XMONDO Color 5N Dark Brown Color Depositing Mask & Glossing Treatment Infused with Bond Boosters for Nourishment, Revitalize & Repair, Vegan Formula, 8 Fl Oz

I ADORE this product. I have used XMONDO before in the Garnet shade, and I enjoyed it, so I decided to use this soft black color. I was so impressed to read that it contains no PPD (which a lot of drug store black hair dyes have, and it can cause horrible allergic reactions) and is vegan. The product is thick, almost like a gel, so it's not going to drip and run as the more liquid dyes do. I found this makes the application a thousand times easier. It has a very light, pleasant floral smell. Before application, I put Vaseline around my hairline (forehead, ears, and back of neck) and used gloves to apply the product. I let it sit for 20 minutes and then rinsed it out. I had NO issues with it staining my skin or my tub/shower or towels/pillowcases, etc. I put fresh gloves on to rinse the color out of my hair, and I rinsed it for a good 10 minutes just to be thorough. I would say if you do get any on your skin, just use some micellar water or makeup remover, and it should wash off easily. I let my hair air dry, and when it was dry, it was so beautiful. The color was distributed evenly through my hair, it is a shiny black, looks so healthy, not flat and dull. For reference, my hair is naturally an auburn brown, and it is long (almost to the small of my back, but cut in layers), straight, and has a fine to medium texture. I used about 1/3 of the jar to completely cover my hair, so there is a lot left over for touch-ups. My skin is sensitive, but I had zero reaction to this product. I really can't say enough good about it.

I really do like this, I got the clear because I don’t want to/can’t change my color right now. I used to get highlights every 8 weeks and I have been growing out my hair, the bottom 3 inches of my hair is the bleached hair and I it is 70 times more unhealthy than my natural hair. This make my new hair growth so healthy and soft and shiny and it did help my sad ends too, but they are still scraggly and easily tangled. In 6 months my hair should be long enough to prune all the bleached sections off, I definitely will get another tub. Also I have very fine curly dark blonde hair (c3). It is also graying around the temple and throughout. I have thyroid problems and autoimmune disease so my hair gets the worst end of that, my ponytail is about half the size of what it is normally because every time they change medication I shed like a sheepdog. Basically my hair is difficult at best and usually dry. I try to use some kind of deep conditioning on it every three weeks.

This review is specifically for the 5N /dark brown color Scent - same scent as other xmondo products. To me it is very jasmine perfume. I personally don’t care for the scent but some people love it. I can deal with it but could be a negative if you are sensitive to fragrance. Or it could be a huge plus if you love the scent Packaging - solid quality feel packaging. Nice wide opening allows you to easily access the product whether using a brush or hands. No need for color bowls. Value - I’d say this heavily depends on your hair. Short hair will probably get 3-5 uses. I have shoulder length hair and looks like I’ll get 2-3 uses. Longer hair may get one use or need 2 for really long hair. Feel - thick consistency. Nice that it’s not runny. You have good control over it. Like a thick conditioning mask Caution this WILL stain on contact. Make sure you are careful to cover the area you are working in and wear gloves. I have a dark tile shower but I would not be surprised if this would stain a white tub. I would def say have the bleach ready to go to clean up immediately. Color - obviously this will vary by person but here’s my experience. I have naturally dark hair (level 4). I also have some grey and bleached highlights. I have been trying to transition to a lower maintenance hair routine in the last 2 years and mainly using semi permanent color (professionally done). I’m not a stranger to dark hair. I’ve had level 3 color in the past (which for most people is essentially black). I am not a hairdresser but imo this is not a level 5 color as the name would imply. To me, getting my hair colored for 20 years on my base, this is a 3/4. It is very very dark, almost black. I’d strongly suggest doing a test strand if going too dark is a concern for you. There are a lot of green undertones so you will not have any warmth. Would I recommend? No. Do the test strand. For myself, I feel like I need something softer at this point. This color feels a bit harsh on me but it may be exactly what you’re looking for. Update - I tried the 5G color. Mistake! This has such heavy red tones that I look like red was my intended color. Extremely disappointed and will not be trying any more of these colors. I actually went to sally beauty to see if they had anything to help the heavy red brassy tones. Thankfully it’s semi permanent so I’ll be trying clarifying shampoo and blue shampoo to hopefully quickly reduce the unwanted color. Honestly the reaction when I told the lady I had used this said it all. Not recommended

I’m shocked that so many people speak to the shine-I felt like my hair was duller than before! It felt like the gloss dried my hair out and made it feel a little fried (I only left it on for 15 minutes). The dark blonde gloss also did literally nothing for my hair color-it’s the same cherry medium brown as before. But I will say it does smell heavenly and light! If you want a good smelling, amazing product at a similar price point, amika is better for soft, shiny hair! For reference, I have naturally light, cool toned brown hair and decided to go darker this year. Anyone is brown dyed hair knows the pain of the warm undertones. I tried to gloss mine instead of bleaching but my hair looked exactly the same as before. I will say I was happy to still get a refund, though I think it’s wasteful to have to return the opened bottle when they’ll obviously toss it. A better model would be a refund and allowing you to keep it to gift it to a friend.

