Your Guide to the NEW Kerastase Chroma Absolu Range

Calling all colour-treated tresses! Kerastase’s latest range has starting hitting shelves, and we’re absolutely living for it here at BeautyFeatures.ie! With shampoos, conditioners, treatments and styling products to look forward to, it’s finally here for us all to get our hands on! All of the products are complete with pretty pink packaging, making them perfect for our beauty cabinet display too! If you’re interested in trying out the range but aren’t sure where to start, this post will be a handy one-stop guide as our beauty writer Shannon delves into the uses and benefits of each product...

Who’s it for?

The Kerastase Chroma Absolu Range is designed specifically to maintain, correct and protect damaged, sensitised and colour-treated hair, particularly darker shades. The range consists of two shampoos, two masks, a conditioner, a leave-in serum and a high shine gloss, all formulated to keep your colour prolonged and in tip-top shape without top up appointments before your next colouring service. And who wouldn’t want that?!

Let’s take a closer look at the full range and what it can offer for your specific hair concerns…

How Does it Work?

Kerastase Chroma Absolu contain four key ingredients to combat damage;

• Lactic Acid – This helps to gently transform, smoothen, and seal the fibre’s surface
• Amino Acid – a key structure for the hair’s fibres, this ingredient penetrates the hair’s core to strengthen and nourish
• Tartaric Acid – The healing properties reduce oxidation and protect the fibre against external damage, protecting your colour from fading.
• Centella Asiatica – This plant is known to have healing properties to replenish the hair’s fibre.

The range works by targeting damaged hair on three levels: the core, middle and surface. The powerful 3 acids at work in the Chroma Absolu range restore damage at all 3 levels.

• Core: Fibre porosity leads to breakage, split ends, and speeds up colour fade
• Middle: frizz caused by colour leads to dryness, rough texture and a dull appearance
• Surface: Hair oxidation causes unwanted red & copper undertones

For Fine/Medium Hair:

Kérastase Chroma Absolu Bain Opaque Shampoo

Got finer hair? This gentle cleansing, hydrating and protecting shampoo is targeted at fine to medium hair that is damaged or sensitised. It cleanses without stripping your hair’s natural oils and provides a boost of hydration, leading to softer shinier locks.

For Thicker, Courser Hair

Kérastase Chroma Absolu Bain Riche Limpid Shampoo

If you have heavier hair, this will be your new hair hero! This shampoo is suitable for thicker, courser hair that is damaged or sensitised. It’ll provide rich, intensive nourishment to each strand as it soothes and softens. It’ll leave the pores less prone to frizz and colour fade. It’s enriched with Glycerin, Amino acid & Hyaluronic Acid, so it’ll target the areas of fibre that need the most care, smoothing the surface, nourishing and protecting colour.

For Fine But Coarse Hair

Kerastase Chroma Absolu Fondant Cica Chroma Conditioner

The perfect solution to combat frizz, this conditioner is best suited to fine but coarse hair. An intensely caring and nourishing conditioner that smooths the fibre and helps to reduce porosity, strengthening and reinforcing damaged areas of the fibre. Enriched with Lactic Acid, known to trap dulling minerals, this conditioner will help boost colour shine and vibrancy. If you need deep hydration and an antidote to maintain your colour’s intensity, this is the optimum choice.

For Frizz and Colour Fading

Kerastase Chroma Absolu Soin Acide Chroma Gloss

One of the most talked about products in the range, this gloss is powered by acidic care technology to impart shine and restore the hair. Working in up to three minutes, it should be used as a weekly treatment. It diminishes damage, porosity and colour fading and frizz. With 0.7% lactic acid, it exfoliates and banishes minerals, sealing the hair to lock in shine. An intensely caring and nourishing conditioner that smooths the fibre and helps to reduce porosity, strengthening and reinforcing damaged areas of the fibre. Enriched with Lactic Acid to trap dull minerals, this conditioner will help boost colour shine and vibrancy.

For Medium to Thick Coarse Hair:

Kerastase Chroma Absolu Masque Chroma Filler

It is a rich anti-porosity, deep filling masque developed for all types of sensitized or damaged colour treated hair, mostly adapted for medium to thick hair that is coarse. This intensive mask seeks to restore colour damage and chemical treatments. Rich and thick, it revives dull colour and extends its vibrancy. It’s also well-suited to those who frequently colour their hair.

For Neutralising Unwanted Red Tones and Protect against Fade:

Kerastase Chroma Absolu Masque Vert Chroma Neutralisant

This mask is targeted at brunette hair, seeking to neutralise red and orange tones. It’s an intense colour-depositing hair masque for all types of dark brunette hair in need of neutralization. Designed for a once per week use, It’ll cool your colour, intensifying your brown whilst adding shine and nourishment. Note: this product is not suitable for blondes.

For Adding Shine to Dull, Colour-Damaged Hair

Kérastase Chroma Absolu Leave In Serum

Designed to be applied to dry hair before styling or to already-styled hair as a finishing touch, this leave-in serum boosts shine and has Thermo-protection up to 230°C. Its rich antioxidant properties help protect hair and colour from oxidative stress whilst also taming frizz. The ingredients lactic acid & centella asiatica help to preserve colour by completely shielding your hair’s fibre against all types of external aggressors, so you can maintain your colour’s intensity in between salon visits!

Is It Sulfate-Free?

Yes! The shampoos in this range are sulfate free, paraben-free and silicone-free, meaning no colour fade! Sulfate-free shampoos also maintain your hair’s natural oils on the scalp and hair, leaving you with much more moisture. Sulfate free shampoos like the ones in this Kerastase Chroma Absolu range are suitable for sensitive skin or eczema, too, as they’re less likely to cause irritation to the scalp.

How often should I use the Kerastase Chroma Absolu Range?

The shampoos and conditioner are designed for regular use, so you can use them every time you wash your hair. We recommend using either mask once a week in place of your conditioner. The gloss can be used after shampooing (on wet hair) but before using your conditioner, and your serum before or after blow-drying.

Can I use the Kerastase Chroma Absolu Range on Blonde Hair?

The Kerastase Chroma Absolu line is best suited to non-blonde, darker colour-treated hair. For boosting your blonde and nurturing your tresses, we recommend the Kerastase Blond Absolu range.

If you adore the range as much as we do, shop the full  Kerastase Chroma Absolu range to mix and match your favourites!