a nice warm chocolate brown home hair dye please

[darkandstormy]

am always in a quandry, the light browns go too faded, whilst any darker comes out too dark iyswim, any advice for a greying old bint.have also had it done in salons not any much better.hair is short,by the way, so any recommendations appreciated, thanks.

in exactly the same boat as you darkandstormy ... have been using nice & easy but really it's never right, always ends up as "felt tip brown". I'm looking for a brown like demi moore's colour but diy and for $$$$ less.

hope someone comes along with the perfect shade ....

I have this problem and find in the end I have to use one that is slightly darker than I want. Once washed a few times it is normally fine.

I do want it dark, but not black.

probably the best I have had so far is nice and easy medium brown, but even on short hair it loads up on the ends too heavy.Years ago I used to use Jo Hansford home colour in chestnut brown , brilliant, but guess what?they stopped making it...

Botanics Bitter Chocolate Brown is my favourite from Boots. Nice dark and glossy and lasts ages (months).

is that a permament Smilehighclub?

I use Nice and easy no 118, looks natural (according to friends). I'm easily over 50% grey on top and have a pure white steak at the front which it covers well.

I've been using it constantly for 3 years now, don't plan to change

I've just checked and it's the same one as you use darkandstormy

I've got a 117D Nice and Easy "cool brown" sitting in the bathroom - which I think is a shade darker than what I usually use ... might give that a go but really tempted by the botanics if it's permanent.

cheappinkfizz,must admit it gives a good result probably the best.It does not go that brassy orange look.I think it is probably the most Davina Mccall we are gonna get out of a bottle,without paying the trillions.

I want hair the colour of Nicky Kinnaird of Space Nk
Have been much darker for years and now it looks a little aging
Am trying Feria French Roast at the moment

I've just used a Boots Botanic permanant dye but found it's not covered the grey very well, even though I left it for 10 minutes extra. After looking at the box it doesn't say that it does cover all grey!

I keep doing this, buying a dye I like the colour of but forgetting to check if it covers 100% grey. Wish I could find a dye which covers grey for more than 2 weeks and doesn't make my head really itchy (Nice and Easy).

nicky kinnaird has Good Hair

i used one of the watercolour dyes, daniel galvin IIRC, which was good, dark and glossy

but i have mostly been using clairol nice & easy semi permanent in light golden red..the dark brown is a bit harder to carry off these days ( am getting a bit old!! ) and something lighter and a bit warmer than my natural colour seems far more forgiving

I am currently Pecan Nut by Garnier Nutrisse. This is too dark for your requirements but I've always found they last well (I've also been several other shades!)

I tried the L'Oreal 10 ones a couple of times and, whilst I liked the colour, I didn't find they lasted very well.

Nice'n'Easy 118 is a lovely warm shade and looks natural. I've also tried the Perfect 10 Medium Brown with good results too, but prefer 118.