Jerome Russell Pink Toner* | Review bblonde | beauty | hair | jerome russell | pink | toner | whenflowersfall

This poor product has been sat waiting for me to test it out for months. I was kindly sent it a good while back by the lovely lot over at Jerome Russell; but with moving, and Scout's birthday, and everything else my life has thrown at me recently, I just haven't had time to try it out. 

A couple of weeks back, I did manage to find a moment, and I took the chance to finally get my pink on. But, unfortunately, this was a case of 'sometimes the product just doesn't work for you'.

As you can see, I wouldn't say my hair is particularly dark. A couple of days prior to this photo, we had added a good few extra highlights into my barnet, and some pieces were genuinely quite blonde. 

I followed all of the instructions on the box, and I was sooo impressed with the formula of the product. 

As you can see, the toner is a super dark pink. I did find you had to give the bottle a good shake, otherwise you were left with a product that was quite runny, and not overly pigmented. But once shaken, it was thick and strong in colour. 

I applied it to my hair, and it instantly looks like it would take really well. Even my scalp was pink from the strong colour. I put on the plastic cap I had and warmed it through with a hairdryer, as the instructions said to do. 

One of the other factors of this product I loved,was the scent. It wasn't over baring, but really did make you feel like you were in a salon. 

After the developing time was up, I rinsed my hair and began to dry it. 

As you can see, it barely took to my hair at all. The very white pieces on the bottom were a very soft pink, but not how I would have expected them to look, considering the picture on the front of the box. The rest wasn't pink at all. Even the blondest bits at my roots, which you can see in the photo above didn't take. I ended up not drying my hair completely, as I did have another product to pop onto my hair, but I'm sure it wouldn't have looked too different to the photos above.

I am a little disappointed by this product. As you guys know, I'm a huge Jerome Russell fan and will always use that brand of hair products; but this left me feeling a little meh. I honestly think the result was down to my hair colour to begin with. I truly believe that if you are lucky enough to have super blonde/white hair, this would work wonderfully for you; but if you are looking to add a pink hue to some highlights, it may just not work that great.

The pink toner is one of a few that Jerome Russell do, and I can say that the Champagne and Platinum toners are fab. I generally use the platinum one to help pull out any brassiness I may have in my hair.

They retail at £4.99 and you can often purchase them at Boots or Superdrug.

Have you tried this pink toner before? Let me know in the comments below if you were any more successful than I was with it. 

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Jerome Russell BBlonde Ombre Kit* | Review bblonde | beauty | hair | jerome russell | ombre 1 | ombre kit | review

I've been umming and ahh-ing over going blonder aain for months now, so when I was asked if I would like to try out a Jerome Russell Bblonde product or two, it seemed like fate.
I asked to try out the new Ombre kit in Number one, as I figured this would be a nice way to jump start the journey back to the lighter side.

Now, as you can see in see in the before photos, I did already have some blonde in the ends of my hair. This was from a little play around with some bleach I had laying in a drawer. Funnily enough, it was from Jerome Russell. I was hoping to make it more of a solid ombre and neaten up any patchy parts that I had made. Let's make it known now, I am not trained in hair at all. I just do it for fun.

There are two new ombre kits now available. Number one, for light to dark brown hair; and number two, for blonde to medium brown hair. Kit number one is said to be able to lift the hair a couple of extra shades than number two. 

In the kits you will receive everything you need. The bleach powder and peroxide, the conditioning shampoo, instructions, tinting brush, mixing bowl and gloves; and a marvellous product called the blending lotion. I think this is what sets this ombre kit aside from others on the market. 

You begin by applying the blending lotion where you would like the ombre to start. This meant, because of the length of my hair, I applied this to the mid section just above my the blonde I already had. Then, once you have mixed the bleach, you just apply that from where you popped on the blending lotion, down to the ends on your hair. The key is to not apply any bleach above the blending lotion. 

It does just that. It creates a form of barrier for the bleach, meaning it will lighten your hair, but not to the strength of the bleach on the ends of your hair where the lotion isn't. 

I loved the addition of this product. It makes the kit so incredibly easy to use, and you aren't left with the line that you can sometimes get stuck with when trying to ombre at home. 

Now, you may be thinking 'YIKES THATS ORANGE,' but let me say that I didn't end up leaving it on for the maximum time. Unfortunately, Scout woke up from his nap (an hour early) mid way through and I didn't want to risk him getting covered in bleach.  I'm pretty sure if you do leave this on longer than the 20 minutes that I did, you would see far more lifting from the bleach.

I was very impressed with the result though! The blending lotion really did it's job well, and considering I do have some strong red tones in my hair from previous brown box dyes, it could have been a heck of a lot worse on the orange side.

As for the condition of my hair, of course I followed up with the conditioning shampoo supplied, and my hair felt amazing. It didn't feel damaged in the slightest and was actually really soft and fluffy.

A couple of days later, I did follow up with the Jerome Russell BBlonde Platinum toner, which I picked up from Superdrug. It really helped to lift some of the brassiness out of my hair and made it more of a softer, natural kind of blonde.

If you are looking to ombre your hair, I wouldn't recommend this kit enough.
This was one part one of achieving my summer hair, so make sure to stay tuned for part two.

You can currently purchase the Ombre Kit* I used at Superdrug for only £6.99.

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*I was sent this product for review purposes.

Jerome Russell BBlonde Hair Lightening Kit* bblogger | bblonde | blonde | bright | care | colour | hair | hair dye | hair lightening kit | jerome russell | light to medium brown | review | video | whenflowersfall | youtube

Hey beauties,

You may have seen in yesterday's hair care post that I mentioned that I had spent an evening going blonder. 

That was thanks to the lovely Dannielle over at Jerome Russell. I had been thinking of going full on blonde and getting rid of my highlights for a little while, and when she emailed me asking if I would like to try out one of their products, of course I said yes! 

For the past four months or so, I have been using the Jerome Russell BBlonde highlighting kit. It's the best kit I've come across in my many years of hair dying, so I figured I'd give the hair lightening kit a go to try and lift the darker patches in my hair. 

After telling Danielle about the length and thickness of my hair, she sent me three boxes of the lightener for use on light/medium brown hair. My natural colour (regrowth) is a very dark mousey blonde, and the other patches in my hair were a brown shade, so I thought this would be the perfect kit.

I set to applying the product to my hair and ended up using a good two and a half boxes worth of product. I probably could have gotten away with two, but I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed any patches. 

The kit says to leave on from anywhere between 20-60 minutes. I gave it only 10 minutes after I had finished applying and massaging the product through my hair and then rinsed. The shampoo included in the kit works well to help remove all of the bleach from the hair. I then followed up with a hair mask as I knew my hair would need the extra moisture. After years of hair dying, I like to take extra care not to create any excess damage. 

If you would like to see the results and my over all thoughts on this product, I recommend you watch the application and review video below. If you don't have time to watch it right now, then all I shall say is wow. This product is just as amazing as I thought it would be. 

Just like the highlighting kit, this is a product I will most definitely be using again in the future.

I have since followed up with the blonde shade of my dreams and I honestly don't think I would have managed it without this kit first. If you are looking to dye your hair a pastel or maybe even a crazy colour, this would certainly be a great kit to use before hand. 

The kit is available for light/medium brown hair & medium/dark brown hair.

It sells for £5.99 in boots and you can find it online here, along with the highlighting kit I keep on mentioning. 

If you give this kit a go, please let me know what you think of it. I think it's the perfect product to try if you can't afford a pricey trip to the hairdressers. Just always make sure to read and follow the instructions carefully. 

Hope you guys are well!

Sam

xoxo