L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour Protect Conditioner Review

Used with the L'Oréal Elvive colour protect conditioner this is a great combination. I'm a big fan of using conditioner and this one leaves my hair feeling soft and shiny and manageable. I normally mix up my shampoos and conditioners between supermarket and salon brands each week as if I use a certain brand for too long my hair gets used to it. This conditioner stops my hair from feeling like straw! :-) I definitely recommend it.

DISCLOSURE: This is very similar to the shampoo review, I am sorry for this but I personally find it quite hard to review these two products on their own. They are products that I think should be used together. I am never one to mix and match my shampoos and conditioners.

This is my first review that I have ever done on a conditioner. Im never usually too fussed about what brand I get as I think they all do the same. As long as it smells good and it doesnt leave me hair feeling oily Im all for it. I dye my hair with a box dye.... Naughty, I know! But Im lucky with being a brunette as I find its easier to maintain. Here are some bullet points on this conditioner, hopefully they will help you girls that are more intuned to your hair, unlike me :) x

* Im all about information, I love to know the special key notes that are one the bottles. What I first noticed was NEW 80% of colour preserved after 28 washes. I unfortunately haven’t used this product that many times to see if this fact is 100% true, I have maybe done 8 or so washes (I always shampoo and condition my hair at the same time). I usually only wash my hair 3 times a week, but I tried my hardest to wash it at least every second day to put it to the test! So far I am pretty pleased with how well the colour has lasted. Its only lightened in the roots slightly, I did get my hair cut (washed and conditioned etc) inbetween this process so that proberbly doesnt help but even then I have found that it still looks almost freshly done. Im curious to see how long its going to last ;). Another key note that stuck out to me was that it does have UVA and UVB filters in this product, I have never noticed this on any other brands of conditioner (correct me if Im wrong) but I am a big sucker for any protection against the UV rays!!! Who shouldnt be!! This technology is proberbly what has helped my colour last longer as all us brunettes know the sun is a pain at lightening our hair, especially if we are wanting to acheive a nice rich deep colour! So Im all for that!

* The packaging is the only thing that bothers me, if only the base of it was a bit thinker so that its not so easy to fall over in the shower. For some reason that annoys the living day lights out of me, I like products that can stand their own in the shower! :P The smell of this product is very similar to the shampoo, nothing to overpowering it just has a nice fresh and slightly floral scent to it.

Overall I find this condition complements the shampoo nicely. It has helped to keep the colour lasting longer in my hair while giving the nourishment it needs without being too oily. Im still going to persist with these products and see if the 28 washes thing is true.. :) I hope this has been helpful for you all, wether you are a hair product junky or not too bothered with your hair just like me. Its always good to try something new :)

The ELVIVE range is definitely my go to supermarket shampoo and conditioner range. I absolutely love, love, love this product - it has definitely beat my salon brand conditioner!

Majority of Supermarket conditioners tend to make my hair feel super oily... not the ideal thing when you already have naturally oily hair and want it to look refreshed. I found that the Colour Protect conditioner was a fabulous and nourishing product. It conditioned my hair, protected it and made it look soft and silky.

I found that my colour looked brighter after using it, it didn't get as brassy or faded after washing my hair - I didn't find that colour was falling out when I was washing it.

I absolutely love the packaging.. It's so sleek and modern - Looks great in my bathroom! I also really enjoyed the scent.. I find that supermarket conditioners smell so harsh - but this was light and floral. Absolutely perfect!

I would definitely recommend this to a friend, and I will be continuing with using this product and trying out others in the range - think I might give the Total Repair a go next!

I bought this for two reasons. My 1st was that it smelt really nice and secondly, I bought this straight after I got my hair coloured. The Conditioner lasted me for 6-7months, and I stopped using as I got a bad case of dandruff. I really liked how it made my hair smelt and felt. After using this, my hair was left feeling light, soft, easy to manage, however I didnt really see my hair colour staying longer than normal. I bought this for $12.00 from Souls Hairdressing and probably wouldnt use it again. The packaging is what attracted me to the product, very sleek and eye catching.

Where can I start... Well this conditioner is one of the best supermarket ones I have ever used! For the price you pay you can't go wrong! The first day I used this my hair was immediately silky smooth and no knots which for me is a Miricle really! I had this paired with the same shampoo and the combo was great so if deffinitly reccomend getting both together. Definitely locked in my colour as I had it re done 2 weeks ago and it's still going strong. I'm very impressed with this product and will defiantly repurchase! My hairs never been stronger

I picked this up a month ago from Countdown on special for $4 which I thought was a good price for a supermarket conditioner (I bought this at the same time as the Shampoo). I used this before I got my hair re-dyed and then after I recently got my hair done. I have dyed blonde hair (from a light brown). I have been dyeing my hair for over 10years now. I also used this alongside the matching conditioner. I wasn't a big fan of the smell of this conditioner. Didn't really have a definitive smell at all. I use this after every second wash and found it felt quite siliconey. It left quite a weight in my hair. Sometimes it could end up feeling greasy. So overall I probably won't be purchasing this again.

I brought this with the shampoo on special at the supermarket because I'm lazy and couldn't be bothered going to the pharmacy to buy my regular shampoo and conditioner but I'm disappointed and ended up making a special trip to the pharmacy to buy it after using this.

The conditioner is white in colour and quite thin consistency it has a clean and fresh scent but nothing over powering I found it quite subtle. I used this with the matching shampoo and I think I said in my shampoo review it was hard to tell the 2 bottles apart although the conditioner one does sit in its flip top lid.

I feel like I had to use a mountain of this stuff to get my hair soft and silky feeling. I have dry dry hair and need lots of moisture and I can tell (I guess everyone can tell) when you haven't used enough conditioner and your hair feels like you have only used shampoo and sure enough when you dry your hair it's a tangled mess?...anyway.. I like my hair feeling soft after I use conditioner so I probably used a half a palm full just to get that nice feeling. So as you could imagine the bottle didn't last long and not long enough for me to tell if it had made my hair colour last longer. Slightly disappointed overall as I had read great reviews on it but unfortunately I think it's not suited to my dry mane.

I recently coloured my hair so I was needing a conditioner and shampoo to try and protect my colour in my hair and maintain shine. I've never tried Loreal before so I thought I would give it a try.

This bottle is about 250 mls. Not a very large bottle at all. This bottle is easy to open and close. The texture of this conditioner is medium in thickness. It has a lovely scent to it .I wash my hair about twice a week because my hair is so thick and takes a really long time to dry.

My results from using this conditioner was while I was washing my hair my hair feel smooth and silky. When my hair is dry the colour has still remained. My hair was extremely dry at the tips. I have enjoyed using this conditioner. Just not sure about repurchasing it though.

I brought this with the Shampoo in the same range. It was on special at the supermarket and I needed a new set after running out of my current salon ones.

It comes in a shiny red bottle with a flip top lid. The texture is medium in consistency and has a pleasant smell to it. I use this twice a week on the ends of my hair and leave it on for at least a few minutes. After use my hair is soft and has less knots however I'm not sure how much colour protection it gives my hair as colour still washes down the drain.

I will probably not repurchase again and go back to my usual.