Kristin Ess Signature Hair Gloss

I tried the chocolate color gloss for the first time. I had wet my hair under the tub facet before applying. This product has such a strong smell like ammonia. I did not apply this to my root or scalp due to just dying my roots prior although I would not recommend it. I had light brown/bronze highlights and it turned my overall hair color almost black looking. In the sunlight you can see the brown only. It did make my hair soft and shiny. I wouldn’t use this anymore I could get away with using a good hair mask instead

I had to tone my hair twice. The first time I used Winter Wheat and it didn’t do anything so the next day I used Smokey Topaz and it worked! It took my streaky yellow chunky highlights and blended and cooled them to a beautiful ashy bronde. It also made my hair silky soft. I got terrible highlights at a salon and this toner was a life saver!

First I tried Smokey topez, I feel like it helped a little with the bronze color but not much. It may have been my fault I didn’t use the full bottle but my hair was saturated. Left it on 30 mins. Second tried choc cosmo and my hair is definitely more black 1st pic before 2nd Smokey topez 3rd choc cosmo

Sadly made my hair fall out and left it dry.

Made my hair fall out in handfuls after using more than once!

Made my hair fall out!

I’ve been using this product for years and each time I’m amazed at how great it is for my hair. I recently brought it to my appointment with my hair stylist and he was even wowed by the amazing results this product produced. I have naturally curly hair but wear it straight often. My hair is shiner, bouncy, and smoother.

I have regularly dyed my hair a deep, burgundy/cherry red color for the past 10 years. However, due to my natural hair color/tone, my hair can fade from that rich jewel-toned look that I like into something brassier that isn’t ideal. Did this treatment the night before going on vacation and followed it with my regular shampoo/conditioner routine + a JVN deep moisture hair mask. Finished it off with a leave-in conditioner treatment. My hair looks gorgeous, fresh, and like I just came from the salon. Will be implementing this into my regular routine when I’m not feeling the hassle of a full dye-job.

This product is amazing! It saved an expensive trip to the salon! I haven’t styled my hair yet and I can’t wait to. You can clearly see the yellow in my hair before. My hair came out exactly as pictured on the box.

I used to color my hair then Covid-19 came I started using and never colored my hair again my hair is healthy and shiny love it I’m 49 years old and my hair never looked better highly recommend.

Works almost too well. I have strawberry blonde hair and used the red gloss. My hair is like 4 shades redder now lol I liked it but wish I would’ve left it in for less time. I left it in for 12.5 minutes

the picture in the gray sweatshirt is before and the mirror picture is after. i used chocolate cosmo and i left it on for 15 minutes. my hair is relatively dense/thick so i used a little more than half the bottle to make sure it was all evenly saturated. i started out with my natural cool medium brown with some left over highlights from previous dying as well as some from the sun. my goal was to darken it a bit, make it warmer and make it one cohesive color. this product was perfect! you really can’t beat these results for this price.

Did a good job of taking away the brassy color while I decide what I'm going to do with my hair.

the color was fantastic! i had a ton of brassiness and yellow near my roots and it toned it out beautifully. so so so impressed for only $15. on the gloss side however i wasn’t as impressed. my hair wasn’t much softer or “glossy” but i can live with that specifically for the toning.

I have naturally light golden brown hair with salon highlights. After a few months, the highlights can take on an orange/brass color that is really unflattering. This treatment (I used the Smokey Topaz shade) was super easy to use and worked like a charm! I'll be using it regularly every 3-4 weeks in between salon treatments. It also makes your hair silky and soft, in addition to correcting the warmth issue.

I absolutely love this product. I used to dye my hair jet black and over the past few years have gradually lightened to a mid to dark cool brown but really struggle with brassiness. The bittersweet gloss is the only product I’ve found to calm down the red tones in between hair color and that doesn’t have as many harsh chemicals as regular hair dye. It works like a temporary toner for me. Also, the products says it doesn’t cover grays, but I found that it does help add a bit of pigment temporarily and camouflage them for a few weeks which is a plus.

Wow this product has so many bad reviews and I’m sorry it didn’t work out for those people, not sure why it didn’t. But it worked exactly as I hoped it would for me. I bought chocolate cosmo, and wanted something to refresh my brown that faded into a coppery light brown and my blonde underneath was peaking out a bit by showing some golden strands. So I wanted to cover that all up, I’m trying to grow my blonde out since my natural hair color is dark brown. I got into the shower, wet my hair, squeezed the excess water out, turned the water off then mixed the two bottles together. I have short hair that’s above my shoulders so only half the bottle was needed for me to fully saturate my hair. I then massaged it in and allowed it to sit for about 30 mins. While I was massaging it in, of course you’re gonna get some hair fall out since your fingers are tugging at the hair. I got my normal hair fall out that I would during any normal shower. It wasn’t anything new or drastic. After 30 minutes I went back on and rinsed it out clean. My hair felt a little squeaky clean, but nothing my shampoo and conditioner can’t fix. After shampoo, conditioning, and some hair oil, my hair felt very soft and slippery when wet. I let it air dry and the color was this gorgeous deep chocolate brown that had this warmth to it that just complimented my skin tone, the color also matched my roots well! My hair wasn’t dry, brittle, didn’t fall out in clumps, no burning, it didn’t get ruined or damaged, my hair is literally the same as it always is after a wash. The gloss didn’t condition or make my hair look glossier, yes they got that part right, but it gave me the color I wanted and it looks beautiful. Literally your conditioner and some hair oil can soften your hair and give it shine, it’s not the end of the world if your is a little dry. Plus my hair is bleached underneath this brown and it didn’t destroy or damage my hair at all. Very happy with the product. 4 stars cause it didn’t gloss or condition my hair but gave me the color and coverage I wanted. Will purchase again and again.

Killed my hair. It is so dry. Would not recommend.

This stuff really works. I had some major reddish orange tones after lightening my brown hair, and it this completely eliminated the red and very nicely toned the orange to a cool light brown. Also left my hair feeling super soft. Great to use when you can’t get to a salon right away.

Item arrived opened and damaged. Clearly someone had purchased this before. Very disappointed.