Frederic Fekkai • Protein Rx Reparative Shampoo • Shampoo

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*TOP REVIEWER* SorceressOfTheDark on 5/7/2013 4:09:00 AM more reviews by SorceressOfTheDark

Age: 56 & Over   Skin: Dry, Fair, Cool   Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine   Eyes: Blue    

Always read the label first on any Fekkai product to be sure you are not purchasing the one made through P&G. Their quality is lesser than the salon quality, I have made that mistake. Target I believe carries the P&G stuff.
I discovered a bottle of this wonderful shampoo at TJMaxx. It does carry a slight vanilla essence, but I'm a vanilla person, so I particularly love the smell. The shampoo is wonderful for processed hair. I used to double-process my hair which would leave it in horrendous condition. The only alternative was to keep it short. I started using this miracle shampoo and it really helped. Amazingly, you can comb through your hair without a conditioner, that's how reparative it is to your hair.
Since it helped repair my hair, I've gone on to a longer length, using oils and other shampoos, thanks to this shampoo helping originally. That's what started my hair back on its road to recovery.
You only need about a dime size, if that, depending on the length of your hair. It lathers beautifully and rinses squeaky clean. Leaves hair in a beautiful, healthy condition.
Now that my hair is absolutely healthy again, I use this shampoo every time I process my hair. It's a must for me and leaves my hair luxurious after coloring. Since I only use it once every 3-4 weeks, the smaller bottle lasts a year, so it's not really a big investment, but worth it to my locks.
If you process your hair, and you find it gets dry or has split ends, then this product is your saving grace.
You can find it at Ulta, but also check the label, at Fekkai dot com or salons for the authentic version. I can't stress that enough after comparing two Fekkai products made by P&G that were not the same quality. I won't waste my money on anything that has their name on it, only the real version.

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*TOP REVIEWER* bernsie on 6/2/2012 10:04:00 AM more reviews by bernsie

Age: 44-55   Skin: Other, Medium   Hair: Silver   Eyes: Hazel    

Even though this is not a sulfate free shampoo I have used it on colored, hi-lighted, bleached and generally stressed out hair. This shampoo really does seem to mend the damage. As a matter of fact there have been times when this restorative shampoo conditions the hair w/out an additional rinse out/leave in conditioner. That, to me is a sign of a very efficient product. It is loaded with high tech along with natural extracts/additives. It mixes the best of both worlds and so with an exacting formula. It lathers well with the least amount of product and rinses quickly leaving the hair clean, but not overly squeaky clean. Hair immediately after rinsing feels better, softer to the touch. Detangling is easy after this treatment shampoo. It never makes the hair feel overly softened and weighted down as some deep conditioning shampoos will do. Hair takes on a new texture which styles easier and with high shine. Highly recommended though excessively expensive. Smells great as well!!!

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orchidsky on 4/3/2012 2:25:00 PM more reviews by orchidsky

Age: 30-35   Skin: Other, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Hazel    

I think the shampoo and conditioner work well. They were on par with others in the same price range. What I did not like is that the back of my neck started breaking out with cystic acne within days of beginning to use the product. This is not normal for me. Within a couple weeks, it was so severe that a lymph node in my neck swelled up. I was in denial for about a month and the final straw was when my regular hair stylist asked what bit me, assuming I had a spider bite on my neck. It's been a couple weeks since I've stopped using Protein Rx; I've had no new breakouts and my neck is almost entirely healed. I love Frederic Fekkai products and this one is worth a try, but if you notice breakouts, this is probably the culprit.

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*TOP REVIEWER* emodel on 11/15/2011 6:51:00 PM more reviews by emodel

Age: 30-35   Skin: Sensitive, Fair   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Brown    

I`ve just gotten this shampoo after all the great reviews. I have been coloring my hair for over 10 years, and I got a perm years ago. My hair is baby fine to begin with, so all the processing made it weaker. For the last couple of months I got a professional haircolor at a beauty supply store and used a Vol 40 developer, that is the strongest for blonde hair, the next one up would be a bleach powder. So the Vol 40 is working well, BUT makes your hair very dry and a couple of chunks broke off! PANIC... This shampoo is incredible! After the very 1st wash with it, wow! Instantly helped my hair a great deal! I used my regular conditioner after (today I am buying the fekkai cond. too!), so I left my hair dry naturally with hardly any leave-in conditioner, and it was beautiful, a LOT stronger, healthier. I can`t believe it! The $25 is pretty steep, but if you have unhealthy hair, get this, it is incredible! :-) Smells very lovely vanilla, love it. Oh, and you only need a very little of it, my hair is breast lenght, fine, and all I need is a nickle (c5) size amount, so even though it is very expensive, it WORKS, and you need a very small amount, so it will last a long time!!! :-)))

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albinaalba on 7/10/2010 10:04:00 AM more reviews by albinaalba

Age: 30-35   Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool   Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine   Eyes: Hazel    

I started using this product with great expectations, but it performed no better than any much cheaper "protein" shampoo. It made my wavy hair straight and wispy and the smell imho is very upleasant - a mixture of vanilla and ...sweat. I used it with the protein conditioner and without and the results are the same. I don't think it's worth the expence, although it is surely not a bad shampoo.

