Madison Reed- A more natural way to color hair at home
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When my oldest daughter was in preschool, while in conversation one day, she mentioned her friend D’s grandpa dropped him off to school each day. Now I would see D and his dad walk in to school most days in the week and was sure she had made some sort of a mistake. I asked her if she was sure and she said she was. Upon further interrogation I realized we were talking about the same person. Her 4 year old mind decided it was D’s grandpa dropping him off each day because his dad sported a head full of peppered grays!
Ever since then I’ve been careful to ensure I don’t allow my hereditary, premature graying strands to show too much lest I be mistaken to be my child’s grandma!!
Because Hubs and I have our fair share of grays and since it isn’t an affordable option for both of us to get our hair colored at the salon each month, we opt to do it for each other at home. We generally pick a preferred brand of hair coloring from the store and do our “makeovers” one weekend in the month. While this has worked well, we’ve both been iffy about the number of chemicals each box holds.
With a recent introduction to the Madison Reed hair coloring experience, we’ve both been spoiled and don’t think we will ever go back to store-bought hair coloring again!
Madison Reed- Hair Color that’s Better for You
The experience begins right from when you have to choose the hair color of choice on the Madison Reed website. If narrowing down on precisely what you need is an issue, I highly recommend using the–, like I did.
The result was a narrow down of the best choices in hair color, to suit the look currently being sported.
The precision in choice impressed me.
I finally went with the Perugia Black- 2NAA.
When the kit came in less than a week after I placed the order online, it included a detailed instruction manual to guide even a novice home colorist with ease and confidence.
I have to admit I was secretly excited to see if this would agree with my skin and Hubs too.
You see, Hubs has a receding hair line so hair color application tends to become quite a challenge. If I apply too little, in about three days all the grays start to show again. And if I apply too much, the color tends to ooze onto his scalp and stain, which is terrible considering the chemicals added in regular store bough hair color boxes.
Now with Madison Reed colors, one’s assured of a much lower chemical profile in the color, in comparison.
So yes, I decided to work on Hubs first. (He doesn’t mind that Amy Errett created Madison Reed with women in mind. If it works for Mama, then why not?)
Even before I began to apply the color, I know the kit scored brownie points with its inclusion of a Barrier Cream and Cleansing Wipe.
After waiting out the mandatory setting in time and thereafter washing the color of with the included shampoo and conditioner, the results were stellar.
No staining. Uniform coloring. No eye irritations.
A fantastic hair color experience!
I’m sold!
Yes Madison Reed is primarily a for women, by women product but honestly hair color knows no gender right?
Knowing that it worked on Hubs’ challenging hair color situation, made it all the more the winner it is for me. Coloring my hair is always a walk in the park when compared to the care required to get his done.
Needless to say, my little one won’t have a buddy turn around and ask if her grandma was coming to pick her up from school!
Try Madison Reed
We’re all set to place our next order and highly considering signing up for the monthly kits. I highly recommend you consider treating your hair to a Madison Reed experience. With 5 new colors, opening up your choice to 32 shades, you will not be at a loss when it comes to choosing the right option for your hair.
And yes, it’s so much safer for you. You will make out the difference right away. Plus this is so much more affordable than getting someone to color your hair professionally.
Ready?
Both you and your husband’s hair turned out great! I have heard that Madison Reed is a great brand! I might have to try it out!
Also, when coloring my hair, I always have problems with it staining my skin! Afterwards, it takes days for it to completely come off!
My biggest struggle is time. I have a hard time finding the time that I can color my hair and not have a million different things going on. I am mostly troubled by my needy children, lol.
Oh wow this looks super fancy. I love finding new hair color products. I to, suffer from he premature gray strands.
I might give this hair color a try. I have decided not to continue to dye my hair because of the amount of chemicals. I will be checking this out – I am not a fan of gray but I hate what the chemicals do to my scalp
It’s funny because you hear such negative things about home hair kits, but this one really sounds good.
I have used Madison Reed in the past and loved it. It really gave uniform color. My hair looked like it had been done at the salon.
This looks like a great product. Both your and your husband’s hair turned out great.
I’ve always been scared to death to color my hair on my own, but you make it look so easy. Maybe I should save some money and try it!
This sounds like a great product. Finding the right color for your hair and skin color can be difficult!
I have never used permanent color, I only colored my hair once when I graduated from College just to change up my look. I have had the same one gray hair in my head since I was 13, LOL
I just chopped off my hair this year from super long to super short and I was thinking of trying a color for a total change, I may have to give this one a look!
Oh, I need. The greys are on a mission to take over my head. I swear, it’s way too soon for this!
OH wow, I have a lot of greys taking over, but I am embracing them with love. Even if my tween thinks it’s fun to pull at them and point at them so that they stick out even more than they already do 😉 Love this product idea for my friends who are not happy with greys, thanks for sharing your experiences with it.
I was just thinking today that it is time to dye my hair. I love how easy this looks!
I’m starting to get the gray hairs here and there. I don’t know if I’ll dye it or not.
That is awesome that you did your husbands hair, too! I love Madison Reed. I have used them a few times now.
Oh dear…I feel like I’m covering the grays up more and more! I’ll have to try this!
The only time I tried coloring my own hair at home was when I was in 8th grade. It was a huge failure and took a ton of work to get it to go from the scary orange it was to an auburn color. Not good. I’ve never tried since.
I haven’t colored my hair in over 7 years! But now the grays are coming in fast and strong so it’s time to rethink things. I definitely want to try Madison Reed! I love that they don’t have nearly as many chemicals as other brands.