*UPDATE 2021: I not longer use or recommend oVertone.*
Recently I have learned (through experience) that oVertone is not semi-permanent as advertised. It is very difficult or impossible to remove, even after not using it for 6+ months. I wish I had heard about this before I decided to try it out years ago. I recommend reading the negative reviews here thoroughly first if you are considering trying it. And if you are ever planning on lightening your hair after coloring it, I would recommend not using overtone. I thought oVertone would be a less damaging option for my hair, but it wasn’t worth it, and I wish I’d gone to a salon instead or found a better option. I threw away my leftover oVertone because I would never consider using it again.
oVertone also stained my bathtub, as I mentioned in my original review. I thought it was because my bathtub was very old and crappy, but I was always careful to rinse my hair after using it in our stainless steel sink in our new house just in case (since we had brand new tubs I didn’t want to risk staining). And a bunch of reviews on Trustpilot report people staining their bathrooms as well, so it wasn’t just me.
Original Post (2017):
Also check out my updated oVertone review (Vibrant Orange, Extreme Orange, & Copper kit comparison) and my oVertone Ginger review. Also check out this post about how I match my eyebrows to my oVertone Orange hair.*
I’m not usually very adventurous with my naturally dirty blonde hair (I’ve been various shades of blonde my whole life, with the exception of a few months when I was 19 and decided to dye my hair dark brown.) I’ve always loved red/orange hair though and was finally ready to do something fun and different this past December, so I decided to color my hair red with oVertone color.
I heard about oVertone from Mia, who colored their hair an amazing teal with it. I looked into some other vegan and cruelty free hair colors, but I decided on oVertone because I’ve never dyed my hair myself, and it seemed less intimidating to use since it’s technically a color conditioner and not a hair dye. I also hoped it would be less damaging to my hair than standard dyes.
I wasn’t sure which conditioners to order so I sent oVertone an email asking what I should use to achieve my goal: Jessica Hamby hair! I sent photos of her and my current color, and they responded saying I should try Vibrant Orange (starting out with the Go Deep treatments until I got my desired color and then maintaining it with Daily Conditioners). I ordered the set that comes with both as well as a trial-size conditioner (update 2020: the kits don’t come with the free trail size conditioner anymore.)
Coloring my hair (Go Deep Weekly Treatment)
When the conditioners got here, I got my partner Lucas to apply the Go Deep treatment (now called Coloring Conditioner) since you’re supposed to saturate all of your hair evenly, and I have so much hair. It took a while, and honestly it seems like it would be difficult to do it yourself, unless you’re already good at dying your hair and know what you’re doing.