I put the soft black on bleach blond hair, it was SO black for like 4 or 5 washes then it had a green tint and it started to stain my grey section so I bleached it and it turned soooo green. Just an FYI it’s a pretty green but it’s very green, I lightened twice to get the lighter green in the last picture. The first two were the first couple days. My sister also used it and it did not take to her blonde hair, it just turned like forest/emerald green so I am assuming to get the dark black from it you’ll need porous hair.

Very subtle color change from medium/dark brown to a soft black/ deep brown tone. Smells really good and hair was super soft and shiny. One negative is that it will stain surfaces blue and is extremely difficult to get out even when rinsing the dye out in the tub. It will stain your tub pretty bad. Also had my nails get stained as well. For sure wear gloves and protect surfaces before application and clean your tub immediately after rinsing.

Let me start by saying that I love Brad Mondo. I love watching all of his tutorials, reactions, etc and find them to be both entertaining and educational. I have been so badly wanting to incorporate some of his products into my hair care routine, such as his Forcefield Heat Shield, Hydrify Leave-In Conditioning Mist, Salty Sea Salt Spray, Wavetech Wave Setting Spray and Electric Rain Moisture Cream. I started writing my hair description in paragraphs, and that was way too long so I'm going to bullet point: Hair Type: I have ultra fine hair, it's like baby hair and while that's usually a flex ("Oooh, baby smooth skin!"), I don't feel like it is atleast when it comes to my hair. Hair Length: Down to my derriere. Hair Texture: Ultra curly and super tight wave patterns mixed. Curly Q's everywhere, especially on shorter pieces, and tight waves that end in curly Q's. It's a scary mess when natural. Hair Color: Dark blonde with once-a-year highlights. Moisture: Dry, very dry. Routine: Wash 1x week, lots of heat protectant, blow dry it out with blowout brush, either curling iron for waves or Le Duo into straightish waves. Finish with hair oil. So, finally we get to this product. A month ago, I got my annual highlights but I was lacking shine in my hair shortly after going to the salon. I was pretty bummed out about it for a few weeks and that's when I saw Brad Mondo's Clear Super Gloss treatment! I had the Christmas money to go ahead and splurge a bit on myself and ordered it right away! It arrived, I waited until hair washing day and followed the instructions. I washed my hair well, then dried it using cool/medium heat on low setting because I didn't want to put any product in since it reads "clean, dry hair" on the instructions. Opening the product initially, I thought it had a very subtle and pleasant scent. The texture was like a cream + gel mixture, and it's both silky and sticky. Very weird, but not a negative. Just is. I then got to work sectioning all my hair and completely coating every single strand. I started in my front fringe lengths, then went to the back to work my way back up to the front since my front fringe area was so dull. It took the entire container to coat my lengths. I went up to the roots in the top half of my hair because of the new highlights there. When it comes to value for money, I understand that the product itself costs money to manufacture, and also that MY choice to have extremely long hair IS going to cost ME more money to do things to it. With that in mind, a treatment like this covering my entire head of very long hair at least once is worth it. Most of the time I'd have to buy two of something, or if I ever box dyed my hair (hypothetically speaking, the only coloring or highlighting happening to this hair is from a licensed and insured hair stylist since 2010 when I bleached my own hair into mushy spaghetti) I would need at minimum, three boxes of dye. So, this treatment is worth the money in product coverage. I then used my tangle teezer brush to brush the product through my hair very, very gently and waited the 20 minutes before very thoroughly washing it out. I'm talking at least a 15 minute shower of designated rinsing with my detachable shower head. Remember, ultra fine hair and a lot of it. At first it was very thick to rinse, I had some slight concern but it did eventually rinse out well. This didn't bother me considering it's a glossing treatment - one should expect it to be a thick coating during the treatment process, right? Anyways, afterwards, I blow dried it and styled it into curling iron waves using all of my normal products. I am pleased to say that the visual effects were beneficial, my hair looks shinier than before. It also did not weigh down my hair anymore than it normally does on its own, again the "baby fine" curse that I battle using Sea Salt Spray and Dry Shampoo at my roots through the week. So why the 2 stars for a product that completely coats a massive amount of hair and does what it says it's going to do? Well, unfortunately for me, that subtle pleasant smelling product started smelling like fish and rotten eggs about 15 minutes after sitting on my hair. At first, it was very faint, but I also had my hair in one of my silk caps while it processed. The smell only worsened from that point on, through rinsing and styling. So even though I did achieve what it claims, I can't use this product again. It's been over a day later and my hair still clearly smells like fish and rotten eggs. I'm covering it with other heavily scented products to make it to the next wash day. I can't say with certainty if this foul smell will effect anyone else, though. In general, I already have a hard time just finding body soaps, deodorants, etc that won't make me smell like fish after mixing with my body chemistry. For example, I can use Bath and Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom body wash and smell great while Bath and Body Works At the Beach body wash makes me smell like a beached whale. The rotten eggs smell, however, is not a normal bad-mix-reaction scent for me. That's very specific to this product and myself. So bottom line: Product did what it says it's will do, but beware of a very foul odor that may or may not affect you. At least I look pretty if nobody gets too close to me to smell me?

