Fekkai Glossing Starter Kit

by Fekkai

Product Features

• Restore shine to your hair with Fekkai's Glossing shampoo, conditioner and styling cream
• Luxurious formulas developed to address the specific needs of different hair types
• Gently cleanse, condition and style with pure olive oil extract
• Starter kit includes a 4oz Glossing shampoo, 4 oz Glossing conditioner and a 2 oz Glossing Styling Cream

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Keep that sexy shine "on-the-go" with portable sizes of your favorite Fekkai Glossing shampoo, conditioner, styling cream.

This travel-friendly set includes Glossing Shampoo, Glossing Conditioner and Glossing Cream.

Fekkai's Glossing Collection restores shine to normal or dull hair—with pure olive oil. The Glossing products deliver deep, dimensional brilliance, weightless shine, replenished moisture, restored softness and subdued frizz. The result: smooth, healthy-looking, shiny hair.

At just 25, he left Paris for New York and nearly overnight, his signature modern cuts, merging elegance with ease, had the A-list addicted. Soon, that following turned into a destination—the Frédéric Fekkai Salon. With the flagship located on Fifth Avenue, one salon now extends to many, from coast to coast in the nation's most fashionable cities. Before any product bears the Fekkai name, Frédéric and his team of experts test each formula in his salons to ensure that the highest quality and performance prevail, and that beauty radiates.

Product Description

Keep that sexy shine "on-the-go" with portable sizes of your favorite Fekkai Glossing shampoo, conditioner and styling cream.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5 x 4 inches ; 0.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B0030GFY02
• UPC: 730870807644
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (95 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,443 in Beauty (See Top 100 in Beauty)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Shine on with the Glossing Cream, March 4, 2010

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HeartofAvalon "abellygoddess" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fekkai Glossing Starter Kit (Health and Beauty)

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Okay, so I have winter hair...not so great. When I saw this product, I hoped that it could bring shine and luster back to my chemically processed, winter hat-hair, and who better to help me than the stylist to the stars, Frederic Fekkai?

I was a little surprised and disappointed when I read the list of ingredients. It's full of sodium laureth sulfate. Why would a master of hair put in such a dreadful ingredient? Great for bubbles, but not for hair. I pushed past my initial reservations to give the product a fair try. In fact, everyone in the family tried the 3-step system--from chemically processed, salt-and-pepper gray, to a youthful crowning glory. Here's what you need to know to figure out if it's right for you:

We all came away with shiny, silky hair. The salt-and-pepper had been tamed from a wirey mass, into gleeming curls; the unprocessed head of hair was shiny and full; and the colored and bleached hair looked moisturized with a glossy luster,without being weighed-down in the least.

The family overall, liked the fragrance. It's a freshy-cucumber-y scent. I felt it was a little on the perfume-y side, as I could still smell the scent the next day. That's a turn-off for me. Nobody else in the family had a problem with it, and they actually commented very positively on the fragrance. Go figure.

The shampoo and conditioner are unremarkable. They get the cleansing job done, but I don't feel they are the reason that I now have shiny hair. Their best feature? They don't weigh-down my hair.

The real gem in the kit is the Glossing Cream. It hydrates, sleeks, and shines, without flattening the hair. In fact, I got great results from my flippy-style that I can usually only get at the salon. And, the family does have shiny hair that feels soft and touchable. 2 of the 4 family members got compliments on the beauty and luster of their hair while out in public.

A few tips from Frederic Fekkai that would help ANY hair regimen:

1. Wash hair gently and focus on shampooing close to the scalp, instead of roughing-up the cuticle of your hair.

2. After conditioning, blast your hair with cold water to seal the cuticle of your hair. It will lay flatter, and boost shine.

3. When using a glossing cream, use a pea-sized amount, and apply starting at the ends of your hair. Definitely don't glob it at the root end. You'll just end up with flat, lifeless hair.

Last test: You know how a shampoo/conditioner regimen is great the first couple of times you use it, and then it tanks, just like all the rest? Well, even after using the system for a couple of weeks, it's still working. We are not seeing unsightly build-up of product that would spell disaster, and our hair continues to be shiny and soft.

Final verdict? I'd definitely purchase the Glossing Cream if it was sold separately, as it truly is the work-horse of the system. I just wish it didn't smell so strong.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for dry hair, love the cream!, March 10, 2010

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MH - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fekkai Glossing Starter Kit (Health and Beauty)

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First of all, I have natural blond hair that is very fine. It can get very dry and sometimes has the texture of bleached hair. However, I have to be very careful with "shine" products, because blonds can look greasy easily, too.

