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Is your hair looking a bit dull these days? The best hair gloss treatments can fix that in no time, reinvigorating your style with undeniable shine. Perfect for a little maintenance in-between salon appointments, celebrity hair stylist and colorist Dimitris Giannetos tells Vogue hair glosses do more than just add shine. “They also enhance color, improve softness, and help seal the cuticle for a smooth finish.” When choosing a gloss, he recommends looking for a formula that hydrates and boosts vibrancy. That way hair can healthier, softer, and more radiant in mere minutes.
Vogue’s Favorite At Home Hair Glosses
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Whether you’re looking for no-rinse treatment or a creamy formula to combat brassiness, the best at-home gloss treatments are the excuse you’ve been seeking to reschedule your next salon visit—shh, don’t tell them we said them that!
Best Shade Range: Supergloss Glaze Toning Conditioning Gloss
- Why We Love It: Glaze describes its conditioning gloss as a “tinted moisturizer for hair,” thanks to its ability to add hydration and tone correct. With 16 different colors and undertones of shades to choose from, you’ll surely find your best color match option, whether you have virgin hair or a treated style. After a single use, your hair will appear noticeably shinier, toned, and soft to the touch—love!
- Key Ingredients: Babassu oil, vitamin E
- Shades: 16
- Staying power: Up to 10 washes
- How to Apply: Forego conditioner after shampooing, and smooth this glaze through clean damp hair. After 10 minutes, rinse thoroughly.
- Size: 6.4 fl oz
Best for Color Touch Up: dpHUE Gloss+ Semi-Permanent Hair Color & Deep Conditioner
- Why We Love It: Your go-to colorist fully booked? DpHUE’s gloss can hold you over until a spot opens up. The highly pigmented semi gloss deposits color—13 shades—that lasts up to eight washes, leaving behind lustrous hair.
- Key Ingredients: Dimethicone
- Shades: 13
- Staying power: Up to 8 washes
- How to Apply: According to the brand, apply to clean, damp hair. Allow the product to sit for up to 20 minutes, then rinse thoroughly.
- Size: 6.5 fl oz
Best for Fighting Brass: Pureology Color Fanatic Top Coat + Tone
- Why We Love It: Goodbye, unwanted brassiness! For dark blondes and brunettes fighting against unwanted warm undertones in their hair, Pureology’s Color Fanatic combats brass and orange with a blue pigment. The formula features a host of plant-derived ingredients, like oat milk to soften, and camelina seed oil to seal the hair cuticle for added shine.
- Key Ingredients: Oat milk, camelina seed oil, olive oil
- Shades: 1
- Staying power: Up to 8 washes
- How to Apply: According to the brand, apply to damp hair in a zig-zag motion, focusing on mid-lengths to ends. Be sure to use a wide-tooth comb to ensure even saturation, and then rinse thoroughly.
- Size: 6.7 fl oz
Best Longlasting Rinse: Oribe Mirror Rinse Glass Hair Treatment
- Why We Love It: Transparent and ultra-lightweight, Oribe’s rinse-out is a no-brainer for adding colorless shine to all hair textures. Plant-derived humectants create a lightweight, moisture-retaining barrier while softening to detangle. Plus, a blend of watermelon, lychee, and edelweiss flower extracts boasts antioxidant properties to defend against photoaging and keratin deterioration from sun exposure.
Key Ingredients: Watermelon, lychee, edelweiss flower, polymer blend - Shades: Clear
- Staying power: Up to 15 washes
- How to Apply: According to the brand, after shampooing, replace conditioner with this hair treatment. After squeezing out excess water, apply Oribe’s rinse to the mid-length of hair, rinsing after 1 minute. Repeat weekly.
- Size: 5.9 fl oz
Best Mess-free Glaze: IGK Expensive Clear Gloss Top Coat
- Why We Love It: For extra shine—and no mess in the shower—opt for IGK’s glaze. It doesn’t skimp on glossiness, but applies easily as a cream so you won’t be scrubbing hair dye from your tub! Naturally-derived ingredients power this clear gloss, including amla (which acts as a deep conditioner) and sunflower seed oil (to control unwanted frizz by sealing your hair’s cuticle). Sea kelp extract, with its naturally anti-oxidant-rich properties, prevents UV damage.
