L'Oreal Paris Casting Creme Gloss 500 Medium Brown

Great hair dye – Great coverage, and my hair is soft and shiny. A little darker than I expected but I'm sure I'll use it again. Recommended by my daughter who uses this often. Show details

Darker than expected – I coloured my natural medium brown hair, leaving it on for 20 minutes. It did a good job at covering my grey hairs, didn't stain, but the hair colour is visibly darker. I hope it washes out Show details

Great results – The colour lasts in tone for 5 to 6 weeks. I wash my hair three times a week. It will stain if you do not emosify the hairline when washing it. I put paw paw ointment on my hairline to prevent staining.  Show details

Didn’t work well – I used this on my hair, kept it for 25 minutes to be sure it would work and was so disappointed by the result. Didn’t work well at all. It didn’t cover the grey areas and I am never wasting my money on it again. Show details

Medium brown turned my hair a cool black – Previously I had used iced chocolate and it came out too dark (black) so to be cautious I went for medium brown. This was to cover my greys and my natural colour is dark brown. I did the root technique and then pushed it through at the end. So roots for 15min and rest of the hair for 5mins. Came out Jet black. What happened to this hair colour? It used to be ok but I will never touch it again - and recommend no one else does either. Show details

It's worthless & Ruins your hair! – The instructions are very poor(used L'Oréal hair color years, this 500 had the worst instructions). Followed the instructions. Says it covers grey. Did not cover grey or even my dark roots that had grown out. It did nothing. Left my hair shiny. But now my roots showing & grey temples - don't want to color my hair again. What am I suppose to… Read more

do? Oh - reuse the coloring. Well just did my roots, shook the can like the directions, I guess empty. Wasn't even enough to do my ends or use for next touch up - if it actually covered anything or the color took. Wish could give you -10.

Terrible product – Always liked L'Oreal products but this is terrible. Turned orange with brown spots - I looked like an hyena. And I also had a bad reaction and lost a lot of hair

Way to dark and uneven! – This looks like a medium brown 5.0, but went very dark and patchy. I normally only go to the salon but in a moment of stupidity though I would save myself the time. Now I truely appreciate why hair dressers are expensive.. I will now end up spending more money to fix my hair at the salon next week. These product should not be available as the just ruin your hair.

Remained the same colour – I coloured my black hair to medium brown, there was no change in my hair colour it remained black and I am completely upset and wasted my money and time.

Hair soft and great colour! – I am trying to get away from permanent hair dyes as they have begun lifting the colour out of my hair and leaving it with brassy tones. I have naturally medium brown hair (that had become brassy) and I used this colour creme 500 shade and loved the results! My hair after using the conditioner also is soft and richly coloured. Not black at all like… Read more

some others have said. Only Reason I only gave it 4 stars now is how many washes does it last? Not sure yet....and only mistake I made was forgetting to wet my hair beforehand but I will deliberately do the same next time due to great colour. Also quicker than applying permanents!

pathetic ! – worst !! I have natural curly brown hair. After applying medium brown of the casting creme it turned full black! this is pathetic. I wasted my 500 bucks on this stupid hair color.

Darker than expected – I bought this product in medium brown and left it on for 25 minutes as recommend for a lot of grey hair. When I washed it out it was pitch black, no hint of brown at all. Hopefully it washes out quickly

The colour on the pack is not a good indication of the eventual colour – I used the medium brown and now have matt black hair .I am not impressed with the colour at all .It is expensive as well I would not recommend it . I did however like the smell of the conditioning product that came in the pack. I can't see any shimmering tones but it did cover grey hairs .

Never use this product – I used medium brown and it has turned my hair Matt black. My hair lacks all shine and feels terrible. The colour is far too dark and black and I only left the solution on my hair for 15 minutes. The colour is nothing like the description and picture in the package. There is no brown in my hair now - only black. I will never use this product again. Nothing Too dark and not the colour illustrated on the package

Not semi-permanent, won't wash out, stains hair, flat dark mono-colour, rotten customer support – This product is awful. They claim it doesnt use ammonia, but it DOES use hydrogen peroxide - so it does get inside your hair folicles and permanently stain them. I left it on for 20 minutes - the box says 10 minutes however the leaflet inside says 15-20 minutes. It was far too dark - I used 500 Medium Brown on light-medium brown hair. I wanted… Read more

colour warmth and richness, however it's come out flat and helmet-like. The brown is quite cool, no depth.

I phoned the loreal customer support, and got answered by a clearly bored sales rep. She basically read from a script and told me that I should wash it up to three times with a mix of anti-dandruff shampoo with bicarbonate of soda mixed in it. She said 'the colour will come streaming off your hair - you will be able to see all the colour coming off in the basin." What a load of rubbish - 3 anti-dandruff/bicarb applications, and numerous shampoos later, and it is still dark and flat.

I regret purchasing and using this product. There are better warmer richer semi-permanents out there.

awful - no gradation, flat helmet hair