Conditioner for color-treated hair

Pureology Nanoworks Gold Conditioner has the best record for color-treated hair: 29 of 29 shoppers said it left their hair soft and their color bright. Each record counts just shoppers who said they have color-treated hair. The two purple conditioners, Moroccanoil Blonde Perfecting Purple Conditioner (next at 18 of 18) and Pureology Strength Cure Blonde Purple Conditioner (9 of 9), tone blonde hair as well as condition it.

  • 297 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Nov 2019 to Aug 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it leave hair soft and color bright? What shoppers said
  1. Pureology Nanoworks Gold Conditioner 29 said either way
  2. Moroccanoil Blonde Perfecting Purple Conditioner 18 said either way
  3. Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner 43 said either way
  4. Pureology Hydrate Conditioner 36 said either way
  5. Pureology Strength Cure Conditioner 43 said either way
  6. Pureology Strength Cure Blonde Purple Conditioner 9 said either way
  7. Biolage Color Last Conditioner 16 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for dry or faded color-treated hair. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Pureology Nanoworks Gold Conditioner Best record Pureology Nanoworks Gold Conditioner 29 of 29 say it left their hair soft and their color bright See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Price is the complaint that repeats on two Pureology conditioners: 18% of Nanoworks Gold reviews and 12% of Hydrate reviews call it too expensive. Those shares count every review of each conditioner, not just shoppers who stated a result.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Pureology Nanoworks Gold Conditioner

Pureology

Nanoworks Gold Conditioner

Best for adding shine

29/29 say it left their hair soft and their color bright

29 of 29 shoppers said it left their hair soft and their color bright, with no failures among them. Across all 38 of its reviews, 29% call it moisturizing and 21% say it adds shine, but 18% call it too expensive.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 29%
  • Moisturizing 29%
  • Adds shine 21%
  • Doesn't weigh hair down 18%
  • Detangles 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 18%
  • Bad or strong scent 13%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 7 of 7
  • Sephora 22 of 22
  • Brand site 3 of 3 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination14 of 14
  • Dry5 of 5
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light12 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium8 of 8
2 Moroccanoil Blonde Perfecting Purple Conditioner

Moroccanoil

Blonde Perfecting Purple Conditioner

18/18 say it left their hair soft and their color bright

This purple conditioner tones blonde hair as well as conditioning it, and 18 of 18 shoppers said it left their hair soft and their color bright, from a smaller group than the leader. Across all 30 of its reviews, 37% like the scent, though 10% say it isn't moisturizing enough.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 37%
  • Adds shine 17%
  • Tames frizz 7%
  • Moisturizing 7%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 18 of 18
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination11 of 11
  • Dry3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light15 of 15
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
3 Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner

Olaplex

No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner

Best for a light feel

40/43 say it left their hair soft and their color bright

From one of the two largest groups here, 40 of 43 shoppers said it left their hair soft and their color bright. Across all 60 reviews, 28% say it doesn't weigh hair down, while 10% say it isn't moisturizing enough and 5% call it greasy.

What buyers praise

  • Doesn't weigh hair down 28%
  • Moisturizing 27%
  • Adds shine 15%
  • Tames frizz 13%
  • Nice scent 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 5%
  • Build-up 5%
  • Greasy 5%
  • Weighs hair down 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 19 of 19
  • Sephora 21 of 24
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination13 of 15
  • Normal3 of 4
  • Dry4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light15 of 18
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 6
4 Pureology Hydrate Conditioner

Pureology

Hydrate Conditioner

Best for added moisture

33/36 say it left their hair soft and their color bright

33 of 36 shoppers said it left their hair soft and their color bright. Across all 56 of its reviews, 38% call it moisturizing and 36% like the scent, though some find the scent bad or too strong.

