L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Colour-Protect Shampoo & Conditioner

I found this product to be a really good alternative to my much loved but far too expensive salon shampoo and conditioner. It left my hair glossy and shiny, and protected the colour nicely. Would definitely use again if I were to colour my hair.

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.

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

I use this as a standby product when my usual isn't on special. It's not the best shampoo and conditioner, but it's far from being the worst. Pleasant smell, doesn't dry out my hair or leave it too greasy. Reasonably priced.

When you can't afford to buy salon products this is an amazing go to product. The smell is lovely and my hair felt amazing after it's use.

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!

Received both to trial from Beauty Review and although they have a lovely fragrance this seems to dry out my hair too much. I haven't really noticed a difference with regards to colour protection and don't think I would purchase this once my bottles are empty.

I got this shampoo and conditioner in preparation for the Loreal hair colour trial that I was picked by BR for. I thought I would really give the colour the best conditions and use a colour protect shampoo. I had perviously used the Arganine resist shampoo and conditioner from this range and really liked them. Unfortunately this one not so much. I found it made my hair quite dry and straw like and it was quite unmanageable and frizzy when I had been using it for a few weeks. I wasn't even using this product solely once I had applied the colour to my hair as it was so dry and in need of moisture. However the shampoo and conditioner that I'm using at the moment are a bit too moisturising so I am using this every couple of weeks as a balance to the one thats too much. I really sould like I'm hard to please with this review but I've not been so fickle with shampoo and conditioner befoer I promise. In terms of the product its self its packaged well and it has the texture you would expect for each product and the both smell nice. Overall not a bad shampoo and conditioner it just doesn't quite meet the needs of my hair at the moment.

I really enjoy using Elvive colour-protect shampoo and conditioner, my hair always feels great after using it and I love the fragrance it has too.