Pamper Yourself with Madison Reed At Home Hair Color

This post has been sponsored by Madison Reed. All opinions are my own.

 

I would say I’ve been coloring my hair for something like 15 years. I started using at home hair color because I was too cheap to pay for a professional to do it. Back all those years ago, hair color out of the little boxes you’d get at the pharmacy was pretty awful. It smelled bad and God knows what it was doing to your hair. When I got a little older, I decided to spring for a professional and I never had a problem. My color was awesome… of course, I had gone pro. Over the past year, I ended up back to the at home hair color. These days there is definitely more variety, but it still doesn’t really give you that “I-feel-fabulous-because-I-just-got-my-hair-done” look.

I had never heard of Madison Reed before, but when I was asked to try it I thought this might be something pretty cool. No generic boxes from the store. The online website actually walks you through several steps that helps them customize a hair color just for you. Customize! How awesome is that? There are a series of questions about your type of hair and your current color and if you’re gray, etc. It’s like what the fancy salons do… custom make up your hair color for you.

So you go online, take the at home hair color survey and then you wait to get your amazing hair color kit in the mail.

The kit comes complete with everything you need to color your hair at home: gloves, cap, barrier cream, cleansing wipe, shampoo, conditioner, and the special color activator and cream color. It also give you step by step directions on how to color your hair like a pro.

This is true salon results in the comfort of your own home and sure beats those generic boxes of color from the drugstore. Madison Reed has no PPD, no resorcino, no ammonica, and no added parabens. Nothing that is hard to pronounce. Just fabulous sounding ingredients like argan oil, keratin, and ginseng root. My hair feels amazing and I am in LOVE with the color!

I was really excited to try this kit out because it’s been waaaaaay too long since I’ve colored my hair.

I set out everything I would need and made sure that there weren’t any towels or clothes around that might accidentally get color on them.

The application process is really simple. You combine the activation ingredients and just cover your hair. If you have someone who can help you, all the better… but I was perfectly able to do it myself. Madison Reed even provides shampoo and conditioner for you to use with your color treated hair. I colored, I washed, and then I compared the before and after.

So what do you think? HUGE difference, isn’t it? My hair had gotten so brassy from the being out in the sun so much and I really wanted to get it back to a rich, darker brown. I am just loving it!

Hair change… CHECK. Now to do a little more pampering to get ready for the rest of the week! Nail time!

The state of my nails is so sad. I never have time to go get them done professionally either, so I do them myself at home… and I have to say, they just don’t last as long as a salon. I usually go without polish because I’m always afraid that once I do them I’ll have to go wash dishes or something that will mess them up. Since I spent time on my hair, I figured I would spend a little time on my nails.

Lauryn is home this week so we thought we’d do our nails together. I went with the gray… she opted for the pink. Of course.

So new nails… and new hair! I’m ready to party!

Love my results? You can try out at home hair color with Madison Reed yourself with 50% off your first Color Kit. Your special discount code is: MRPAMPER. Good for new customers only and you can’t combine with any other offers. You know the drill… you only get one Color Kit per offer and this will expire on November 30, 2014 (hey… that’s my anniversary!).