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No Dye July: Buying the right shampoo!

Posted by Michelle July 19, 2010

Half way through July! So far so good.  Have you dyed lately? I haven’t. Right now, I’m concentrating on getting my hair to a healthy state and protecting my current color.  *horns and trumpets* Bring on the color safe shampoo! But which one is the right one to buy?

 I change shampoo so much that I don’t find it worth my money to buy expensive shampoos. So I headed to the local superstore to find the right choice.  In the big aisle of hair care, I managed to narrow it down to two candidates: 

Garnier Fructis Color Shield

vs.

Herbal Essences Color Me Happy

 Here’s what each shampoo bottle/company said:

garnierGarnier Fructis

COLOR SHIELD

COLOR SHIELD
FORTIFYING Shampoo & Conditioner

 Proven to stop dry-out. Fight fade-out.
Nourish and protect hair with Fructis Color Shield, infused with acai berry and grape seed oil, so you can keep the color you love longer. Hair is brilliant and shiny with lasting softness. UVA & UVB Protectant help protect hair.

Garnier Fructis Color Shield Shampoo gently cleanses and helps protect color-treated hair.

How to use: Massage into wet hair, lather and rinse thoroughly. For best results, use the Garnier Fructis Color Shield System of Shampoo, Conditioner and Instant Color Sealer Lightweight Leave-In.

http://www.garnierusa.com/_en/_us/our_products/product-struct.aspx?tpcode=OUR_PRODUCTS^PRD_HAIRCARE^FRUCTIS^FRUCTIS_DISCOVER^FRUCTIS_COLOR_SHIELD^FRUCTIS_COLOR_SHIELD_RTN1&prdcode=P41003

herbal essences

 Herbal Essences

Color Me Happy Shampoo & Conditioner

 Shampoo for color-treated hair

I really shine with your color-treated hair.

With a fusion of acai berries & satin,

I love your color. Let me keep it radiant.

Your color-treated hair will love my replenishing shampoo and conditioner marriage, fused with acai berries & satin. i’ll protect your color-treated hair because i’m packed with conditioners to help keep your hair healthy and truly radiant. And that’s a sign of happiness.

 Directions: Make a lush lather. Make your color-treated hair happy with it, rinse & repeat.

http://www.herbalessences.com/us/collections/color_me_happy/shampoo.jsp

 Well after reading both bottles and smelling the scents, I went with Garnier Fructis COLOR SHIELD FORTIFYING Shampoo & Conditioner.  The fruity scent and UVA/UVB protectants won me over.  The product really does what it says!  It smells amazing, makes my hair feel soft, clean, and shiny, not limp and dull.

What color safe shampoo do you use? 

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Shine Beauty Guru Review: Redken Body Full

Posted by Michelle December 11, 2009

As a Shine Beauty Guru, I get sent products to review. For November, we were sent Redken Hair Care Products.  Here is my review:

1This time I decided to jump in with both feet, well more like whole head. I abandoned almost all of my other hair products (still had to apply my split end treatment) to use all of the Redken samples I received. The 4 tested are from the Redken Body Full line which is supposed to “provide normal/fine hair with bodifying strength and density plus style retention. Hair is full of volume, long-lasting style and shine. [ Redken ]”

They included Body Full Shampoo , Body Full Light Conditioner , Body Full Volume Amplifier , Body Full Instant Bodifer .

I have normal to fine hair that tends to be dry, so I figured this line could be great for volume! As I read the back of each bottle though, I was discouraged to see that no product said anything about color-safe. Since I just got highlights put back in my hair I wasn’t thrilled with no protection for color treated hair.

 2

Shampoo/Conditioner Review:

The Body Full Shampoo did as it promised and removed all product build up. It not only felt clean but smelled clean too. I like the cotton-ey sent. The Body Full Light Conditioner was all I could ever hope for in a conditioner! Conditioner can weigh my hair down and grease I up too much if over applied. So normally I use only a dot or two to cover the ends. But with the Redken I was able to use a normal amount and feel a light weight head of hair’ the bounce would come when dry. I’ve been really happy with the shampoo/conditioner combo!

3Amplifier/Bodifier Review:

My hair is adverse to a lot of product; it builds up and gets greasy! I found that if I overused the Body Full Volume Amplifier and the Body Full Instant Bodifer, it got kind of greasy pretty quick. If I used only 3 or 4 pumps of the Bodifier and about 5 squirts of the Amplifier, it seemed the perfect combination to a full lift and shine.

 

 

Overall Review:

I was very happy with the results of the Redken Body Full line. I tend to go to bed with my head wet and let it dry overnight. This usually results in no volume at all! So when I woke up after using the Redken products, I was blissful to see some bouncy bangs and lift at my roots. Even after 1 use, my mom noticed how full my hair looked and asked what I was using. I think I’m going to let her borrow it too. I was disappointed it wasn’t safe for color treated hair, but I’m still going to use it until it is gone.

Rating: amazon-stars-four-half4 ½ out of 5 stars!

 

For more information on the Redken Body Full collection, visit: http://www.redken.com/products/haircare/body-full

All Pictures from:http://www.redken.com/products/haircare/body-full

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