L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour Protect Shampoo Review

I colour my hair a lot so was looking forward to trying this product out to see if it helped the colour stay in and I was pleasantly surprised. The temporary colours lasted a lot longer than usual and the permanent colour stayed vibrant. The packaging was eye catching in a stand out red and is reasonably priced for the size of the bottle. I won't be using this product again as it made my hair feel very oily at the roots yet dried my scalp out.

This shampoo definitely soaks all the oil out of your hair! Definitely gets any build up of product out of your hair! The shampoo was not to foamy and the scent was neither over powering or under powering - quite a natural clean scent which I like. I've seen a small change in the brightness of my hair colour but not anything overly dramatic.

OK so I recently coloured my hair red.. and I mean RED! I was excited when I got the invite for the trial because as we all know red hair colour is notoriously hard to maintain and I was hoping this shampoo would be the one.

I had already washed my hair with other shampoos 3 times since colouring my hair so that means it was about 15 days into the new colour when I used the L'Oreal for the first time.

I certainly wasn't expecting the shampoo to foam up red and strip my hair colour but that is what it did on the two occasions I used it. After that I was hesitant to use it again because I had spent so much money and time into colouring my hair I didn't want any more of it to wash out!

Overall I am disappointed in this shampoo. I know red hair is the hardest to maintain but I have never experienced a colour protect shampoo stripping colour before.

Guess it's back to the drawing board to find a shampoo that will do what it says it will do.

I have a sensitive scalp and I found this shampoo really nice to use. My hair felt really soft. My colour has continued to look great.

For some context here, I colour my hair with a semi-permanent colour, not a permanent one.

My colour would normally begin to fade to its normal coppery tone after about 4 weeks, but after using this it seems to have lasted a little longer than usual, but nowhere near as long as the loreal professionnel version of this does. For the price point though, it's probably worth it.

The smell is nice, but strong enough that a colleague mentioned smelling it in the lift when I exited.

Did leave my hair feeling quite soft and manageable which was impressive. After so much colouring, my hair is usually a matted mess after a single gust of wind but not with this shampoo and conditioner.

As far as colour saver I don't think it does this as my darker colour still fades out fast. I do like this product as it keeps my hair clean, soft and feels nourished it definitely breaks less and looks more healthy. I used it in conjunction with my professional blonde shampoo(every third wash) and my hair definitely feels better I would buy this one again.

This product is awesome it made my colour last a lot long then it would normally with any other shampoo.it was nice and thick and made my here nice and soft.the only thing I didn't like was that I would have to wash my hair like 3 times a week cos it felt oily

I normally only purchase salon brand hair care so was quite reluctant to try this. However I was pleasantly surprised. I found this shampoo very gentle on my coloured hair. It cleansed my hair without stripping nutrients from it - essential given the amount of colour I have in my hair. Good value for money when the budget can't stretch to more premium products.

The L’Oreal ELVIVE Colour Protect Shampoo is a great product. Nice and thick and creamy texture and lathers up really well. For the time I have been using the shampoo I found it did maintained my colour and definitely made my hair soft and smell amazing. I will be going out and purchasing this bad boy to continue using!

I was super happy with the timing of this trial as I had my colour booked in the same day that this was due to arrive in the post! This meant I could do this with my hair freshly coloured and see if this product really could preserve it.

The packaging is really nice, I think it makes it look like a slightly more expensive product which is always a plus.

It smells divine, and lathers up nice and thick, so feels very luxurious. Washes out easily, and no residue left behind.

I can still smell the product when I have blow-dried my hair, which is really nice. It feels full and smooth and is definitely more shiny. I have noticed that my hair is still looking as fresh as it did after going to the hair dressers, and I wash my hair EVERY morning, so I think that is a great sign. I feel like my colour is being preserved better than normal, and I will buy this again at the supermarket as it is no more expensive than my normal product – except I will get the bigger bottle.