Dariya Palty hair dye in Milk Tea Brown

I always like my hair darker than it naturally is so most of the time I dye it deep brown, preferably with ash tones or I will go for a deep garnet red.
I have no clue what brought me to try out a hair dye that´s actually lightening hair but anyway, I did it hehe =P

Dariya Palty is probably the most known and popular hair dye and Milk Tea Brown seems to be the best-selling color from the line.

The color chart on the back is actually not that promising as the change in color seems to be minimal:

I am probably the wrong lab-rat as my hair is already dyed, with reddish hues left over and not naturally light-medium brown whereas this range of hair dyes has been developed for Asian hair. 

This hair dye got 4 out of 5 hearts for "brightness" and 3 out of 5 for "smoothness" so it should actually lighten hair by a good amount. However this is not a bleach per se as you do not need to mix in a bleaching powder.
The kit consists of agent 1 and a tube of cream (agent 2) to be mixed into agent 1. If you have longer hair you need to purchase 2 sets as 1 won´t be enough.

Anyway, my hair was a shade of reddish brown before and turned about 2 shades lighter and more orange. Unfortunately on my natural undyed roots it turned out bright orange so probably if I did this hair dye on undyed hair the result would have been a disaster.

Before:

After:

I also noticed that this hair dye is really harsh, it was tingling on my scalp and stank strongly of ammonia also making my hair quite dry and rough so it needs a lot of hair mask and conditioner to look and feel good.
So unfortunately this color doesn´t work for me and I already did a dark deep garnet red on top of this color as the roots looked really hideous.

I ordered this from Adambeauty, I don´t remember the price, around US$12 incl. shipping/each perhaps?

Dariya Palty Treatment Color Girly Ash

I think Dariya Palty is one of the most known Japanese hair dye brands but I haven´t tried any of them (yet).
Recently I picked up a tube of their Treatment Color in Girly Ash which is NOT a hair dye but more likely a tinted hair treatment. I thought it´d be a cool thing to help keeping the color of my currently dark brown hair for longer.


The Treatment Color is actually supposed to be for bleached/lighter hair as the color sample on the back of the package suggests. I am not sure if I´d try it on bleached hair though, who knows which kind of shade might come out!


The Treatment Color Girly Ash is a deep brown cream which comes in a 100g squeeze tube and costs 750 Yen. If you have longer hair the tube won´t last you for more than 2-4 applications, if your hair is short it will be good for a little longer.
It should be used after every hair wash so the color could change gradually.


I used up the tube in 4 days and think this is a lovely treatment as it made my hair so soft and smooth with a really brilliant shine. I honestly can´t tell if it did anything to preserve my hair color since my hair is already a dark brown but the shine and silky feeling it gave were just gorgeous.
Also the smell is really good, fruity and long-lasting.


This does give color as my hands were slightly stained after using this but it could be washed off with soap so I believe the color is just a temporary effect (if you get it at all).

Overall recommended to get shiny soft hair. On the long run this is expensive though unless you use very little only but this might defeat the purpose of the hair tint.


Sorry for this somehow incomplete review but as I said I am not sure of the coloring effect this gives.