Since I’ve changed my hair colour from blond to brown I discovered that, to keep brown hair looking good, it takes as much time as when you are blond. I’ve noticed that once the colour starts to fade, quite quickly, my grey hair also appears more visible. So with this new hair trauma I decided to look for something mild I could use between two colorations to cover this hair situation. Being blond for 15 years gives hair lot of damage already so I didn’t want to colour it too often. As I was walking around cosmetic shelves in pharmacy I came across PHYTO GLOSS Colour enhancing express treatment. I was instantly interested and although it wasn’t cheap (19 € for 145 ml) I decided to give it a try.
What it promises: revives brown to dark brown hair colour, adds light and intensive chocolate shade. It nourishes hair as it contains Brazilian Pernambuco wood, mango and cacao butter. It doesn’t include ammoniac or other colouring ingredients. It says it lasts 4-5 washes and that the whole bottle lasts for 10 applications.
Application: I followed instructions on the bottle: use gloves, spread 4-6 pumps on washed hair (after shampooing) and leave for 5 minutes and rinse thoroughly. It says, you should first do an allergy test on small spot on your hand before using it on scalp.
It was little bit awkward to wash the hair and then put the gloves on and spread the product. Next time, I would wash my hair standing outside of the bath and then use the PHYTO GLOSS, and then take a shower and rinse it. One application was more than 4-6 pumps for me, so I would not say that one bottle last 10 applications, if your hair is at least mid-long like mine. I think it would last me about 5 applications.
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| PHYTO GLOSS Colour enhancing express treatment (Soin express raviveur de couleur) |
Scent and colour: it has beautiful chocolate smell and colour, love it!
Texture: it has thick cream texture, something like John Frieda shampoos.
Hair colour after 1 application and its longevity: the colour turned nice warm chocolate dark brown. It wasn’t patchy, looked quite natural. It lasted really 4-5 washes which is great for me since I wash my hair only twice a week. With that in mind the bottle could last me about 10-15 weeks if I used it all the time. If you colour your hair every month and you use the product to postpone colouration by 2 weeks you would have to buy this product only every 5-7 month and reduce the colouration by 4 per year. Economically, if you buy colour for 10€ it is the same value in total with or without this product, the only difference (and important one) is that you damage your hair less when using PHYTO GLOSS as partial replacement of the colouration.
My final verdict: now the last question remains, did it colour my grey hair? Unfortunately it didn’t. This is the only complain I have and also the reason why I won’t purchase it again. I bought it mainly to hide my grey hair; the colour enhancing was only the second reason. Also I’ve changed my hair to cool dark brown therefore I cannot use PHYTO GLOSS anymore as it gives you very warm brown colour. Apart from this I liked the product and I will give it to my friend who has chocolate brown hair and no greys (lucky her).
Texture: it has thick cream texture, something like John Frieda shampoos.
Hair colour after 1 application and its longevity: the colour turned nice warm chocolate dark brown. It wasn’t patchy, looked quite natural. It lasted really 4-5 washes which is great for me since I wash my hair only twice a week. With that in mind the bottle could last me about 10-15 weeks if I used it all the time. If you colour your hair every month and you use the product to postpone colouration by 2 weeks you would have to buy this product only every 5-7 month and reduce the colouration by 4 per year. Economically, if you buy colour for 10€ it is the same value in total with or without this product, the only difference (and important one) is that you damage your hair less when using PHYTO GLOSS as partial replacement of the colouration.
My final verdict: now the last question remains, did it colour my grey hair? Unfortunately it didn’t. This is the only complain I have and also the reason why I won’t purchase it again. I bought it mainly to hide my grey hair; the colour enhancing was only the second reason. Also I’ve changed my hair to cool dark brown therefore I cannot use PHYTO GLOSS anymore as it gives you very warm brown colour. Apart from this I liked the product and I will give it to my friend who has chocolate brown hair and no greys (lucky her).