- Key Ingredients: Amla oil, sea kelp extract, sunflower seed oil
- Shades: Clear
- Staying power: Up to a week
- How to Apply: According to IGK, apply to wet hair after shampooing from roots to end. Rinse after three minutes, and repeat one to two times weekly
- Size: 4.2 fl oz
Best for Quick Shine: Davines Oi Liquid Luster, Nourishing Rinse-Off Treatment
- Why We Love It: Davines’s lightweight rinse-off treatment is the trick if you want to add extra radiance to your hair after each wash. This gloss treatment gets extra points for sustainability because its formula and packaging are composed of 95% biodegradable ingredients. The star ingredient, roucou oil, is rich in vitamin A, which is known to promote hair growth, improve texture, and add shine.
- Key Ingredients: Roucou oil, glycerin, lactic acid, annatto extract
- Shades: Clear
- Staying power: Consider this an additional step in your shampoo routine, repeating with each wash as desired.
- How to Apply: According to Davines, squeeze out excess water from hair after shampooing. Next, section off hair, applying directly from mid-lengths to ends. Rinse after 5 minutes.
- Size: 10.14 fl oz
Best Cream Gloss: R+Co Gemstone Ultra Shine Glossing Treatment
- Why We Love It: Swap in R+CO’s creamy glossing treatment in place of a weekly deep conditioner for extra luminosity. The vegan formula features guava butter for intensive hydration, plus an antioxidant-rich blend of vitamins C and E to protect against UV damage and increase luster.
- Key Ingredients: Guava butter, vitamin C, vitamin E
- Shades: Clear
- Staying power: One week
- How to Apply: According to R+Co, apply the treatment to wet hair from roots to ends, after shampooing. Allow the formula to sit for five minutes before rinsing.
- Size: 5 oz.
Best for Dull Color Treated Hair: Moroccanoil High Shine Gloss Color Depositing Mask
- Why We Love It: Who doesn’t want to wake up to extra shiny hair? Please close out the tab if that’s not you! Morrocanoil’s high-shine gloss mask can provide results in under 10 minutes—or as an overnight treatment. Rich in fatty acids, abyssinica seed oil is the secret to the added sheen. Meanwhile, quinoa protein’s amino acids form a protective barrier to prevent moisture loss and premature color fading. The result? Reinvigorated color-treated hair with a renewed vibrancy in-between salon appointments.
- Key Ingredients: Abyssinica seed oil, argan oil, hydrolyzed quinoa
- Shades: Clear
- Staying power: One Week
- How to Apply: According to Morrocanoil, its gloss mask is best used on clean, towel-dried hair. Apply a generous amount to your hair in sections and comb through for even distribution. For quick results, rinse after seven minutes. When used as an overnight mask, sleep with your hair in a shower cap and rinse thoroughly in the morning.
- Size: 6.7 fl oz.
Best Hyaluronic Acid: Ouai Hair Gloss
- Why We Love It: Ouai utilizes hyaluronic acid and rice water as a dynamic duo for tackling hair damage, dullness, and heat protection up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Interestingly enough, both ingredients are skin-care superstars, and provide the same nourishing benefits to your hair. Rice bran extract, a lightweight emollient, smooths the hair cuticle, while hyaluronic acid acts as a humectant to lock in moisture. You’ll have extra radiant hair for up to three washes.
- Key Ingredients: Hyaluronic acid, glycerin, panthenol, rice bran extract, rosemary leaf extract, sunflower extract, hydrogenated caster oil
- Shades: Clear
- Staying power: Up to three washes
- How to Apply: After using shampoo and conditioner, evenly distribute a pea size amount of product to sectioned hair from mid-lengths to ends. Wait five minutes before rinsing out.
- Size: 6 fl oz
For a Quick Gloss, Sans Hair Wash: Rahua Color Full Glossing Mist
- Why We Love It: Say you need your hair to not look dull but have no time for lathering and rinsing. Enter Rahua’s glossing mist for added silky-to-the-touch feeling and radiance. This botanic oil-based formula features a blend of rahua, morete, sacha inchi, and blue tansy flower oils to breathe back life into dry strands, without making hair feel weighed down.
