Review of Revlon ColorSilk, Ultra Light Ash Blonde 05

I have been attempting to get my dark locks an ultra blonde color, and over the past few months may hair was getting lighter and lighter with no issues to the condition of the hair due to expensive moisturizing treatments and long breaks in between each coloring session.

However what I had going on was a nice light colored brown, with nifty blonde honey highlights. I wanted to take it up a notch though and get the color even lighter, so I went out in search of some new hair dye, and came across one that promised to improve the condition of the hair, and that it was ammonia free. Not only that it claimed to take be able to tackle darker hair with no brassy tones. Seeing that the honey tone in the highlights was what I wanted gone, I went ahead and purchased it. It is called Revlon ColorSilk, Ultra Light Ash Blonde 05.

Being a fan of Revlon cosmetics, I figured their hair dyes would be just as satisfying as far as results went. The girl on the box however was semi scary and I still think it is a man in a wig.
At any rate, creepy box model aside, I went home and got busy.

My Use:
 
I mixed all of the included serums together in the application bottle, and stored the ultra small packet of conditioner to the side for later use. I have very thick hair and was sort of disappointed at how little they give you in the conditioning packet, which is vital to after coloring.

At any rate, I applied the dye and waited for results. I sat in front of my mirror hoping to see the hair lighten up intensely to the same blazing blonde that it promised. Instead I watched my lighter hair turn Chucky red, and the highlights which were mostly blonde were also taking in a deeper bright Ronald Red coloring.

I have dyed my hair blonde before and knew this phase all too well, and usually the longer you leave the dye in, the lighter it will become, and the red tones vanish. With Revlon ColorSilk, Ultra Light Ash Blonde 05, that never happened. In fact all it did for me was make my hair look redder and brighten this red.

I washed it out using the included conditioner packet, and was horrified at how dry my hair felt. In fact, for something that promised to be ammonia free, it damaged my hair more than Frost and Glow and other products containing ammonia.

Overall:
 
My hair looked like crap. There is no nice way to put it. It ended up dry, course, and the color was simply horrendous. If this stuff couldn't lighten my light brown hair, pre-highlighted, than it will not work at all for those with deeper colored browns.

Unless Life As Liz red is a color you are looking to achieve, skip this garbage entirely.