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*TOP REVIEWER* ml176 on 4/24/2010 10:06:00 PM more reviews by ml176

Age: 19-24   Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium   Eyes: Blue    

First, this smells so good! It's a delicious, warm vanilla. It's a reparative shampoo, and it actually feels luxurious in my hand. It doesn't create a huge lather, but it's enough to make me feel like I'm getting my head clean. I only used this every few days as a preventative measure to keeping my hair undamaged. I usually use some form of heat styling almost every day--either through a blow dryer, straightening iron, or hot rollers. I can definitely say I have very few split ends, and I must attribute some of my healthy hair to this Fekkai stuff.

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uskd022 on 4/9/2010 7:22:00 PM more reviews by uskd022

Age: 19-24   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Hazel    

I've always heard about how great Fekkai products were, but never tried them. Well after having duked it out with bleach and black hair over the past year, my hair has been left really damaged. I've tried every shampoo and conditioner with little luck. My hair always felt like straw after washing it and the conditioners never moisturized enough. I was using the Aveda damage remedy line with some luck, but my hair was still breaking and I was definitely not in love with the smell of the product. So when I came across the protein rx products in a kit with the shampoo, conditioner, and treatment mask at bath and body works I had to buy it. I was blown away first at how soft my hair felt after just shampooing--I could actually run my fingers through my hair with no knots or tangles and way less hair breakage. Even the Aveda shampoo did not leave my hair soft enough to run my hands through my hair after shampooing. Ive also been searching high and low for hair products that left a nice smell all day and these certainly did. And even though I'm usually more of a fruity scent person, I do love the warm vanilla smell these products have. So far I love all the protein rx products I've tried! At first I didn't like that Fekkai is owned by P&G but it seems that product quality was not sacrificed, and hopefully they don't ever change these products!

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argolis on 2/5/2010 1:04:00 AM more reviews by argolis

Age: 19-24   Skin: Dry, Olive   Hair: Black   Eyes: Brown    

I started using an 8 oz bottle around the beginning of October and just recently finished it. The first wash or two left my hair feeling strange, slightly unpleasant, but I found myself reaching for the shampoo and conditioner every time I was in the shower, which is strange for me because normally I get very bored of routine very quickly. By Thanksgiving, my family was marveling over my hair. They had never seen it so thick and shiny. I have very few split ends, despite the hard water where I live.

To be fair... Around that time, I had also decided to cut down in how often I washed my hair to only two or three times a week, rather than once (or more!) every day. I also was using Kiehl's Moroccan Argan oil on the ends of my hair after showers. These changes undoubtedly contributed to the improvements I saw, but I still feel like Protein Rx shampoo and conditioner are my HG hair products.

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earthakitt on 1/20/2010 7:18:00 PM more reviews by earthakitt

Age: 19-24   Skin: Other, Medium   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Other    

I love this shampoo! I have been using it for four months and my hair has been changed since! I have very thin/fine hair and wash and blow dry everyday because it gets dirty if I skip washes. For years I have been using L'oreal/Pantene/Vo5 and for years I have been unhappy with my hair. I decided to invest in a more expensive brand because after a decade of having really short hair, I have decided to grow my hair out.. and there was no way I was going to have a long mane of dry limp and thin hair. If I'm growing my hair out.. I'm going to do this right!

I had always assumed that it was the conditioner that you use that was most important for hair and so because of the price of Fekkai I invested in just the Protein Rx conditioner and used it with my usual L'oreal shampoo. The results were.. no different and I started to regret spending £18 on a bottle of disappointment! But two weeks later I read in ELLE magazine that it was actually shampoo that is worth investing in, so I went out and got the Protein Rx shampoo. The results were instantaneous! I get a hair cut every three months because I usually get split ends a month after.. but since using this, my last hair cut was four months ago and there has not been a single sign of a split end.. This shampoo has made my hair stronger which actually makes my thin head of hair look thicker, bouncier and shinier! Well, it doesn't make my hair as shiny as I want it to (i.e heavily edited shiny hair adverts HAH) but there is always serum for that.

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joy18 on 11/23/2009 8:56:00 AM more reviews by joy18

Age: 19-24   Skin: Combination, Fair   Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine   Eyes: Brown    

I have straightened, dyed, and highlighted waist length hair. It has been sadly abused due to almost daily backcombing and styling with curling and flat irons for the past two or three years. I bought this shampoo with the RX conditioner and after three uses my hair was more silky and manageable. However, after two months of use, I still have breakage and split ends. Combined with the price that's one lippie off in my opinion. Also halfway through it gets kind of hard to sqeeze the product out of the bottle. I'll probably buy it again though, at least until I can find something better. Bottom line, though this works great, it's not a miracle in a bottle. At least not for someone with hair as damaged as mine.

