Best Hair Care Products in the UK: a Color Wow Buying Guide

Best Hair Care Products in the UK: a Color Wow Buying Guide

The short answer: Color Wow's best-known product is Dream Coat Supernatural Spray, the heat-activated anti-frizz spray you put on damp hair before blow-drying. After that, the most popular Color Wow products are Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer for body, Color Security Shampoo for an everyday sulphate-free wash, Root Cover Up for hiding roots between colour appointments, the Dream Cocktail leave-ins, Raise the Root, Pop and Lock, Dream Filter, Money Mist and the Chris Appleton Money Masque.

Buy for your main hair concern: Dream Coat for frizz, Bombshell or Raise the Root for flat hair, Root Cover Up for regrowth, and Money Mist for everyday softness.

Grace Beauty is a UK beauty shop stocking more than 60 Color Wow (colour wow) products, kits and sizes. UK delivery is £3.90, or free on orders over £50, and you can return items within 30 days. Shop the full Color Wow collection. If you already know you want Dream Coat or a kit, our Color Wow kits and Dream Coat guide goes into more detail.

Color Wow's most popular products at a glance

The products are listed roughly in order of popularity. We based this on the number of customer reviews each product has on Color Wow's UK website (checked 6 November 2026) and on which products UK beauty editors pick most often. Prices and stock at Grace Beauty were correct at the time of writing (6 November 2026) and may change.

Product Best for Sizes Price at Grace Beauty
Dream Coat Supernatural Spray Frizz and humidity, sleek blow-dries 50ml / 200ml / 500ml £11.90 / £26.90 / £54.90
Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer All-over body for fine, flat hair 50ml / 195ml £11.90 / £24.90
Color Security Shampoo Everyday sulphate-free wash, coloured hair 75ml / 250ml / 946ml £11.90 / £21.90 / £63.90
Root Cover Up Hiding roots and greys until your next wash 8 shades £28.90–£29.50
Dream Cocktail Kale-Infused Brittle, fragile, over-processed hair 50ml / 200ml £11.90 / £26.50
Raise the Root Thicken + Lift Spray Lift at the roots 50ml / 150ml £11.90 / £23.50
Pop and Lock High Gloss Finish Serum High-gloss finishing shine 12ml / 55ml £9.90 / £21.90
Dream Filter Hard-water build-up, dull or brassy colour 200ml £25.90
Money Mist Everyday leave-in conditioner 50ml / 150ml £12.50 / £29.90
Dream Cocktail Coconut-Infused Dry, thirsty hair 50ml £11.90
Money Masque A quick, glossy rinse-out mask 50ml / 215ml £11.90 / £37.90
Extra Strength Dream Coat Very dry, curly or coily hair you blow-dry straight 50ml / 200ml / 500ml £14.90 / £30.90 / £59.90
Dream Coat for Curly Hair Curls you air-dry or diffuse 200ml / 500ml £26.90 / £56.90
Style on Steroids Texture and grip 50ml / 250ml £13.90 / £27.90
Speed Dry Blow Dry Spray Faster blow-drying 150ml £23.50
Insta-Wow Advanced Dry Shampoo Refreshing between washes 60ml / 200ml £14.90 / £26.90
Money Laundering Shampoo and Conditioner Glossy, hydrating wash day (new in 2026) 250ml each £27.90 each
Dreaming Advance Repair and Resurfacing Treatment Weekly smoothing mask for frizz-prone hair 50ml / 215ml £11.90 / £37.90
Youth Juice Collagen Scalp Treatment Daily leave-in scalp treatment 50ml £43.90

Anti-frizz: which Dream Coat should you buy?

Dream Coat is the product Color Wow is known for. Color Wow describes it as a humidity-blocking spray whose "results last through 3-4 shampoos". You spray it generously onto damp hair, section by section, and then blow-dry or straighten, because the heat is what activates it. In short:

If you... Choose Price (200ml)
Blow-dry or straighten and want sleek, glossy hair Dream Coat Supernatural Spray (the original) £26.90
Have very dry, curly or coily hair but still blow-dry it straight Extra Strength Dream Coat £30.90
Wear your curls natural and air-dry or diffuse Dream Coat for Curly Hair (no heat needed) £26.90

To try it first, pick the Color Wow Travel Dream Coat Supernatural Spray 50ml (£11.90) or Extra Strength 50ml (£14.90); regular users can save with the Supersize 500ml (£54.90). For a full comparison and step-by-step directions, see Color Wow kits and Dream Coat: which one should you buy?

Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray 200ml: £26.90

Dreaming: the weekly smoothing mask

Dreaming is a rinse-out treatment for dry, flyaway-prone hair. It goes on after shampoo, stays on for 2 to 3 minutes and then rinses out, and our product page says one use lasts through a few washes. Color Wow calls it a "repair and resurfacing" treatment, and the finish it aims for is smoother, sleeker, glass-like lengths. The Dream Team Kit pairs it with Dream Coat (see kits below).

Color Wow Dreaming Advance Repair and Resurfacing Treatment 50ml: £11.90 · 215ml: £37.90

Leave-ins and masks: Money Mist, Dream Cocktail or Money Masque?

Choose Money Mist for everyday softness and detangling, a Dream Cocktail if you want a leave-in matched to a particular hair concern, and Money Masque for a deeper rinse-out treatment.

Money Mist

Money Mist is a lightweight leave-in conditioner spray with heat protection, made with marine extracts. The Independent's tester named it the best Color Wow product overall, because it does several jobs at once. You can use it after every wash, and you can layer Dream Coat over it before you blow-dry.

Color Wow Money Mist 150ml Moisturising Leave in Conditioner: £29.90 · 50ml: £12.50

Dream Cocktail: Kale vs Coconut

Both are heat-activated leave-ins that you smooth through damp hair before styling. Kale-Infused uses sea kale, amino acids and B vitamins. It's aimed at brittle, fragile hair, and Color Wow says it gives "50% less breakage after just one use", which the brand says is an average result from independent testing. Coconut-Infused is the moisture option for dry, straw-like hair. Our product page says you can use the Kale formula alongside the Coconut or Carb Cocktail. We stock Kale in 50ml and 200ml, and Coconut in the 50ml travel size.

Money Masque (with Chris Appleton)

Color Wow created this mask with the celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton. You leave it on for 3 to 5 minutes in the shower, or up to 20 to 30 minutes for a deeper treatment, and it rinses out without needing another shampoo. It's vegan and suitable for all hair types.

Color Wow and Chris Appleton Money Masque 215ml: £37.90 · Money Travel Masque 50ml: £11.90

Volume: Xtra Large Bombshell, Raise the Root or Style on Steroids?

All three are styling products for a bigger, fuller look, and they do different jobs:

If you want... Choose Use it on Price
All-over body from root to tip Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer (a foam) Damp hair, 2–3 pumps per section £11.90 / £24.90
Lift right at the roots Raise the Root Thicken + Lift Spray Damp or dry roots, then blow-dry £11.90 / £23.50
Texture, grip and lived-in volume Style on Steroids (a dry texture spray) Dry hair, sprayed under the layers £13.90 / £27.90

You can layer them: Bombshell through the lengths, Raise the Root at the crown, then Style on Steroids once hair is dry. Color Wow says Bombshell is free of alcohol, salt and drying resins.

Shine and blow-dry helpers

Pop and Lock High Gloss Finish Serum

A clear finishing serum for mirror-like shine, which you can use on wet or dry hair. Color Wow describes it as combining "the conditioning benefits of an oil with the shine power of a serum", with UV protection. The 12ml size is the cheapest way into the brand, at £9.90.

Color Wow Pop and Lock High Gloss Finish Serum: 12ml £9.90 / 55ml £21.90

Speed Dry Blow Dry Spray

An alcohol-free blow-dry spray that Color Wow says "reduces drying time (blow-dry or air-dry) by 30% or more".

Color Wow Speed Dry Blow Dry Spray 150ml: £23.50

Coloured, blonde and hard-water hair

Root Cover Up: hiding roots between colour appointments

Root Cover Up is a mineral powder in a mirrored compact with a dual-ended brush. It isn't hair dye. It sits on the surface to disguise regrowth, greys and sparse-looking areas, and Color Wow says the temporary colour "stays until shampoo'd out" and contains "no waxes, no dyes + no PPD's". Apply it to dry hair and press the brush into the roots rather than sweeping it, then dust off any excess.

