Paul Mitchell Clean Beauty Color Protect Shampoo 250 ml

Mel tells every colour client the same home truth before they leave the salon: the weeks of vibrancy you get from a colour service are decided at your own basin, by the shampoo you reach for next.

Clean Beauty Color Protect Shampoo is Paul Mitchell’s plant-powered answer for coloured hair. The vegan, sulfate-free formula lifts away everyday impurities gently, without dragging moisture — or pigment — out with them, which helps your shade stay truer for longer between appointments. Hair is left soft, glossy and light, never coated. Olive oil contributes antioxidants and vitamin E for healthy-looking shine, oat peptide wraps each strand in a moisturising, protective layer, and aloe vera soothes the scalp while conditioning naturally. Mel also rates the sunflower seed extract in this formula for helping shield colour from UV — her clients have returned from beach holidays with their shade still looking fresh.

• Sulfate-free cleansing that respects both your colour and your hair’s natural moisture
• Helps slow colour fade so salon vibrancy lasts between visits
• Olive oil delivers antioxidant, vitamin E-rich shine
• Oat peptide forms a protective, moisturising barrier along the strand
• Aloe vera calms and conditions the scalp
• Vegan, paraben-free, gluten-free and colour safe

In the shower: work through thoroughly wet hair and massage into a lather — sulfate-free formulas foam more softly than high-street shampoos, which is exactly as it should be. Rinse with lukewarm water; hot water opens the cuticle and speeds fade, so save the steam for your shoulders. For the full routine, follow with the matching Clean Beauty conditioner. Choose the 250 ml for the shower shelf or the 1000 ml if colour care is a long-term commitment.

Buy it from The Color, an authorised Paul Mitchell Signature Salon since 2006, and you’re getting the genuine formula with real salon advice behind it.