Control GX Grey Reducing Shampoo Blonde & Medium Brown

I tried using it as directed but the color never really took, other than a pale yellowish brown. This was after 2 weeks of daily use. So I spread it medium-thick throughout my damp beard and hair, being careful not to foam it up, then waited a half hour. I'd occasionally move it around to keep the 'dye' moving around a bit. Rinsed it out and... I went from snow white to brown! Slightly darker than I wanted it, but it showed me how to get this stuff to work right from the get-go. I now use it once a week and the color has lightened a bit and maintained a less "trying too hard" look. I sometimes take it back to completely gray and then play with color - next time I'll give it 15 minutes and also apply it sooner to parts that didn't take up the color as well. Play around! It's just hair! ** big bonus ** no skin irritation like the dyes that melt your face off! This stuff is gentle - the most irritation I got was from having a drying soap on my face for so long, but moisturizer fixed that right up! It won't get rid of all the gray - it definitely leaves you looking 10 years younger, like when you started to go gray and it was sexy and mature looking!

This works flawlessly. Used just as directed. Did test patch as required for allergic or negative reaction and was all clear so began using every day for about 2 weeks with ever so slight changes day by day. Reached the color I wanted after 2 weeks exactly and switched to maintenance mode. I have white to grey hair all over my head. It went to light brown/blonde which is(was) my natural hair color. Not a really harsh dark brown. I leave it in for between 60 and 90 seconds and rinse thoroughly. I did notice after my first few times that my fingernails began to get a little affected so after about day four of my initial use I started lathering this product in and immediately washing my hands with a touch of bar soap paying special attention to my nails and rinsing it off while my hair got the 60 to 90 second treatment. Since I made that part of my routine there is absolutely no nail discoloration at all. I have short hair - generally less than an inch in length, and this penetrates right down to the scalp. I find this works excellent for me. I have also found that this tube will last me about 2 months. I use about a dime of shampoo in my palm and am able to get a full lather. I use my finger tips just like usual but I added the hand wash routine as mentioned above and have had no other issues. I highly recommend this product.

This stuff is pretty good. VERY subtle, especially in my beard but it is making the grey more into a light brown in a very natural way. It does not seem to stain the shower, towels, etc. and I am being careful to wash my hands after applying. It is working a lot less rapidly than the instructions imply and I am leaving it on much longer than suggested. It does leave my hair really soft and has no appreciable odor.

Men Control GX Blonde/Medium Brown - I am a 51 year old dude and have been reluctant to do anything about the grey hair that was taking over my light brown hair color. A friend mentioned to me that he has been using this for a while now and loves it so I thought I would give it a try without having high expectations. WOW! Is all I can say! Almost all of the grey is gone after about 3 weeks and it was so gradual that none of my co-workers have even noticed. I am very pleased with the results! For all those saying it didn't work I had my doubts at first as well. It took about 2 weeks before I really started seeing the results. I recommend that you try giving it some time before you give up on it. A few things I did learn... be sure to knead the tube of shampoo as well as shake it up for a little bit before applying any. The first few times I didn't and the darker dye in the tube was not mixed in hardly at all. I generally use a quarter size amount in a palm each time I wash my hair. Will your finger nails get stained, yes they will. Since I am using only a lighter color they are barely noticeable though. I try and wash my fingernails while I am letting the shampoo set. I am extremely pleased with results and have begun alternating in my regular shampoo.

Update: After finishing the tube, I've decided to go back to JFM Original at least for now, in one shade lighter than my natural color, leaving it on for an extra few minutes. Convenience aside, I find that it does the better job of covering greys for me, maybe because the peroxide enhances penetration. I'm even thinking of trying Clairol Natural Instincts in women's dark cool blonde at some point (no law against that). Control Gx is okay for grey reduction, but in order to cover (or try to cover) enough for some of us youngish subjects of sub-par genetics and/or chronic stress, it appears that you have to use it to the point of darkening your natural color some. Which in turn might come at the risk of some remaining greys (or brassy former greys) standing out. In a way, it's similar to the Original Formula, which "targets the grey", but apparently also the rest given what happens when you overdo it a bit while trying to fight the resistance. That said, for some it may be a little more convenient to shampoo every so often to restore some color than to do a dye job every X weeks. And it could be better for those regularly using Original but throwing out half the product because they have short hair. Overall, it's better than trying to hunt down an acceptable women's permanent color and hoping it doesn't fry your hair or be judged too artificial for a man. ;-)

At 50, I was pretty grey, pretty fast on the sides. I don’t care about getting older, I just don’t want to look like may father at the same age. I bought the blonde to light brown and used it every day for 2 weeks. I get in the shower, wet my hair, lather in this shampoo, then do the rest of my routine with body soap. I wondered how long I was actually leaving it in before I rinsed it out after I finished my routine, so I timed myself with my phone leaned against the glass. Roughly 3 minutes. Rinse it out, dry off, no issues. After 2 weeks I am back to my natural hair color. I’m lucky at 50 and have as much hair as I did at 18. Took my son and I to get a haircut by the same lady who has cut our hair for 15+ years. She actually said, “you don’t have any grey hair that’s not fair!” (She is 5 years older than me). I use it twice a week now. No change so far. Fingernails on dominate hand did change slightly. Almost like they got smashed and were dark at the cuticle. No one noticed. I have white and natural stone in my shower, so I do keep Clorox shower cleaner with bleach and spray it down after I’m done with GX (OCD). I don’t mind some grey hair, I don’t want to look like I color my hair. You will like this product.

My hair has gone mostly white and not any shade of grey. I had light brown/blonde hair and still have some. I'm really old school and would never in my life think of coloring my hair and I never ever would dye it like my wife would, you know those drastic color changes. This seemed to be a way I could completely control, and slowly, a gradual change back to my normal color. And just to experiment mind you. I really expected this to look unnatural. Well I can't tell you how pleased I am with this. I've shampooed daily using this and the color change is almost imperceptible from one shampoo to another. This is just what I wanted. I've used it for just about 2 weeks and the white hair has mostly gone to just about light blonde/brown. It looks like my hair color that I wanted to keep. It's funny no one has noticed but my wife. She says it looks completely natural. I still have variances in the color as I did before, and before I acquired the white hair, but the white is almost gone. I can continue to use this everyday to go darker or just once or twice a week to maintain the color I have now. My wife has just a few grey hairs and she is so impressed with my results she wants to use it herself rather than use her hair dye which she says can be unpredictable at times let alone the times she goes to the professionals and comes home in tears at what they have done. So there is my confession that I finally broke down and tried something like this. I was really thinking this just couldn't work but I was wrong. So wrong and also so impressed I had to put it out there.

This product is really easy to use. If You're expecting a certain color, it's not your product. But if your goal is just to keep the gray under control it works wonderfully.