L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour Protect Shampoo Review

I've been dying my hair for over fifteen years now and am still to find my holy grail when it comes to colour protection shampoos & conditioners. I decided to dye my hair the day my trial started so I could give an accurate review. The bottle is a lovely red with gold & silver writing. It is an upside down bottle which I love as it makes it easier to get the product out & you can use every last bit of it.

I have washed my hair every 2-3 days for the past fortnight. The shampoo has a thick white glossy consistency & the smell is lovely.

lots of dye came out during the first four washes. The last few washes saw only a small amount of dye washed out. I have shortish hair & only needed a small amount of shampoo each time.

After throughly rinsing all the shampoo out, my hair felt 'straw' like. Afterwards I used the conditioner as stated but I will review the conditioner separately.

Was really hoping that this product would be that holy grail I was looking for but it seems to be just like all the other products I've used over the years. I've heard that red dye is one of the hardest to keep vibrant & I have found this to be true. This product may work perfectly for other colours but for me the only difference I noticed compared to other products I've used was that my hair remained shinier for longer. My colour did dull fairly quickly but my hair had a beautiful shine to it.

In saying that, I do prefer this product to all the others I have tried and will continue to use it as I love the shine it gave to my hair. I will be recommending it to people.

To do a really test on this product, I coloured my hair 2 days prior to receiving the shampoo and conditioner. My hair is brown, but I have a lot of white hair especially around my temples and face. In the past when I coloured my hair, the white hair only holds onto the dye for a maximum of 2 washes. With this shampoo and conditioner, the colour lasted 8 washes before the white came through again. So while it didn’t keep the colour of the dye for long, it did keep it coloured for 75% longer than other hair products.

I would continue to use this product.

I colour my hair every six to eight weeks and have been trying to find a product that not only protects and prolongs my colour but also nourishes and keeps my hair looking shiny and healthy - needless to say I was incredibly excited to receive this product to try out and I have not been disappointed.

First off I love the packaging, it is classy and gives you the impression that the product you are about to use is of good quality.

The formula is great! A little shampoo goes a long way, it works up into a great lather and I really felt like I could work it into my hair and scalp to get a good clean! I have had no issues with rinsing and getting all of the shampoo out.

The fragrance is devine, really clean and fresh.

As for the colour protection/prolonging part, so far I am quite happy - I wash my hair every second day and after two weeks of use, I have had very little fading of my colour - definitely a lot less than I have had in the past when I use "normal" shampoo's.

All in all I am very happy with this shampoo and the way my hair looks and feels after using it - I will definitely continue using this product.

I get bored with shampoo and conditioner on a regular basis, which is why I tend to chop and change quite a bit. I had found a brand I really enjoyed but loved the opportunity to try this shampoo!

It made my hair feel incredible - soft and easy to style. It was hard to tell the effect it had on my colour as it's due to be redone, but it did feel like the colour didn't deteriorate as quickly as it normally would.

I would definitely buy this again and would recommend it to others.

This shampoo really surprised me. My hair is fine, and no matter what i've done in the past, my colour always fades quickly. Just before trying this shampoo I had had my hair dyed, and expected it to be the same as every other time, fading quickly after getting it done. This shampoo didn't fade my colour at all, and the colour still looks the same as when I had it done! I'm amazed, as other 'colour saving' shampoos I've tried havent lived up to their expectations. This also left my hair soft and super shiny, as well as looking less frizzy than it usually is, when used with the conditioner. Will definitely continue to use this shampoo.

The beautiful bright, eye catching bottle caught my eye in the supermarket before I received my trial sample. The bottles aren't too big to hold, and fit in the hand easily. The smell is lovely and not over powering, the texture of the shampoo is smooth and silky. I have shoulder length hair and so I used about a 2 teaspoons worth of product. My hair is also quite thick and this amount was just enough, it lathered up beautifully and it didn't feel like my hair was completely stripped of everything, so my hair still felt nice and not 'rough'. I really liked this product and actually had to go and buy it again after my daughter came to visit and took my bottles with her! I'll definitely keep using it!

What a great product, it smells amazing and leaves your hair feeling really soft, silky and shiny. The packaging is great easy to hold and also brightly coloured so is easy to find at the shops. I have mid length hair and only needed about a 20cent piece sized dollop to wash my hair. It foamed well. The size of the bottle was good and think it is definitely value for money. I also found that my hair still felt nice if I didn't have time to use the conditioner as well

I found the consistency to be what I like in a shampoo, not to thick and not to runny where it runs of your hand before making it to your head!! it was nice and easy to apply I found that it lathered really well without being to foamy and fake feeling, I needed to use a good amount however that is because I have long thickish hair... I find the fragrance of it ok it has the typical shampoo smell, nothing overpowering which I like and I found after I had dried my hair it had just a nice slight fragrance to it.. I found the packaging to be a nice bottle, has a lot of information on the front and back which is good to read, I found the shampoo to come out really easily .. The price is really good, I usually purchase expensive ones from my salon so it is great to know that I don't need to do that.. I found the shampoo made my hair feel quite rough on washing it out however the conditioner soon fixed this problem..

I found this product to do what it said to do, I noticed after using a few times that my colour had not faded, if anything maybe become a bit brighter.. I can suffer from dandruff so would not be able to use this product every time, but I defiantly am sold on it and would defiantly go out and purchase it and recommend it to a friend.

This is my new favourite shampoo brand! this made my hair so nice and not as dry as normal! my hair dye is still rumming when i wash my hair (by now it should have stopped running, so not really sure its doing the right job on the colour protect side) but other than that, I love it!

I got to trial, which I was super excited about ! But after just one use of this shampoo, it left my hair dry but it did do the job. I think i may be allergic to this as I got tiny tiny little sports along my hairline after using this, but I think this is just me and it probably wont happen to you.

This does colour protect my hair and it did work on my mum as well, but it did leave it feeling very dry and a bit stripped from the nautural oils.