Ionic Color Illuminate – Rose Gold Conditioner by CHI for Unisex – 8.5 oz

I’ve been using this brand of Mahogany Red conditioner twice a week after I wash my hair for about 6 months now on my already red dyed hair. It does well to keep the color fresh and bright. However, it is not a very effective conditioner and my fine hair dries out very easily especially when I apply daily heat while styling. To combat this, I condition my hair with my normal conditioner twice a week, about 2 days after I use this product. Also, this product is extremely pigmented and can temporarily stain your scalp and hands. Depending on how much pigment you want to deposit into your hair, you can change how you use this product. To deposit more color (maybe an initial application to completelychange your hair color), I apply it to my DRY hair and let it sit for the duration of my shower (20 min or so) then rinse in cold water without shampooing. If you’re on more of a maintenance routine to enhance an existing red, I dilute this conditioner with my normal conditioner with about 1/3 regular conditioner and 2/3 color conditioner by mixing it in my hand before application. This also helps to improve the conditioning ability of this product. I know this sounds a little complicated, but I really enjoy the shade of red this conditioner deposits into my hair and I don’t mind the routine. The smell isn’t the best, but again, my regular conditioner improves it. The worst side effect is that when I work out at the gym and sweat, the red dye drips onto my face and clothing and can be embarrassing, but I’m sure that’s with any coloring product. Overall, it’s definitely worth the price and does it’s job as a color depositing product.

I finally found a product that does what it says! The color really does deposit on the hair. I had to be careful to do a second application to get the color completely even. I recommend combing through the hair while it is in the hair to get the color even. The color will vary with the blonde pieces and other shades I have, so that was a plus. To keep the color strong and vibrant, I’d recommend using it once a week. It comes in many fun colors! The colors are mixable too. I used Mahogany red and cocoa brown. I first used only the mahogany red, but it was a little too bright for my age, I thought (I’m almost 67), so I used cocoa brown, which deepened the brown and left the right amount of reds. Left my hair soooo soft, and the scent wonderful!

I tried all sorts of blue and purple colored toning shampoos and hair masks to correct my brassy highlights. I was almost considered dying my hair brown but I didn’t want additional damage on top of the bleach.I thought I’d give this a try. I left it on only for 3 minutes because I didn’t want it to make my highlights too dark.It completely resolved the brassiness and my highlights are a much cooler, natural looking mahogany brown color.I will continue to use this weekly

Very fast shipping. Very pleased

Great all over color or use it with a hair color application brush as in the hair salon . Apply on roots like in the hair salon, comb through hair and get highlights & root coverage….. ITS A YES !