Garnier Nutrisse Ultra Color Nourishing Hair Color Creme, B3 Golden Brown, 1 kit

I have dark brown hair that is thin and lifeless. Have been coloring my hair for 20 years so I'm usually pretty good at picking colors. I wanted to go pretty light, without bleaching. I read the reviews after purchasing and was a little reluctant. Let the product on for abt 45 minutes, yes I know its more than advised, but the color came out GREAT. I turned out something like a strawberry blond. It was so much better than expected. Absolutely LOVE IT.

I've used the Garnier Nutrisse Ultra Color Nourishing Color Creme, B3 Golden Brown for about two years and am very happy - please don't ever discontinue! Here's my experience with the product. First of all, I'm a naturally curly-headed chica (somewhere between a 3b and 3c hair texture) who does not straighten/blow dry/put any straightening chemicals in my hair. Although I've not seen the state of the grays of recent, I'd say I'm probably at 1/3 gray by now. I wanted a hair color which would not show the grays as much but not so light as to look completely unnatural. After trying a number of different shades from the Garnier line, I settled on the B3 Golden Brown. Thanks to very dark and resistant tendrils, I actually use 1 1/2-2 boxes per coloring. (Although my hair is very curly, I have thin strands, just a lot of them - the curl creates lots of volume) I color my hair every 5-7 weeks and tend to cycle with one box, then two boxes for the next coloring. I use about 1 1/2 bottles from the roots 3/4 the ways down for 25 minutes (massaging gently onto the roots at the 15-minute mark), and then use the rest on the last of the ends for another 10-15 minutes. After dyeing, my roots tend to look very bright - a golden (blondish) caramel mixed with auburn, but then tone down to a gentle caramel/amber with flecks of auburn after the first washing. I deep condition my hair about a week prior to coloring the hair with a castor/jojoba overnight mixture which helps with maintaining my hair's natural moisture. In the sunshine, my hair looks much more auburn-y caramel, but I'm fine with that. I've had compliments on my hair color, and one of my classmates thought it was my natural haircolor! I've included two photos to show the difference in hair color, the one on the right is my natural hair color, a very deep dark brown (from three years ago). The one on the left shows my hair with the Golden Brown -B3 from March 2017.