finally a worthwhile in [SEP] i bought this in preparation for dying my hair blue for my birthday who wants to grow old if you have to grow up amiright using this beforehand my hair felt soft bouncy and lustrous at the appointment the stylist talked me into getting some paul mitchell color protect shampoo and conditioner which was a total waste of money in my opinion and i have since abandoned it for this again my hair is not quite as nice as it was before all the processing i did but i expected that this shampoo however has outperformed the paul mitchell stuff by far in terms of protecting my color from wash out fade out making my hair feel touchably soft and not weighing it down my hair does start to look a little more oily on day than it did before using this but it is a minor difference and nothing a little dry shampoo cannot fix