There's no better time than a national lockdown to test out the coolest new skincare/makeup/hair trends and snazzy innovations in beauty tech from the comfort of your own home. That said, there's nothing more frustrating than spending upwards of £100 on a snazzy new hair treatment or at-home facial system, only to find out it doesn't actually work.
Enter GLAMOUR Tries: the weekly Instagram series which sees GLAMOUR editors do all of the time-consuming (and expensive) work for you.
We've been busy trying out all of the (sometimes) wacky but always wonderful beauty crazes to take the internet by storm - from the FOREO's UFO 2 Smart Mask Treatment (an LED face mask with a difference) to Sarah Chapman's £138 Meso-Melt Infusion at-home facial and Toni&Guy's Hello Day! Secret Volumising Crimper. These are the products that every veteran beauty sleuth is talking about on the internet - but that you want to do a bit of research into before buying.
Thanks to GLAMOUR Tries, you won't need to waste your hard-earned pennies on testing these innovations yourself. We're getting in their first, giving you the lowdown and making sure you invest in products that genuinely work. Like what you see? You can shop all of the products seen on GLAMOUR tries in previous weeks down below. Race ya?
On GLAMOUR Tries this week, our Editor-in-Chief Deborah Joseph tried Josh Wood Colour's permanent hair dye in the shade 5.5. Deep Mid Brown. In lieu of our favourite salons being open (sob), we're all attempting to level-up our in-house hair maintenance game. With varying success. Sure, technique is key, but in a bid to hide those ever-growing roots, getting the right at-home hair dye for the job is half the struggle. Josh Wood's permanent hair dye is one of the most popular box dyes of the moment - so how did it fare when our seasoned hair-dyer Deborah gave it a go?
"I am testing an at-home hair dye, Josh Wood Colour, to cover my grey that is growing exponentially but also to try and even out my colour tone," Deborah said. "Because as you can see, I've ended up with a kind of balayage, which wasn't intentional at all."
In the box - which costs about £15 - you get the colour, the colour activator (the two will later be mixed together) plus three sachets of stain removing wipes to remove the dye from your skin afterwards. There's also a barrier cream, a deep-conditioning treatment and some gloves. We'd recommend you buy a bowl or a brush before you get started. It doesn't need to be a branded one - you can get them from Amazon (this set is great). The end of the brush helps with dividing your hair as you need to.
So, what was Deborah's technique? "Divide your hair first, then put it into a pony tail or use a clip," she said. "Then you can start mixing the product together."
"I've mixed them together," Deborah said, "and I've also added a shade shot for any colour between 4 and 6. I picked a 5.5 for my hair, but the 5.5 is a little bit light for me, so I add in the shade shot to make it darker.
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