L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour Protect Shampoo Review

Bought this after i recently coloured my hair brown from blonde to preserve the colour. Picked it up for a steal at countdown on sale as I'm a huge fan of loreal products. I love the smell, as with most of loreals products so no surprises there, easy to get out of the bottle and you don't need much as it lathers very well. i can't say i've seen a significant change in my how long my colour lasts since starting this but I can't see any harm either way.

I started my trial of this at the same time that I had a new colour in my hair so I could compare results. The first thing I've noticed is that this shampoo doesn't feel like that it is stripping all the moisture (and colour!) out of my hair. I've tried other colour protect shampoos that turned my hair into an instant haystack but this didn't. I can even get away with washing my hair every second day which believe me, is a miracle!! Lovely light fragrance and a good foam. My hair is short so I think the bottle will last at least twice as long than other shampoos- so that's a win! Will definitely buy again.

I have enjoyed using this shampoo.

I have found that my hair colour has lasted a lot better than with my regular shampoo.=, usually after 2 weeks it starts looking brassy but I am coming up to 4 weeks now and the red tone hasn't come through yet which is amazing!

The smell of this shampoo does lean more towards chemical than anything else but it is not unpleasant and not too strong after.

My hair feels clean, however I am having to wash i every day to avoid looking greasy. Before I was only washing every second day so that is not ideal. Although really has proven the colour protecting quality of this product!

From when I first applied this ....the Smell was Gorgeous . I found I didn't need much to get a good lather, I am impressed as I have Coloured Hair and need to protect it.

For the record, I'm normally a Pantene girl who switches to Dove every so often. My hair is down near my waist, and I use roughly 5x times as much conditioner than shampoo - because I feel thats the important part, or I used to before I started being more adventurous with recolouring my hair. Currently I have a ruby red base colour, and put through a reverse ombre streaking so im blonde on the top..and on the blonde, I have electric blue. It takes a lot of effort and money to maintain colour in my hair now, so a colour protect shampoo is just what I need. And protect colour it does!! The blue in my hair is supposed to be a 6-8 wash out rinse. Hmmmm.. its still bright blue months later! My previous shampoo, whenever I washed my hair it would be carnage in the bathroom. Blue shampoo foam all over the shower, and I'd have to scrub the floor afterwards as it would leave blue residue on the tiles. This product is still a little bit of that, but no where near as much coming out! So definitely does what its supposed to. Its not too harsh either, I generally need to double shampoo to get my hair clean as my hair is so thick and I don't feel like its stripped of oils.

Ok, am always skeptical about products that state that they can make some amazing claims. Well, my colour is actually lasting! The purple, blue and greens are still quite strong after 3 weeks, slightly pastelled out but nothing like they normally would be. Instead of washing/conditioning my hair in luke warm water to stop the follicles opening and releasing the colour I decided to wash it in normal shower temperature water...and the colour has actually mostly stayed in! Normally you see a whole heap of colour washing down the drain with the warmer water, but this shampoo and conditioner actually do help retain the colour. Now the sheen that is on my hair is awesome too, no more dryness, even the older community has commented on how nice my hair looks (lol, funny coming from the blue rinse crew). Definately will be using again!

I have always had coloured hair so I have tried many different colour shampoos and this is the best I leaves my hair feeling really nice and it has lef it smelling nice as well. Will use again for sure

I thought this shampoo was great! It was good timing to receive this product, as I had just had my hair coloured. I have been using it for 2 weeks now, and the colour has not faded and my hair feels just as good as it did when I left the salon.

Over the years I've tried loads of different colour protecting shampoos, ranging from supermarket cheapies to expensive salon treatments. I dye my hair light ash blonde every month or so, and it has a tendency to go orange, so I was interested to see how this product would go. I was impressed with the shampooing experience, it has a nice soft flowery scent, is easy to get out of the bottle, lathers well and rinses clean with no issues. And my hair seems to be liking it too. After using it about 4-5 times now, my colour still looks nice and natural, not too orange! It has been soft and easy to style, has lasted several days between washes, and my sometimes-sensitive scalp has not been itchy at all. I wouldn't say this product has the intensive blonde-boosting properties of some of the salon purple shampoos I've used in the past, but for the price, I found it really effective and I'd use again.

these came at a good time as have just coloured my hair again. am always looking for a decent shampoo/conditioner. the shampoo is nice, done what it said would do. has a nice smell to it. my hair is shiny and feels soft, best it has been for awhile. thanks :)