- Key Ingredients: Morete oil, sacha inchi oil, blue tansy flower oils
- Shades: Clear
- Staying power: Short term shine in between hair washes
- How to Apply: According to Rahua, hold the bottle about 16 inches from your hair, misting from mid-lengths to ends and brushing through. Remember, less is more.
- Size: 2 fl oz.
Best for all Hair Types: Kérastase Chroma Absolu Hair Gloss
- Why We Love It: No, it’s not a magic trick! When this lightweight formula combines with water, it transforms from a clear liquid into a creamy, rich lather. Chroma Absolu is super concentrated, which is why it works so fast to revive and shine your strands. Centella asiatica and tocopherol work together for hydration, which lactic acid acts as a humectant to lock in moisture and retain a lustrous look. Best of all, this formula is suitable for all hair types, from fine and straight to thick and curly.
- Key Ingredients: Lactic acid, centella asiatica, tocopherol
- Shades: Clear
- Staying power: Up to one week
- How to Apply: According to Kérastase, apply to hair directly after shampooing. Fully saturate mid-lengths to ends, avoiding your scalp entirely. Allow the product to sit for two minutes before rinsing.
- Size: 7.1 fl oz
Best Drugstore: L’Oréal Paris Le Color Gloss
- Why We Love It: With 10 shades to choose from, including a classic clear option specifically tailored to gray hair, L’Oréal’s color-depositing gloss restores faded color with glassy shine. The conditioning, coconut oil-infused formula is keratin-safe—plus, it’s a favorite of Giannetos for quick results from the comfort of your home.
- Key Ingredients: Coconut oil
- Shades: 10
- Staying power: Up to 10 days
- How to Apply: Per the usual toning procedure, squeeze out excess water from your hair after shampooing. Next, L’Oréal recommends dispensing the product into your hands and evenly distributing it throughout your hair. Leave on for five to 15 minutes before rinsing.
- Size: 4.0 fl oz
Everything You Need To Know
Are hair glosses good for your hair?
While glosses add a layer of shine, pro colorist Saint Latimer explains that they do more than just add the illusion of coveted shimmer. “Glosses smooth the hair’s cuticle, reducing frizz and improving that sought-after silkier feeling,” Latimer tells Vogue. “Plus, they can revive old color-treated hair or bring out the natural glow to virgin hair.”
What is the difference between a gloss and a glaze?
Latimer notes that the words gloss and glazed are often used interchangeably. Though, celebrity hair stylist and colorist Dimitris Giannetos explains there is, in fact, a difference. “A hair gloss works by penetrating the cuticle to subtly enhance or correct color while adding shine and softness,” Giannetos tells Vogue. “It lasts longer than a glaze, which basically coats the hair’s surface for a temporary boost in shine and smoothness and doesn’t alter the tone as much.”
Can an at-home gloss deliver the same results as the salon?
Long story short, at-home glosses are meant to be user friendly, while a gloss from your favorite salon is mixed by professional colorists, with more potent ingredients for longer results. “Salon glosses are more customizable because it allows professionals to adjust the formula to your specific hair color and condition. They also tend to last longer because they have professional-grade ingredients,” explains Giannetos, adding that you can still achieve noticeable results and keep your color fresh with a gloss from the comfort of your house.
Latimer agrees, adding that your hair’s porosity and health impact how long your gloss lasts, whether applied at home or in the salon. “A gloss treatment from home tends to last three shampoos, though color-depositing glosses can last longer depending on multiple factors like pigment concentration, hair condition, and processing time,” he says. “When in doubt I like the clear glosses at home because they typically won’t affect the color you got in salon.”
How to Apply an At Home Hair Gloss
First and foremost, the pros advise you always pay close attention to the application instructions provided by the product you’re using—though there are some general rules you can adhere to, no matter the brand of at home gloss treatments.
“For the best results, you should start with clean, damp hair to help the product distribute evenly. Always use gloves to avoid staining your hands and apply the gloss from mid-lengths to ends and comb through for even coverage. Let it sit for about five to 15 minutes, depending on your desired color intensity, then rinse thoroughly with water,” says Giannetos.
- Dimitris Giannetos is celebrity hairstylist and colorist. His clients include Gigi Hadid, Amal and George Clooney, the Kardashians, and more.
- Saint Latimer is a professional colorist based in New York, working out of SoHo hotspot salon, Suite Caroline.
