What is Olaplex? Do You Need It? How To Use + Professional Review and Experience 

Olaplex recently came out with a brand new line of At Home Treatments: (a Shampoo and Conditioner, Bond Smoother and Oil: No 4,5,6,7) - it's pretty amazing stuff. Check it out here: olaplex.com?aff=1753

I just used Olaplex. It is incredible. My hair was fryed. And now it looks totally healthy.

I love listening to a hair dresser that gives great reviews and has the perfect example of beautiful and healthy hair looking on her self . Thank you for your tips 😁

I work at SalonCentric, where we sell Olaplex, and I'm absolutely in love with the product and I'm SO glad you made such a well-informed video about it!

thank you for this! •• my stylist raved about this product, so I was curious, especially since I wanted to go super platinum •• after heavily weaving my hair I swear Olaplex healed it, so well my hair was healthier AFTER than before 😳 •• seriously the most beautiful platinum! I've never had my hair pull this blonde so quickly! My hair is shiny + baby soft now, which is crazy after bleaching the hell out of it! So worth it ❤️

I am a satisfied customer! I had weak, damaged, hormonal and color treated hair that looks and feel stronger. The stylist, at Bubbles, was great!

Olaplex is amazing! I can really tell the difference when lightening my hair with olaplex! Almost no breakage!!

I love how you educate your followers. Thanks for sharing and caring about all of us who look up to you!

I appreciate your explanation. You clarified some points of confusion for me that the previous 5 or 6 videos I just watched offered no help on. Thanks!

My daughter finally got her "mermaid" hair. Her colorist used Pravana Pigments with the Olaplex.. Her results were amazing even with major lifting beforehand! Thanks for the info!

seriously so informative and so well spoken!!! you're so pretty.

Like you I wondered how olaplex worked or if it was just some hype. Thanks for explaining.

I'm obsessed with this. I have literally not gotten one color service without it since it came out!! In fact I go frequently just for standalone Ola Plex treatments. Without even having a color service done. It has been a lifesaver

just want to say that I love your channel and that you actually share your awesome hair secrets!! You are fabulous :D

Straight to the point and so informative. Breath of fresh air that you didnt go on and on about shite before telling us what you wanted to as most girls do on these uploads. Thank you kindly! Also you are so gorgeous, and I just love your hair! 🤗 mmwah xx

i love you elle you are a genious at what you do, i wish you had done my hair because back in september i went blonde from light brown highlighted hair and the woman supposedly used olaplex, but i think she lied to me. my hair has been jacked up ever since. i have been babying it and taking viviscal for a month and its helping. it just goes to show even pros jack things up!!!

I love olaplex!! I've went to my stylist twice and got it both times! Never needed a toner and my hair is just as healthy than before I went blonde! Only an extra 20 dollars to keep healthy hair :)

I was confused how to used, now I know, thank you!

Hi I'm a retired hairdresser and I was doing hair at home with a few clients, friends and I have always loved hair color. So now with everything that's happening I have not been doing anything but I know when everything calms down I'm going to be trying different things and I'm obsessed with all the highlighting and Balayage tutorials. I bought a human hair mannequin and so I'm ready to try the actual service on the doll head before I do it on a real client. BTW you are so so good at being a teacher, professional. I spent a lot of time in classes, workshops, hair shows, the whole hair circuit and you are so inspiring and so nice to listen to. I love doing hair still and want you to know how much I enjoy listening to you. You are the BEST. Ok my question.. Which Olaplex should I buy when mixing it with the hair bleach?...Thank You Mark Silvia...

thank you Elle....I've learned so much from your video...I love u thank u for being so humble xoxo

My stylist used Olaplex on me multiple times to go blonde. My hair was almost black (virgin hair) with the exception of a quite brassy ombre that I had done myself... Once they began using Olaplex I was able to achieve a light, beautiful, cool/ashier blonde and I really don't think it would have been possible without Olaplex! I have heard so many horror stories of hair breaking off but mine wasn't even unhealthy. I would recommend it to anyone. Worth the money in my opinion !!!

