L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour-Protect Shampoo & Conditioner

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

Used this for about 3 weeks and the first 2 washes were divine and I was finally happy I had found a more affordable drug store/supermarket alternative to Kerastase. Wasn't till about a week and a half in I noticed that after drying my hair it still felt greasy/had residue on it. Not too sure whether the formula was coating my hair in the same sense Pantene does due to its paraben but this didn't sit with me and did nothing for me but flatten out my hair and dry it out even more. May the next line the power cosmetic house bring out be a whole step up from this.

To be totally honest, l would never have bought this, myself. My Mum gave it to me so I used it, but never again. The conditioner is relatively good, in that your hair is detangled, but the organics i use feel far better and do a better job. The shampoo contains sls (sodium laureth/lauryl sulphate) which us a cheap foaming agent which dehydrates your scalp and hair. It left my hair frizzy and annoying, and the roots greasy. I didn't find the colouur lasted any longer, but to be fair, I only used the one lot before I went back to organic, simply because it leaves my hair softer, shinier, less tangled and generally looking better while not dehydrating my hair and scalp.

I've just about used up my bottles of Elvive colour protect shampoo and conditioner, and my hair is feeling VERY hard and tangled as I was I each time, and also my hair has been more tangled throughout the day - usually I have no tangle issues. My colour has been fine, it hasn't faded out (just the good old regrowth coming through!), but I'm not happy about the condition my hair has been left in. Hoping it comes right when I switch 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

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.

I had great expectations for this range, but it made my hair limp and fly away/ static. It did make my hair shine but it easly looked dirty/ greasy. I think it did keep the colour longer in my hair ( I had a red colour)

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.

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

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.