Best Olaplex Products

Yes, if your hair has been lightened, coloured or heat styled a lot, because that is the hair Olaplex is built for. Its whole focus is bond care, not surface shine. If your hair is uncoloured and you mostly air-dry, a good shampoo and conditioner will do the job for less. Start with one treatment and build from there.

Apply it to damp, towel-dried hair before you shampoo. Work it through from roots to ends, comb it through, and leave it on for at least the time shown on the pack. Then shampoo and condition as normal. Use it once a week, or more often if your hair has been lightened recently. It is a pre-shampoo bond builder, not a replacement for conditioner.

Olaplex is a hair care brand built around bond building. Lightener, colour, chemical services and heat break bonds inside the hair, and Olaplex products are made to work on those bonds. The range started in salons and now includes at-home treatments, shampoo, conditioner, leave-ins, an oil, a mask and a serum, each sold under a number.

Use a few drops on damp or dry hair, mostly through the mid-lengths and ends. On damp hair it goes on before you blow-dry. On dry hair it smooths flyaways and finishes the style. Start with less than you think, as fine hair gets heavy fast. Keep it off the roots if your scalp gets oily. Compare it with other hair oils if you want options.

Pick by what your hair has been through. Lightened or bleached hair suits a pre-shampoo treatment plus the shampoo and conditioner. Dry hair does better with the mask and a leave-in. Frizz and heat styling point to the oil or the smoothing cream. The best olaplex products for you are the two or three that cover your main problem, not the whole range.

You can buy Olaplex from AMR, with Australia-wide delivery. We stock the Olaplex at-home range, so you can compare treatments, shampoo, conditioner, styling products and packs side by side. If you are unsure where to start, buy one treatment and one wash product first, then add more once you know how your hair responds.

Yes, Olaplex lists its shampoos as sulphate-free, which makes them a fair pick for coloured hair and for anyone who washes often. Formulas can change, so check the ingredient list on the pack before you buy. If you want more choice beyond Olaplex, see our sulphate-free shampoos.

Start with a treatment on damp hair before you wash, then shampoo and condition. After washing, add a leave-in on damp hair and an oil or serum to finish. You don't need every step. Most people do well with a treatment, a shampoo and a conditioner, and add styling pieces only for frizz or heat styling.

Yes, Olaplex suits any hair type, curly included, because bond care is about damage, not texture. Curls that are coloured or lightened get the most out of it. Use the mask and a leave-in for moisture, go light on oil so curls don't drop, and pair it with curly hair products if you need more hold or definition.

Yes, Olaplex states that it does not test its products on animals. If cruelty-free certification matters to you, check the brand's current certification before you buy, as these can change over time. The same goes for any brand you use alongside it. Look for the claim on the pack or the brand's site rather than relying on a retailer listing.

Olaplex's bond-building ingredient is not a protein. Bond building and protein treatments are different approaches, which is why people with protein-sensitive hair often reach for it. Other products in the range may still contain different conditioning ingredients, so check the ingredient list on each pack if you avoid protein.

This hair mask goes on after shampooing, on damp, towel-dried hair. Work it through the mid-lengths and ends, leave it on for the time shown on the pack, then rinse well. Use conditioner afterwards if your hair still needs it. Once a week suits most hair, more often if it is very dry or recently lightened. Fine hair needs less so it doesn't feel heavy.

For damaged hair, start with a pre-shampoo treatment, then a shampoo and conditioner from the same range. Add the mask once a week if hair also feels dry. Heavy damage from bleach or repeated colour usually needs the treatment used regularly over several weeks. If the damage is mostly from heat, add the oil or a leave-in. See more for damaged hair.

Yes, on human hair extensions you can use Olaplex much like on your own hair, as long as you keep products away from the bonds, tapes or wefts. Oil and leave-ins near the attachment points can make them slip. Synthetic extensions don't have the same bonds, so bond care won't do much there. Check with your extension stylist first. Browse hair extensions.

Use a small amount on damp, towel-dried hair, working it through the mid-lengths and ends, then blow-dry or air-dry. It is a leave-in smoothing cream. Add a little more to the ends if they feel dry. It works on its own or under an oil. Thick or curly hair can take more; fine hair needs only a little. Compare other styling creams.

Olaplex markets this oil with heat protection, so it can sit in your routine as the last step before blow-drying or styling. Use it on damp hair before heat. If you use hot tools daily, or at high heat on lightened hair, a dedicated heat protectant under it is the safer choice.

Yes, Olaplex states its products are vegan, meaning no animal-derived ingredients. Formulas can change, so check the ingredient list or the brand's site for the product you want. If vegan is a must for your whole routine, browse our vegan hair care for shampoo, conditioner and styling options.

This is a pre-treatment spray that goes on before the next treatment step in the same session. Spray it on dry hair until it is soaked, leave it for the time shown on the pack, then apply the follow-up treatment straight over the top without rinsing. Leave that on as directed, then shampoo and condition. Once a week suits most hair.

Use the kit in the order of the steps on the pack. Most kits start with a treatment on hair before washing, followed by shampoo and conditioner, then a leave-in or oil to finish. Follow the timing on each product. A kit is an easy way to try several steps at once, and our hair care packs cover other ranges too.