I live in a small town and I am not a hair stylist. So just as a client I've known about Olaplex for a couple of years now. I have very difficult to manage hair, it's porous, I am mostly white/grey, and my hair is curly/frizzy so I am always on the hunt for products that will improve my hair's condition. I am seriously frustrated with the lack of knowledge of Olaplex in salons in my area (even when I go to the next couple of bigger cities over). Currently I see a stylist who has been in practice for a great many years, I assumed she would have a great deal of knowledge of color, cuts, products, etc. I feel like this person has not expanded on her education, skills, or knowledge since they went to cosmetology school a very long time ago. Still cuts with scissors straight across, flat iron appears to be a decade old, doesn't seem to know the difference between "warmth" and "dark or light". And I feel like if I mentioned Olaplex they wouldn't have the slightest clue. I tried this salon because it's one of the only ones I could find that offered permanent straightening services in my area. Everyone else only offers keratin treatments, which are great but they are not strong enough to straighten my very stubborn curl. I color/highlight my hair often to keep my greys covered so I know how damaging having those services are when they done frequently. But I've never left a salon with my hair feeling as bad as it does now after having visiting this new stylist I'm seeing. My hair is on the coarser side but now it seriously feels like straw in some places especially my ends. I get a cut every time I see this person in hopes of circumventing my ends being so bad after they've colored or straightened my hair. But then they use their ancient flat iron after the cut and I feel like it just fries my ends. I want to suggest Olaplex to them in hopes my hair wouldn't end up in such damage but is that crossing a line to suggest something to your stylist? I don't want them to feel insulted, it's not my goal to be negative but I don't know how to suggest they brush up on education and knowledge and not sound that way. I should probably find a new stylist but then I lose the only one in my area that will do a straightening process. Then I'm afraid I'll get so desperate I'll try to DIY it at home.

Just had an olaplex treatment done. Didn't go nuts with it, just went 2 shades lighter and I was surprised to actually feel no big difference :/ I mean, no miracle like I expected. Maybe it will be more obvious tomorrow..The colour is beautiful though, no brass without toner. Now I wonder how people go from dark to platinum with no breakage even with this treatment.

Thank you! Love this review :) Your hair has been looking more shiny and silky these days :)

Thank you so much For your videos. I love them so much. Honestly, one of the best channels on RU-vid ❤️. I have done it in the salon and I'm sooooo happy with results. I have results on my channel .

It’s an amazing product. It has transformed my hair.

I got my hair bleached with olaplex added to it and it still left my hair really damaged. My hair was VERY healthy before it. But I guess it isn't AS damaged as it would be with out olaplex.

I just bought mines today can’t wait to use it at work.

Interesting-I'm definitely going to talk with my Hairstylist-I'm thinking this might be perfect timing...since she is opening her own salon in February

You always give great information! Thanks

I need it in my life! :) I want to go back to my natural hair color, which is dark blonde. I cut my hair a lot shorter and it is super healthy now! So I am going back to my natural roots as soon as possible

Thank you for explaining this!

Thank you for sharing this...I'm going to search for salons in the Boston area now :)

i’ve always gotten highlights and i had so much banding... and it would pull very brassy... i was using olaplex for a few weeks and my stylist actually make me fully blonde in one sitting and obviously my hair is a tiny bit dry now which i can repair again with olaplex but she was able to do that in one sitting AND with barely any damage and it lightened so beautifully..

As I live in Germany, where everything is a big slower than in America it took me ages to find a salon that offers Olaplex, but I finally found one and have an appointment for next weeks wednesday :) I am sooo excited, I want my hair a balayage/ombré

I dont know why but i swear i thought it was called Opalex for months lol 😂

I went platinum about 4, maybe 5 years ago & only did my roots after the initial whole head lightening. (And I'm about a natural level 7) So after a few years with toning involved & "life" happening to my hair, it dulled. So I then heard about olaplex a couple months ago, & was able to pull the lightener all the way to the ends to lighten it up a little back to where it used to be & it worked amazingly! No hair loss & no damage! My hair felt better after using it! Best invention for hair ever!

I've been wondering about this! I wish I'd got it when I went lighter, my hair feels so damaged.

I wish I could use this at my beauty school. I seen guy tang use this.. I'm totally getting this for my clients!