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VANESAPIETRA on 10/23/2009 9:56:00 AM more reviews by VANESAPIETRA

Age: 25-29   Skin: Oily   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Brown    

I have been on the search for the best shampoo for my fine, week hair for a long, long time. I tried this shampoo many times, but for some reason I'm always buying and trying something different. I need from a shampoo: not to leave it flat; not to leave it dry; to help with breakage and possibly make my hair stronger; volume as much as possible. As you can see I have a lot of requirements and it is very difficult to get them all. After all my search (years), I have come to the conclusion that this is one of the few shampoos that comes close to fullfil my needs and I will now stop searching for others since I know this is as good as it gets. I hope it helps.

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jnjules on 10/22/2009 1:34:00 PM more reviews by jnjules

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Brown    

This was given to my from my work (for sure glad I didn't buy it). Smells GREAT but makes my hair feel like crap. I was using it as a body wash until my husband started using it as a shampoo. Way to $$$ for how it performs, IMO. Biolage Hydrating, Ultra Hydrating, or Fortifying are SO MUCH BETTER and cost so much less (I'm a hairstylist so I feel sort of justified in saying that but I guess everyone's hair is different...just my opinion :)

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cmitakis on 8/27/2009 5:05:00 PM more reviews by cmitakis

Age: 30-35   Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine   Eyes: Hazel    

For some reason my hair responds really well to the Fekkai products I've used in the past, and this is no exception. My hair is fine, medium length and curly/wavy, and lately it's been pretty dry and scruffy looking. I used to color it, but haven't in a long time. This left it soft, shiny, and with a suprising amount of volume. Expensive, yes, but I plan on using it once every week or two as needed, as I don't think the protein line is meant to be used daily. UPDATE: I'm downgrading my rating of this. While it's good, I think that the price is a little steep and other more affordable shampoos are just as good.

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JoeBanks on 4/28/2009 11:05:00 AM more reviews by JoeBanks

Age: 36-43   Skin: Oily, Medium   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Green    

This is by far the worst shampoo I have ever used. After I used it a couple of times, my scalp and back started breaking out. I put it down for a while to make sure it was this shampoo that was causing the breakouts. Then I went back to it (had to justify spending the $$) and my back broke out with cystic (!!) acne that I had not had before. It took months to clear up and it was a major embarrassment. All throughout my scalp were pimples. That has never happened to me before. I am not sensitive to most products. THE WORST EVER!

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xPollyPocketx on 4/23/2009 12:22:00 PM more reviews by xPollyPocketx

Age: 18 & Under   Skin: Dry, Fair   Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Green    

This stuff is mediocre to me.
since I started using it (it's been about 2 months.)
teamed with the condition and hair mask, my hair hasn't been falling out any less that i've noticed.
it smells very nice, has a nice lather, but I could buy a drugstore shampoo and get the same low key results, for half the price.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Schadenfrau on 1/11/2009 7:57:00 PM more reviews by Schadenfrau

Age: 30-35   Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool   Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine   Eyes: Blue    

I've been using this shampoo maybe about once a week for the past 9 months or so, and even after all that time, the nicest thing I can say about it is that it won't ruin your hair if used sparingly. Also, it has a nice vanilla-cinnamon scent that works if you're not a fan of the fruit-basket shampoo fragrances so prevalent out there right now.

It's a decent product, but for $22 a bottle, it should really be much better. When I first purchased this from the Fekkai salon, a sales assistant swooped over and kept repeating, "You can't use this shampoo every day. You can't use this shampoo every day." I had no intentions of using the shampoo every day, so I bought it anyway. As the slightly nutty SA suggested, it's far too heavy for every day use, but it works decently if your hair is especially dry. Ho-hum.

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Swann on 10/4/2008 12:14:00 PM more reviews by Swann

Age: 25-29   Skin: Combination, Fair   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Brown    

It has an overpowering scent, and it didn't do anything to repair my hair, on the contrary it made it more frizzy and more breakable.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Mere828 on 10/1/2008 12:22:00 AM more reviews by Mere828

Age: 19-24   Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Green    

I straighten my hair 3-4x per week and needless to say, I have split ends galore. I knew Fekkai was fantastic from the technician line I've been using. But the protein line... wow, I used this for a week and a half and my split ends were gone and my hair looked healthy again. This works amazingly well.

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OfYourHeart on 9/10/2008 1:40:00 AM more reviews by OfYourHeart

Age: 19-24   Skin: Oily, Medium, Warm   Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine   Eyes: Green    

I have [professionally] bleached wavy blonde hair that reaches just past my shoulders.
I used to use Aveda's Damage Remedy w/ great results, but one day it stopped lathering so I switched to this product.
For $32 each for shampoo and conditioner, I was expecting fantastic results. I'm about 1/4 of the way though my jumbo bottles and I really don't see that great of changes in my hair. It's silky and manageable, but I find it gets greasier than normal. The lather on the product is nice and the smell is divine, but I don't feel I'll re-purchase once it's gone.
EDIT: my hair was gross, I returned it.

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Scrappydoo on 8/26/2008 8:41:00 PM more reviews by Scrappydoo

Age: 25-29   Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Green    

In one use with the matching comditioner this made my hair feel like silk, it's really shiny and full of body. It also smells great. A real winner!

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