Color Wow Dreaming Advanced Repair and Resurfacing Treatment
by Color Wow · other
Editor's Take
Among repair masks, this one earns its shelf space: Quaternium-91 and a cuticle-sealing copolymer give damaged hair polished slip, though the environmental tab is harder to admire.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 7.8 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 7.5 / 10
- Clean Standards: 5.5 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 4.5 / 10
The Verdict
The formula is strongest at resurfacing damaged cuticles, using high-affinity conditioners and a specialized copolymer to reduce friction and improve gloss. Squalane, rice bran oil, and panthenol add softness, while the proteins mainly reinforce the surface rather than rebuild hair from within. Fragrance and conventional synthetics weaken its clean credentials, and persistent quats plus petroleum-derived polyisobutene make sustainability the clear compromise. A credible high-performance mask for visibly rough, color-treated hair, with better cosmetic repair than environmental manners.
Is Color Wow Dreaming Advanced Repair and Resurfacing Treatment clean?
DARE scores Color Wow Dreaming Advanced Repair and Resurfacing Treatment by Color Wow 5.5 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.
What are the key ingredients in Color Wow Dreaming Advanced Repair and Resurfacing Treatment?
The formula leads with Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ppg-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.
How does DARE score Color Wow Dreaming Advanced Repair and Resurfacing Treatment?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Color Wow Dreaming Advanced Repair and Resurfacing Treatment by Color Wow scores Performance 7.8 / 10, Clean Standards 5.5 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 7.5 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 4.5 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Water (Aqua/Eau), Cetearyl Alcohol, Ppg-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Oleyl Alcohol, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Quaternium-91, Distearyldimonium Chloride, Lauryl Laurate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Squalane, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Citric Acid, Hydroxypropyl Bis-Hydroxethyldimonium Chloride, Panthenol, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-55, Phenoxyethanol, Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose, Ceteareth-20, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Fragrance (Parfum), Propylene Glycol, Disodium Edta, Potassium Sorbate, Potassium Benzoate, Benzyl Alcohol, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Red 33(Ci 17200), Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Linalool, Linalyl Acetate.
Last updated September 19, 2026