Page 2 | Recommend a home hair gloss treatment ... *clear* (ie no colour, just the shine)?

PiggyPigalle · 17/01/2025 13:14

Harpers list more than I knew about, some not available here I'm sure. I've only used Cellophane so can't vouch for any of them.

10 Best Hair Glosses 2025 - Hair Gloss for Shiny Hair

The 10 Best Hair Glosses for Your Shiniest Hair Yet

These innovative formulas make your hair look like you just left a salon

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/hair/g63397556/best-hair-glosses/

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nongnangning · 17/01/2025 13:23

PiggyPigalle · 17/01/2025 13:10

Sebastian Cellophane won't shift anything, as it merely coats the cuticle in the same way way that Henna does or the old Loving Care. No patch test required.

The reason Sebastian won't sell to the public is to protect its salon owners. There is even a comment from one on Amazon who wished to cease stocking the full range but still buy the very popular gloss.
Sebastian wouldn't allow that, which is why the salon owner buys it from Amazon.

Something I have found with glosses, is that if they're coloured, the end result is better shine. I applied a colour a couple of shades lighter than my own so as not to be noticeable.
If you do apply a hair cuticle coating, leave time before a hair colour.

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This is very insightful @PiggyPigalle . The hairdresser I had a few years ago who first did a gloss on me, one day said out of the blue: "I'm not doing glosses anymore". He's moved away so I can't ask him - but I wonder if something like this ie Sebastian rules was the reason he stopped it. Plenty of us were paying him to do them, so it's not that it wasn't popular.

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Lifestooshort71 · 17/01/2025 13:32

suburburban · 17/01/2025 12:12

@Lifestooshort71

What blonde rinse do you use please

Fancy a change

Colour Effects wash in wash out Honey Blonde, they also do a very cool blonde, from Superdrug

www.superdrug.com/hair/hair-colourants/wash-in-wash-out/superdrug-colour-effects-wash-in-hair-dye-honey-blonde/p/751849?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAnKi8BhB0EiwA58DA4e8qJnqkssdBylcaok_oi3jH6MooEVaa_ArACig4xQIvEg5zAiFUQhoCT-oQAvD_BwE

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nongnangning · 17/01/2025 13:34

PiggyPigalle · 17/01/2025 13:14

Harpers list more than I knew about, some not available here I'm sure. I've only used Cellophane so can't vouch for any of them.

10 Best Hair Glosses 2025 - Hair Gloss for Shiny Hair

I saw this list in Harpers - thank you for the reminder. But I wondered how many of them were actually fancy conditioners rather than dye-type products. I can really empathise with PP who mentioned her drawer full of abandoned hair products. I have the same - and some of them are £30 each!!

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PiggyPigalle · 17/01/2025 15:56

Hotandbothered222 · 17/01/2025 13:14

Would these glosses have a thickening effect by any chance? I don’t want to dye my hair, but I’m always on the lookout for something to thicken my babyfine hair without weighing it down.

They would to a certain extent. Thick hair is determined by hairs per sq. inch, thicker individual hairs or a combination of both.

Women talk about wanting swishy hair, you need a degree of weighing down each individual hair to achieve that. Fine, flyaway hair is never "swishy."
Glosses are temporary, so if you tried one and didn't like it, all you've lost is the cost of the product.

KittenPause · 17/01/2025 16:03

Ive just dyed my hair with Clairol nice and easy and was just admiring my very shiny glossy hair from the conditioner that comes with it

PiggyPigalle · 17/01/2025 16:23

nongnangning · 17/01/2025 13:34

I saw this list in Harpers - thank you for the reminder. But I wondered how many of them were actually fancy conditioners rather than dye-type products. I can really empathise with PP who mentioned her drawer full of abandoned hair products. I have the same - and some of them are £30 each!!

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No idea of their efficacy. Mind, it was a conditioner not a gloss, that gave me the best results, now discontinued.
I too have failed hair care products. Shampoos get poured into hand wash dispensers, it's all soap.
Sometimes sellers put their part used products on ebay.

I can't be bothered anymore with sectioning, applying Sebastian and sitting under a hairdryer. I use Vitapointe on towel dried hair and maybe brush a bit more through when blow-dried to shine it up.

PiggyPigalle · 17/01/2025 16:41

nongnangning · 17/01/2025 13:23

This is very insightful @PiggyPigalle . The hairdresser I had a few years ago who first did a gloss on me, one day said out of the blue: "I'm not doing glosses anymore". He's moved away so I can't ask him - but I wonder if something like this ie Sebastian rules was the reason he stopped it. Plenty of us were paying him to do them, so it's not that it wasn't popular.

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There's another twist to the Sebastian gloss in salons too.
It requires heat and a wait time. So you sit under the drier while the stylist does a less profitable cut and blow dry. Kerching!

Doggymummar · 17/01/2025 16:46

I need to ban myself from this thread, too late. I just ordered the Oribe Mirror Glass Shine 20pc off at Cult Beauty

PuppyMonkey · 17/01/2025 16:50

Lifestooshort71 · 17/01/2025 12:02

I've tried this colourless one - I have grey hair that I put a temp blonde rinse on every 3 weeks or so. I used the Glaze once - you have to heat dry rather than use it as a conditioner. I dutifully blow dried with big brush and yes, it did look better but was greasy the next day. Perhaps I put too much on but my hair usually goes a week before needing washing again. It's joined the collection of bottles and sprays in my hair drawer.

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Same.

WeeScottishWonders · 20/02/2025 22:19

nongnangning · 16/01/2025 13:37

About ten years ago my then-hairdresser used to do what he called a "gloss treatment" - which, as he told it, involved taking an element of the hair dye process, just a clear part, and using it like a semi-perm dye. It didn't change the colour of my hair but made it nice and shiny. It lasted about a month.

I would really like to be able to do this myself at home but have got confused by all the words gloss and glaze on hair products now. Some of these seem to be just conditioner, others something more.

Can anyone suggest how to do this or a good affordable product to try? I went to Boots and stared at all the packs of hair dye - but they all seem to be colours.

TIA for your home gloss tips!

1:1 with a low volume developer 👌 like the ones you get in box dye kits 🙌 I like the term gloss. We call it a top coat 💇‍♀️

Recommend a home hair gloss treatment ... *clear* (ie no colour, just the shine)?

BlackSwan · 04/07/2025 18:19

I just bought the Sebastian Cellophanes in Clear from Notino. If I wrap my head in cling-film and blast it with the hairdryer would that be enough heat to activate it?