When Lime Crime dropped its unicorn hair dye meant for dark hair, I was sold! Our Revelist beauty team tried the dye and it didn’t work on any of us. Out of us three, I was the most disappointed since I had never dyed my hair and was looking forward to wearing the cool colors I grew up wanting to try for the first time. As you can imagine, finding a temporary dye that gives bold color without frying my hair to hell isn’t the easiest challenge. The sprays ($6.99, Target) promise to make “vibrant color that POPS on dark hair” and “rinse out in one shampoo.” Digging it! I had to grab Bombshell Blue and Lucky Lavender and put these babies to the test. Sometimes you gotta disobey in the name of color. Thankfully, I knew the color sprays are supposed to easily rinse out. It still wasn’t the bold blue hue I was hoping for. The grey patches you see are, yes, meant to be the blue and lavender sprays I used. Dark and Lovely ($7, Target) definitely get points for a clean process. The goal was unicorn hair, not unicorn walls. OK, I’m being dramatic. In all fairness, you could see my color IRL. When I stood in the light. And turned around a full 360 degrees so the human eye could catch the blue and lavender colors at subtle angles. It wasn’t what I was going for, but I accepted this “makeup for hair” look as the closest thing to a rinse I’ve ever had. I felt cool just to be a unicorn’s half-sister at this point. I admit it with zero shame: I was getting desperate and trying to avoid having Part 2 of my Lime Crime temper tantrum. I threw on my Aaliyah sweatshirt and dark blue lipstick to match the blue and purple thing I was determined to have going on with my hair. At this point, I was putting a fresh round of the Dark and Lovely Color Intense sprays ($6.99, Target) ON TOP of the spray I’d added this weekend. I did not rinse it out because, well, there wasn’t much color showing to begin with. No worries. I fully plan to deep condition TF out of my hair this week to reverse all this product I’ve packed into it. I recommend you try doing this outside (summer DIY project?) OR somewhere in your home that has a window. Luckily, the excess spray doesn’t stain anything. No sweatshirts were harmed during the shooting of this excess color spraying session. HOORAY! This is the closest to unicorn hair I have EVER gotten. The lavender and blue sprays are actually SHOWING! Baby steps, right? Since the spray bottles are only $6.99, I would definitely try the other colors in the line. If Dark and Lovely ever releases a hair chalk or anything similar, I would also experiment with it. Ultimately, I do feel it took me too many sprays and TWO too many days to achieve the final look. Luckily, the Color Intense sprays only dropped in October 2017, so the brand still has lots of time and room to improve the spray’s formula. I’m still hopeful. In the meantime, the search for the best temporary hair dye for dark hair continues!
title: “I Tried Dark Lovely Spray In Hair Color Here S The Verdict” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-21” author: “Phil Galvis”
When Lime Crime dropped its unicorn hair dye meant for dark hair, I was sold! Our Revelist beauty team tried the dye and it didn’t work on any of us. Out of us three, I was the most disappointed since I had never dyed my hair and was looking forward to wearing the cool colors I grew up wanting to try for the first time. As you can imagine, finding a temporary dye that gives bold color without frying my hair to hell isn’t the easiest challenge. The sprays ($6.99, Target) promise to make “vibrant color that POPS on dark hair” and “rinse out in one shampoo.” Digging it! I had to grab Bombshell Blue and Lucky Lavender and put these babies to the test. Sometimes you gotta disobey in the name of color. Thankfully, I knew the color sprays are supposed to easily rinse out. It still wasn’t the bold blue hue I was hoping for. The grey patches you see are, yes, meant to be the blue and lavender sprays I used. Dark and Lovely ($7, Target) definitely get points for a clean process. The goal was unicorn hair, not unicorn walls. OK, I’m being dramatic. In all fairness, you could see my color IRL. When I stood in the light. And turned around a full 360 degrees so the human eye could catch the blue and lavender colors at subtle angles. It wasn’t what I was going for, but I accepted this “makeup for hair” look as the closest thing to a rinse I’ve ever had. I felt cool just to be a unicorn’s half-sister at this point. I admit it with zero shame: I was getting desperate and trying to avoid having Part 2 of my Lime Crime temper tantrum. I threw on my Aaliyah sweatshirt and dark blue lipstick to match the blue and purple thing I was determined to have going on with my hair. At this point, I was putting a fresh round of the Dark and Lovely Color Intense sprays ($6.99, Target) ON TOP of the spray I’d added this weekend. I did not rinse it out because, well, there wasn’t much color showing to begin with. No worries. I fully plan to deep condition TF out of my hair this week to reverse all this product I’ve packed into it. I recommend you try doing this outside (summer DIY project?) OR somewhere in your home that has a window. Luckily, the excess spray doesn’t stain anything. No sweatshirts were harmed during the shooting of this excess color spraying session. HOORAY! This is the closest to unicorn hair I have EVER gotten. The lavender and blue sprays are actually SHOWING! Baby steps, right? Since the spray bottles are only $6.99, I would definitely try the other colors in the line. If Dark and Lovely ever releases a hair chalk or anything similar, I would also experiment with it. Ultimately, I do feel it took me too many sprays and TWO too many days to achieve the final look. Luckily, the Color Intense sprays only dropped in October 2017, so the brand still has lots of time and room to improve the spray’s formula. I’m still hopeful. In the meantime, the search for the best temporary hair dye for dark hair continues!
