KAO Liese Foam Hair Color Olive Ash

The reason liese foam hair color took over Japanese drugstores is the format. Instead of mixing a cream and painting it on section by section, you combine two liquids in the bottle, pump out a foam, and massage it through dry hair with your hands. The back of your head, where home colour usually goes wrong, gets covered as easily as the front.

Liese olive ash is a cool ash brown with a green cast running through it. The green is the working part: green sits opposite red on the colour wheel, so it cancels the red warmth that dark hair naturally carries and that shows up as colour fades. That makes olive one of the more useful ash tones on Asian hair specifically.

It will show best on hair that has been lightened at least once. On completely unlightened dark hair you will get a subtle cooling effect rather than the shade on the box. It is a proper oxidative dye: the first liquid carries the colour precursors and the second contains hydrogen peroxide, which makes the colour permanent. The safety steps come with that, and a skin allergy test 48 hours before every single use is not optional.

Features

●        Two-part foam hair colour kit

●        Olive Ash shade

●        Foam application, no brush or bowl needed

●        Gloves included

●        Rinse-off treatment included

●        20 to 30 minute processing time

●        Contains royal jelly extract and hydrolyzed silk

Concerns

●        Uneven home colour, especially at the back of the head

●        Red and orange warmth showing through as colour fades

●        Wanting a cool ash tone rather than a warm brown

●        Finding cream dyes messy and hard to apply alone

Suitable For

●        Hair that has been lightened at least once, for the truest result

●        Home colouring without a second pair of hands

●        Anyone comfortable with a permanent oxidative dye

●        Adults only

Made In

Made in Japan.

●        Foam spreads through the hair by hand, so coverage is even without a brush

●        The green cast cancels red warmth, which is what ash tones are for

●        Reaches the back of the head and the roots easily when colouring alone

●        Less dripping than a liquid or cream dye

●        Royal jelly extract and hydrolyzed silk condition during processing

●        Includes a rinse-off treatment for after colouring

1.     Perform a skin allergy patch test 48 hours before colouring. Do this before every use, even if you have used this product before.

2.     If the product is cold or warm, leave it at room temperature, around 20 to 30 degrees, for about an hour before mixing.

3.     Put on the gloves provided. Add the first liquid to the second and mix as directed in the leaflet.

4.     Pump the bottle to produce foam and apply generously to dry hair.

5.     Massage through with your fingers, working from the roots down through the lengths until evenly covered.

6.     Leave for 20 to 30 minutes.

7.     Rinse thoroughly until the water runs clear, then shampoo and apply the included treatment.

8.     Keep the foam and rinse water away from the eyes. Rinse immediately with water if any gets in.

Key Ingredients

●        Para-aminophenol, Toluene-2,5-diamine, 2,4-diaminophenoxyethanol HCl and 5-amino-o-cresol: the colour precursors in the first liquid

●        Hydrogen peroxide: the developer in the second liquid, which makes the colour permanent

●        Ammonia water: raises the hair cuticle so colour can deposit

●        Royal Jelly Extract and Hydrolyzed Silk: conditioning ingredients included during processing

●        Sodium Laureth Sulfate and POE alkyl ether: the foaming system

Claims

●        Perform a skin allergy test 48 hours before each and every use, including if you have used this product before

●        Do not use on anyone under 16, on eyebrows or eyelashes, or on irritated, broken or sunburned scalp

●        Do not use if you have ever had a reaction to a hair colourant, or if you have had a black henna temporary tattoo reaction

●        Contains para-phenylenediamine-family colourants, which can cause severe allergic reaction in sensitised people

●        Contains hydrogen peroxide and ammonia

●        Contains fragrance

●        Contains royal jelly extract, hydrolyzed silk and lanolin derivatives, all animal derived, so this product is not vegan

●        Wear the gloves provided. Keep out of reach of children

Full Ingredients: First Liquid

Para-aminophenol*, Toluene-2,5-diamine*, 2,4-Diaminophenoxyethanol HCl*, 5-Amino-o-cresol*, Water, POE Alkyl (12-14) Ether, MEA, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Ethanol, Strong Ammonia Water, Dimethyldiallylammonium Chloride/Acrylic Acid Copolymer Solution, Sodium Coconut Oil Fatty Acid Acylglutamate, Ammonium Chloride, Fragrance, Anhydrous Sodium Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid, Myristyl Alcohol. (* denotes active ingredient.)

Kao is one of Japan's largest household and personal care companies, and Liese is its hair colour and styling brand. The foam colour format is what made the line a fixture in Japanese drugstores, and the shade range refreshes regularly with fashion tones alongside the standard browns.

C&C Canada carries Liese alongside other Japanese hair care, with shipping across Canada.

●        1 x first liquid

●        1 x second liquid in the foaming bottle

●        1 x rinse-off treatment

●        1 x pair of gloves

●        Instruction leaflet