L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour Protect Conditioner Review

Would not purchase this once the bottle is empty. Makes my hair dry and frizzy and does not do me any good. I was hoping it would work wonders on my coloured hair restore back the moisture lost from dyeing it once a month. Pity though as it is really affordable and smells great.

This product is on point for smell and texture. You only need to use the tiniest amount to feel as though you are getting the benefits of a decent conditioner. Colour protect? I doubt it, I have since darkened my hair after going blonde and was hoping for a product that would help the colour stick a little better to admittedly porous hair strands. No luck here though! I can't complain, for something at the lower end of the price range it is certainly not bad. I just don't think it lives up to its promise.

First Impressions 1. Colour of Bottle Great so stands out 2. At least the conditioner bottle stands with the wider end at the base so doesn't fall over and the opening is at the bottom so you can get the last bit out. :) 3. Smell was great again felt like you were in a salon.

So on first use, loved the consistancy and thickness of the conditioner, felt nice on application counteracting the stripping feeling of the shampoo.

Felt great while wet. Once dry I felt that it left my blonde ends feeling dry even though it had a nice shine.

Overall it left my hair shiny, but feeling dry and puffy.

Just some back ground on my hair it had been coloured 2 weeks prior to using this product Dark at roots and blonde ends. My hair is of medium thickness.

I couldn't say 100% that it protected my colour and hair.

I was lucky to have the opportunity to trial this product as well as the shampoo of the same brand. I found that using both the shampoo and conditioner made my hair flat and limp although my hair was shiny and soft. So I tried them separately and found it produced a better result for me. The conditioner was pleasant enough, the packaging, a lovely bright red and easy to use bottle with a good flat base. You don't need to use too much conditioner as a little goes a long way. It is value for money, and I would consider using it when my own brand runs out but would not use both this shampoo and conditioner together.

There was nothing standout about this conditioner for me, it is about on par with every other conditioner made for coloured hair! It's smell is lovely, packaging is great and easy to squeeze.. and cost effectiveness all get positive marks from me. But I am still using as much as it as other brands (I am VERY generous with conditioner), noticing just as much red dye wash down the drain, and about the same moisture content in my hair after (if not, possibly a LITTLE bit drier and coarse than other brands). I find the longer you leave it on for the softer my hair feels, this shouldn't be the case as this is supposed to be an "instant" conditioner, however I gave it a go and left it on while shaving etc and it felt a little more effective. I don't think I'd buy it myself as I have my favorites I'd prefer to stick to!

I dyed my hair about 2 weeks before using this product. I used it in conjunction with the conditioner. The first time i used this, i found my hair dye was still comming out. Since then my hair has lightened and has gone to a dark brown with a hint of purple. I orginally dyed my hair purple. I am dissapointed with this product but I am not sure if it was the hair dye I used or the shampoo and conditioner, as I used a new hair dye.

I would give this another try using the brand I always use to colour my hair to see if it works, but pretty dissapointed overall with the colour of my hair :(

I tried this Conditioner after just colouring my hair a week earlier. The smell was really nice and it left my hair feeling and looking shiny and healthy. The things I didn't like was the fact that it seemed to be quite thick and I found it quite time consuming it rinse it out thoroughly.

I have used this conditioner alongside the matching shampoo and the one think I found that I particularly liked was that my hair felt soft and nourished after I had used it. I usually use a salon conditioner on my coloured hair and felt that this made my hair feel just as nice as the salon conditioner. In terms of protecting my colour, my hair didn't appear to fade any quicker than I would usually notice. If I wasn't buying my normal salon conditioner, I would seriously consider buying this conditioner and trying it out. I would certainly suggest this brand to a friend.

Used in conjunction with Elevive Colour Protect Shampoo. Conditioner had a good smell which remains in hair. Small amount required (less than what was expected for thick hair). I found this product hard to rinse out of my hair. No matter how many rinses I felt my hair remained "coated" in conditioner. Hair was silky and smooth once dried off though. For a supermarket product it was good although I don't think I will use again mainly due to the feeling it left on my hair.