Will Adore cause damage on the long run?

It won't cause any damage as true semi dyes are don't have any oxidative function which is what causes damage 🙂

You can make your color last longer by adding a little bit of the dye to your normal conditioner and washing with cool/cold water. There are other ways of prolonging too, i think there is a thread on this if you search around the forum.
with true semis, you can redye as often as you want/need as they dont damage the hair at all and work by staining the cuticle rather than insearting color molecules into the hair.
Like Marthakins said, the oxidative function is so the molecules enter and expand in the hair and is what causes the damage.

Thank you so much for your responses!
So, even if I apply a color that's a couple of shades lighter than my natural color, there is no peroxide or bleach in it, right? Like, for example, Adore's honey brown 48. It's about two shades lighter than my natural untreated roots.

PS: thanks for the tips to avoid fading! I will look around on the forum for more specific threads related to this.

It'll do no damage, but you realise it's not actually going to show up on hair that is darker than the actual dye?

It'll do no damage, but you realise it's not actually going to show up on hair that is darker than the actual dye?

Nope, I had no idea. I figured since it doesn't enter the hair and basically covers it, that it really doesn't matter what shade you put on it.

Hmmm. My main motivation is to cover my greys. Sticking to my natural color would be fine. Going slightly lighter would be nice, but not necessary.

Well, that is exactly what it does. It's not a solid colour though, it's translucent so the darkness of your natural hair will overpower it.

The only way to make it show is to lighten your hair using bleach to make it paler than the colour you're putting on. It's that or choose something with a similar base shade to add some colour or go darker.

Interesting. Do you think brown will cover gray hair quite well? Or should I ditch the idea of Adore altogether?

Grey hair is normally more difficult to cover unfortunately. But that doesn't mean you have give up on the idea of adore. But you will need to presoften your hair with some peroxide. It's minimally damaging, much less damaging than using an oxidative dye, but it will help the dye stick a lot better. A bleach bath, still less damaging than an average hair dye, will also probably lighten your hair enough that you can use the dye you mentioned before and it show up.

Adore has another line called Adore plus which is specifically designed to be used on gray hair but i believe it has to be mixed with a low volume peroxide. I can say for sure though as I have never used it myself but you could have a look at that. If the peroxide volume is very low, then it wont cause much damage.

Adore has another line called Adore plus which is specifically designed to be used on gray hair but i believe it has to be mixed with a low volume peroxide. I can say for sure though as I have never used it myself but you could have a look at that. If the peroxide volume is very low, then it wont cause much damage.

I've read that the Adore Plus doesn't use any peroxide. But I do remember vaguely reading somewhere that some people didn't like it, but I can't remember why.

I had an old bottle that my mom used a few years ago and it says that it requires peroxide but having looked around online at the new ones, it seems they no longer do. I apologize for the outdated information. They mustve changed it at the same time when they added silicones to the other adore dyes.