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Find your Natural Instincts “Vibrant” color – for FREE!

Paula — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:43:48 +0000

Some of you may not have realized that Natural Instincts had revamped their look and introduced a new “Vibrant” line, that includes a 2-week color refresher. Well, NI wants to make sure that all of you know it now, by giving you a chance to try it for FREE!

Starting at 12pmEST on May 13th (today!) thru May 15th (Sunday), you can go to the Clairol Facebook Page and get one of 25,000 free boxes they are giving out each day. I’m telling you – you better be quick, because I am certain these will go fast!

Also, just to let you know, I recently tried the “Vibrant” Dark Auburn, and the hue really is a brighter, not brassy color. In fact, it’s time for me to try the refresher (*review coming soon!).

Lemme know if you are able to snag one of these and what you think after you try it!

Product Recall Info – Clairol Natural Instincts

Paula — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:31:09 +0000

You guys know that I am a big Clairol Natural Instincts supporter, due to my several posts here on OGB. Well, when I heard about a recall they were doing, I wanted to make sure that you guys had the information, too:

The Natural Instincts shades affected by the recall are:

– Shade 16 Light Auburn (Spiced Tea)

– Shade 35 Brown Black (Ebony Mocha)

– Creme Shade 03G Light Golden Blonde (Honey Creme)

– Creme Shade 7.5 Dark Blonde (Maple Creme)

– Creme Shade 21G Medium Golden Brown (Caramel Creme)

– Creme Shade 23R Medium Auburn (Raspberry Creme)

– Creme Shade 30R Dark Auburn (Cherry Creme)

– Creme Shade 31 Darkest Brown (Coffee Creme)

– Vibrant Shade 9 Natural Light Blonde (Blonde Vibrance)

– Vibrant Shade 10 Extra Light Blonde (Sun-Kissed Blonde)

“Customers who have purchased the recalled shades can call Clairol for a replacement number at 866-493-0512.”

**UPDATE**Just heard from the Natural Instincts reps and they wanted to make sure that we all understand that it is mismatched refreshers in the boxes that is being recalled – that the color itself is fine. If you want to read more specific details of the recall, including instructions on how to determine if you have a recalled box, please check out the Clairol alert page: http://www.clairol.com/alert/

Thank you for your Natural Instincts contest support!

Paula — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:08:22 +0000

Today is the last day to help me try to win the “Natural Instincts Hair Color Contest”. That also means this is the last day that I will have to harass all of you lovely people via Twitter and Facebook to vote for me. Hooray!

While I hope that I haven’t been *too* annoying in my vote begging, I want to take a minute to thank all of the wonderful lovelies that have shown me so much support during this voting period. The following beauties were generous enough to share the contest with their blog readers and I want to make sure that you go over and support them, too:

Anne at BeautyXpose

Kelly at Gouldylox

Amber at Beauty Junkies Unite

G. at Nouveau Cheap

D. at Beauty Alchemist

Kari at Fab over 40

N. at Beauty 411

And, I can’t even *begin* to list all of the wonderful folks that have supported me on twitter by RT’ing my begs and letting me know they voted for me and cheered me on via @messages. I sincerely appreciated every single one of your votes/messages/comments that you have left me on my site & on other folks. Not gonna lie – the warm wishes are a bit overwhelming, yet I wholeheartedly lap up each and every one of them.

So, consider this my final beg for your last daily vote on the Natural Instincts contest page, with a side of appreciation thrown in for good measure. xo

Vote for ME in the Natural Instincts contest!

Paula — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:03:47 +0000

YOU GUYS! Do you remember when I told you about the “Natural Instincts Hair Color contest” and I told you I was thinking about entering? I DID! And now I am one of 5 FINALISTS!!! Seriously!

Now, this is where I need *YOUR* help. Voting is open NOW until 11:59:59pm EST October 14th on the Natural Instincts contest page. You are allowed one vote per email address per day(*one day being from 12:00AM to 11:59PM EST). This includes my lovely International readers, too!! Get that? You can vote DAILY – which I know you want to do, right?

So, be sweet and head over there now and use that first day vote right now, okay? I would really appreciate it!

It’s a contest to wash that grey out…

Paula — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:03:39 +0000

It’s no secret around here that I color my hair to the lovely red auburn shade that I sport, while trying to cover my grey roots. Heck, I’ve been coloring my ashy brown hair red WAY before I ever even started showing roots. I know I’ve talked about using Natural Instincts on here before. (*Heck, I’ll still take credit for getting them to change their instructions).

Well, they are running a contest that I am seriously thinking about entering – the Natural Instincts Hair Color Contest (*catchy name, right?). Here is what I could win (*or you if you choose to enter yourself):

Grand Prize

Trip for 2 to New York City
Makeover at celebrity colorist Marie Robinson’s salon
$1000 spending money
Appear in a Natural Instincts how-to video

All entries must be received by August 30th, contestants will be reviewed until October 6th & then will be voted on by “America” on October 7th thru the 14th. (*You guys WOULD vote for me, right? RIGHT?)

