wHEW! gOOD! I thought someone at the factory somewhere had misplaced the bottle in the wrong packaging!!! Honestly, I can't tell if it worked because I have Adore semi-permantent jet black color in my hair from two weeks ago, and I've washed my hair just about everyday since, and it's still pretty decent looking. I only did permanent color so that from now on, even when the semi-perment color fades, the permantent can act as a "back-up"! Thanx for your reply