CIELO Hair Color Ex Cream 5 Brown

Cielo is Hoyu's home hair colour line in Japan, and the EX Cream format is the two part cream version of it. The kit contains a first agent and a second agent of 40g each. They are mixed together immediately before application, at which point the colour develops on the hair over the processing time stated in the instructions. Shade 5 is a brown, sitting in the middle of the Cielo depth range.

The cream texture is the reason many people choose this format over a liquid or foam. A cream sits where it is placed and does not run down the neck and forehead the way a thinner colour does, which makes it easier to work through in sections on your own. The box includes gloves and an application brush, so you do not need to buy anything separately.

Read this part carefully. Cream hair colours of this type require a patch test forty-eight hours before every single application, not just the first one. Sensitization can develop at any point, including with a product you have used before without trouble. The Japanese packaging carries the manufacturer's full warnings and instructions.

Features

●        Two part cream colour system, 40g first agent and 40g second agent

●        Shade 5, a brown in the mid depth range

●        Gloves and application brush included

●        Cream texture designed to stay in place during application

●        Japanese packaging and instructions

●        Made in Japan

Concerns

●        Grey and white hair coverage

●        Wanting to colour at home rather than in a salon

●        Colour that runs and drips during application

●        Maintaining an existing brown shade between salon visits

Suitable For

●        Adults colouring their own hair at home

●        Anyone who has completed a patch test forty eight hours in advance with no reaction

●        Not for use on eyebrows or eyelashes

●        Not for use on irritated, broken or sunburnt scalp, or immediately after a perm or straightening treatment

Made In

Japan

●        The cream texture holds its position during application rather than running down the forehead and neck

●        Gloves and an application brush come in the box, so nothing else needs buying

●        Two part format is mixed fresh at the point of use

●        Shade 5 sits in the mid brown range, which suits customers maintaining an existing brown rather than making a dramatic change

●        Home application keeps up colour between salon appointments

●        Hoyu has produced hair colour in Japan for decades and Cielo is one of its established consumer lines

1.     Forty eight hours before you plan to colour, carry out a patch test exactly as the packaging instructs. Do this before every application, including if you have used the product before without any problem. If any redness, itching, swelling or discomfort develops, do not use the product.

2.     On the day, put on the gloves supplied. Protect your clothing and cover surfaces, since hair colour stains permanently.

3.     Mix the first and second agents together as directed and use the mixture immediately. Never store mixed colour, and never seal it in a closed container.

4.     Apply to dry, unwashed hair using the brush provided, working in sections from the roots through to the ends.

5.     Leave for the processing time stated in the instructions. Do not extend it. Stay in a ventilated room and rinse immediately if you feel any burning, stinging or discomfort.

6.     Rinse thoroughly with warm water until the water runs clear, then shampoo and condition. Discard any leftover mixture and the empty containers.

Key Ingredients

This is a two part oxidative cream colour. The first agent contains the colour precursors and the second agent contains the developer. They react together once mixed. The full ingredient declaration is printed on the Japanese packaging.

Ingredient Claims

●        Patch test forty eight hours before every application, including repeat applications of a product you have used before.

●        Not for use on eyebrows or eyelashes.

●        Wear the gloves supplied. Keep away from the eyes and rinse immediately with plenty of water if any product enters them.

●        Do not use on irritated, broken or sunburnt scalp, or immediately after a perm or straightening treatment.

Full Ingredients List

Cream Base (1剤): Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Oleyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Ammonium Hydroxide, Ethanolamine, Oleth-20, Behentrimonium Chloride, Sodium Sulfite, Ascorbic Acid, Hydrolyzed Silk, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Camellia Japonica Seed Oil, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Sodium Ascorbate, EDTA-2Na, Fragrance, p-Phenylenediamine, Resorcinol, 5-Amino-o-Cresol, Toluene-2,5-Diamine Sulfate.

Developer Lotion (2剤): Water, Hydrogen Peroxide, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Stannate, Etidronic Acid.

Hoyu is one of Japan's longest established hair colour manufacturers, based in Nagoya and known internationally through its Beautylabo, Bigen and Cielo lines. Cielo is the company's home colour range aimed at customers maintaining natural shades and covering grey between salon visits, and the EX Cream format is its two part cream version. Hoyu supplies both the consumer and professional markets in Japan, and its products are a standard fixture in Japanese drugstores. C&C Canada carries the Cielo range for Canadian customers.

●        1 x first agent, 40g

●        1 x second agent, 40g

●        1 x pair of gloves

●        1 x application brush

●        Instruction leaflet in Japanese