Clairol Professional Shimmer Lights Shampoo - 16 fl oz

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Lately my hair has been feeling like residue is being left behind but after a few washes with this I didn’t have that problem anymore! I feel like this product works really well and I’m always looking for a product that can keep my blonde looking top notch!

Effective product @ a good price

1. BACKGROUND: I used this product from 2016 (summer) to 2018 (fall). My hair is very dark, as I am half Korean, to take me fully blonde it took 2 sessions a week apart (8-12 hrs each) this was done to do as little damage to my hair as possible. (Any unevenness in tone from hair under my ear/base of skull is due to previous bleaching for underlights and color). VIDEO is from 1st session (lost video from second session-red tones are from previous sessions of green/purple/red underlights so it was impossible to go as light as others my go/wish to without EXTREME permanent damage and immediate breakage). 2. REVIEW: This product is very damaging to your hair, my friend has been bleaching her hair for over 12 years, there are much better products. Many people also use this as they believe purple shampoo “kills yellow tones” it helps with orange and BRASSINESS. Use BLUE shampoo if you want to keep more silver/ remove more “yellow tones”. It is cheap, and in images you can see I bleached very light, shimmer lights did kill some brassiness but it did not help as much as blue shampoo would have (it is mis-marketed). Also, after speaking to multiple professional HMUA’s, this is one of the most damaging purple shampoo’s you can purchase. It did more damage overtime and looking back I would have preferred to not use it at all, or use it less than the bottle & brand recommends. My sister has bleached her hair in 2013/14 (underlights and some highlights bordering on an ombré) and a full ombré in 2020 that she occasionally grows out partially then bleaches higher without touching the top which is why the bottle image is small as the bottle is dirty). It has also damaged her hair which is much thicker/denser and darker than mine (she has more curl/Native American recessive genes/and Korean than I do from our mom & great-grandmother-paternal). Regardless we have both suffered more damage from this product and would have used a higher quality, less damaging blue shampoo instead. 3. EDIT: as you can see from my roots in at least 2 images, my hair was a very cool dark brown, commonly mistaken as black (it is not black- my mothers hair is black. In my current profile image I have a lot of red lights that I put some purple dye on- in my profile picture all the bleached hair has been grown out and cut. 4. OTHER INFORMATION: -my hair is lighter from both age & once you bleach the skull your hair will never be as dark as it once was/ the same goes for natural blondes or lighter brunettes if you add darker color to the roots- this is just some extra information I wish I had known at a younger age in case anyone has children/ is looking at products before dying their hair).

Had to get the mini size one for travel as well, because this product is amazing, it those it’s job to clean the scalp as makes your hair look and feel moisturizer

Decent purple shampoo however didn’t see best results. Smell is over powering.

I used to use this product once a week on my hair and it’s been working great until my most recent wash and my hair started coming out in CHUNKS. Thank god I have a lot of hair but this immediately went into the trash.

I did not like this shampoo. I do not think it works at all and it does not smell good. My husband hates it when i use it but i dont want it to go to waste so i still use it but i dont see any difference.

For me, it did very little to nothing

This product is pretty good. After the first use I noticed a difference but not much. I am dirty blond and it definitely took away some brassiness in my hair. It left my hair a little frizzy but not to bad. Would recommend this product!

The purple shampoo really does it’s job, but there is a purple tint to your hair if processed light enough to the point it’s platinum. I know my friend uses it because she likes her hair a light purple color and it works because she is platinum blonde.

Better than any other drugstore brand purple shampoo

This is my favorite drugstore purple shampoo to use whenever I bleach my hair. It tones the brassiness out of my hair without fail. It is not damaging, smells nice, and lathers beautifully.

This is great for toning your blonde. I will admit it was a bit drying, but worked great to tone the brassiness when I was blonde.

My hair is much brighter.

Used this a couple of times and made my hair really dry. After 3 uses, it made my hair fall out significantly. Please be careful using it too much. Never buying again.

This product has a really dark purple color and is reallly strong! It started working within 2 minutes!! I love this shampoo turned my yellow blonde into a super pretty ash grey which is exactly what i wanted!!i will never stop using this shampoo and it hydrated my hair too!

This left my hair feeling dirtier than before I washed it. And the smell isn’t a nice fresh clean scent - it smells like herbs. Yuck.

This is the most affordable purple shampoo out there that actually works well. It’s definitely scented but I like the scent.

This is an excellent product to use if you are experiencing brassy or yellow tones to your blonde hair. I use this as a shampoo a few times a week and I also use it on dry hair as a mask. It works perfectly!

This is my go-to toner shampoo. I’ve used quite a few expensive brands and always go back to this brand. It does not dry out my hair, and it tones nicely. I leave it in no longer than 5 min once a week and then if I decide to use during the week, I just wash and rinse. I don’t feel the need to use the conditioner as I actually find it does not soften my hair nicely.