I Dye My Hair Bright Copper Red, and I Save Hundreds on Salon Appointments with This $16 Celeb-Used Hair Gloss

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It has nearly 8,000 five-star ratings at Amazon

When I finally decided to abandon the natural dirty blonde hair I’d grown up bleaching back in 2022, I was eager to see the effect the color change would have on my wallet.

After over a decade of highlight appointments, I couldn’t wait to try out a hair color I assumed would be a little lower maintenance. The shade I ended up choosing? Cowboy copper, which, I quickly found out, wasn’t nearly as low-maintenance as I had hoped.

While I loved the vibrant hue that I left the salon with after that first appointment, it didn’t take long for my color to start to fade — I noticed my hair getting dull before my roots even had a chance to show. So, I went on the hunt for a product that would restore my hair to its post-salon vibrancy without the hefty price tag that comes with getting my color touched up every few weeks.

And I found the L’Oreal Paris Le Color Hair Gloss, an at-home toner that’s completely changed my color-treated hair’s upkeep.

L’Oreal Paris Le Color Hair Gloss

$16 at Amazon

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While I was immediately drawn to this boxed hair product because of its $16 price tag and fast shipping, it wasn’t until I tried it for the first time that I realized what a gem I had uncovered. The gloss was easy to apply — I just shampooed my hair like normal, applied the product from root to end in small sections outside of the shower, and let it sit for 15 minutes before washing it out. Most importantly, though, it left my hair looking and feeling like I’d just received a toning treatment, a service that helps maintain dyed hair’s vibrancy, at the salon.

The key to the gloss’s professional-looking results is its formula: a coconut oil-infused deep conditioning base that’s free of harsh chemicals like ammonia, parabens, and sulfates. Because the mask aims to deep condition first and color second, my hair felt soft and nourished while my color looked rejuvenated, not oversaturated.

Since making the hair gloss a regular part of my haircare routine, I’ve found myself itching to schedule salon appointments far less frequently; I’ve managed to extend my time between visits to eight, almost nine weeks.

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Redheads (fake or otherwise) aren’t the only people who can use this product. It comes in 13 other shades like cool blonde, which aims to eliminate brassiness in bleached hair, and smoky bronde, which was recently used to help Rita Ora enhance her warm brunette strands. Prices vary by color, with some options as little as $7.

The gloss has earned more than 7,900 five-star ratings from Amazon shoppers who agree it makes their color last “so much longer” than before. “I can go a few weeks longer in between appointments, and my hairdresser agrees my red still looks vibrant when I go in,” one reviewer wrote.

“To say the results are beautiful is an understatement,” a second reviewer said. They noted that stylists at their salon even praised their hair color. “It did a fabulous job of toning the yellow hues in my naturally graying hair while imparting beautiful shine and softness,” they shared.

Save yourself from expensive salon trips and grab the L’Oreal Paris Le Color Hair Gloss now. Then, keep scrolling to shop for additional color-enhancing haircare products at Amazon.

Nexxus Color Assure Shampoo and Conditioner

$45 at Amazon

Keracolor Clenditioner Hair Dye

$22 at Amazon

Kristin Ess Signature Hair Gloss Treatment

$15 at Amazon

Gem Lites Colorwash Color Depositing Shampoo

$35 at Amazon

Overtone Haircare Semi-Permanent Color Depositing Conditioner

$32 at Amazon

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