L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour-Protect Shampoo & Conditioner

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 thought I give this a try when it was on special at countdown and it was a pretty decent shampoo and conditioner. It had a really nice smell and consistency and left my hair feeling clean and soft. I'm not sure that I would go out of my way to buy it again, but would certainly pick it up on special.

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.

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

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.

The shampoo made my hair a little dry, but the conditioner made it soft. When I coloured my hair, I used this and it DID strip away some colour which I was not so happy about. On a positive note, it smelled great! Sadly, that was it.

I was doing my normal spot of shopping at the super market and I was looking for some shampoo and conditioner that will lock in my colour and keep my hair colour looking good.

Both bottles come in a 250 mls. Both bright red bottles with the Loreal labelling on the front. These bottles are easy to open and close. The texture of this shampoo is like any normal liquid shampoo/conditioner. The scent of this smells really nice. I did find the shampoo easy to lather into my hair. It did wash my colour out with each wash. I did notice colour coming out in the water. The conditioner just glided through my hair. My hair feels soft and manageable.

Price wise I think they could be priced lower as you are getting only 250 mls in a bottle. Whereas you could get a 750 ml bottle of Tresseme for around the same price. Luckily I managed to get it for $4 per bottle. I wash my hair about two to three times a week.. My ends a quite dry. My colour is vibrant.

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 have been using this set together for quite a while. Though I do find I buy 3 conditioners to 2 shampoos.

The shampoo and the conditioner are both white, creamy and lather up reasonably well.

I have found they sustain my colour better than any other shampoo I've tried in the same price range. While my hair feels miles cleaner and a little softer after using the conditioner, I've found I've had to use a hair serum afterwards to really make my hair feel softer and more hydrated.

I've also found that I go through them quite quickly, especially the conditioner.

I would keep using them until I found something better as they're currently the best products I've found, but they could be better.

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.