Experience unmatched revitalization with Kevin Murphy Staying.Alive Treatment, a sulfate-free leave-in formula designed to repair and revitalize damaged or color-treated hair. It restores radiance, softness, and vitality while protecting color and enhancing manageability. This high-performance treatment delivers weightless nourishment for a healthier, more vibrant look every day.

Key Benefits and Features
  • Revitalization – Instantly revitalizes damaged or color-treated hair, restoring radiance and vitality.
  • Hydration – Delivers lightweight moisture to improve softness, smoothness, and overall texture without weighing hair down.
  • Color Protection – Helps maintain color vibrancy and extends the life of color-treated strands between salon visits.
  • Frizz Control & Shine – Tames frizz, adds natural shine, and enhances manageability for a sleek finish.
  • Sulfate-Free Formula – Gentle, non-stripping leave-in care that respects color-treated hair and scalp.
Who It’s For

Kevin Murphy Staying.Alive Treatment is ideal for anyone with damaged or color-treated hair seeking revival, softness, and color protection. It suits all hair types that want lightweight, non-greasy nourishment and easier styling. Great for extending color life between color appointments while maintaining a healthy, vibrant look.

Key Ingredients
  • Sulfate-Free Base – Provides gentle conditioning and cleaners that preserve natural oils and color.
  • Lightweight Conditioning Agents – Improve detangling, slip, and smoothness without heaviness.
  • Color-Protecting Complex – Helps maintain color intensity and longevity of treated hair.
  • Repair-Enhancing Polymers – Create a protective film to reduce breakage and boost shine.
How to Use
  • Dispense a small amount into your hands and rub them together.
  • Apply evenly to damp, towel-dried hair, focusing on mid-lengths to ends.
  • Gently comb through with fingers or a wide-tooth comb to distribute evenly.
  • Do not rinse; style as usual. For best results, follow with complementary KEVIN.MURPHY styling or finishing products in the Staying.Alive range.

Specifications

Brand
Kevin Murphy
Size
150ml
Hair concerns
Damaged, Heat-Damaged, Colour Fade
Good to know
Sulphate-free

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Kevin Murphy Staying.Alive is a protective leave-in treatment spray for dry, damaged and colour-treated hair. Part of the Kevin Murphy thickening range. Ivy extract, burdock root, hydrolysed silk and rosehip oil help strengthen, add shine and create a protective barrier against moisture loss — all without rinsing.

Best for: damaged, colour-treated or dry hair needing a light leave-in protectant; adding shine and strength to any hair type without weight; as the finishing leave-in step in a thickening routine.
Less suited to: a rich leave-in for very dry hair (use Leave-In Repair); a curl-defining leave-in (use Killer.Curls or Motion.Lotion); a heavy smoothing treatment (use Smooth.Again).

Key actives:
- Ivy Leaf Extract (Hedera Helix Leaf Extract) — vitamin C-rich; creates a protective barrier against moisture loss; promotes shine
- Burdock Root (Arctium Lappa Root Extract) — adds shine, strength and body
- Hydrolysed Silk — smooths and adds a silky finish; improves slip
- Rosehip Oil (Rosa Canina Fruit Oil) — essential fatty acids; nourishes and adds shine
- Grapefruit Seed Extract (Citrus Grandis Seed Extract) — antioxidant; freshens
- Olive Leaf (Olea Europaea Leaf Extract) — antioxidant

Benefits:
- Strengthens and adds body and shine
- Creates a protective barrier against moisture loss
- Lightweight — no rinse, no weight
- Suitable for all hair types
- Sulphate- and paraben-free

How to use: Spray onto wet hair, wait 5–10 seconds, then comb through. Do not rinse. Blow-dry or style as usual.

Format: 150ml leave-in treatment spray.

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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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