Just to add. I did leave olaplex 3 on overnight once but it was drying. Now I leave it one for half an hour which works perfectly.

You are so talented! I'm a fan from Canada and I'll be coming to San Fran in July, definitely booking an appt now that I know where you are located! Can't wait I'm so excited :)

If only I lived at San Fran to get my hair done 💆 by you!

this is so exciting... i do my own hair colour thanks to ur videos im not a hairdresser so i may need to get it done by the experts could anything go dreadfully wrong if i diy!!!

I just got more of the olaplex #3 and #6 I love it

Can you do a video when you are using Olaplex?

I have been watching you since I was in cosmetology school maybe like 6 year ago [I didn't finish it ] I have tried so many styles iand nobody has gotten me to the blonde that I want i have paid so much money that i work hard to get . I wish I could fly youI wish I had the money because I would truly do it I have watched several videos and I know the great job that you do I really wish you could do my hair

its so annoying how i cant just buy it. a lot of salons actually do live under a rock and havent heard of it or they do and charge a crazy price and then dont leave it on long enough and only use one step etc..

I love this soooooo much!!

Awesome I used the olaplex correctly just didn’t know to move up a level in the developer will be using a 30 next time! Thanx😊

Love your channel! I wanted to ask, how often can I use the take home treatment at home? Thanks :)

love your lip color, what is it? thank you for this video, ive been curious about this.

This looks great!

I have 3B High Porosity somewhat fine hair. To make a long story short I was 60% gray and decided to go blonde 3 years ago (from dark brown) by only dying my hair twice. First with box dye L'Oreal Paris Couleur Expertise 2 n 1 Ginger Twist. Then a few weeks later I followed up with L"Oreal Paris Superior Preference Light Golden Reddish Blonde 9GR which I love so much. Seemed so easy. Too easy. I did not even have to tone it as I enjoyed the reddish hue. I continued 9GR only 2xs a year to be safe. Everything was fine for the first year but by the second year I lost more than 50% of my hair! So I stopped dying it altogether for the last year and a half and my entire head is completely different. It completely stopped growing, curls are straight in some areas and wow so much frizz! Even my part is different and you can see through to my scalp everywhere. I have tried many at home protein/moisture treatments and I feel like my hair will never be the same. I am angry with L'Oreal (even though some of you may laugh) because I feel I did not do anything to cause such drastic hair loss. My hair was mostly gray and took to the color quite easily. I did not over dye it and thought I kept it moisturized. I also used L'Oreal Paris Expertise Evecreme Nourishing Leave in. BIG MISTAKE as this I eventually learned has corrosives and alcohol in it which I believe now was the nail in the coffin. To put salt and alcohol in a leave in is just insanely cruel. I will never buy another L'Oreal product as long as I live. Can Olaplex help me? I am assuming Olaplex wears off just like dye and needs to be re-done. If I stop Olaplex after 1 or two treatments will my hair revert? Anyone can dye their hair blonde and think everything is fine until a year down the road, what proof is there that Olaplex even works? Box dye conditioners can give you the appearance your hair is healthy until you stop using them, is Olaplex the same way? I don't suppose you would be honest in answering but maybe someone will learn from my painful mistakes.

Thanks for the informative video! I keep hearing about olaplex everywhere and have been wondering about it. So thank you for the info! Btw I love seeing your work on Instagram. You are my go to girl for when I want to be the perfect blonde! 😘👍😊

Thanks for info on this. I just want to repair my hair as I'm growing out my natural coppery colour. Good vid but the music was really distracting.

because I use direct dyes and have pink and blue hair I have had my hair Platinum for five years. I can tell you that bleaching your hair really does completely damage it, I used to have very very long hair that was about down my butt, I used to color my hair a very light blonde when my hair was long. growing out bleached hair is very hard. I have tried all olaplex strengthening treatment a few months ago, and at first I didn't think it did anything, but after I had the treatment done I realize that my hair is much easier to brush it out and does not get nearly as Tangled as it used to. I still believe the best way to take care of extremely lighten hair is to invest in good hair products. if you have platinum hair you should probably not use any kind of heat on your hair. the following is a list of essential products I believe I've helped me regrow my hair and keep it healthy. I cleansing conditioner, a deep condition Masque, a leave-in conditioner, argan oil or macadamia nut oil to use as a serum, and a protein treatment. the reason why didn't include a regular conditioner or shampoo, is because I use a deep Masque as normal conditioner, and I use cleansing conditioner because it's not nearly a stripping as most shampoos. just because shampoo is sulfate free does not mean it's not stripping away your natural oils. I find it's best to use cleansing conditioners because they do not ladder. cleansing conditioners of helps keep my hair vibrant in color as well as moisturized and gently cleansed.

