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XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

Salon gloss/glaze

atlgirl · Gucci

I get a glossing treatment every time my hair is colored, and I love it. If you are going to try DIY, I would start with one that has no color in it. I'd be afraid to add something with color to already colored hair...

$65 is not a bad price (it's all relative, I know). I can't remember what my salon charges - I don't pay for my hair treatments - but I think they are more than that for gloss.

erin · Chanel

a clear one isn't going to change how your color looks at all, but will make your hair shiny for like a week. (clear doesn't last as long as colored ones) glossings aren't bad for your hair at all, and i love the way they make my hair feel/look.

if you are going to DIY, i like clairol radiance, which is carried at sallys. (a lot of salons use this -- i've also used sebasiten cellophanes and paul mitchell pm shines and i think they are all about the same quality) it's mixed equal parts color + developer (it's a special one called "infuser"). get a shade lighter than you think you want to be because since they are demi-permanent, they go on a little darker. (but fade very quickly) you need to use these with heat so go as follows:

-shampoo
-put on color
-use a shampoo cap
-run a dryer over your head for maybe 5-10 minutes
-let cool
-rinse out (no shampoo)

also, if you want to get this done at the salon, maybe wait until your next highlights, because a lot of times if it's an add-on, it will be a lot cheaper since you are getting blow-dried already.

i cannot comment on drugstore brands because i've never used them. let me know if you have any questions.

mz.shanzie · Kenneth Cole

I just moved back from Germany and I always got the clea gloss there with a highlight. They only charged me 15 euro ( about 20 bucks) for the "clear shades" as they would say. I swear the shininess would last months. i havn't had my haior colored and desparetly need too, but I am sad now that it is so expensive here!!