This stuff is GREAT. I’m naturally a 7n hair color, been dying it box dye black for YEARS and about 6 months ago decided to grow out the black hair and opt for something more natural, I recently applied this to my “virgin hair” and it’s just as dark as black box dye. I got the “blue black” and I will say, it is a true “blue black”. I was using Transylvania by arctic fox and it would wash out and turn the bath water blue, then purple, then green. This is straight up “blue” black. It sticks much longer to virgin hair than arctic fox and it smells AMAZING and I love how thick it is and that it comes in a tub that’s easy to just put a glove on your hands and dip your fingers in the tub and apply to your hair. No squeeze bottle to have to grab and squeeze once your gloves are covered In dye. I made ZERO mess with this dye as opposed to other dyes that come In squeeze bottles. I haven’t noticed any bleeding onto bedding or clothing. And the best part is your hair feels so healthy and soft once you wash it out! This is the best option for anyone with naturally light hair looking to grow out black box dye. No permanent damage from bleaching the color out and no lines of demarcation from just trying to grow it out without any dye at all. Once it’s all grown out you just keep washing and washing until all the hair color is gone.

I had about 2 inches of dark root and faded red hair (from a combo of permanent and semi permanent hair dyes). Used this and for amazing results. The colour does fade obviously. I'm about a month down the line (5. Hair washes) and the colour is still visible. Side note: I've got psoriasis on my scalp and after using this product it completely disappeared for 3 weeks!!! An absolute amazing side benefit! It's such an enriching and conditioning product it did wonders for my scalps health.

Maybe it’s just my hair (fine and not highly processed), but this product left a horrible coating on my hair that made it look like it hadn’t been washed for a month. No shine. I had to wash and wash to get it out.

Only used it once so far but it went on nice and smoothly. Left it on for 20 minutes and when hair was rinsed and dried it felt distinctly softer.

It left my hair refreshed, soft and shiny. I left it on for three hours as I needed to remove warm tones from my hair. It turned out darker than the 7A expected, but the colour was rich and beautiful and it left my hair in better condition. Well worth it to do a colour correction with no damage. I only used a small portion and have enough for several future color refreshes. I can’t wait to do it again.

I am thoroughly brokenhearted with this product. On application, it felt gummy. It wouldn’t spread nicely and it felt absolutely awful in my hair. I left it on for just under 20 minutes before washing it out. It felt amazing in the shower, like I could easily brush my fingers through my hair and it felt hydrated and nice but once I stepped out of the shower and towel drying, that’s when the nightmare started. My hair is now brittle, stringy, stiff and feels like I just went 4 rounds with raw bleach. It broke a lot of my hair off (as you can see in the pic). It actually stripped my hair color from the strawberry blonde I had to this pale, greyish blonde. I got the no color super gloss, so I don’t know how this happened. My hair feels dry, despite the product claiming to “boost the bonds for healthy-looking hair”, “reduce visible signs of split-ends”, and “infuse hair with ultimate hydration”. It feels like it did the opposite, and there isn’t any shine regardless. I am so disheartened and unimpressed by this product, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. For something that was suppose to “elevate” my hair, I didn’t know this would be something I would have to recover from.