Great video :) What is your favorite toner to use?

Love olaplex. Got it done just as a service before getting a haircut and it totally left my hair and great condition even a month and a half later and still looks great found a way to get some olaplex to do my own bleaching at home and cannot wait for it to get here... I have heard of two other brands I'm not sure what the third one is but the second one I've heard of is colorphlex... Can you tell me what the difference in these are

I have so many questions about this!

Actually, you can buy the whole kit on Amazon. I just got #3 to use before I color with store bought L'Oreal creme. So, my hair color costs $8-$9 every 8 weeks.

Loved it!!! Got it done on my hair by Silvia today :D

I have been reading up on this and finding that some people are saying that the effects wear off over time. Perhaps it's a bit like silicones making your hair feel better but in actual fact not repairing it in any way. I am curious to hear from people who have been using Olaplex over some time. Hair always looks and feels great when you leave the salon. Notsomuch after.

I freaking LOVE your tutorials!! You make things easy to understand, and give so much detail, unlike other pros who speak Greek to me!! Much love!! 😙😙😙

I would love to know how you achieve your haircolor to pass it on to my colorist. love your hair

I have yet to try Olaplex! Ugh I need to!

U can get it on amazon actually.

Last time I lightened my hair I feel like the colorist must have forgot to add it in! It was so brittle afterward I feel like she bumped up the volume developer without adding the Olaplaex. I didn't feel like I left with the same texture hair or better, it def felt worse.

Omg why don't you live in Texas. You work is awesome .👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I would literally pay you to come to Scotland to help my hair. I didn't even damage it myself I look after my hair so much, after losing weight like a lot my hair started to fall out.. I went to a hairdresser and they completely ruined my hair and it breaks my heart because I'm now scared to go to another hairstylist 😩😩

i buy mine on amazon wont bleach or even re-bleach without it

love your hair colour and your lipstick! What is your perfect pink lipstick called?

Hairdressers should be like you, kind, detail oriented and to love women's hair so much that they do their best to achieve the most beautiful results. My problem is that where I live, I have tried twice to have an in salon olaplex n.1 and n.2 therapy, but both times the ratio was wrong (they put 30 ml n.1 in 90 ml water when they should have put 15 ml n.1 in 90 ml water). I was disappointed that both hairdressers didn't pay attention to my comments and I still had to pay 40 euros each time. My hair was left dry and they told me that they couldn't apply any hair mask at my hair after shampoo. They are not properly educated and it is bothering me that I can't do this treatment on my own, except n.3.

I have olaplex at my work it is truly amazing! :) We say it's magic in a bottle.

AGH i have been wanting to use Olaplex so bad >>

THANK YOU! I have been wondering if I should use it. I'm a minute into the video, but can I have it done without coloring? My hair gets it's colored from the sun but is SO bad!

I work at Sally's and we have an alternative to Olaplex by Ion called the "Absolute perfection booster". I havent tried it yet but there's been awesome feedback on it and I'd definitely suggest it if you can't get your hands on olaplex

I love your channel, i wish i was closer to SF you would 100% be my stylist! there are so many comments on this video, i could read them all, sorry if someone else asked the same thing, if i want to use Olaplex as a stand alone treatment ( with the water) how often do you recommend I use it? im friends with my stylist and she helped me buy my olaplex but she didnt know anything about it😔 Gracias, also ps: your soooo pretty you look like shakira

merci pour la video et ta couleur de cheveux est magnifique ;)

As you know to get platinum a lot of bleach is required. For women wishing to embrace their natural gray, they often look for highlights to disrupt the "demarcation" line. And of course blonde doesn't look that great with gray. Do you think Opalex would be a decent option for this approach to transitioning without harming the hair? And, #2, does it require upkeep or salon servicing as time goes on? Thanks - you're lookin' great BTW.

