L'Oreal Paris Superior Preference Mousse Absolue, 830 Medium Golden Blonde

I am surprised at the poor reviews. I used a very light blonde shade, #1000. Maybe the blonde shades perform better than the dark ones. Anyway, the first thing I noticed was the ammonia smell. I have been coloring my hair for a long, long time and haircolor always used to smell like this, so it didn't bother me. I followed instructions exactly for touch-up. It was fairly easy, no harder than touch ups with any other type of colorant. My hair is long, but there was plenty of colorant to do it with one package. When finished, I thought the result was so pretty! The color was beautiful, and almost glowed. And my hair felt silky and smooth. I went out to supper that night and received lots of compliments. Since then, even strangers have stopped and complimented my hair. The pretty results lasted for about three weeks, then started to oxidize into a goldish tone. This always happens to my haircolor, but this one lasted longer. For example, the Olia lasted all of a week. I have only used it once, but plan to continue unless it appears that the ammonia is causing damage (which I doubt.). I was very pleased with the result.

This WAS my go to hair color. Very easy to use and because my hair is shorter I could always get two uses out of one can. The last few orders I got only some of the product would come out of the can and not even enough for one use. For what they are now charging it's not worth it the color does not last despite using color safe shampoo and conditioner. I don't like to use the box color but at least they work and last for several weeks.

I love L'Oreal Mousse!! It's absolutly the easiest thing I have ever done. I am disabled, and have had quite a time, over the last 30 years, trying to color my hair. I used to get more on my face than i did on my hair!! But not anymore!! The mousse is insanely easy to use, no mixing no mess, no fuss, just like they say. And the coolest thing ever, is, you can save the extra for future colorinng!! Thank you for this wonderful product!! It's the least scariest hair color of all time!! P.S. I have used 3 different colors of the Mousse, and each one has been over the top gorgeous, and colors every bit of my grey!! You will never regret buying this product. Thank you L'Oreal. J.T.

Love the concept of using only what you need and save the rest for later, but a couple things you should know. First major thing is to shake extremely well before you begin, this allows any product that has settled to get into the mix. The premise of this product is that it has 2 separate sides of solution and only when you spray the foam for use does the product mix, activating the dye. The second major thing is that if you have stubborn gray... like I do unfortunately, any product does need to stay on longer than the recommended time. This may be different for blonds since it is a lighter color and also because it does contain harsher chemicals. I am dark brown with no salt & pepper in the mix, white/silver roots completely. So for me, if I leave any product on the recommended time I still see the roots, but they are "tinted' a lighter shade of brown. I leave the color on for as long as an hour. This prodcut is so convenient to use and does work well as a root touch up system.... with enough time as mentioned. It really is as unmessy as you can get. I use this product and also Perfect 10, another of my favorites, I do leave both on the same way.

I wanted something to cover gray/ whitening hair, and the ability to re-use the original bottle rather than have to buy an entire new bottle just to redo the roots each month was very appealing. Although I was somewhat hesistant due to some of the reviews, I figured I did not have much to lose, and as it turns out, I lost nothing. For example, the stickiness mentioned by several other users turned out to occur only after applying the conditioner at the end of the original application. The stickiness completely disappeared once my hair dried. On the next regular shampoo I used the conditioner again, but hey, no stickiness at all! So I figure that the stickiness is some kind of artifact related to the initial use and perhaps facilitates the conditioning effect. My hair still remains well conditioned, which surprises me when I think of my other hair color experiences. However, I don't consider the effect to be "shiny." I would have liked some glossiness to my hair. Another pleasant result was the fact that all my gray/ white was well covered and so I hope this will continue to be the case as I add more years. I had been having trouble getting full coverage with other products that promised gray coverage. I was pleasant surprised to find that the color itself does produce a variety of shades as a finished product which does make the effect more natural. Since using this product, I have read the label more carefully and discovered that this is a color product which actually intends to produce color highlights/ shades when applied. But for a color billed as Pure Darkest Brown, I was disappointed in the strong redness that comes through. I prefer "cool" browns. Suppose I will have to live with it, but I hope L'Oreal enhances the color options by breaking the colors down with choices to select "cool" vs "warm" shades of each color. My recent more careful reading of the box information also revealed a strange fact: the user, irregardless of the original color of their hair, and irregardless of the color inside the box, is not recommended for them!!!! That just doesn't make any sense at all. So don't become discouraged in selecting the best color for use with your current hair color because nothing sold under this label (Superior Preference Mousse) will be recommended for you!!!! Kinda unbelieveable, huh?

When I grew weary of spending $250 per month for color and cut at my local salon, I started using this product. That was about 3 years ago. One day I could no longer find the Mousse Absolue on the Walmart or Target shelves. Thank goodness I am have been able to find it on Amazon. I am currently finishing the supply I bought last summer with no problem with shelf life. I just purchased 5 more boxes. For my hair, I can get to 2 applications. It covers my grey perfectly every time and leaves my hair shiny and soft. I can't say enough good things about its ease of use. I wonder why all hair color isn't sold this way. I can't tolerate the mixing required with other colors. I tried to use the other L'oreal product for my hair color but it did not color as well nor did it shine and it was a hassle. Unfortunately, I think L'Oreal discontinued this product so I stock up when i can on Amazon.

I saw the rating of this product is low. But I wanted to try this because I normally need very little on just a few places for coverage of my hair. So I simply waste 50-70% of the normal air color product. When I saw this product which can be reused, I was very happy. However, I read and followed instruction but it did not work. Not even a little bit coverage. No wonder it only earned 2 stars over all. I gave one star because it really did not work but wasted my time and energy. Especially for the brand of L'Oreal, I would like to give 0 star.

I have used this product multiple times in the past, but our local stores have stopped selling this so I had to order from online. I ordered this recently and just used it today. This one must have been defective because it didn't color my hair and the foam stopped being foamy half way through one application (I have a pixie cut/short hair). I shook the can vigorously for about 10 minutes before starting and when I thought maybe I had inverted it too much and messed up the pressure, I stopped and shook it again because I could feel the fluid inside move when I shook it. I hoped when I washed my hair I would have seen color come out in the shower but it didn't. It didn't even stain my skin anywhere it dripped on me when applying. Apart from that, the product was a cheap price and was prime eligible.

I can't find this in our local stores anymore so I'm very glad I was able to find it on Amazon! I love the ease and convenience of this reusable hair color. My original hair color is dark brown with some grey in it and this shade colors it a nice natural looking dark auburn. In the summer, the sun lightens my color to an attractive lighter auburn. It arrived on its due date as well.

thank you

Product was great but can only be purchased on line now.

The applicator tip is not user friendly. The foam colour product looks somewhat like shaving cream and is not easy to apply with accuracy. However, the drawbacks of inefficient application are overcome by the positive aspects of multiple use for touchups after thatl first application.

Best hair dye ever.