Schwarzkopf Color Ultime Permanent Hair Color Cream, 5.53 Violet Ash

So....I thought that this would work, as it's darker than the brown that my hair was previously colored. I have strong gray regrowth as well, and it was a few inches long, as I was waiting between colorings to let my hair detox a bit. My hair is in great condition, thick, about shoulder length. There was enough in the bottle that I had about a quarter left over. I'd recommend two bottles for longer hair. My hair brushes the tops of my shoulders and doesn't go past. My hair was brown, and I had two bleached 'chunks' in the front, one on the top layers of my hair, one as peekaboo under the top layer. They were pretty wide. I was going for a two-tone, but one that I could wear to the office. This color is a pretty brown, smoky purple on the bleached areas. Otherwise, there's only a faint sheen/no deposit at all on my brown hair. As far as gray coverage? I did the full thirty minutes and started on my roots, so that color was on my roots for a bit longer than the length. And I can't say that it covered my grays well enough that I'd use this color again. I might, just to see if it does better next time or has better coverage on the older gray strands as it layers, but I'm not sure. My 'grays' are light silver and this couldn't entirely cover them. There's obvious less deposit on the silver strands verses the browns. The good news is that because I have more gray than brown coming in, the coverage looks pretty uniform. It's just not what I wanted. On my roots, it's a nice, smoky brown, with some lighter streaks where the gray is. On my bleached areas, it's the box color and looks really pretty. Over the existing brown dye, there's pretty much nothing that's changed. So, if you've colored your hair darker, do a prebleach. You don't need to do a harsh one or to do it for long. Just lift your hair to a lighter brown/darker copper, and this should work fine on it. Don't forget to wait a couple of days between bleaching and dying and to moisturize the crap out of your hair. I recommend Perfect Hair Day for colored hair. It's extremely nourishing and worth the price to have silky soft hair after bleaching.

Wasn’t as violet as I would have liked.

Violet Ash is a really confusing color because I have no idea how i used it with a 10 volume developer and my hair somehow looks lighter instead of a darker violet shade. The base color is indeed an ashy dark blondish brown, kinda a hard color to describe. The violet is subtle but there as an overtone I can already tell my hair is not going to hold this color for long at all. I was very curious about this color so I guess now I know. The only plus of this dye is it leaves hair with a lovely candied violet scent immediately after coloring. Schwarzkopf needs to make a shampoo and conditioner that smells like this and I'd be buying it up.

The only part of my hair that had any violet overtone was my gray hair! My hair is light ash brown, so it looked like highlights. Not bad at all.

This is not permanent hair color as thew amazon description states! I did like the thickness, as it was much less messy. It did not adequately cover my gray.