Strawberry Leopard is a vegan semi-permanent that leaves hair in better condition than it found it. It comes in an array of vivid hues for a bright pick me up without the damage typically associated with dying your hair dramatic shades.
Strawberry Leopard Vegan Conditioning Semi-Permanent Color
Meet Strawberry Leopard.
Love vibrant shades but hate the hair damage that often comes with it? Then check out Strawberry Leopard!
Strawberry Leopard in “Grapeful”
What It Is
A semi-permanent, Vegan, conditioning formula with bonding technology. Vivid color without hair damage.
Why It Is Special
It is super easy to use this cruelty-free formula and it leaves hair in better condition with several nourishing ingredients.
It leaves no colorful residue on the sink or shower tile.
There is no developer to mix, yet it deposits bright color, with the brightest results seen on pre-lightened hair.
To that end, Strawberry Leopard makes an excellent lightening kit with everything you need to get a good clean base for your bright colors to look their best.
We will cover the Strawberry Leopard Light Me Up Lightening Kit in a future post.
Strawberry Leopard Light Me Up Lightening Kit comes with everything you need to pre-lighten your hair for tipping, highlighting, or bleaching
How to Use It
Choose your shade or shades. Mix any shade with the Strawberry Leopard Pastel Mixer for more subtle results. Unlike traditional dyes, it smells like a fruity treat. It reminds me of strawberry candy!
Shake the bottle well. Then apply in a tint bowl and tint brush method to your clean, dry hair in quadrants. It is best applied in one-inch sections. No developer to mix, and no nasty smell! Leave on for 20 minutes.
You can use foil to do just a section of hair.
You can mix colors together to make a custom shade, or apply several colors.
Just rinse with cool water, no shampoo or conditioner afterward. The color lasts up to 8 weeks.
It is an easy to spread Gouache gel paint-like texture – not at all runny or drippy
Once the bottle is opened, it lasts for a year.
TIP: The Strawberry Leopard website says that a small amount of Strawberry Leopard Semi-Permanent Hair Color can be mixed with your daily conditioner to keep color vibrant between touchups.
Strawberry Leopard Shades
Strawberry Leopard comes in 17 shades and a Pastel Mixer. The Pastel Mixer lets you turn any shade into its’ pretty pastel counterpart.
Here are a few shades we got to try:
Loyal Blue
Strawberry Leopard Loyal Blue is a true blue shade, a crisp and highly pigmented crystal clear hue.
Strawberry Leopard Loyal Blue is a rich, creamy true blue hue.
The creamy gel consistency spreads easily without being runny.
Loyal Blue right out of the bottle
“Fingerpainting” with Loyal Blue shows the color. Leave on a full 20 minutes to see this shade on your hair, less for a more subtle effect. Highly pigmented, true blue shade
Grapeful
Strawberry Leopard Grapeful is an intensely purple shade. It looks almost black coming out of the bottle because it is so highly pigmented. It is similar to purple toning shampoo in an indigo purple intense color.
Strawberry Leopard Grapeful
Here is how the color looks when “fingerpainted” in indoor (top) and outdoor (bottom) light:
Grapeful in indoor lighting
Grapeful has a rich pigmented color. It is a creamy gel texture that spreads easily for applying as thin or thick as you desire
Bali
Strawberry Leopard Bali
Strawberry Leopard Bali is a pretty strawberry pink with a hint of bright coral. The result is a soft rose gold pink. Here is a close up:
Gray Hair: While it will leave some tint on gray hair, as always, gray is generally tricky. But this is a conditioning formula, so you have nothing to lose by experimenting! The darker shades leave more pigment on gray hair than the pastels.
Another thing that is special about Strawberry Leopard is how well it treats hair after it has been bleached. Bleached hair is often porous, dry, and damaged.
Take a look at some of the ingredients in this conditioning vegan formulation:
The Ingredients
Mango Seed Extract restores dry, damaged hair
Mango Seed Extract
Mango Seed provides a long-lasting emollient. Rich in fatty acids, it keeps hair hydrated and nourished.
Mango Seed Butter also contains Vitamins C, A, E, K, and B6.
Mango Seed Extract is high in copper, which supports healthy hair follicles.
Shea Butter
Shea Butter
Shea Butter is protective and nourishing.
Panthenol
Panthenol (B5) is a humectant, emollient, and moisturizer.
Panthenol penetrates the hair shaft and locks in moisture. This makes hair look healthier by boosting shine and plumping the hair shaft. More volume gives even damaged or thinning hair a healthier appearance. [1]
For very porous hair, Panthenol behaves like a protein.
Rice Protein
Hydrolyzed Rice Protein
Hydrolyzed Rice protein is a secret hair weapon because it contains Inositol.
Inositol repairs hair breakage and damage. It penetrates deeply into the hair and helps repair the broken hair bonds.
Hydrolyzed Rice protein also contains Antioxidants, Vitamin B6, Vitamin E, and amino acids.[2]
Lavender
Lavender Flower
Lavender’s anti-microbial and anti-bacterial properties keep the scalp healthy. It has soothing properties to calm any scalp imbalances such as inflammation or dry skin flaking.
The linalyl acetate in lavender enhances hair cell growth.
Tocopheryl Acetate
Vitamin E promotes scalp health.
This formula has hydrating Sunflower Seed
Sunflower Seed Extract
Sunflower Seed Oil retains moisture in brittle hair, thereby reducing hair breakage.
Ideal for coarse, colored, bleached, curly, or damaged hair because it penetrates the hair shaft to lock and retain moisture.
It contains Omega 9, an essential acid needed to stop breakage and stimulate hair growth.
The main component of sunflower oil is linoleic acid. Its other components include oleic acid and palmitic acid, lecithin, carotenoids, tocopherols, and numerous vitamins.
Flaxseed
Linseed Seed Extract
Linseed, AKA flaxseed, is high in fatty acid Omega-3s.
It is considered a hair “superfood” as it creates lush hair and reduces breakage.
About Strawberry Leopard
The Strawberry Leopard animal is a very rare colorful leopard.
Strawberry Leopard the hair brand believes in the uniqueness of each person and provides a range of non-damaging, vegan colors so each person can express their unique selves.
Where to Find It
Find the Strawberry Leopard range at Strawberry Leopard Hair and Sally Beauty
Strawberry Leopard Vegan Conditioning Semi-Permanent Color
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References
- Davis, M., Thomas, J., van de Velde, S., Boissy, Y., Dawson, T., Jr, Iveson, R. and Sutton, K. (2011), A novel cosmetic approach to treat thinning hair. British Journal of Dermatology, 165: 24-30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10633.x
- Rigo, L.A.; da Silva, C.R.; de Oliveira, S.M.; Cabreira, T.N.; de Bona da Silva, C.; Ferreira, J.; Beck, R.C. Nanoencapsulation of rice bran oil increases its protective effects against UVB radiation-induced skin injury in mice. Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 2015, 93, 11-17.
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