Ah! Its nice to be back! So today I am reviewing the Revlon Frost & Glow Highlighting Kit. I used this kit yesterday and may I say I am very, very pleased with the results. BUT, the entire process to get the amazing results is a joke. I was so excited to try this out because many popular gurus on YouTube gave it amazing feedback and their hair looked quite nice, so I gave it a try.
I went to my local Target store and picked it up for a little over $6.00 USD. I was very pleased with the price because I noticed CVS was charging over $11.00 USD for it, which is insane. So I went home expecting a "quick dyeing experience", but boy was I wrong!
So you open it up, it contains a packet of bleach, or in their words a "Frosting Powder" packet. Instruction booklet, gloves, shampoo & conditioner packets, a plastic rectangular bowl (for mixing), the double ended hook and mixing utensil, a bottle of creme developer, the infamous cap, and a plastic bag to cover your hair during the bleaching process. Here, take a look:
So, it included a ton of things! So I followed all directions and put the cap on, but then I realized how much time it took to pull every strand out of the holes in the cap with the hook....
Basically, I wanted my hair to be a caramely-blonde color, somewhat of a darker strawberry blonde shade. So the only way to get this color is bleach and I did not want to purchase a whole tub of it at Sally's so I just went with this! I talk more about it in my YouTube video above. So I decided to go through every hole.
Going through every hole is such a pain! It literally took 2 hours to string through every strand of hair. At that point, I started to loose my patience. I had to ask my mom to help me out with the back because it just humanly impossible to complete the entire head by yourself. That kind of ticked me off, haha!
So now 2 hours later, I apply the bleach. So the mixing process was very easy. Pour in the powder bleach to the plastic container they call a mixing bowl, and then add in the creme developer and you will get something that looks like this:
A baby blue thick, creamy consistency. So go ahead stir until perfection, with the opposite side of the hook (the mixing utensil.) For my liking I mixed with my own salon brush from Hot Tools.
Now apply evenly from root to tip. I used my own brush to do so because the bristles made an easier application. It was really tangly and it felt weird, but I just went with it. So now I put on the plastic bag they included to cover up the hair while bleaching. I go sit down for about 7 minutes and I look over at my mirror and notice how light my hair looked!! So I frantically ran over to my bathroom and tried to remove the cap. This is where things go downhill.
I could not get the cap out of my hair! It was literally STUCK! I tried pulling on it, but it just made my scalp hurt much more. I just gave up and ran to my bathtub to rinse everything out. I brushed and brushed...and the thing finally got out of my poor hair! YAY!
After that, I shampooed and conditioned the huge knot in my hair that the cap left. While shampooing, I brushed out everything and finally my hair came loose.
So the results are amazingly up to my standards. So now the big question; Is this thing really worth it. I kind of have a mixed opinion on this one. I wouldn't want to go to the salon and pay up to $200 to get my hair highlighted, I would rather pay the $6 this was worth. But, when I think of it, all the struggle just to get nice hair....ridiculous!
Conclusion time: I do think this is worth it, but make sure you have another person there to help you, and be sure to have a lot of time on your hands!
With Love,
Nicole <3 xx
