I have dark brown, almost black hair. I only want to cover the grey at my roots. Would this work?
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No - elumen isnt meant to cover gray. You'd have to cover your roots first with a permanent color then apply elumen all over. Just know that elumen is best on clean, dry hair. So do your roots then apply elumen possibly following day/night. I've used elumen for almost ten years now. If you follow the entire process with lock and wash, it's a fantastic line. It's a direct dye. Good luck!
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Yes but not a 100% coverage. It will blend but not be perfectly covered. And careful with the ends, do not apply the color on the ends from the beginning. It will turn really dark. Just 2-3 min at the end of the processing time ,right before shampooing.
207482
It will cover. Make sure you are using the prepare. It helps get those stubborn greys!
354809
Yes it should, i don't see why not. my hair was dyed 5 times over black, and it lighten my hair brown
363308
I've used the dark brown and it isn't quite dark enough for covering gray hair. I don't know for sure but I would give it a try. I've also heard that you can add day old coffee, rather than water to the mix - to bring out the brown. Somewhere I also read that you can add black castor oil, which you can order through Amazon. Just add a little less water. I haven't yet tried these but I plan to experiment more in the future!
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Yes and No. It will apply easily enough to dark hair, but it won't show up unless there is enough lighting. I have black hair and found it they did not really show up well unless I was in direct sunlight, or really bright lighting, like in a medical setting.
650412
This works on dark colored hair well. You won't get an opaque cover, but you can get a decent effect if you layer lightly in multiply layers
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my hair is shorterit covers gray to a dark brownseems like natural productlasts longer than bigen water based dyesrecommended for dark hair peopledark brown etc
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When I spoke to a company rep she said it was better on grey hair. The company does have an 800 number if you want to clarify. I called because I wanted to lighten/brighten my winter natural blonde hair and I didn't see any results.
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Hi Lucysmom....This is one reason why I like this hair color. It does a great job of covering my gray hair. Hope it works just as well for you!
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My hair color was almost dark brown (between dark blonde and dark brown), and I've been using for 5 months and I'm almost blonde now.. Sometimes it looks a little bit like red, but depends on the light. It will work, but I'm a little concerned about what color would turn, since the product says that dark hair will turn a little bit red and not blonde.
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I'm medium-brown skinned with black hair and it works great for me. It's taking longer than they estimated, but great. I think the instructions and the website says that it may not work on grey hair that well, but definitely check because I'm not well versed in that area. Good luck!
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Mark you may be able to however not sure it would look very good / natural as an all over color - when I do my roots it covers however it's kinda dull. I would say get some and try it - it's not that expensive you may find it's just what you want - I have lots of hair and it's long so I wouldn't use it for all over color Terie
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I have dark brown hair and I use 5nn for extra gray coverage. Even though 5 is says it's a light brown it's not. It is still dark.
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Not for thinning hair, this product is to simply conceal and cover the roots until you can take care of doing your root color. Not for thinning hair.
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I use a darker shade even though my hair is lighter. I had the same problem with the lighter shade. It was just too light to show up. Darker works really well and you can mix them til you get the right tone. My hair looks thick if my roots are darker and no one can even tell. you won't need nearly as much product that way.
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Yes! As long as your hair is dark before you use the henna it will work perfectly. When I did mine my roots were dark and the rest of my hair a light light red. When I used the henna my the dark sections of my hair turned out like they should have, burgundy but the light parts did turn orange. I kept it this way because it's like an unintentional ombré. Make sure your hair is all one color and dark and you should be fine. Also, you might want to get two packs. It took me two colorings to really get it to where I wanted.
754173
It does cover gray to a degree; but it is not meant to work the same as a coloring process. This will add brownish tones to your hair. It does produce an amount of shine to the hair.
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I would say get the dark brown as my hairdresser says that you want your roots darker than the rest of your hair.