L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Total Repair 5 Restoring Shampoo

As a hairdresser by trade, I was rather interested in seeing what the supermarket brand shampoos are up to. I have been using Redken for about 7 years.

First I compared the ingredients between this shampoo and Redken Extreme. The first handful of ingredients were the same but then after, they were all different. Whether these smaller ingredients matter is up to you.

The shampoo its self is very watered down and thin, I can now understand why consumers say they go through a lot of shampoo! My Redken shampoo lasts me well over 6 months (I have hair below the shoulders).

I did however like the softness the shampoo gave to my hair. And it works very well in conjunction with Redken conditioner too. My hair still has the same strength to it as it did before but I did appreciate the added silkyness.

I found that it lathered up more than the salon shampoos. This is a trick the companies use as most people think that bubbles on your head mean that your hair is clean - it actually doesn't mean that at all.

The scent was lovely and it really made my hair feel soft but it did not make it feel stronger. And since I have blonde hair, there was no added shine (It's almost impossible to have shiny blonde hair as blonde does not reflect the light. That's why darker hair always looks shiner - it reflects the light.)

Smells nice, cleans your hair well, I wouldn't say that it 'repairs' damaged hair though unfortunately. Its a good cheap affordable supermarket shampoo, you get what you pay for though.

My mum bought this and the conditioner, I thought I would like this because L'oreal is a well known brand.

This - to me, is really, really average. It does smell nice and your hair smells nice for a day or two after, but it didn't do anything extraordinary to my hair.

I used this solidly for just over a month and my hair felt slightly dry. It was shiny but not as shiny as usual, it had pretty bad flyways but was easy to brush.

I didn't really feel this lived up to all of the claims that it said it would and for that reason I wouldn't repurchase it. I feel there are better, cheaper options that my hair likes better.

I am a bit picky when it comes to the Shampoos and Conditioners I like therefore I didn't have high hopes for this considering the low price tag. Unfortunately unlike the conditioner I wasn't amazed by this product.

First of all I loooove the scent of this range. It smells like a lovely expensive floral perfume and adore the smell it leaves lingering in my hair (the lingering scent doesn't last long, but, is lovely for the time it is there). The packaging is pretty standard but very functional and easy to get the product out of. One problem I have is the similarity of the conditioner and shampoo bottles, if your a ditz like me it can be easy to confuse the too haha.

This Shampoo lathers very easily so you don't need much at all. It doesn't leave my hair feeling totally stripped, but, doesn't leave it feeling hydrated, silkier, revitalized or any of the things it claims it will do. I do feel it cleans my scalp and hair well but is not nourishing like it sounds like it will be.

I wouldn't repurchase this again which is disappointing as I did like the matching conditioner and together they produce nice results but alone this shampoo isn't a favourite for me.

I was really pleasantly suprised by how much I liked this shampoo. After reading several bad reviews I wasn't really expecting much however this worked well for me.

I have damaged, coloured hair that tends to get oily roots and dry lengths, so it needs a bit of help to stop it looking flat, lifeless and it's uber-damaged self.

I really liked the scent of the entire Total Repair range, pretty with a slight floral fragrance which clung to my hair for a day or so after washing. The packaging is nice enough, a salon-quality look in a functional plastic squeeze bottle that makes it easy to get out.

I found the shampoo itself lathered really easily without needing a lot of product, so I feel I'll probably end up going through conditioner a lot faster with this range. After washing my hair felt nice and clean but not squeaky like some shampoos leave it. I've been using this in conjunction with the matching conditioner and together I have found they've left my hair looking a lot healthier, the lengths feel stronger and it really does feel soft and shiny.

I'm pretty impressed with this product and I think it's gonna be the first shampoo and conditioner range that I actually repurchase!

My hair is damaged from the years of dying away my greys. This lovely shampoo did not weigh my hair down and left it feeling squeaky clean and shiny.

I love hair products with Keratin in them as it definitely does help to repair your hair.

The 250ml bottle is a great size and will definitely last you a number of decent shampoos. There is a lovely fragrance that is not overpowering.

I would definitely recommend this product to anybody with damaged hair to try.

This product was amazing! It did everything it said it would. What I loved the most was when I blow dry my hair it looks silky smooth and it doesn't look damaged at all. Have already recommended this product to friends, I know if I love it they will too

Im using this product at the moment an i have used many different products before cause my hairs fine but lots of it I cant use anything to heavy an this product seems to be going really good so far. My hair was quite dry an limp for a while but its feeling much better an has volume to it so im happy as :)

I had quite damaged hair so tried this and the conditioner. It was like washing my hair with regular shampoo, it did nothing at all. I like most of the Elvive line but this did nothing