That’s why we were so stoked when indie brand Lime Crime announced a new “dark unicorn” hair dye line.
According to the brand, this includes “4 deliciously deep shades developed specially for BRUNETTES.” These new semi-permanent shades tantalized us with visions of deep, rich rainbow hair color… all without needing to bleach your hair first.
Could this be the answer to all our dark-haired prayers?
Perhaps not. Although the initial launch promised a lot of magic in broad strokes, when the Lime Crime dark unicorn dyes actually launched, the description of the line seemed a little different.
Marquaysa has dark, natural hair — and she has never, ever colored it. She was really excited at the thought of having bright colored hair for the first time.
I dye my light hair black every other week, and have for years. I was curious to see how Lime Crime’s unicorn dyes showed up on my hair — which is literally the darkest color that you can get.
Each tub of the hair dye ($17, Ulta) is sold seperately, and by itself — if you don’t have a mixing bowl, gloves, or an applicator brush, you’re out of luck.
Fortunately, I have all of those things.
“There’s NO way that these colors are going to show up like that on dark hair,” she said. “You would have to beach your hair, or have really light hair first, THEN dye it.”
But what if, Nicola?
“If this actually works, it’s going to change my whole life,” she said. “But it’s not going to work.” ($17, Ulta)
At first, we were concerned that this would make the dyes blobby and uneven, but this thickness ended up working in our favor.
HOW RIGHT SHE WAS.
“This color is PRETTY,” said Quay. “I’ve never had colorful hair — and it looks like nobody has really tried these dark unicorn dyes on unbleached, natural hair before. I’m going to be the first!”
NOPE.
“Sea Witch will stain your life,” said Nicola. “This green mostly came off after I scrubbed it multiple times. And I wore gloves!”
“There is no red!” she said. “There is no tint! This is a lie! This is Lie Crime!”
Like I said, I wasn’t expecting to be a pastel unicorn. But I wanted something better than literally nothing. This was a total waste of my morning, the towels I stained, and of $17.
But if you have darker hair that you don’t want to bleach? Sadly, you’re not going to get the dramatic results shown on the website. At best, you’ll get a subtle unicorn tint. At worst, you’ve wasted an hour and stained all your towels.
Sorry, dark-haired babes. This unicorn dye is not the rainbow future we were promised. But hey — at least we sank this ship together.
title: “Lime Crime S New Dark Unicorn Hair Dyes The Review” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-30” author: “Germaine Perez”
That’s why we were so stoked when indie brand Lime Crime announced a new “dark unicorn” hair dye line.
According to the brand, this includes “4 deliciously deep shades developed specially for BRUNETTES.” These new semi-permanent shades tantalized us with visions of deep, rich rainbow hair color… all without needing to bleach your hair first.
Could this be the answer to all our dark-haired prayers?
Perhaps not. Although the initial launch promised a lot of magic in broad strokes, when the Lime Crime dark unicorn dyes actually launched, the description of the line seemed a little different.
Marquaysa has dark, natural hair — and she has never, ever colored it. She was really excited at the thought of having bright colored hair for the first time.
I dye my light hair black every other week, and have for years. I was curious to see how Lime Crime’s unicorn dyes showed up on my hair — which is literally the darkest color that you can get.
Each tub of the hair dye ($17, Ulta) is sold seperately, and by itself — if you don’t have a mixing bowl, gloves, or an applicator brush, you’re out of luck.
Fortunately, I have all of those things.
“There’s NO way that these colors are going to show up like that on dark hair,” she said. “You would have to beach your hair, or have really light hair first, THEN dye it.”
But what if, Nicola?
“If this actually works, it’s going to change my whole life,” she said. “But it’s not going to work.” ($17, Ulta)
At first, we were concerned that this would make the dyes blobby and uneven, but this thickness ended up working in our favor.
HOW RIGHT SHE WAS.
“This color is PRETTY,” said Quay. “I’ve never had colorful hair — and it looks like nobody has really tried these dark unicorn dyes on unbleached, natural hair before. I’m going to be the first!”
NOPE.
“Sea Witch will stain your life,” said Nicola. “This green mostly came off after I scrubbed it multiple times. And I wore gloves!”
“There is no red!” she said. “There is no tint! This is a lie! This is Lie Crime!”
Like I said, I wasn’t expecting to be a pastel unicorn. But I wanted something better than literally nothing. This was a total waste of my morning, the towels I stained, and of $17.
But if you have darker hair that you don’t want to bleach? Sadly, you’re not going to get the dramatic results shown on the website. At best, you’ll get a subtle unicorn tint. At worst, you’ve wasted an hour and stained all your towels.
Sorry, dark-haired babes. This unicorn dye is not the rainbow future we were promised. But hey — at least we sank this ship together.
