Revlon Haircolor, Custom Effects Highlights H20: Review

This Sunday I got bored with my hair. About a month ago I dyed it jet black, and after messing around with some Halloween wigs, I wanted a new look. I liked my black hair, but wanted to lighten things up a tad. Spring is around the corner, and it's out with the dark and in with the light.

I decided that I'd keep the dark base, ad add some light honey colored highlights.

I was nervous, and didn't know where to begin, because I have used tons of bleaching kits in my time, and almost 90% of them end up leaving nasty road blocks, or chunks in my hair. The result at times is skunk like, or calico cat like.

I was hoping for perfection. Read on to see what I got....

I picked Revlon Haircolor, Custom Effects Highlights in the color H20. H20 is made for those with dark blond to medium brown hair. I had black hair, so I figured my results would be similar, only more brassy. I didn't mind. I knew with some good sun, the brassy effect would wear off into a nice dark shade of warm blond. I knew this from past history with dyes anyway.

This dye kit supposedly would allow me to line in the drip free dye for perfect control of where the hair would lighten. It came with a small dye brush, powdered mix, gloves, and the squeeze dye bottle.

The kit also came with a toner, and a conditioner for after use.

All I had to do was open the powdered mix and add it to the liquid squeeze bottle, and shake.

This came as no easy task. The powder envelope made it difficult to pour it into the squeeze bottle spout, so a lot of the mix went onto the floor, and my hands and arms. Which later on resulted in itchy red burning skin.

Anyhow...
 
After mixing, I squeezed the dye out into the grooves located on the brush. It worked but I found that all of the dye would just end up gooping out in one section. It did not glide down the entire strand of hair, which meant the result would be a half a streak. Pretty stupid looking if you ask me.

I ended up just squeezing the dye out of the bottle and directly on to my hair. I had even lines, and assumed it would work out just as well, if not better.

I waited a full hour before showering the dye out. I had black hair, even though the instructions said to leave it in for 45 minutes, I left it in a little longer. A little longer always seems to work best for my hair.

Results:
 
I rinsed the dye out, used the toner, and then used the conditioner.

My hair was left very dry and snarled after getting out and attempting to use a brush. I sprayed in some leave in conditioner to tame the knots.

The results were not recognizable when looking in the mirror. I had to blow dry and straighten to see the final outcome.

What I got was half nice, half crap. Some strands of hair picked up the dye completely and looked flawless; others though had bumps of yellow, black, yellow black, which looked like a checkerboard.

Overall:
 
My hair is half ass. The dye only took to certain strands, and didn't bother dyeing others. Some strands are checked, and others are not. I have to wear my hair up until I can afford to get it fixed at the salon next week.

Recommended?
 
Big NO!