L'Oreal Professionnel Majicontrast Permanent Hair Colour for Intense, Vibrant Highlights on Dark Hair
Getting a bright red onto dark hair normally means bleaching first, colouring second, and then explaining to the client why their hair now feels like rope. Majicontrast exists to skip the first step. It is a professional high-lift permanent colour, formulated to go directly onto natural or coloured bases from level 1 to level 5. No pre-lightening, no double process, and the result still comes out vivid. The shade range runs through fiery reds, deep coppers and bold magentas, which are exactly the tones that normally demand a lift beforehand.
The colour is permanent and holds its tone for weeks rather than sliding into a muddy version of itself. It is a salon product, meant for colourists who can read a base and pick a target from it, rather than a kit for the bathroom at home. That distinction is worth taking seriously with a direct application on a level 1 or level 2 base, where the margin between a rich result and a flat one is narrow.
Aqua/Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Deceth-3, Laureth-12, Ammonium Hydroxide, Oleth-30, Lauric Acid, Hexadimethrine Chloride, Glycol Distearate, Polyquaternium-6, Ethanolamine, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, p-Phenylenediamine, Resorcinol, Carbomer, Ascorbic Acid, Parfum/Fragrance, EDTA, Mica, Titanium Dioxide, various colourants (e.g., Toluene-2, 5-Diamine, m-Aminophenol, 2, 4-Diaminophenoxyethanol HCl) and conditioning agents. (Always refer to product packaging for the most accurate ingredient list and perform a patch test.)
- 24-hour delivery
- Every brand we carry ships within 24 hours, not just the hero lines. Order before 2pm and it leaves the same working day.
- Free over £40
- UK delivery is free on orders over £40. Below that it is a flat rate, shown at checkout before you pay.
- Tracking
- You get a tracking link by email the moment it is picked up.
- 30 days
- Send anything unopened back within 30 days for a full refund. No explanation needed.
- Opened it and it is wrong for your hair?
- Tell us what happened. Curl products are hard to judge from a photo, and we would rather swap it than have you stuck with it.
- We price match
- Find it cheaper somewhere else and we will match the price.
Application tips
Works on dark bases without a separate lightening step, which is the whole reason it exists. Mix with the developer strength the shade chart specifies.
Apply to dry, unwashed hair in the sections you want lit up, keeping the product off the surrounding hair. Foils or a clear separation keep the edges sharp. Develop the full time, then rinse and follow with an acidic wash to close the cuticle before toning.
Results
Red, copper and magenta come up bright against dark hair rather than sinking into it. That is unusual without bleaching first, and it is what the shade family is built for.
The colour sits saturated rather than translucent, so a few placed sections read clearly against the natural base. Depth stays even along the strand. Fading is slow for a warm tone, though reds and coppers will always need refreshing sooner than a neutral shade.
Composition
Full ingredients list
Aqua/Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Deceth-3, Laureth-12, Ammonium Hydroxide, Oleth-30, Lauric Acid, Hexadimethrine Chloride, Glycol Distearate, Polyquaternium-6, Ethanolamine, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, p-Phenylenediamine, Resorcinol, Carbomer, Ascorbic Acid, Parfum/Fragrance, EDTA, Mica, Titanium Dioxide, various colourants (e.g., Toluene-2, 5-Diamine, m-Aminophenol, 2, 4-Diaminophenoxyethanol HCl) and conditioning agents. (Always refer to product packaging for the most accurate ingredient list and perform a patch test.)
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