I have massive roots since I last coloured my hair in January. I want to give my hair a break from constant bleaching and toning, but I don't want to put a permanent colour over my blonde hair and I'm way too cheap to splurge for a shadow root or reverse bayalage (I can't do it myself. I tried and failed), so I had an idea to test the only two shades of Colour Refresh I haven't worn yet and see how they work on blonde hair. I was told by Subrina that Cold Brown will leave a green cast on blonde hair, but luckily that's definitely not the case - in fact I think these may just cover grey hair even though Subrina says they don't. I tested both Warm Brown and Cold Brown on hidden strands before doing this change. Warm Brown ended up a lot more red, which I was tempted to use all over, but it wouldn't go with my dark brown roots. Cold Brown ended up better than expected, though I missed some parts (I should have applied it with a brush) and my natural colour is almost black, but my roots are far less obvious now. This is a tinted hair mask which washes off in time, so I plan to use it regularly until I'm ready to bleach again, as with it I avoid any extra damage that a permanent colour could would cause, especially on already colour treated hair. I've tried every shade so far and these always washed off completely on me, colour also came off those hidden strands, so I'm almost certain my blonde colour will come back when I start washing it off, though it will take a while and I hope it washes evenly, though it usually sticks to the top part more than the ends. I don't love myself being brunette, but it's better than sporting massive roots and an uneven blonde colour. As far as formula goes - personally I wish it were better. It's not nourishing enough for my hair and it's silicone free, so I had difficulties combing my hair after I washed it off. Normally I mix it with Pantene, but that's when I want a more pastel or lighter colour and here I couldn't do that. My hair is very thick and super dry, so I'm a special case when it comes to how nourishing a formula has to be for it to work and Subrina's conditioners in general are praised, so you can dismiss my experience about it being too light. I'm also not a fan of the metal tube which is hard to squeeze when it's near empty and your hands are covered with product - these really need to be larger and in a soft plastic tube. Compared to Moroccanoil Color Deposit masks, these are more pigmented and they wash off better, so despite that Moroccanoil has a shade Cocoa, I'm scared to try it because shade Lilac I own, didn't wash off completely even after two months (there were some remnants on more hidden strands) - formula is better of course. Colour Refresh are only sold in Slovenia, Croatia (online from Slovenia on clic2chic.si) and Montenegro (Mil-Pop), so if you want to try to do something similar yourself, you can find a similar product like the before mentioned Moroccanoil and also Wella and Schwarzkopf, but I haven't tried them.

My other looks with Colour Refresh: Magenta, Red, Violet (on medium blonde hair), Violet again (on light blonde hair), Rex mixed with Warm Brown, Magenta as a pastel, Orange mixed with Red and Warm Brown and Orange on its own.