Stay away from this boxed hair color

[emilyann]

I had my mom color my hair with the new L'oreal Paris Dream Blonde hair color last night. I 100% regret it. Not even 2 minutes after she started applying it, my scalp started burning and stinging. I left it on for a few more minutes then had to go wash it out. I'm used to coloring and highlighting my hair and have NEVER run into something like this. I even went to beauty school for almost a year and had never heard about it there. After I washed it out really good, I let my hair air dry and it still felt weird so I touched my scalp with my fingers and it looked like I had poured water on my fingers, it was pussing so bad!

My scalp now has abrasions/sores all over it especially on top. It hurts so bad and itches but I've left it alone and I'm not going to wash it for 2 days or until it starts healing some. My hair is also now a gross orange color where I had to wash it out before it could process.

I searched for the product name in Google and was seriously not surprised when I saw the product had been recalled in Jan./Feb. but for a different shade. I e-mailed them about my experience as the dye was $15!

Stay away from this dye ladies, it's so painful!

[SANDYSAND]

I dont use the colors but thank you for the info and I am so sorry to hear about your painfull experience.

[PANAMA69]

wow girl thankyou for let us know, sorry that you had to go through this

[izzierj]

Ouch !! thanks for the info....

[Yorkiekids]

Thanks for letting us know. I would definetly try to get a refund.

[winstonw]

OMG, I am so sorry that your head is hurting from this product! I get coloring from my stylist, but have never tried using it from the box. Wow, it is a good thing you called, too, cause it sounds like maybe your color will be on recall now too. Hope it starts feeling better soon!

[Yorkiedaze]

I'm sorry this happen to you. Maybe go back to your own color. Nothing prettier than the natural color.

[J_is_my_initial]

I am sorry you had to go through this. As someone who used to color their hair a lot, I used to worry about something like that happening to me.

[emilyann]

Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze

I'm sorry this happen to you. Maybe go back to your own color. Nothing prettier than the natural color.

I'm definitely coloring it again with the color I usually use from Sally's after my scalp clears up. It's closer to my natural color too then I'm giving my hair a rest for a longggg time, being in beauty school basically killed my hair haha!

[emilyann]

Originally Posted by winstonw

OMG, I am so sorry that your head is hurting from this product! I get coloring from my stylist, but have never tried using it from the box. Wow, it is a good thing you called, too, cause it sounds like maybe your color will be on recall now too. Hope it starts feeling better soon!

Well, this was the first time I've used a box dye on my hair in years upon years, I was in middle school when I last used one and I'm 20 now. I'm definitely sticking to the dye and developer being separate like I had been doing, I've learned my lesson!

[Julie1760]

I went to beauty school too.

One thing to remember when using a different product...is to always do a spot test. The directions tell you to do that. I have found even with a product you've always used you can have a reaction to it, so you always need to be careful when using chemicals on your body.

I hope you heal real fast. I had orange hair once, only I'm a brunette.

You may want to be very careful the next time you do your hair with any product...you may have a reaction to that too.

[sammiz]

Oh! I feel so badly for you! It has to be painful and then the color, I'm sure, is very distressing. I let my sister attempt to dye my hair and she had had more to drink than I realized. I had to fly out of San Diego the next morning very early. I was afraid to open my mouth because I might quack instead of talk.

I Googled your very color and found this (a recall on your color):
(January 1 through January 18, 2008)
L’Oréal Initiates Nationwide Recall of L’Oréal Paris Dream Blonde Bleach and Lightening Care Kit Due to Misprinted Directions

It says this:

All retailers have been notified and have removed the product from their shelves. Affected consumers, estimated at a few hundred, will receive a full refund for returned product.

I would certainly take issue with whomever sold it to you since it WAS recalled.

[emilyann]

Originally Posted by Julie1760

I went to beauty school too.

One thing to remember when using a different product...is to always do a spot test. The directions tell you to do that. I have found even with a product you've always used you can have a reaction to it, so you always need to be careful when using chemicals on your body.

I hope you heal real fast. I had orange hair once, only I'm a brunette.

You may want to be very careful the next time you do your hair with any product...you may have a reaction to that too.

Oh I know, I've just colored my hair for YEARS upon YEARS and never done a test, not even in school. I'm almost 100% positive this color isn't safe for ANYONE'S scalp, I swear it's just like I put off the scalp bleach on my head. Plus, with it being recalled before I'm just kicking myself for even doing it to begin with.

[flgurl69]

Ouch! I hope your scalp heals quickly. Thanks for sharing this info. I color my hair at home all the time and luckily have never had an experience like this. Wish I knew more about hair color though as I recently colored my hair black - and I mean black-black BIG mistake!