L'Oréal Professionnel Serié Expert Absolut Repair Shampoo for Intense Damage Repair & Nourishment for Dry & Damaged Hair 1500 ml/50.72 oz
1500 ml is a salon backbar bottle, which tells you who this is really for. If you wash long or dense hair several times a week, buying Absolut Repair at this size costs a fraction per wash of the small one.
The shampoo itself is L'Oréal Professionnel's standard for dry, damaged hair: brittle, dull lengths that have been through heat, colour or the weather. It nourishes the surface while it cleanses, so hair comes out smoother, softer and easier to work through, and the improvement holds instead of rinsing straight back out.
- Salon size for households or frequent washing
- Aimed at dry, brittle, over-processed hair
- Smooths and softens as it cleanses
- The first step in the wider Absolut Repair range
Buy a pump for it, because 50.72 oz is not a bottle you want to tip one-handed over the bath. Follow with the matching masque on the ends.
Absolut Repair is the range most stylists reach for when hair is dry rather than fragile, which is a distinction worth making. If your hair is snapping under a comb, the Inforcer line is the better fit; if it is dull, rough and thirsty, this is the one. Both are salon formulas, so use noticeably less than a supermarket bottle would need.
Aqua / Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Hexylene Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Amodimethicone, Carbomer, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Trideceth-10, Glycerin, Salicylic Acid, Glycol Distearate, Linalool, Mica, Peg-100 Stearate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Phenoxyethanol, Steareth-6, Coco-Betaine, Trideceth-3, Ci 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, Limonene, Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract, Acetic Acid, Fumaric Acid, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Ci 19140 / Yellow 5, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Ci 17200 / Red 33, Parfum / Fragrance (F.I.L
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- Every brand we carry ships within 24 hours, not just the hero lines. Order before 2pm and it leaves the same working day.
- Free over £40
- UK delivery is free on orders over £40. Below that it is a flat rate, shown at checkout before you pay.
- Tracking
- You get a tracking link by email the moment it is picked up.
- 30 days
- Send anything unopened back within 30 days for a full refund. No explanation needed.
- Opened it and it is wrong for your hair?
- Tell us what happened. Curl products are hard to judge from a photo, and we would rather swap it than have you stuck with it.
- We price match
- Find it cheaper somewhere else and we will match the price.
Application tips
A 1500 ml bottle is not built for a shower shelf. Decant into a smaller pump and keep the big one dry and upright, or you will be wrestling a full jug with wet hands twice a week.
Two pumps for shoulder-length hair, worked into the scalp and rinsed through the ends. On very damaged hair, one wash beats two. Conditioner or mask straight after, while the cuticle is still open.
Results
Brittle, straw-textured hair comes out of the shower behaving. The immediate change is in how much the hair resists you while wet, which is when most damage actually happens.
Dried, the lengths look less dull and take a brush without fraying at the ends. It is a maintenance shampoo rather than a rescue: used at every wash, it stops the condition sliding further while the trims catch up.
Composition
Full ingredients list
Aqua / Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Hexylene Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Amodimethicone, Carbomer, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Trideceth-10, Glycerin, Salicylic Acid, Glycol Distearate, Linalool, Mica, Peg-100 Stearate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Phenoxyethanol, Steareth-6, Coco-Betaine, Trideceth-3, Ci 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, Limonene, Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract, Acetic Acid, Fumaric Acid, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Ci 19140 / Yellow 5, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Ci 17200 / Red 33, Parfum / Fragrance (F.I.L
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