Joico Defy Damage Protective Shampoo is a salon-quality cleanser designed for all hair types. It utilizes advanced damage-prevention technology to shield strands from daily stress while reviving weak, dull, or color-treated hair for a vibrant, healthy look.

Key Benefits and Features
  • Hydration: Deeply nourishes to restore moisture, leaving hair soft, smooth, and easy to manage.
  • Damage Prevention: Features advanced technology that helps shield strands from everyday wear and tear.
  • Color Care: Formulated to protect color-treated hair and maintain vibrancy between color appointments.
  • Strength & Breakage Reduction: Improves strength to reduce breakage and improve resilience.
  • All-Hair-Types Formula: Safe and effective for every hair type, from fine to thick, without heaviness.
Who It's For

Ideal for anyone seeking a protective, all-hair-types shampoo. Particularly beneficial for those with weak, dull, or color-treated hair, and for anyone who uses heat styling or chemical treatments.

Key Ingredients
  • Advanced Damage-Prevention Technology: The core system that shields hair from daily stressors and color fade.
  • All-Hair-Types Formula: Balanced cleansing and conditioning components suitable for universal use.
  • Color-Safe Components: Ingredients designed to help maintain color vibrancy between visits.
How to Use
  • Wet hair thoroughly with warm water to help open the cuticles.
  • Apply a small amount to the scalp and roots; massage to lather and distribute through the lengths.
  • Rinse completely; repeat once for a deeper cleanse if desired.
  • For best results, follow with Joico Defy Damage Protective Conditioner.

Specifications

Brand
Joico
Size
300ml
Hair concerns
Damaged, Weak Hair, Breakage
Good to know
Heat protection

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Joico Defy Damage Protective Shampoo is a bond-strengthening daily shampoo for all hair types, especially colour-treated and damaged hair. Part of the Joico Defy Damage range. Arginine, oat peptide, moringa seed oil and a protective lipid cleanse gently while strengthening hair bonds and defending against heat, UV and environmental damage.

Best for: all hair types, particularly colour-treated, heat-styled or damaged hair needing daily bond protection; the cleansing step in the complete Defy Damage system.
Less suited to: heavy product or mineral build-up (use K-PAK Clarifying Shampoo); fine hair primarily needing volume (use JoiFULL Shampoo); intensely dry hair needing moisture (use Moisture Recovery Shampoo).

Key actives:
- Arginine — smart-bonding amino acid with positive and negative sites; strengthens hair bonds and encourages bond renewal
- Oat Peptide (Avena Sativa Peptide) — reinforces the hair shaft and improves resilience
- Phosphatidylcholine (Protective Lipid) — the same lipid found in healthy hair; first line of defence against thermal, chemical and UV damage
- Moringa Seed Oil (Moringa Oleifera) — antioxidants, Vitamins A and E, zinc and silica; fundamental to strong, damage-resistant hair
- SmartRelease Technology (Rosehip Oil, Arginine & Keratin) — liposome delivery system that continuously releases repair ingredients with every wash
- Hydrolysed Keratin — reinforces and conditions the hair structure

Benefits:
- Strengthens hair bonds and reduces breakage
- Protects colour and prolongs vibrancy
- Gentle daily cleanser that doesn’t strip or roughen the cuticle
- Heat, UV and pollution protection with every wash
- Suitable for all hair types

How to use: Apply to wet hair, lather, rinse. Repeat if needed. Follow with Defy Damage Protective Conditioner or Masque.

Format: 300ml daily shampoo.

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Spend R390 and delivery is on us. Orders under R390 are delivered for R67. We normally pack within 1 working day, with delivery in 2–5 working days depending on your location.

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