Review: John Frieda BLONDE Haircare!

Bleaching your hair is extremely damaging and drying, so I set out to use products to maximise the amount of time between highlights. I purchased John Frieda Colour Renew Tone Correcting Shampoo, John Frieda Sheer Blonde Go Blonder Shampoo and John Frieda Sheer Blonde Go Blonder Controlled Lightening Spray.


I naturally have mousey brown coloured hair, not that I've seen this colour for many years (minus the points where my roots are showing horrifically), due to countless bottles of dark hair dye. I've tried dark brown, black, purple, red, plum, cherry black, permanants, semi-permanents, and then I finally took a shot at highlights.



I don't regret having highlights. Sure, its ruined my hair for now but I liked the change while it lasted. In total, I had my hair highlighted 3 times at a salon; first at the beginning of June, then the start of September and finally the end of December, each time having all of my head done.



The first product I used was the Go Blonder Lightening Spray. It comes in a 100ml regular spray bottle with a removable cap and can be taken when travelling as it does not leak, so packaging-wise I'd give it 5 stars.

John Frieda Sheer Blonde Go Blonder Lightening Spray

The spray is a little bit strong but this isn't a problem as it isn't focused into one little spot. Application-wise, apply it to anywhere you want to lighten, this can include your roots to help them blend better (which was my intention) or lighten sections of your hair. The instructions say that for the best results, you should use heat to further the effects but to be honest, I am a little lazy when it comes to my hair and rarely even use a hair dryer.

John Frieda Sheer Blonde Go Blonder Lightening Spray

My verdict: Excellent. This is only supposed to be used on blonde hair, however I found it lightened my roots amazingly. I used it about 3-4 times a week and    I really think it helped me go so long between highlights (I'm very fussy about roots showing, I could have gone an extra month if needed).
My only negative about this is that it contains Hydrogen Peroxide, however that's probably what makes it work so well. One tip I would give anyone who was considering using this is that I doesn't lighten like highlights do; it will lighten the whole section it's sprayed onto as a block, so if you continue using it for a long amount of time, you'll notice your hair will go from natural streaks of blonde to all over blonde rather abruptly.
I'd recommend this to anyone who has dyed their hair all over blonde, or anyone who doesn't intended to have highlights for more than 6months. I about 1 bottle in about 4months, only applying to my parting.

The second product that I used was the Colour Renew Tone Correcting Shampoo as my hair was a little too warm (alright, gingery) for my taste after my first set of highlights. It comes in tube style packaging that is nice and sturdy. It promises to 'neutralise brassiness' and contains UV filters and no ammonia or peroxide. They recommend to use it 3 times per week.

John Frieda Colour Renew Tone Correction Shampoo

John Frieda Colour Renew Tone Correcting Shampoo

The shampoo itself is a purple colour like the bottle, and foams up nicely like any other shampoo. It looks slightly scary to put on light hair, but it washes out completely. Sadly. I didn't see any results from this at all and it was just like using any other shampoo, so to be honest, I wouldn't recommend it for anything other than a regular shampoo.

Finally I tried John Frieda Go Blonder Lightening Shampoo. Like the spray, it promises to gradually lighten hair and can be used on all kinds of blonde hair (dyed or natural). Daily use is recommended and it contains no ammonia or peroxide.

John Frieda Sheer Blonde Go Blonder Lightening Shampoo

John Frieda Sheer Blonde Go Blonder
Lightening Shampoo

Once again a disappointment. I really wanted this to work for me but it just didn't do anything for me and I found it to lather slightly less than the other shampoo. I think it would work better for those who have naturally blonde hair, but I haven't met anyone else to try this so I can't really comment on that. Overall I don't recommend this either.

John Frieda hair products are available in supermarkets, Boots and Superdrug in the UK, and is available in multiple other countries.

I purchased these products on a 3 for £10 deal at Boots (there is almost always an offer on JF), and it is around £5-6 for a shampoo and £7 for the lightening spray.