L'Oréal Préférence 1 Black Fade-Defying High-Shine Permanent Hair Colour for Salon-Quality At-Home Results
Black is the shade that shows every mistake. Patchy roots, a warm cast where you wanted flat depth, a finish that goes dull by the third wash. Préférence 1 Black is built around that problem: permanent, heavily pigmented, and formulated to hold its tone for up to eight weeks rather than sliding towards brown.
The High Shine Elixir mixes into the colour before you apply it, so the gloss is part of the deposit instead of a rinse added afterwards. That is what keeps the result from reading as the flat, matte black a lot of home dye leaves. Grey coverage runs to 100%, including the coarse wiry ones along the parting that usually resist.
One practical note on black. It is the shade with the least margin for a rushed application, because any patch you miss shows up as a lighter stripe rather than blending away. Take the extra five minutes over the sectioning and the back of the head.
Suits anyone going for a true jet black or a deeper midnight tone, on natural or previously coloured hair. Work in sections, root to tip, and stick to the timing on the leaflet.
Colourant Gel: Aqua / Water, Trideceth-2 Carboxamide Mea, Propylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, PEG-2 Oleamine, Polyglyceryl-4 Oleyl Ether, Alcohol Denat., Ammonium Hydroxide, Oleyl Alcohol, Resorcinol, 4-Amino-2-Hydroxytoluene, p-Phenylenediamine, m-Aminophenol, Sodium Metabisulfite, EDTA, Erythorbic Acid, Parfum / Fragrance
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Application tips
Black stains skin, so a smear of barrier balm around the hairline and over the ears saves you scrubbing later. Do the allergy alert test the leaflet sets out before any of it.
Gloves on, mix, then work in four sections from a centre parting. Roots first on virgin hair, lengths last. Rinse until the water clears completely, which takes longer with a dark shade, then use the conditioner in the box.
Results
Dense, even black with a glossy surface rather than a flat matte one, so the colour picks up light instead of swallowing it.
Coverage runs the whole way down and the depth holds through washing. Hair feels conditioned afterwards rather than squeaky, and the shade sits dark enough to read as a deliberate choice.
Composition
Full ingredients list
Colourant Gel: Aqua / Water, Trideceth-2 Carboxamide Mea, Propylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, PEG-2 Oleamine, Polyglyceryl-4 Oleyl Ether, Alcohol Denat., Ammonium Hydroxide, Oleyl Alcohol, Resorcinol, 4-Amino-2-Hydroxytoluene, p-Phenylenediamine, m-Aminophenol, Sodium Metabisulfite, EDTA, Erythorbic Acid, Parfum / Fragrance
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