The contest is being held in conjunction with the Natural Instincts Hair Color Challenge which says that you will “get healthy-looking hair in 10 minutes. Guaranteed. Or we’ll buy you 2 boxes of your old color.** (**Satisfaction guaranteed or we will refund you for one Natural Instincts box and the value of 2 boxes of your old hair color/replacement hair color (up to $14 per box)).” So, even if you don’t want to enter the contest, you might want to think about taking them up on their challenge.

Okay, so now I am off to go find my color – “18RG Golden Mahogany” from the “Golden Shimmers” collection – which, for some reason I can’t find easily locally, but its worth it to search it out, imo. Do you use or have you tried Natural Instincts? What color are you?

Instruction update – Natural Instincts

Paula — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:07:49 +0000

While I may be all about noticing things as I see them, I will take the time to make note when something is updated. Esp when I can claim total credit for something (*that I am sure I had nothing to do with even.) Back in March, I did a post about the “Natural Instincts – Golden Shimmer” haircoloring line. In it I noted that the instructions were not immediately clear that you should not wash your hair right before coloring your hair – it should be on damp hair, but not freshly shampooed.

Well, as I was having a chance to try another box of it today, I looked at the instructions and noticed the following:

Right there in Step 1A. it specifically reminds you to *not* shampoo your hair before you color. I like it. Now, I admit, I haven’t looked at the instructions that closely since March, as I learned my lesson then (*yes, I know – bad home hair colorer), so I don’t know when this change happened. But, I do know that it’s there now, and like I said, I am going to take full and undeserved credit for the change, because I am just that persuasive.

Clairol Natural Instincts can be found in all the regular drugstore chains and mass market stores for around $8.99. However, just a note – I love the Golden Shimmer line, but I seem to have a hard time finding it around here – hopefully, you have better luck around you.

You make me feel like a natural woman…

Paula — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:36:00 +0000

Recently, I attended a webinar (seminar on the web) by Natural Instincts to introduce us to some of their new lines of haircolor. I gotta admit – I had never used this brand before as I was of a mind that all box hair color was the same (save for new advances in haircolor like the the quick-coloring Clairol Perfect 10). This talk was informative and proved me wrong, showing me several of the differences.

I got a chance to try a box from the Golden Shimmer line in Golden Mahogany. First off, I misunderstood how to apply it, which is one big difference from other box colors to me. You are to apply this to damp, NOT dry hair – like I usually do. In the webinar they said, “Apply this to clean, damp hair”, which I heard as “Freshly shampoo’d, before you dry it hair”. IT’S NOT! It should be on clean, second day, product free hair. I didn’t see this pretty important fact until almost the bottom of the first page of the application instructions (*pdf). This kind of peeved me, since I had set aside that specific time to color my hair. *sigh* Anyway, I did manage to color my hair that weekend. Here are my beautiful part roots (you guys are getting to be BFF’s now, since you’ve seen each other so much):

And this is what my pretty glowy hair afterwards (I tried to take it in the same

conditions as my not so pretty roots):

Aside from applying to damp hair, everything else was pretty much the same application as any other home hair color. The smell wasn’t bad – I am going to attribute this to the fact that there is NO ammonia in this color. In addition, there are antioxidents, plus Vitamins C & E, in there with the intent of making your hair healthier than before you colored it. It also comes with a 6wk tube of once a week “Color Treat” conditioner which, I gotta say, made my hair feel very silk afterwards. I let my hair air dry and it wasn’t near as flyaway as I would have expected after a coloring.

All that said, I really liked the results (Hell, I got 2 compliments on my color out at the sunny ballfield the next day – who wouldn’t like that??). And, since it washes out in 28 shampoos (it’s a demi-permanent color), I would definitely recommend this to someone wanting a boost, or to cover grays, without worrying too much about commitment.

The old grey mare…

Paula — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:51:00 +0000

The holidays can make a girl kinda overwhelmed and maybe not take care of herself quite as much as she should. Like, say, cover all of the grey hairs, and roots, on her head that make her look insanely older than she feels. For instance:

Yeah, so that needed to be remedied.

Thankfully I was given the opportunity to try out Clairol’s Perfect 10 Haircolor in their new shade, Auburn Flash (5R). It was just the thing I needed to start the new year fresh. Check it out:

Quite a difference, eh? It had such good grey coverage, and only took 10 minutes to process (!). This was a much easier process than what I was used to with other home haircoloring products that could take up to 30min to cover up proof of my chronological age. (And, it didn’t even stink, which was such a plus to me.). Oh, and let me tell you another cool thing about this – it has two different application tips. One of the tips went right in my roots, but the other was a comb thru applicator. It took just a bit to get used to the comb, but then it was such a breeze to just go thru the rest of my hair after I had taken care of the roots.

Now, I didn’t post this as soon as I colored it, so I have gotten to see how it wears, which is pretty damn good. Like any color, it settled down just a bit a few days later, so its not *quite* as glowy, but that’s great for me – I really like what it is now. Overall, I really like the results and the ease of this kit. You can find it at any of the mass markets or drugstore chains for around $13.99.