L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour-Protect Shampoo & 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.

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 rarely spend a lot of money on hair shampoo's/ conditioners and if I do its on a deep conditioning treatment that has great reviews so I don't really expect too much from supermarket shampoos.

It smells great, has nice packaging and is affordable.

It isn't anything amazing as I expected but for the price it's worth a try.

I have been using this over the last week and have found this enough time to come to my verdict on both the shampoo and conditioner. It’s not bad but I wouldn’t use it all the time as it’s not really adding anything to my hair condition that my normal shampoo/conditioner combination is, if anything it’s made it a little bit drier and frizzy.

Shampoo – I do love the design of the bottle and its pretty intense red packaging its lovely and bright in the bathroom, the bottle is easy to grip hold off which is great for in shower use, no one wants to be dropping it and then playing chase the bottle around the floor. Its formula is a nice even thick consistency that doesn’t run out excessively so you don’t use too much at once, it does foam up quick and easy too. It has a soft understated fragrance that isn’t overpowering. After rinsing out my damp hair does take on a slight straw like texture and had found that I was left with tangles of my hair in my comb that I use in the shower. As for colour protection if anything I feel as if my roots have become more visible over the last few days where I wouldn’t normally see them until a week out from retouch time, I’m still 2 weeks away from that! So its claim to hold the colour in your hair for longer never really came to light on my thick mane.

Conditioner – Again the design of the bottle is great and has matching packaging/labels as the shampoo, but as it stands on its lid it isn’t very hard to tell if you’re picking up the shampoo or conditioner bottle, which is handy! The formula is extra creamy and thick that it splattered into my hand first use, but I got used to this and found that only a 50c piece was enough for my thick hair. It worked through with a comb really easy and put pay to the straw hair effect left from the shampoo. As with all conditioners I left it in for about 5 minutes as I took care to other matters in the shower then rinsed it out, after a squeeze through the towel it seemed to be ok, but as the day went on and it air dried it did get very frizzy even with the use of my normal styling products.

Overall it’s a good fill in shampoo and conditioner combo but I won’t be making the permanent change to this from my normal set, it just doesn’t suit to my hair type I guess my mane is posh! Lol

I use this as a standby product when my usual isn't on special. It's not the best shampoo and conditioner, but it's far from being the worst. Pleasant smell, doesn't dry out my hair or leave it too greasy. Reasonably priced.

I really like the smell off these products. They cleaned and conditioned my hair really well but for the price I think there are other products out there that may help to keep your coloured hair bright. My hair was dyed about a month ago and it hasn't seemed to help make the colour "stay". It did however make my hair smooth and shiny and so I will keep using it as I hate wasting stuff lol

As a shampoo & conditioner it did the job fine. Not great but OK. The shampoo was slightly harsher than I would have expected for a colour protecting product but the conditioner did leave my hair feeling soft & untangled, But it did not protect my hair colour anymore than a normal shampoo or conditioner. I often dye my hair shades of Red, Plum/violets & dark browns so I was really looking for something to keep them looking vibrant longer sadly this didn't reduce the fade time at all.

I love this shampoo and conditioner combo. I've had died red hair since I was 15 (10 yrs ago) and have bleached it numerous times so as you imagine it's quite brittle and damaged. I recently went to the USA for a 3 wk long holiday and used some other brand whilst over there and my hair felt pretty dry and unhealthy all the time. Since I've been back I've been using my normal Elvive color protect products and I've noticed it actually does make my hair so shiny, soft and healthy and feels restored back to how it normally is. It definitely helps maintain my red color too unlike other brands.

I dye my hair alot and have been looking for a shampoo and conditioner that would help prolong the colors I put in my hair, I was very disappointed. The shampoo made my hair tangled and knotty while the conditioner untangled it but just felt like a normal comditioner, I wont be using the shampoo again. I had high expectations for this product because they have a good range of products.

this product is very disappointing after all the hype i expected much better. my hair never benefited from this product, and never became more shiney and healthy