We stock all 8 shades. Black, Light Brown, Red, Dark Blonde and Blonde are £29.50, and Dark Brown, Medium Brown and Platinum/Light Blonde are £28.90:

Black · Dark Brown · Medium Brown · Light Brown · Red · Dark Blonde · Blonde · Platinum/Light Blonde

Curls: Dream Coat for Curly Hair and Curl Wow

If you air-dry or diffuse, start with Dream Coat for Curly Hair. It's an ultra-light, alcohol-free curl styler, sprayed section by section onto wet hair, and it needs no heat. If your curls are very dry and you blow-dry them straight, Extra Strength Dream Coat is the better choice.

Color Wow's Curl Wow line is a full routine, in order of use (detangler, shampoo, conditioner, leave-in serum, styling spray):

  1. Color WOW Curl Wow SNAG-FREE Pre-Shampoo Detangler 295ml, £24.90
  2. Color WOW Curl Wow HOOKED 100% Clean Shampoo with Root-Locking Technology 295ml, £24.90
  3. Color WOW Curl Wow COCO-MOTION Lubricating Conditioner 295ml, £24.90
  4. Color WOW FLO-ETRY Vital Natural Serum Supplement 295ml, £25.90
  5. Color Wow Curl Wow SHOOK Mix + Fix Bundling Spray 295ml, £29.90

Color Wow Dream Coat for Curly Hair 200ml: £26.90 · Supersize 500ml: £56.90

Between washes and scalp care

  • Insta-Wow Advanced Dry Shampoo: our product page says it soaks up oil with ultra-fine starches and leaves no white residue, with a crisp floral scent. It comes in 60ml (£14.90) and 200ml (£26.90). Color Wow Insta-Wow Advanced Dry Shampoo
  • Youth Juice Collagen Scalp Treatment: a non-greasy leave-in that you apply to the scalp with the dropper, focusing on the hairline and parting, then massage in. Don't rinse it off. Color Wow recommends using it daily. Don't apply it to broken skin. Color Wow Youth Juice Collagen Scalp Treatment 50ml: £43.90

Starter baskets (pick your lane)

Four ready-made baskets at today's Grace Beauty prices, each over £50 so UK delivery is free.

The frizz-free blow-dry (£58.70)

  1. Color Security Shampoo 250ml, £21.90
  2. Dream Coat Supernatural Spray 200ml, £26.90
  3. Pop and Lock High Gloss Finish Serum 12ml, £9.90

Big, bouncy volume (£50.90)

  1. Bigger, Thicker, Fuller... Faster! Kit (Xtra Large Bombshell 195ml + Style on Steroids 250ml), £39.00
  2. Raise the Root Travel Size 50ml, £11.90

Colour and blonde care (£60.30)

  1. Dream Filter 200ml, £25.90
  2. Color Security Shampoo 250ml, £21.90
  3. Money Mist 50ml, £12.50

Natural curls (£51.80)

  1. COCO-MOTION Lubricating Conditioner 295ml, £24.90
  2. Dream Coat for Curly Hair 200ml, £26.90

Color Wow kits and gift sets: which ones save money?

All in stock at Grace Beauty. Savings are worked out against today's prices for the same items bought separately on our site.

Kit What's inside Kit price The items separately You save
The Dream Team Kit Dream Coat Supernatural Spray 200ml, Dreaming 50ml £28.90 £38.80 £9.90
Smooth + Shiny VIPs Kit Color Security Shampoo 75ml, Money Masque 50ml, Dream Coat 200ml £37.90 £50.70 £12.80
Bigger, Thicker, Fuller... Faster! Kit Xtra Large Bombshell 195ml, Style on Steroids 250ml £39.00 £52.80 £13.80
Slay Anti-Frizz Kit Color Security Shampoo 75ml, Money Mist 150ml, Dream Coat 200ml £53.90 £68.70 £14.80
Viral Volumisers Kit Color Security Shampoo and Conditioner 75ml, Xtra Large Bombshell 195ml, Raise the Root 50ml £53.90 £60.60 £6.70
Mini Essentials Trio Kit Color Security Shampoo and Conditioner 75ml, Money Mist 50ml £33.90 £36.30 £2.40
Money Laundering Shampoo & Conditioner Bundle Hydrating Shampoo 250ml, Glossing Conditioner 250ml £54.90 £55.80 £0.90
Money Laundering High Shine Heroes Travel Duo Hydrating Shampoo 75ml, Glossing Conditioner 75ml £27.90 Not sold separately n/a

Quick picks: the Dream Team Kit is the best-value way to get a full-size Dream Coat. The Slay Anti-Frizz Kit gives the biggest saving in pounds and gets free UK delivery on its own. The Mini Essentials Trio and the Money Laundering Travel Duo make easy stocking fillers. For the Dream Clean shampoo-and-conditioner duos and more gifting advice, see our Color Wow kits guide, our Christmas Beauty Gift Guide 2026 and the Gifting & Bundles collection.

