L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour Protect Shampoo Review

This is my first review that I have ever done on a shampoo. 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 oil 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, I only need to dye the roots every 4-6 weeks. So below I am just going to do bullet points of the shampoo (pros and cons) and hopefully this will help you girls that are more intuned to your hair, unlike me :) x

* Ok so I love information, when it comes to products I love to know what special key notes that the brand have put on their bottles to make it stand out from all the rest. First thing I noticed was NEW 80% of colour preserved after 28 washes. I unfortunately havent done that many washes to see if that fact is 100% true, I have maybe done 8 or so washes. I usually only wash my hair 3 times a week, but for the purpose of this review I tried my hardest to wash it at least every second day to put it to the test! So far Im pretty impressed with how well the colour has lasted, especially when sticking to a colour protect range. Its only lightened in certain areas around the roots, I did get my hair cut (and washed) inbetween this process so that proberbly doesnt help but I did find that after about 2 or so weeks that I had coloured my hair (and I did do my whole head to get rid of the old dye that was in it) 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 shampoo (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 pleasent as well, nothing to overpowering it just has a nice fresh and slightly floral scent to it.

Overall I find this shampoo to be a pretty good one. It has managed to keep my colour lasting longer while giving me a good wash. Im still yet to keep at it with this product as Im curious about the 80% factor after 28 washes, Im sure it is a true fact otherwise it would be false advertising but I just struggle to see how thats possible.. But with the UV filters, you cant go wrong with that! :) I hope this has been somewhat helpful, found it a bit difficult as Im not usually a hair focused girl but wanted to give it a go anyways xx

I bought this a couple of months ago to see if it would protect my firey red hair from fading too fast and going down the plughole. I had tried other L'Oreal Paris Elvive products before so was rather hopeful that this would do me good just like the others had. First off $6.50 is what I paid for this and I think it is pretty standard now for salon brand supermarket shampoo and conditioners. It is both affordable and also quality for me.

I do love me some red so the fact that this shampoo bottle is bright red and matches my hair makes my heart happy. It stands out like pick me, pick me so of course I had to have it. I liked that it promised to help preserve the colour I have because fade is my number 2 pet peeve. I needed this to slow down so I wasn't spending hundreds of dollars keeping it intense.

I used it on day 5 after dying my hair to see the true power of this baby. The smell is very intense and salon like. It's actually nice but very in your face. The consistency is quite thick and cream in colour. It's quite luxurious really. I massage it in my hair making sure I scrub it to the roots and through the lengths. I leave it in for four minutes (tank supply water and all) and rinse thoroughly. Of course there will be colour down the plug but nowhere near as much as with normal shampoo.

After rinsing my hair feels knotted and straw like eeww!!! I am so glad I don't wash my hair all the time or my hair would be so dry. Even though it feels like straw and lacks moisture I am impressed that my colour still remains intense and in your face so despite the feeling it leaves me with it did what I wanted it to do YAY!

Of course once you use the sibling conditioner the results become very different. To see the results read my L'Oreal Paris Elvive Colour Perfect Conditioner review!

I got this product in trial along with the conditioner, and I must say I have high hair care standards, so I'm a bit of a harsh critic. First off it lathers well, so a little goes a long way. I did notice there was less colour run when rinsing, which is always a good sign! Aesthetically this product is fairly average, nothing special about the packaging. I also found the smell a bit off putting, as I personally prefer my natural fragrances and this one seems a bit chemical to me. In terms of colour protection I can say I've noticed a difference of sorts. While my colour seems to be fading less, it also doesn't appear any shinier/brighter/etc (which is something it says it does). However in saying that my favourite this about this product is that it didn't make my scalp overly oily like A LOT of colour shampoos do! So because of that I would consider buying this again, but I wouldn't consider it my holy grail product as I didn't feel it advanced my colour at all

I mainly use this product almost every day upon receiving it in the mail. It makes my hair smooth, however I have been told that this shampoo makes my hair colour bleed which I did not appreciate. It's a great shampoo overall, but does not suit me.

I normally use a reasonably expensive sulphate free shampoo and so tried this new one with a bit of trepidation. I needn't have worried as although it was really foamy (maybe used a tad too much product on the first go) the result was great. My hair felt soft and light and shiny. My colour looks great but it's probably too early to tell if it will extend the life of my colour.

I liked this shampoo, it has a great fragrance and hair definitely feels softer after use. I'm a bit dubious around how much help it can really do to coloured hair, or blonde coloured hair in parrticular.But as a shampoo it does it a great job, hair feels and smells nice and clean after use.

Maybe this is the kind of product that you need to be using very long term to receive all of that 'protection' bonus! Or maybe it is just another product that doesn't deliver on what it said it would do - either way I am not 100% sold. I can't technically fault it, the liquid is a nice smooth texture, I felt like I was using something akin to a $50 price tag in a salon. But it is that age old myth that buying products that promise huge results on a lower level budget. You're probably not going to be too thrilled if you're relying on this product for the protection side of things. In other news it does smell alright, and it does make my hair feel silky smooth after a wash!

This shampoo arrived just in time as I had left my other shampoo and conditioner in Wellington. I found the shampoo lathered well with a small amount which is a bonus. My hair definitely needed the conditioner after the shampoo though.. The fragrance is subtle and pleasant. I must admit I do get confused about which bottle the shampoo and conditioner are in with one being up the right way and the other upside down and was always grabbing the wrong bottle first. Pays to check before you pour it into your hand as otherwise its a wasted pour. My colour done three weeks ago is maintaining its caramel colour and not going brassey which is good. I would use again, good shampoo at a good price.

hi girls

so i did my test with this lovely shampoo i actually couldn't really find a fault with it apart from the fact it sort of game my hair a bit of flatness.

Packaging was great was easy to squeeze out i find some shampoo bottles make it so hard for you to actually get any shampoo out of the bottle.

SMELLT amazing fruity and yummy left a lovely smell around my room when blow drying

All round great product would love to use it again