locks by the end of it. Unfortunately, I ended up with red roots and the rest of my hair stayed brown...looks like all the black hadn't come ...  Read the complete review