Hey everybody!
I am a BzzAgent and as a member of the TRESemmé® Color Revitalize campaign I received one full-size bottle of each the TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo & Conditioner to put them to the test and share my opinion about them with you in this review.
First of all, I love coloring my hair and usually re-color my hair every 4-6 weeks due to new hair growth at the roots and more importantly because most of the hair color looks stripped, flat and washed out by then. Many people share the wrong belief that the causes of hair color fade might be the UV rays of the sun, salt and chlorine water, and pollution in the air. But this is not the case. Truth is, the number one reason of color fade is wash out!
TRESemmé® states for their new line of TRESemmé® Color Revitalize products: “Infused with advanced Color Lock Technology, new TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo & Conditioner protects hair for up to 40 washes, leaving hair shiny, vibrant and salon fresh. Think 40 washes seem like a long time? It is. In fact, it’s up to 8x longer vs. a non-conditioning shampoo.”
When I received my TRESemmé® Color Revitalize BzzKit a couple of weeks ago, it included a BzzAgent letter for me, a TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo & Conditioner BzzGuide with information about the products, a couple of coupons to pass along, and full-size 15 oz. bottles of TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo & Conditioner.
Using the TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo, the first thing I noticed is that it had a wonderful scent. It is not a specific fruity or flowery scent, but just a more neutral scent which just smells nice and compliments the product. The shampoo is colorless, which is a nice change from other brands which claim to protect your hair color by adding red or any other coloring to the ingredients to make them look more like your hair color. The texture of the TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo is nice and thick, which allows you to easily create a nice lather on your hair. You will be able to save and use less shampoo simply because this shampoo is very rich and sufficient. It got my hair squeaky clean. Rinsing it out was super easy and quick. But I really recommend the use of a good conditioner after shampooing, because it really tangled up my (over the shoulder length) hair.
The TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Conditioner has also a great scent. It feels more like a cream than other conditioners’ consistencies, and it is very, very rich. I found myself reducing the amount of conditioner I used for my hair each time I washed my hair, because even by using only a little bit, it worked great at detangling and smoothing my hair. Rinsing it out was also quick and I noticed how incredibly smooth my hair felt with the first use already. Being able to use so little conditioner for my hair I was left with an almost full bottle of conditioner after I had already finished all of the shampoo.
After my hair had dried, it looked shiny and smooth. The scent of the TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo & Conditioner lasted hours after my hair dried, which is a feature I am really looking for in hair care products. Another advantage of TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo & Conditioner products is that they are available in two different sizes now - the new 15 oz. bottles, and larger family-size 32 oz. bottles. I personally prefer the bigger bottles because we are a big family and I always use my shampoo & conditioner for my children too. This was another great aspect for TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo & Conditioner: They did not irritate my children’s skin. One of the best aspects of these products is that they are rather inexpensive, and widely available in mass merchandisers, grocery and drug stores.
The negative aspect that I noticed for myself was that the TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Conditioner seemed to be too heavy on my fine hair, weighing it down and making it look flat rather quickly. It did not matter if the hair was left naturally without anything in it or styled with other products. My hair looked flat, almost greasy at the end of the day, and there was no way that I would have considered to skip a day and go without washing my hair. It also caused my scalp to become very itchy which was very bothersome to me. I tried using only the TRESemmé® Color Revitalize Shampoo with a different conditioner to see if this was the cause and it helped a lot. Nonetheless, I continued using both products in order to evaluate the claim that the hair color would last up to 8x longer. In almost 15 years of coloring my hair and searching for hair care products to preserve the color longer, I have never been successful finding them. As much as I enjoyed these products, I cannot attest to it keeping my hair color vibrant and fresh longer than other products.
Besides that, I will be continuing to use this shampoo and, of course, the other available products that TRESemmé® carries. I love TRESemmé®, you get high quality products at most affordable prices! And last but not least, TRESemmé® does not test their products on animals, which I appreciate very much!
