L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour-Protect Shampoo & Conditioner

This product did not work for me. The smell was nice but I didn't find it worked well. It took two tries before I could get a lather up and left my hair feeling oily and not clean. After several uses my hair follicles were getting infected and I had little red bumps everywhere. Definitely not suited to everyone I wouldn't buy again.

If you are wanting to protect your coloured hair but are not wanting to fork out the mega bucks for the fancy shampoos and conditioners' from the salons, then this shampoo & conditioner is for you! It leaves your hair feeling nourished, without over greasing it. It is not too liquidy so you only need a small dab (therefore it lasts quite a while too!). My go-to shampoo and conditioner all the time!

Shampoo

I really liked this product, to test this out my hair had recently been streaked blonde which does usually tend to fade out nicely as it grows.

This product had a nice consistency wasn't too liquidy and lathered up nicely. I only needed a small amount of this product. This shampoo combined with the conditioner left my hair smooth and easy to brush.

The packaging was nice and sleek and looks lovely in my shower, the lid is easy to open. This product smells amazing and very much like a salon shampoo, the scent also lasts through to when my hair is dry.

I don't think this shampoo fully protected my colour but it hasn't faded as much as when I use other shampoos.

Conditioner

I really liked this product, to test this out my hair had recently been streaked blonde which does usually tend to fade out nicely as it grows.

This product had a nice thick consistency which was great to leave on my hair for a few minutes without dripping off. I only needed a small amount of this product. This conditioner left my hair smooth and easy to brush. It also left my hair feeling lightweight and not weighed down.

The packaging was nice and sleek and looks lovely in my shower, the lid is easy to open. This product smells amazing and very much like a salon conditioner, the scent also lasts through to when my hair is dry.

I don't think this conditioner fully protected my colour but it hasn't faded as much as when I use other shampoos and conditioners do.

For a supermarket colour protect range this sure is close to professional! The smell is refreshing and addictive, you don't have to use a lot of shampoo or conditioner to cleanse your hair. The bottles have a nice clean cut shape and great that they come in 250ml rather than 200ml like most others and for the price it does a pretty good job at holding your colour, but I really think it all depends on each individual :)

I love this stuff! Will Definatly be buying again! It made my hair feel so nice and de-knotted it while i was in the shower aswell as made it so much easier to brush! My hair loved this stuff!! Not too sure on the colour protectness though, my colour still seemed to run, more than usual actually.

I was really excited to try this combo because normally I find the colour fades out of my hair very fast.

The packaging for both is great! I love the vibrant red - it certainly brightened up my bathroom! I love that the lid on the shampoo is flat so that if you wanted to sit it upside down when the product was starting to run out, you could do it without worrying that it's going to fall over. And the lid for the conditioner is on the bottom already so you don't have to pick a battle with the bottle to get the last remaining bit of conditioner out anyway.

The shampoo was pretty average. It cleaned my hair but I found that it would be greasy the next day so unless I wanted to rock the grunge look, I had to wash it everyday. Being a busy Mum of three boys, I just don't have time to do this every day. I did like the scent though - it's not too overpowering. I would compare it to a perfumed talcum powder smell, but better!

The conditioner was great! It's a really creamy formula and it actually felt like it was nourishing my hair. It left it so soft and manageable so I give it a big thumbs up. I would actually probably buy just the conditioner alone =)

I don't think that either had any effect on the colour of my hair unfortunately. It still faded like it normally would which was a bit of a shame. Looks like I'm still on the hunt for a decent colour protecting shampoo and conditioner!

I received both as a trial from Beauty Review and unfortunately they are not what I was looking for. They have a wonderful smell but it did leave my hair greasy and my colour has no difference. After using it for just over a week, I noticed that it made no difference to my hair and is no different to the other shampoo and conditioner you buy from the supermarket. I would only use this as a las resort and it left my hair dry and made my colour look drab rather than fab

Received both to trial from Beauty Review and although they have a lovely fragrance this seems to dry out my hair too much. I haven't really noticed a difference with regards to colour protection and don't think I would purchase this once my bottles are empty.

I typically colour my hair with quite pastely colours that fade super quickly and but since I switched to this it's hardly faded at all! It smells good and saves me hair dye, i'm a bit in love. This entire range has accidentally taken over my shower oops.

This product came up on sale at Pak n Save for $4.95 each.

Looked forward to trying it out however was a bit let down. The fragrance is nice but it leaves my hair feeling oily and like it has a build up.

After a week I did the reverse washing, conditioner first then shampoo and felt much happier with how my hair felt. It felt clean and soft. So obviously the condition is to heavy for my hair.

I did find my hair had a nice shine to it it also, so for a cheap product it isn't too bad but I think I wouldn't go racing out to buy this set again