Kao Prettia Bubble Hair Dye in Dark Chocolate (new formula)

Kao decided to revamp their popular bubble hair colors from the Prettia range and Japan Beauty gave me the opportunity to test a color of my choice. You can see the range on Japan Beauty here.

The boxes have a different look and the bottle containing agent 2 now only contains 60ml compared to the 80ml of the previous version.
The new formula also has a new scent, more fruity than before I think.


The amount of color you get is still easily enough to cover my head evenly however if you have very long hair and used to use 1 bottle you might have to consider purchasing 2 now instead.


There is still a rather pungent ammonia smell but the color seems to be overall as gentle as before and the dyeing result is nice and even.
I picked the color Dark Chocolate as I was in the mood to cover the reddish hue of my hair so the outcome was a pretty rich neutral chocolate brown.


I did the dye about a week or so ago and with daily washing it looks pretty much the same as it did after I dyed my hair.

The only let-down for me is the leave-in hair-treatment which is included. It somehow makes my hair sticky and with a dirty feel. It smells definitely nice but i don´t like the overall result it gives.

Before:


After:


On another note: As I said before I was terribly busy with my studies and just couple of days ago I did this horror-exam (the most difficult and the hugest one of my studies!) really with an excellent result so I am happy and relaxed now and will return to blogging regularly.
I am going to be in Egypt from July 23rd to September 1st so I will attempt to post some pics from my trip and continue reviewing stuff I take there with me =)

Kao Prettia Bubble Hair Color in Cassis Berry

So I did it! Yay! Today I dyed my hair again as my roots looked off and I was just in the mood for something brighter.

So I dyed my hair with the Prettia Cassis Berry color.


I love the color however I hoped it would be even a bit more vibrant! The overall result is not that different from Antique Rose. This time around I didn´t feel any tingling feeling on my scalp and the smell didn´t bother me as much as when I used Antique Rose.


Here is the before (as you see the red tones from my Antique Rose hair dye I did 3 weeks ago have quite vanished by now. That´s after about 18 washes or so):


And here the after:


And this is the new hair color in natural light on a dreary snowy Austrian winter day. Actually it looks like a strawberry tone. Likey!

Update on my Prettia hair color (after 2 weeks)

So it´s been 2 weeks that I dyed my hair with the Antique Rose color from Kao Prettia so I thought of posting yet another pic (here is the initial review and the result after one week).

I think I washed my hair about 11-12 times since using the hair dye and you see the color is still going strong albeit the tone changes to be a *little* bit lighter (as my hair is underneath the dye.. oh it´s hard to judge with the flash pic but I notice this in natural light). I think the hair dye is really nice and I love the color!
Oh and I got a nice cut which frames my face nicely now =) My hair now only reaches to about 3-4 cm below my collarbones =)


Next time (sometime in February) I am probably trying something a bit louder:


Prettia Berry Cassis which has more lightening ingredients thus will probably be a bit harsher but the color should come out quite intensely (as it also makes black hair look reddish!). I hope I am not going to end up too bright or even orange! But: No risk no fun, right?


But I might instead go for a deeper brown color or that gorgeous blueberry shade on the way to me (which is from Beautylabo, not Prettia). We´ll see what I will come up with! =D

Update on my Prettia hair color

So I dyed my hair nearly a week ago with the Kao Prettia bubble hair color in Antique Rose and washed it about 5-6 times since then. I just wanted to show you that the color really stays nicely and you can also see that the dye went on really evenly.

I ordered a few more colors to try out over the next months and will post pics when I do a new color =)

Kao Prettia Bubble Foam Hair Color Kit

I´ve been attracted to the Kao Prettia hair colors for the past 3 years now but never was adventurous enough to try one out as I wasn´t sure if it would be too harsh considering it was developed for thicker darker Asian hair (and read in a few forums how it could be damaging more ot caucasian hair) but after pondering for long and considering that my hair is very healthy and I never had a problem with any hair dye I decided it´s time to try out this highly raved-about hair color.


The color I always was attracted to was "Antique Rose", sort of a deep garnet red. I dyed my hair a similar color just some weeks ago but I have to dye more frequently as a) the other color already faded to a boring medium brown and b) I hate to admit it but I already have several white hairs in the front of my head so I want to cover them as I am not even 30 and white hair is quite obvious in my medium dark hair.

My color is about the darkest one shown here:


I got my Prettia hair color kits from seller Alphabeautyuk on eBay. Since I have long hair (well, I chopped off quite a bit some months ago) which is reaching to about the middle of my back I ordered 2 boxes but when using it I noticed that one box is more than enough, it can probably dye hair that is quite a few cm longer or thicker than mine.
That´s great as the color isn´t really cheap if you need 2 boxes but as I only needed one it actually cost me less than any local brand hair dye as they tend to contain less product (usually 50-60ml total for the mixed solution) so I always need 2 boxes!
Each box of the Prettia hair dyes cost me US$11.75 + $4.90 shipping.


The Prettia bubble hair dye comes in a quite huge and bulky box which includes:
-Hair coloring agent 1, 40ml
-Hair Coloring agent 2, 60ml
-A sachet of after-dye treatment (a leave-in hair treatment), 4ml
-High quality gloves (not those flimsy clear thin plastic gloves!)
-A pump disenser for the hair dye
-An allergy test card for mixing agent 1 and 2
-And of course an instruction manual which is written in Japanese only but comes with pics.


I highly suggest checking out this instruction page which also shows a video!
-How to use:
Please check the instructions and video in the link above! Cover your clothes and use this on dry hair and leave it on for 20-30 mins. Massage the bubbles well on your head, so even coverage is easy to achieve. Then rinse off, shmapoo & condition as always and use the treatment. So all in all you use it as any other permanent hair-dye.

A little tip: I always apply petroleum jelly along the contours of my face, on my ears and on my neck. This ways I can just wipe away any stains from hair-dye without having my skin tinted. Also if you have stains, use a mix of water and ashes and rub the stain, it works quite well. But be careful, if you rub too hard you can damage your skin!

-Is is really more convenient to use a bubble hair color?
I have to admit: YES! The bubbles make much less mess than a liquid hair dye. While with normal hair dye I usually drip around in my bathroom the bubbles stay where they should.
Also I find covering all my hair with the bubbles is easier. Massaging the bubbles in my hair feels nice and is really easy.
I didn´t need a hair clasp, all the hair was sticking on my head as the bubbles are really dense.
We have bubble hair colors here in Austria but they are all non-permanent colors thus useless for me.
The Prettia hair dye is permanent!

-Smell/Color result etc:
The smell is surely a bit strong at first (ammonia) but after washing the dye off my hair doesn´t stink, it has a soft sweet smell with a hint of the typical hair-dye scent.
For the first minute I felt a slight burning sensation on my scalp but this vanished quickly.
The result is wonderful! The color came out very evenly and glossy and my hair doesn´t feel damaged or rough at all.

My result:


Prettia recommends doing an allergy test and they enclose a card on which you can mix the components and do the test. I didn´t do the test as I never had problems with hair-dye but it is surely recommended to test it first.


I am very happy with the result and will stick to this product for the next dyes. I might also try one of their other colors though I am very pleased with "Antique Rose" which is exactly the kind of red I love!