Pleas help! A good shampoo brand for after Brazilian blowout (brunette with highlights) THANKS

Thanks for the information. Can you use this with high lift colours without using bleach? Thanks. ❤️

Hi Silvia, could you please make a video were you talk about olaplex vs redken ph bonder? Can and should, these two products be used on hair botox treatment/brazilian blow out?

I think u need to come for a holiday to Australia. Just happen to have some products with u of course then come for dinner oh and then just perhaps do my hair 😛

Where did you get that light? How much was it? I love love love it

I want you to do my hair!

Help! Should I put step two on before I put my toner on or after I rinse it off before shampoo?? Would be great if you could let me know. Thanks! 🙌🏼🙋🏼

great video thank u.

You didn't really talk about what the #2 & #3 do. If the #1 does all the heavy lifting (i.e. bond building), what new notable thing do the other two bring? What is bond "perfecting"?

kool info... I wonder if I use Brazillian keratin on hair before ... is this product still works well on the hair after? ... since keratin makes hair strand thicker and adds more protein to it...? Thanks

Silvia have you tried Aphogee 2 step treatment? It made my hair healthier than it's ever been after all the damage.

can i use a red hair dye with olaplex uithout bleech since i have dark hair would olaplex make it light red or dark red

Sad panda I wish u could do my hair I moved from cali to az a couple months ago

It is pretty amazing stuff.

Dear Sylvia! I have a question - Have you ever used together Olaplex with CHI Ionic products? I was thinking about making a sombre/baleyage with Olaplex and Ichi light blond dyed. Which other dyed you use in your salon? I love Your haircolor and tutorials

I am curious also about Olaplex and gray hair. From what I've learned about coloring and some gray hair, if you have coarse gray hair it actually helps to color it because breaking down the bonds of the hair softens the gray hair. If that's true, would using Olaplex step no. 3 reverse the softened affect? Because it rebuilds the broken down bonds right? I am probably 70% gray on top and in front, and maybe 50% in back and underneath and I get my hair colored and highlighted often to cover my grays. I want my grays to be softened in texture so they are more manageable. I want to try Olaplex step no. 3 at home but if it's going to reverse the softened affect maybe I shouldn't?

Hello,Silvia,do you use olaplex at home when you do highlift and highlights at your own hair?

Great Vid. What do you guys who have used Olaplex on clients or use it yourselves think it smells like? (No. 2 and 3 since 1 doesn't really have a scent imo) Like its so familiar to me but I can't put my finger on it random but It bugs me every time lol

Great video Elle! I brought YOUR picture in to my salon and asked them for you color...they said I couldnt achieve that in one session...I need to search out for someone who does Olaplex..If I come to San Fran do you still take new clients? Kat xx

Due to my fine texture I can use Clairol Maxi box color and fenola shapoo as a toner to be platimum. Olaplex is CRAZY AMAZING!!! PS. For my sisters who use bleach and it burns your scalp I will tell you a big secret: HAVE THEM ADD 2 PACKS of those pink sweet and low packets to the bleach. NO MORE BURNING SCALP. OF ALL THINGS...sweet and low. ps. If your texture is fine and dense like mine your hair will take color much faster and you do not need bleach. Get the highest lift box color and tone it with BLUE, silver, and or purple. If you have thick strands bleach will take forever and only lift to dayglow orange...and you have to reprocess it again (this happened to my friend and her hair broke off at her chin). If you Bleach YOU NEED Olaplex not to have damage and breakage. I always uses good conditioners as why my hair is big and long...actually years back when I bleached it at the salon it would only take 15min to lift to butter yellow and be toned for 5 min and then got blown out huge and white. Pls consider your hair texture because we are all different. My hair grows out brown from my scalp but a week in Fl sun changes that quick even if I wear my natural color.

Hello, I love your Videos!!! Is Olaplex something I would want to use when I tone my hair? I have achieved the level but I am SOOOOO Brassy- It's way too warm for me and I will be toning it with Wella T18/T11 ( As per your Video)