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Yes I've tired it and I love it
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You simply add water to powder and stir, it will have the look and feel of mud. It has little to no smell and it goes on easy. It has no Ammonia or Peroxcide in it so you can use it the same day you relax!
. However it will only make your hair a couple of shades darker or lighter (the black colors are excellent).
It will gradually fade over two to three months, if semi-permeant is #2 and permeant is #3 I would say Bigen is #2 1/2. It is a nice way to dye without worrying about the extra damage hair dye can cause.
Hope that helps
You simply add water to powder and stir, it will have the look and feel of mud. It has little to no smell and it goes on easy. It has no Ammonia or Peroxcide in it so you can use it the same day you relax!
It will gradually fade over two to three months, if semi-permeant is #2 and permeant is #3 I would say Bigen is #2 1/2. It is a nice way to dye without worrying about the extra damage hair dye can cause.
Hope that helps
Tracy
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I used it too. So far, so good. I used to blonde up the roots of my hair which didn't take so well the first time I colored about 3? weeks ago. I did the Expressives about 2 weeks ago...
At this point my take is still that T&T is better....but Expressives did lift easier....The Xpressives line DOES have have ammonia derivatives and peroxide....it simply isn't ACTIVATED until you add the water - so there's a little marketing flim flam there. Odinary Bigen ( the dark shades - different line same brand - the deposit colors) has no ammonia, but it also contains peroxide.
It's better than Feria or Dark and Lovely...but I think T&T still wins.
I ain't the worst color in the world tho.
For more information check out http://www.bigen-usa.com
Check out the q and a in each line. That's there you get all the real deal answers. And do NOT use xpressives the same day as a relaxer. Treat it as a normal permie color and wait 2 weeks to be safe.
At this point my take is still that T&T is better....but Expressives did lift easier....The Xpressives line DOES have have ammonia derivatives and peroxide....it simply isn't ACTIVATED until you add the water - so there's a little marketing flim flam there. Odinary Bigen ( the dark shades - different line same brand - the deposit colors) has no ammonia, but it also contains peroxide.
It's better than Feria or Dark and Lovely...but I think T&T still wins.
I ain't the worst color in the world tho.
For more information check out http://www.bigen-usa.com
Check out the q and a in each line. That's there you get all the real deal answers. And do NOT use xpressives the same day as a relaxer. Treat it as a normal permie color and wait 2 weeks to be safe.
Hi, I hear your name menitoned on the board all the time. I have seen your hair and I lovvvvvve your color. I ave very dark hair and I have used the Oriental Black Bigen in my hair. It has been months, maybe even a year since I did it last. I am 13 weeks post touch-up and I want to go lighter when I get my relaxer this weekend. I was thinking about the Bigen Xpressive line or Adore. I don't want a rinse since it will do nothing for my dark hair. Do you have any suggestions? I see you mention T&T sometimes for color, what is that?
yokourt
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They have NEW colors, how well do they work on black hair or dark brown ?
XPRESSIVE FUZZY NAVEL and RED HOT CHILI PEPPER
http://www.bigen-usa.com/xpressive/askadvisor.php
http://www.bigen-usa.com/xpressive/products_colors.php
THESE COLORS MAKE ME WANT TO COLOR MY HAIR RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SO SCARED
if you know a better brand with these colors please let me know!
XPRESSIVE FUZZY NAVEL and RED HOT CHILI PEPPER
http://www.bigen-usa.com/xpressive/askadvisor.php
http://www.bigen-usa.com/xpressive/products_colors.php
THESE COLORS MAKE ME WANT TO COLOR MY HAIR RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SO SCARED
if you know a better brand with these colors please let me know!
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TeeKay21
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Donda said:Yes I've tired it and I love it!
You simply add water to powder and stir, it will have the look and feel of mud. It has little to no smell and it goes on easy. It has no Ammonia or Peroxcide in it so you can use it the same day you relax!. However it will only make your hair a couple of shades darker or lighter (the black colors are excellent).
It will gradually fade over two to three months, if semi-permeant is #2 and permeant is #3 I would say Bigen is #2 1/2. It is a nice way to dye without worrying about the extra damage hair dye can cause.
Hope that helps
I don't know if you were talking about the regular bigen or the expressives but the expressives says this in the FAQ's:
Does Xpressive contain ammonia and hydrogen peroxide?GO BACK TO TOP
Yes. When you mix the powder with water, ammonia and hydrogen peroxide are derived.
I just wanted to let everyone know it does have lifting agents and isn't just a depositing color like the regular bigen. (I have used the oriental and jet black regular bigen and I LOVE IT!!! Sorry, don't know bout the expressives though.)
ETA: This post is soooooooo retro!! (From may 04!)
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TeeKay21
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That's right, no amonia or peroxide is needed in the reg. bigen b/c it is not lifting color and replacing it with the brighter hue. It just deposits color onto your strands. Kinda like if you colored s/t with a brown crayon and then colored over it with black crayon. The black you come out really thick and shiny over the brown!
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