Amanda Holden turned heads at the L'Oréal Colour Trophy final at London's O2 on Sunday evening, showcasing impossibly glossy, mirror-like hair that appeared healthier than ever. The event, celebrating its 70th year, honours the UK's top hairdressing talent and highlighted sleek, glass-like finishes currently trending in salons.
Secret Behind the Gloss
Backstage snaps posted by the 55-year-old TV presenter revealed her hair toolkit, centred on L'Oreal Professionnel's Flex range. The key product is the Techni.Art Lisse Control cream, an £18 smoothing cream designed to tame frizz, boost shine, and leave hair silky without weight. Shoppers have called it a product they "can't live without" for achieving an expensive-looking, glossy finish.
One satisfied customer on LookFantastic wrote: "I can't actually live without this stuff. It doesn't so much tame the frizz in obvious ways, but it's completely weightless, detangling and makes my hair feel better in every possible way. My hair is really long and curly/wavy, and breakage is a huge problem - this minimises it massively and adds just that extra hint of lush control."
A second reviewer added: "I've been using Liss Control for several months now and reckon it's the best of its type on the market. It leaves my hair smoother than anything else I've tried and it gives my hair a sheen without making it greasy - in fact, it has become an essential part of my hair care routine!"
Product Feedback and Additional Tools
A third shopper described the cream as "almost perfect," noting: "This cream does protect from frizziness, smooths the hair and makes it more shiny. But for thin hair it makes hair more greasy."
Alongside the smoothing cream, Holden's hair was prepped with L'Oreal Professionnel's Flex Pli hair styling spray, £18, for shape, memory, and root lift, and L'Oreal Paris Elnett, £8.25, to lock hair in place without stickiness or weight.
Amanda's Thoughts on the Event
Speaking about the Colour Trophy final, Holden said: "What a night! It’s been an absolute joy to be part of such a landmark moment, celebrating seventy years of the L’Oréal Colour Trophy, and the talent on that stage was just extraordinary! Hair is so personal to us all for so many reasons. It can give identity and fill us with confidence."
She added: "The hairdressers in this room - and those we trust every time we visit a salon - make people feel special every single day, and tonight we got to celebrate the very best of them. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners; you are the future of British hairdressing."