I have used all three products together and have also tried the glossing cream with other shampoos and conditioners. First off, the Fekkai glossing shampoo and conditioner have a pretty strong herbal/fresh smell. I think the smell lasts a very long time. I wash my hair at night, and the smell is still strong in the morning. I can even still smell it by the end of the day after work. It is a very refreshing smell.

The shampoo is very thick. As with other thick products I have used, I knew that I could get away without using quite as much and then adding a little water after putting it on my hair, to get that great lather most people like. As soon as I rinsed my hair, I could tell that the shampoo was very moisturizing on it. The conditioner is wonderful, too.

Because I have had trouble with breakage, I use a lot of different products beyond the shampoo and conditioner. I normally use a Nexxus leave-in conditioner, Redken Anit-Snap treatment, Moroccanoil, and then Phyto 9 on the ends after I have dried it. When I first put on the Fekkai glossing cream (used about the size of 2 or 3 peas for hair a couple inches below shoulders), I wasn't sure it would be enough, but I wanted to try it alone without the added products. I made sure I really squeezed it into the ends of my hair. WELL, after drying it, my hair looked great!!! It didn't look dry at all. It wasn't "glossy", but it didn't look dry, so I was extremely happy with the outcome. I did put a little Morrocanoil on the ends after drying it just as a treatment for overnight.

I usually dry my hair straight and then use a flat iron in the morning for straight hair or use a large curling iron for big, loose curls that I pull apart with my fingers. After using the Fekkai glossing kit, I will say that my hair did not look dry (love it) and my curls were "bouncy". It sounds weird to say that, but it's true. However, I definitely didn't have any volume to my hair, so if you like lots of volume, this product probably isn't for you.

I will definitely continue using the cream --- GREAT FIND!!! While I do really like the shampoo and conditioner, I'm not sure if I like it enough to spend that much money on it. I may end up getting more when I run out and use it once a week, or something like that. The cream is absolutely incredible, though. Because you only need such a tiny amount, it is definitely a good deal for the price on the cream.

I would recommend these products to people with non-oily hair and for those who do not wear their hair with loads of volume. The smell is refreshing and invigorating, the products remove the appearance of dry, brittle hair, and the cream can really take the place of a lot of extra products!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Makes Hair Shiny And Manageable, February 24, 2010

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S. Wussow (WI, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fekkai Glossing Starter Kit (Health and Beauty)

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The Fekkai Glossing Starter Kit I received contained shampoo, conditioner, and leave-in glossing cream; there was no tote included. I see in product description for this item currently mentions a finishing hairspray and a travel comb, but I don't believe those are meant to be included with this kit. That could be made more clear to buyers.

The scent of these treatments is very pleasant - citrusy and herbaceous. It is slightly like the original Clairol Herbal Essences from the 70s, but more refined and elegant. It is light, pleasant, and fresh without being at all overpowering. I don't think it would conflict if one wore scent.

Both shampoo and conditioner are quite thick, so not much is necessary to give ample sudsing and conditioning. The conditioner felt like it rinsed clean, but as another reviewer mentioned, I could already tell that my hair was going to be tangle-free.

I used a pea-sized amount of the glossing cream applied to my towel-dried, short-ish hair. Again a little seems to go a looooong way. My hair is very fine and straight, and I was worried the glossing cream would be overkill after the conditioner. I needn't have been. While blow drying, my usually unruly hair was unbelievably manageable, doing exactly what I wanted instead of poofing out all over the place. When dry, my hair was soft and silky, yet with lots of body - not at all oily-feeling like one sometimes ends up experiencing with silicone products, and not at all flat.

It is winter here as I write this review, and I normally experience an itchy scalp from dry indoor air. It is almost 24 hours after my last shampoo, and my scalp is not itchy at all. My hair still feels fresh, and is still not poofing all over the place. Truly, very manageable!

The only reasons I didn't give the products five stars are 1) the packaging doesn't seem to be recyclable in my area (the box tray isn't marked that I could see, and though the bottles are marked with a recycling symbol, the only number I can find is elsewhere on the bottles and it's a "3") and 2) the price seems a bit steep for the size of the kit. But perhaps if mine was supposed to have included a travel tote, that would seem more appropriate.

Then again, a little goes a loooooong way, and these products will thus last much longer than the less expensive ones I used previously! Nice indulgences that actually do what the makers say they will. Would make a very nice gift.