Ombré might be 'over' but I still love the look of slightly lightened ends, it's just so summery and my hair always feels a bit dull when it is a solid colour. But I generally can't be faffed to buy an entire box dye, don my gloves and wait 30 minutes just to lighten one part of my hair. Lee Stafford SunKissed Lightening Spray* is basically that whole process in a bottle, with a little bit of lemon-on-hair-sitting-in-the-sun DIY nostalgia thrown in for good measure.
I like this spray - it's super easy to use and, as promised, lightened the ends of my hair - but do not, under any circumstances, follow the directions on the bottle! 'Lee's Top Tips' are to spray onto towel dried hair, comb through and blow dry. I tried this the first time and struggled to get a brush through my hair. The formula contains hydrogen peroxide and citric acid - both lightening but extremely drying ingredients which made my hair a little rough and brittle at the ends. Used before shampooing, however, I didn't have any problems. Spritz it on to dry hair before you want to wash it, wait about 15 minutes, wash as normal and follow with a conditioning mask for a few minutes. It took about 2-3 uses to bring my hair colour up to a noticeably lighter shade which I didn't mind, as it offers more control and a more natural finish.
You can use the spray to lighten all over, to ombré, to highlight or to touch up roots - so this is probably worth a try for naturally dark blondes who like to add subtle highlights or not so natural blondes to squeeze an extra week or two between colouring.
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n.b. My hairdresser dyed my hair during my last appointment (pretty much through boredom - but he didn't dye it blue so it's all ok) a week or so after trialling this...so if you see me and my hair doesn't look lighter at the ends that would be why!
Very helpful and nice post!
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting, i personally still love the ombre trend but hate when it looks like a stark division from from straight to blond but thats just my opinion. I feel like this would give a very natural gradient of color. Absolutely love you hair!:)
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Ah, I'll definitely try this, I want my hair slightly lighter all over(it's a pixie cut, so should work fine!) Thanks Meg!
ReplyDeletei really have to try this, i recently got my ends died and there gone very dull so hopefully this will work for me! xo
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This looks like a better way to lighten hair with less damaging bleach. I wanna test it out!
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hmm interesting! i'm naturally mousy but want to be lighter- only problem is my roots grow in really quickly. After a month I have a solid two inch band at the roots... not a good look.
ReplyDeleteAt £7.99 it would be rude not to give this a go!
I've used the John Frieda lightening spray before, but I would be intrigued to try this as I've liked other Lee Stafford products in the past. Great review! x
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a miracle product i'm so surprised i hadn't heard of this before! I want to blend my darker tones to lighter so its more gradual and less obviously ombre.. however, i have complete hairdresser phobia but also can't cope with much more box dying so you can imagine it's a slight dilemma haha. Definately going to try this out! xx
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oooo this sounds quite good! Like you, I tend to like having slightly lighter ends as it makes my hair feel less dull and boring! Thanks for this post! x
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Ooh Meg, this looks fab! I love the smell of Lee Stafford products too.
ReplyDeleteI've never tried ombre, but perhaps this might be the product to start with..xx
Ooh this looks pretty good, thanks for the recommendation. I really want to lighten my hair, ever so slightly and cannot be bothered with the hassle of actually colouring it. The sun naturally lightened it quite a bit after a long holiday in the sunshine but if I can get it ever so slightly lighter, I'll be happy.
ReplyDeleteI think that this may be the trick so, again, thank you for this post!!
Lucy xxx
So excited to try this! Do you have any pictures that show a good before/after? I want to try this but I'm not sure where on my ends to start the lightening process, and my hair is about the same length as yours.
ReplyDeleteI was directed here via Twitter - glad I found you. I prefer the softer, lighter looking ends rather than the stark ombre look. This looks perfect, thanks for the tips about using before washing. Will give this a try as soon as I get my hands on a bottle :) great review X
ReplyDeleteWhat a great product, I had ombre last couple years and I got over it in Feb...dyed my whole head back to my dark brown self (or as close as I could get to it haha). Thanks for the tip about using this, I will see if it's available here in the States xx
ReplyDeleteI love this product as well as the John Frieda version, they've worked miracles on my hair colour! xo
ReplyDeleteThis looks great!
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Very helpful post, I remember you mentioning it in one of your recent videos and I've been curious since.
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This product sounds great! I got balayage done today- love it :)
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This is a brilliant product, I hope I can find it around here. Thanks for the mention!
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Wow! Popping out to town right now! It is so coming home with me! Thanks for the tips too :) x
ReplyDeleteHey Meg could you include a picture of the ingredient list on the back of the bottle plz ?
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really great and just the kind of product I've been looking for to jazz up my boring hair a bit! Thanks for posting your tips too, they're very helpful! x
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Awesome, I really want to try this now :) x
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