Travel sizes under £15 (stocking fillers)

  • Dream Coat Supernatural Spray 50ml, £11.90 · Extra Strength Dream Coat 50ml, £14.90
  • Dream Cocktail Kale 50ml, £11.90 · Dream Cocktail Coconut 50ml, £11.90
  • Money Mist 50ml, £12.50 · Money Travel Masque 50ml, £11.90 · Dreaming 50ml, £11.90
  • Xtra Large Bombshell 50ml, £11.90 · Raise the Root 50ml, £11.90 · Style on Steroids 50ml, £13.90
  • Pop and Lock 12ml, £9.90 · Insta-Wow 60ml, £14.90
  • Color Security Shampoo 75ml, £11.90 · Colour Security Conditioner Fine to Normal 75ml, £11.90

Also in the Color Wow range at Grace Beauty

Browse everything in the Color Wow collection, or shop by category: hair care, styling products and shampoo and conditioner.

Color Wow at Grace Beauty (UK)

  • What we stock: more than 60 Color Wow products, sizes and kits, from Dream Coat to all 8 Root Cover Up shades, all in stock at the time of writing.
  • UK delivery: £3.90, or free on orders over £50.
  • Returns: within 30 days.
  • Questions: contact us by email.

FAQs

What are the most popular Color Wow products?

Dream Coat Supernatural Spray is by far the most-reviewed Color Wow product. Next come Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer, the Dream Cocktail leave-ins, Color Security Shampoo, Root Cover Up, Raise the Root, Pop and Lock, Dream Filter, Money Mist and the Chris Appleton Money Masque. Grace Beauty stocks all of these in the UK. The one exception is the Carb-Infused Dream Cocktail, but we do stock the Kale and Coconut versions.

What's the difference between Dream Coat and Money Mist?

Dream Coat is a heat-activated anti-frizz spray: you apply it to damp hair and blow-dry or straighten to activate it, and Color Wow says the results last through 3 to 4 shampoos. Money Mist is a lightweight leave-in conditioner that you can use after every wash to detangle and soften, with no heat needed. You can use both: Money Mist first, then Dream Coat before you blow-dry.

Is Color Wow Root Cover Up a hair dye?

No. Root Cover Up is a mineral powder that you press onto dry roots to disguise regrowth and greys. Color Wow says the temporary colour stays until you shampoo it out and that it contains no waxes, dyes or PPD. It comes in 8 shades, and Grace Beauty stocks all of them at £28.90 to £29.50.

Should I choose the Kale or Coconut Dream Cocktail?

Choose Kale-Infused if your hair is brittle, fragile or over-processed, and Coconut-Infused if it's mainly dry and thirsty. Both are heat-activated leave-ins that you smooth through damp hair before styling. At Grace Beauty, Kale is £11.90 (50ml) or £26.50 (200ml), and Coconut is £11.90 (50ml).

Which Color Wow product is best for volume?

For all-over body, choose Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer, a foam for damp hair. For lift at the roots, choose Raise the Root Thicken + Lift Spray. For texture and grip on dry hair, choose Style on Steroids. You can layer all three. The Bigger, Thicker, Fuller... Faster! Kit pairs Bombshell 195ml with Style on Steroids 250ml for £39 at Grace Beauty.

Who is Color Wow Dream Filter for?

Dream Filter is a pre-shampoo treatment for hair affected by hard-water minerals, which can make colour look brassy, dull or darker. Our product page describes it as ideal for lightened, bleached and blonde hair. Use it before shampooing. It's £25.90 for 200ml at Grace Beauty.

Do Color Wow kits cost less than buying the products separately?

Most do. At Grace Beauty prices on 6 November 2026, the Slay Anti-Frizz Kit costs £14.80 less than buying the same items separately, the Bigger, Thicker, Fuller... Faster! Kit £13.80 less, the Smooth + Shiny VIPs Kit £12.80 less and the Dream Team Kit £9.90 less. The Viral Volumisers Kit saves £6.70, and the Mini Essentials Trio saves £2.40.

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