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When we heard hair-care brand Kevin Murphy had a way we could get our very own highlights without having to trek all the way to the salon, we were downright gleeful. The brand's Color Bug product claims to give your hair a temporary pigment that you can wash out as easily as you apply it. We're no strangers to hair chalk, but the brand's Shimmer shade caught our eye — instead of a bright or pastel shade, it's a shimmery bronze. Obviously, we had to see what this would look like, which is why we tasked our associate fashion features editor Gina Marinelli with the job of testing it out. Check out the video above to learn the verdict.

Kevin Murphy Color Bug in Shimmer, available at http://kevinmurphy.com.au

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00:09Hi, today inside the Beauty Test Lab I'm going to be trying out the Kevin Murphy Color Bug.
00:14It's like makeup for your hair. It's a chalk hair color that you can apply and wear it for one
00:20day or one night and then wash it out.
00:22I've chosen this coppery, bronzish color. I think it'll complement and hopefully zhuzh up my own hair color that I
00:30have right now.
00:31And essentially you just put the chalk into your hair and it dyes it right away. So we're going to
00:35give it a go.
00:36So the first thing you want to do is put on a smock or a towel. The next thing you
00:40want to do is prep your hair with some kind of spray.
00:42I'm going to try a simple prep spray to get the chalk to adhere to my hair.
00:47So I think you just want to spray the ends until they're slightly damp.
00:50We're just going to start rubbing in the color and I'm going to start from the bottoms and see what
00:53happens.
00:55Rub a little vigorously. I guess just try to work it in a bit. And I'm starting to see it
00:59a little bit.
01:00It's not like a really drastic color. It's much more subtle and shimmery like fairy dust.
01:05But you can definitely see the difference between one side of my hair and the other.
01:08It will not stain your clothing. Just be warned that your hands will get a little dirty.
01:12So I'm going to finish up and do the other side so that we can see the complete look.
01:18I'm going to let it set for a few minutes and then take off my smock and see what it
01:23looks like.
01:27The texture kind of feels a little bit different. It actually almost feels like beach hair and that's kind of
01:31great.
01:32This bronze color worked really well for me, but if you want to be a little bit more daring,
01:35the Kevin Murphy color bug also comes in pastels and neon so you can do something really dramatic.
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