K I S S & M A K E U P ♥: Time for a Touch Up - Garnier Nutrisse Nourishing Color Foam in Medium Auburn 5R

Tonight I dyed my hair using a new box dye from the drugstore. Actually, it's not new to me; I used it before when I wanted to color it light brown and I was not happy with the results. It wasn't even a medium brown, it turned out to be like a dark brown. And I was just going to stick to the regular box dye that I use which is by John Frieda called Precision Foam Colour.

I decided to give Garnier another change and purchased the Garnier Nutrisse Nourishing Color Foam in "Medium Auburn 5R"

I was so shocked after I washed my hair and let it towel dry. You know when your hair is wet or damp even, it's kind of darker looking. Well, my hair was still damp and it looked soo red! Not what I was going for at all. I kept going in different rooms and different lighting to make sure I wasn't just in a bad lighting but it still looked so red and I was panicking! Another thing I did was to take some pictures on my DSLR camera. Still red.

Now that my hair as fully dried and I took more pics, this time on my iPhone, I also compared it to pics I took when I dyed it with the box dye I used last summer (The color I wanted) and it looked kind of the same. Earlier, I was paying attention to my roots more, and I guess I wasn't used to seeing them not black (I had really bad roots because last time I dyed it was 9 months ago in the summertime). Oh by the way, I was going for my hair color before I dyed it tonight, a medium red-brown. This one turned out more red than reddish brown. But I'm starting to be okay with it now. I have to look at it outdoors tomorrow. Here is my usual box dye that I use to get my hair color:

For now, I'm going to say that these two colors are similar. I just freaked out at first with my roots being so red, but I guess I was not used to it because I had bad roots for a long time. So, either brand color 5R is okay if you want to achieve my hair color. I still need to see my hair in daylight to get my final opinion so I will do an update on my hair in another post.

My hair almost dry.