John Frieda Luminous Glaze Clear Shine Gloss, Anti-Fade, Color Enriching Gloss, Safe for Color Treated Hair, 6.5 Ounces

People. OMG. This product has changed my life. My hair is very fine textured, but thick in quantity. It is somewhere between wavy and curly. Depending on the day. When I was 22 I started to go gray. Not that big of a deal color-wise, but my gray hair is coarse and wiry--I joke that it's more like pubic hair than "hair hair", and so, the intrusive grays were annoying. To solve that, I've used Clairol Natural Instincts #5 for as long as I can remember. I'm going on age 48 now. The gray coverage is probably 75% and thankfully, I can still color it brown and get beautiful results with that.I was happy with just doing that only---UNTIL RECENTLY.I wasn't sure if Clairol changed the formulation, or if I had a lot of recent hair growth, or if maybe it was something in my diet or from changing long term medications, but my hair started to become very dry and lifeless, and worse--I developed what I call a FRIZZ HALO. It was super demoralizing and depressing. Nothing I did for the frizz was helping. Any kind of Argan Oil Mist or whatever just made my fine textured hair look super greasy. Sleeping on satin sheets worked for right when I woke up in the morning but by mid-day it was back. I stopped using all heat--no hairdryer, no hot tool. I researched conditioners, I tried taking silica gel and biotin , and I started just wearing my hair up all the time. But, no product contained the halo, unless I did copious amounts of hairspray, which made it crunchy and hard. I also tried Tresemme's Anti-Frizz shampoo and leave in conditioner and serum. Meh. Better than nothing, but far from best.I was sooooooooooooooooooooooo soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sooooooooooo unhappy. Then I read on Allure magazine about this product and decided to give it a try.MAGIC!!! I have my normal hair back. Youthful, smooth, full of body, soft, manageable. Thank God, I was about to chop it all off. So, others say they used this once a week or every few days. Beep that! I used it every day. Love this. So grateful for this. I feel like I got my life back. This will be a permanent part of my daily routine.

I used to go to a salon once a month to have my hair glazed. I am going gray pretty rapidly (I'm 52) and love the way my new hair looks. I'm growing it long. It's not salt and pepper, but rather salt and sand (medium honey blonde naturally). I use Phyto Phytargent shampoo once a week (intensely blue/violet) and I mix John Frieda Volumizing and Sheer Blonde shampoos and conditioners for daily use. It is past my shoulders and the ends are still honey-colored but can appear brassy against the lighter grays up top. The blue shampoo helps, but the glazing did wonders. It makes an intense shine that does not add any color to your hair. The way the shine reflects light, my white/grays are glowing and the honey ends are softened, making the blend beautiful. And it does not contribute to "build up" on hair. But I was paying $35 a month to have my hair glazed and I found it needed to be done every 1-2 weeks. I found this product and decided to give it a try.There are two ways to use it. First, shampoo and condition as usual. Then add enough of this to wet hair to cover (I use a quarter-sized puddle) and apply through hair. I leave it on a couple of minutes then rinse. That is for daily use. I REALLY LIKE using the product this way. BUT I LOVE the results from using it the second way. Once a week, on dry hair, apply enough glaze to completely saturate the hair (I get five uses from one bottle doing it this way). Gently comb through. Allow to stay on your hair 20 minutes. Rinse it out, shampoo and condition as usual. You can choose which of the two methods like best, you can't go wrong either way. But I find the once a week method gives me superior results and I like the way it looks even better than the salon treatment. It does not cause yellowing or dullness, just intense shine that will fade very gradually. I can technically stretch the treatment to once every two weeks if needed. This is for any color hair, but I love the way it works on my unintentional "ombre" hair.

If you don't want to make an appointment to get your hair done at the salon and want an easy way to increase shine and thickness of your hair, this may interest you. I colored my hair and about a week later I tried this glaze. The change was not that noticeable as the hair color had already made my hair pretty shiny. But weeks later when the shine from the hair color was decreasing I used this again. I could definitely tell a difference in the level of shine at that point. I noticed that each strand was thicker and there was less frizz. So I'd say this is nice for a boost of shine anytime you want it. To use it I just applied it to damp hair in the shower. One trick you may try is to keep a washcloth nearby and to pat your hair a bit to remove water that is running out of your hair before you use the glaze. One bottle of this seems to last for four to five applications if you have shoulder-length hair.~The Rebecca Review