In my opinion the majority of salon products are complete BS. It’s kinda like taking all the ingredients for an amazing meal and instead of having a 3 star Michelin chef make it for you, you have to fumble around and try to do it yourself!

Okay I little bit of an exaggeration, but you know what I mean

You might want to switch to the Kerastase blow dry lotion in a pink bottle, Chroma Thermique, that’s for colored hair since it provides more shine than the Nectar Thermique. But, it if you have damaged hair that needs more TLC (like you have lightener in your hair or it’s just gotten fragile from heat tool abuse) you should try Ciment Thermique which smells AMAZING and really helps repair your hair and keep it nice. And then finish with a shine spray. I’m quite partial to the shine sprays by the brand Sebastian, my favorite is Trilliant, which has rock crystal particles in it and is also a thermal protector so it can be used on wet or dry hair, I like to spray it on hair before I flat iron it for the shine and extra heat protection. But they also have Halo Mist (which is a little heavier in feel and in shine factor and has UV protectants) and then their Shine Drops which is the heaviest one and should be used sparingly. Keratstase also makes some shine sprays, Chroma Crystal is the shine spray specifically for colored hair. They have one specifically for people out in the sun a lot as well, but I don’t use their shine sprays much as I use Sebastians.

Kerastase makes a great product called Elixir Ultime that I use on pretty much everyone, it can be used on wet or dry hair (I use it on wet hair to detangle and moisturize and on dry hair to smooth, add some shine and to make hair just look and feel more glossy). I would only apply it from midlengths to ends, if you feel a need to use any in your root area to smooth down fly aways or something use barely any (like just a light coating on your fingertips that you smooth the hairs down with) since it’s an oil and you don’t want your hair to suddenly become grease city. So you might enjoy that one as well.

Is your hair blonde? If so keep in mind blonde hair will never be *that* shiny, darker hair reflects more light and looks shinier. Also, try blasting your hair with cold air from your blowdryer at the end of blowdrying your hair, keeping the airflow pointing down the hair shaft still. You’ll get some extra shine from that since it helps set and seal down your hair cuticles (presuming you’ve been blowdrying with heat pointing down your hair shaft beforehand).

*Note* I work in a salon that carries Kerastase products thus my lengthy rambling on about their products, though we don’t carry the $150 treatment