What buyers praise

  • Moisturizing 38%
  • Nice scent 36%
  • Doesn't weigh hair down 25%
  • Adds shine 14%
  • Detangles 14%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad or strong scent 16%
  • Too expensive 12%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 14 of 15
  • Sephora 19 of 21
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination8 of 10
  • Dry7 of 7
  • Oily3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light13 of 14
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 4
5 Pureology Strength Cure Conditioner

Pureology

Strength Cure Conditioner

39/43 say it left their hair soft and their color bright

It has the weakest record here at 39 of 43, though that is still above nine in ten. Across all 58 of its reviews, 38% like the scent and 21% say it doesn't weigh hair down, while 9% say it isn't moisturizing enough.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 38%
  • Moisturizing 22%
  • Doesn't weigh hair down 21%
  • Adds shine 17%
  • Tames frizz 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Greasy 3%
  • Bad or strong scent 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 20 of 21
  • Sephora 19 of 22
  • Brand site 1 of 1 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination14 of 15
  • Dry2 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 7
  • Light-medium to medium10 of 11
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3
6 Pureology Strength Cure Blonde Purple Conditioner

Pureology

Strength Cure Blonde Purple Conditioner

9/9 say it left their hair soft and their color bright

Like the Moroccanoil above, this purple conditioner tones blonde hair as well as conditioning it, and 33% of its 30 reviews call it moisturizing. 9 of 9 shoppers said it left their hair soft and their color bright, though that is a small group.

What buyers praise

  • Moisturizing 33%
  • Nice scent 27%
  • Good value 10%
  • Doesn't weigh hair down 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad or strong scent 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 9 of 9
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 5
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
7 Biolage Color Last Conditioner

Biolage

Color Last Conditioner

15/16 say it left their hair soft and their color bright

15 of 16 shoppers said it left their hair soft and their color bright, and no complaint came up more than once. Across all 25 of its reviews, 16% say it doesn't weigh hair down and 12% say it detangles.

What buyers praise

  • Doesn't weigh hair down 16%
  • Nice scent 12%
  • Detangles 12%
  • Moisturizing 12%
  • Tames frizz 8%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 15 of 16
  • Brand site 3 of 3 shown, not counted

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 24,786 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for dry or faded color-treated hair and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Nov 2019 and Aug 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Pureology Nanoworks Gold Conditioner Ulta and Sephora (38 reviews counted)
  2. Moroccanoil Blonde Perfecting Purple Conditioner Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  3. Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner Ulta and Sephora (60 reviews counted)
  4. Pureology Hydrate Conditioner Ulta and Sephora (56 reviews counted)
  5. Pureology Strength Cure Conditioner Ulta and Sephora (58 reviews counted)
  6. Pureology Strength Cure Blonde Purple Conditioner Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. Biolage Color Last Conditioner Ulta (25 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which conditioner works for color-treated hair?

Pureology Nanoworks Gold Conditioner has the best record (29 of 29), followed by Moroccanoil Blonde Perfecting Purple Conditioner (18 of 18) and Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner (40 of 43). All 7 conditioners are above nine in ten, so a small gap in share means little.

Are purple conditioners good for color-treated hair?

Shoppers with color-treated hair gave both purple conditioners here strong records: Moroccanoil Blonde Perfecting Purple Conditioner at 18 of 18 and Pureology Strength Cure Blonde Purple Conditioner at 9 of 9. Both tone blonde hair as well as condition it, but the Pureology one rests on a small group of 9 shoppers. Follow the label for how long to leave either one on.

Is the Olaplex conditioner good for color-treated hair?

Shoppers mostly say yes: 40 of 43 said it left their hair soft and their color bright, from one of the two largest groups here. Across all 60 reviews, 28% say it doesn't weigh hair down, but 10% say it isn't moisturizing enough.

Which of these conditioners are sold on Amazon?

All 7 are sold on Amazon by the brand or Amazon itself. Pureology Nanoworks Gold Conditioner, the leader, is also the best pick sold on Amazon.

Related problems

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