John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Luminous Color Glaze Reviews

Oh internets, I've been ever and then decorated. What with all the strenuous procrastination and mental strain of slacking off, combined with the back-breaking effort involved in sleeping in until past noon... No, really, it'due south been hectic. And it'due south only going to go better: I've got loads of mark to exercise, plus meetings and training sessions, plus dinners with visiting lecturers, and I accept to read three papers, prepare a talk, and get an oil modify, all before adjacent calendar week! Just right now, I have moments to spare. And so here I sit, sipping my wine, sniffing my wrists (long story) and making another Random Product Review!

So, nosotros've all been pond in smoothen serums, shine sprays, pomades, and a whole wack load of other shine-enhancing products since the late 90's. The quest for a burnished, mirror-similar sheen on our locks is zero new. Lately though, at that place'south been a lot of buzz about "glossers". From what I assemble, these products are typically used in salons to enrichen color and add glossy smoothen. Sort of like a toner, maybe? I don't know, but as a daughter who'due south currently sporting about half-dozen shades of highlights (accumulated from past highlighting trips, I mean -- I was never aiming for a crazily highlit look), I was thrilled to hear virtually products that might: a) liven-up the dull-ish color a bit, and b) requite me that e'er-elusive Shampoo Commercial Smooth.

I bought the "Cognac to Maple" shade to lucifer my same highlights. The John Frieda Luminous Colour Glaze promises to "reawaken lackluster brunette hair with a shot of dazzling brownish color, satiny texture and multi-dimensional smoothen". My lightest strands are probably closer to a dark blonde, simply the streaks were getting a bit freaky and brassy, and I wanted to tone them downwards. So I figured that this lightest of the brunette shades would be simply right.

The instructions say to shampoo and condition as usual, and then massage the coat into wet hair. Subsequently 3 minutes, yous're supposed to rinse it out and observe newly glossy locks. The color "re-awakening" part is supposed to come up on gradually -- subsequently virtually 3 uses or then. The instructions say to use the product every other day until the desired outcome is accomplished, and so this review will span my 3 uses of this production over 6 days. (How very scientific!)

Day 1
Okay, and so I'd read some other reviews, and a lot of people institute this stuff drying, so I conditioned as usual before using the glaze, and then dabbed on a scrap of conditioner afterward I rinsed it out as well. The consistency of the stuff is sort of like a slippery pudding... in fact, I establish it a bit difficult to get it to stay in my hair. I dropped significant amounts of it while trying to become it to coat my strands. The product smelled kind of chemically, with hints of kokosnoot (which I hate, incidentally). Oh well.

So I get this broth into my hair, and then had to immediately start scrubbing my hands with soap and a loofah, considering I could tell information technology would stain. Go ahead and give those paws a skilful cleaning... as much every bit if you had but used a self-tanner. It never actually stained my peel or shower walls, simply I'm fairly sure that it would have had I been less careful with it.

After the requisite iii minutes, I rinsed it out. My pilus did indeed feel a bit drier than usual (lacking the slip of freshly-conditioned hair), so I slapped on a chip of conditioner. Now came the true examination: how would it look after it had dried?

I did my usual routine of letting the hair air-dry out, then straight-ironing it. And the highlights? They were.... at that place. Nope, no exciting results yet. What about the polish? Was that there? Nope, not that I could run across. And the condition of the hair? It was weird... it felt smooth, just slightly dry at the same fourth dimension. Non alarmingly so, and it was notwithstanding as manageable as usual. It but felt a fleck parched is all. Not sure if that was due to the glaze or to my new shampoo/conditioner philharmonic. But whatever, not a huge bargain.

Then Day 1's results were a flake disappointing. But they did say that it would take a few uses before I'd run into results, so on to Day two we get!

Solar day 2
Same bargain as Day i: Shampoo, condition, glaze, condition briefly again, so dry & fashion. I still didn't see this supposed gloss action, only the colour... was it my imagination, or did the highlights seem more toned down? (This is a skilful affair remember; my highlights were getting brassy and faded and too lite) It did seem that the lightest streaks looked less tired. And when I mentioned to Roommate that I was trying this new hair stuff, she said my highlights did look kickier. I don't know if she was just being polite and if I was just seeing things that I wanted to see, simply this was at least encouraging.

Day 3
Soap, rinse, repeat. This time around, I really recall I did see a bit of a change. Cipher drastic, mind you. Just the colour did seem a touch richer. I casually mentioned to S that I was using this, and he said "Hey, that's funny! I did discover that your highlights seemed... I dunno, blonder? Lighter?" While this was not exactly the effect I was after, the fact that a very Un-metro male child noticed a deviation without my mentioning information technology beforehand tells me this stuff must be working! Hurray!

Final Impression
So okay, this stuff does non suck. While it didn't make me look like I'd just gone out and bought a head total of expensive new highlights, it did brand my highlights less brassy and the colour did seem refreshed. And maybe... maybe it was a bit shinier. But actually, it was the colour furnishings I was after, and so in the end, I really didn't intendance if I got super glossy pilus. Although it would have been squeamish, I guess.

At about $xiii CAD a canteen, I'd say it'southward worth the purchase one time in a while. A bottle volition probably last me 2 rounds of 'treatment'. (I have directly thick pilus that goes down to my shoulder blades. It tends to eat upwardly product, so a bottle lasting six uses for me is quite reasonable.)

I also think this product would be not bad if y'all're trying to darken your colour a bit. If you went a bit overboard with the highlights, just choose one shade darker than the highlights, and continue using it until you get the colour you want. As an aside, a stylist once told me that the best way to grow out highlights is to use a semi-permanent colour that matches your base colour to cover the highlights. As the color wears off, repeat the procedure. After 3 or so times, you should exist pretty close to your base color. And since y'all're only depositing colour, you're not damaging the hair. If y'all're just looking to bring your colour downward a notch, I think the John Frieda Colour Coat would work well as a substitute for the semi-permanent color.

Now if John Frieda would only finish making all his stuff odor like freakin' coconut!! Seriously! I love his Frizz Ease line because it smells divine, but all his Brilliant Brunette crappe and at present this Colour Glaze stuff smells like atrocious coconut cream or something. The Colour Glaze is not then bad, because information technology washes out. But I tin't use his Vivid Brunette shine serum or finishing cream, which is a shame because they actually do piece of work quite well. Market to me, John baby! STOP WITH THE Coconut!

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