L'Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Protecting Mask 250ml

Give stressed, damaged and color-treated hair intensive hydration while helping protect it against metal accumulation and breakage with L'Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Protecting Mask 250ml.

Hair absorbs metal particles from water over time, and factors such as UV exposure, bleaching, chemical processing, intense heat, salt water, chlorine and high porosity can accelerate their accumulation. L'Oréal explains that excessive metal inside the fiber can leave hair increasingly dry, brittle and vulnerable to breakage.

Powered by Glicoamine, L'Oréal's chelating technology designed to penetrate the hair fiber and neutralize metal, this rich professional mask combines anti-metal care with intensive conditioning. The latest L'Oréal testing positions it as an extreme hair-rescue treatment that can save 1,000 hair fibers from breakage while locking in 1,000 hours of deep hydration.

Its creamy texture melts through the lengths, helping hair feel smoother, softer, less brittle and more manageable without making the treatment difficult to rinse. It is suitable for all hair types and textures, whether natural, colored, bleached or over-processed.

Neutralize Metal → Deeply Hydrate → Strengthen → Reduce Breakage → Protect Hair

Why You'll Love It

• Helps neutralize metal accumulated inside the hair fiber
• Powered by Glicoamine
• Saves 1,000 hair fibers from breakage
• Locks in 1,000 hours of deep hydration
• Helps reduce brittleness
• Deeply hydrates dry and stressed hair
• Helps smooth and soften the fiber
• Suitable for colored and bleached hair
• Suitable for natural hair
• Works across straight, wavy, curly and coily textures
• Particularly relevant after UV, heat, chlorine, salt water or chemical processing
• Rich, creamy professional texture
• Vegan formula with no animal-derived ingredients

What Does Metal Detox Protecting Mask Do?

This mask tackles two problems simultaneously: accumulated metal and stressed, dehydrated hair.

Metals such as copper can enter the hair through water. L'Oréal's Metal Detox research indicates that metal accumulation can contribute to brittleness, breakage and unreliable color results, particularly in porous or chemically processed hair.

The mask uses Glicoamine, a small chelating molecule designed to penetrate the fiber and neutralize metal. At the same time, its rich conditioning formula provides intensive hydration and improves the feel of dry, stressed lengths.

Metal Build-Up + Porosity + Dryness → Glicoamine + Deep Hydration → Stronger, Smoother, More Resistant Hair

Who Is It For?

Ideal for:

• Color-treated hair
• Highlighted hair
• Bleached and lightened hair
• Damaged hair
• Over-processed hair
• Dry and very dry hair
• Brittle, breakage-prone hair
• High-porosity hair
• Hair frequently exposed to heat
• Hair exposed to chlorine or salt water
• Hair exposed to strong UV/sun
• Natural hair needing intensive hydration and anti-metal care
• Straight, wavy, curly and coily hair

Pair Me With

• L'Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Anti-Metal Cleansing Cream Shampoo – sulfate-free cleansing that helps remove excess metal while supporting breakage and color-fade protection.
• L'Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Anti-Metal High Protection Cream 100ml – protective leave-in care for hydration, frizz control, UV exposure and heat styling.
• L'Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Protecting Concentrated Oil 50ml – lightweight finishing oil for nourishment, smoothness, shine and breakage protection.

What's the Best Hair Mask for Bleached Hair That Feels Dry and Brittle?

Bleached hair can become more porous, dry and vulnerable to breakage. L'Oréal also identifies over-processing and high porosity as factors that can accelerate metal accumulation inside the fiber.

Metal Detox Mask is therefore particularly relevant when several concerns occur together:

Bleaching + Porosity + Dryness + Brittleness + Breakage

Rather than functioning only as a moisturizing mask, its Glicoamine technology addresses accumulated metal while the conditioning base provides intensive hydration.

For hair where the dominant concern is severe structural damage rather than metal exposure, Absolut Repair Molecular remains the more repair-specific L'Oréal range.

Is Metal Detox Mask Good for Hair Exposed to Chlorine, Sea Water and Sun?

Yes. This is now one of the strongest official use cases for the product.

L'Oréal's latest Metal Detox positioning specifically identifies sun/UV over-exposure, salt and chlorine water, intense heat, over-processing and high porosity among the extreme hair stressors the mask is designed to address.

That makes it particularly relevant for Cyprus conditions, where frequent sun, swimming pools and sea exposure can occur alongside coloring or highlighting.

Metal Detox Mask or Absolut Repair Mask – Which One Should I Choose?

Choose based on the main problem you're trying to solve.

Metal Detox Protecting Mask
→ Metal accumulation
→ Hard/mineral-rich water exposure
→ Chlorine and salt-water exposure
→ Color protection
→ Deep hydration
→ Brittleness and breakage
→ Glicoamine technology

Absolut Repair Mask
→ General hair damage
→ Dryness from chemical processing
→ Rough, damaged lengths
→ Repair-focused conditioning
→ Gold Quinoa + Protein technology

If you regularly color, highlight or bleach your hair and are also concerned about water, metal, chlorine or color quality, Metal Detox is the more targeted choice.

If your primary concern is simply general damaged hair, Absolut Repair is the more direct repair range.

For severely compromised or repeatedly bleached hair, Absolut Repair Molecular offers L'Oréal's more advanced molecular-repair positioning.

Metal Detox Anti-Deposit Hair Mask | L'Oréal Professionnel UK

For optimal results, use after the anti-metal cleansing cream shampoo.
Leave-on for one minute
The texture is light to touch & easy to apply

AQUA / WATER / EAU • CETEARYL ALCOHOL • AMODIMETHICONE • BEHENTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE • CETYL ESTERS • PARFUM / FRAGRANCE • ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL • TRIDECETH-6 • PHENOXYETHANOL • LIMONENE • CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE • HEXYL CINNAMAL • LINALOOL • CHLORHEXIDINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE • CITRAL • GERANIOL • GLYCINE • TOCOPHEROL • POLYQUATERNIUM-7 • SODIUM BENZOATE

This ingredients list is subject to change and depends on country location selling. Consumers should refer to the product packaging for the most relevant ingredients list. In case of problem, please contact the consumer care center.