Control GX Shampoo Reviews

Used the product for years and up to now I was very pleased, but something drastic has recently changed with the formula. My hair is now turning ginger!

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I, like many, have used this shampoo for a number of years without a problem, until now. This new improved formula is absolute rubbish, it leaves your hair orange or brassy, brittle, and hair loss is the norm. I have emailed the company with an official complaint and would urge others to do the same.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I have used the original Control GX product for a few years now and found it to be effective and natural-looking. I purchased the new formula last month and like many other recent reviews, I have also experienced the same problem with my hair color changing to an unpleasant orangey color. I no longer have confidence in the product and hopefully, they will revert back to the original version.

Length of Use: 1–2 years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Been using this product since 2016 and worked great. The recent changes have turned my hair orange! I threw it away thinking it was a bad one-off, but the new one is the same.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Been using this for 3 years and all of a sudden hair has gone ginger. What idiot decided to change a great formula? Change it back quickly!

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Been using Control GX for years – fantastic stuff. This new version, as many have said, turns your hair a totally unnatural orange color.

A great way to ruin a decent product, what were they thinking? Won't be using this anymore.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I've been using this for a couple of years and had been very happy. However, more recently, it's been turning my hair a ginger/orange color.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

What has happened? I have been using this shampoo for years and have been very happy with it. Recently it hasn't worked and my hair is going orange/copper (much to the amusement of my friends!). I note a few other people saying the same. Please change it back! I tried to find a number to contact the company originally before writing this - with no joy (as yet). Hopefully, the company realizes its mistake. I thought it was a "bad batch".

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I have used Control GX since it was launched, even my hairdresser was impressed by it, it was perfect!

Now it is terrible. It will turn your white/grey hair orange! Do not use it!

No idea why they have chosen to ruin a perfect product, but indeed they have.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I used to love this product but the last 3 I have bought have started to turn my hair ginger.

Won't be buying it again.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

The new formula turned my hair orange. Will never buy again.

Previously was very happy with the old formula, which had a purple color.

Is Control GX listening to its customers?

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Not good. Something has changed, leaving my hair orange! This product has changed recently. Not good! It is now not fit for purpose, it leaves my hair orange. It was perfect, and a number of my friends think the same and will no longer purchase it.

Change it back!

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Why oh why would a company mess with a successful formula? Has worked perfectly for 3-4 years at hiding my grey simply and naturally but now my hair looks a very weird color. As per previous reviews, it has an orange tint.

Change it back or lose sales!

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Cannot describe the dreadful effect this new formula has. My hair is now an orange/copper/green tint.

After using the old formula without issue, I’ve used the new formula (not advertised as such) with devastating effect. I have no idea how they are getting away with still marketing.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I have used the original version for the last 5 years and it was perfect and looked very natural. I recently bought it and the 2021 version dyed my hair orange and has to be used every day, but my hair is still orange and grey! Nightmare, what are they thinking? I will have to stop this product.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Have used it for years, this was an amazing product, worked well. Then they changed it and now it just makes you look like Trump.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I agree with all the other reviews. I have used this product for about 2 years and it worked extremely well. I was very happy with it. However, it is now (within the last 3–4 months) turning my hair a strange orange/goldish color. I've had to stop using it. A real shame since it was great before. I thought that it was just me until I read these other reviews. Why on earth have they changed the formula? I won't buy this again unless they go back to the way it was.

Length of Use: Less than 3 months

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Been using this for 3 years. Was quite satisfied with it, until recently. Some clever so and so decides to change it and now makes my hair orange. Don't buy this product.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Been using Control GX for around 4 years. After previously suffering allergic reactions to any hair color product I tried, finding Control GX was a godsend: no allergic reactions at all and gave my hair a perfectly natural color (and my hair is black).

Fast forward to September 2021. I brought a bottle and noticed the packaging was different and had gone from 147ml bottles to 118ml bottles. Didn't think anything of it, however, after 2 applications, I noticed my hair was orange/bronze and I was having a severe allergic reaction on my scalp, which has caused hair loss!

It can't be a coincidence as every review I've read about the new product says the same thing! Did JFM even test the product?! They had the best product on the market and they have completely destroyed it! I've now reverted to buying the old 147ml bottles with the original formula off eBay and it's working like a dream again.

JFM need to address this fast. If it's not broken, don't fix it!

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I can only describe the new color or my hair as orange/grey since the new formula came in to the market!

What was the problem with the old one that we all liked; does the consumer have a say? Am I missing something, should the orange be the new grey for older men and be cool about this? Does the company that makes Control GX read and take notes of the unhappiness that it causes to us consumers?

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

New formula, dreadful results.

I have used this for over 4 years and the new formula turns hair orange. Please don't use this product, unless you want to look like an Oompa Loompa.

Just For Men, please revert back to the original formula or lose all your clients.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I’ve been using this product for years and it was great. Why have they changed the formula? It’s terrible and it will turn your hair to an unnatural orange color! Sadly, I’m going to have to stop using it. I hope they change the formula back!

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I have used Control GX for several years and liked it, but the new formula is terrible. It makes my hair go a strange orange color. It does not work anymore!

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

It used to work well, and I was quite happy about it, until recently. It leaves an unnatural orange color. They must have changed the formula.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Why oh why have you changed the formula? It was a great product but no way can I use it anymore. I can't leave my house now without my head completely covered.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

When Control GX first appeared on the market I was so pleased that at last, I could have natural-looking hair. I felt that it had saved me at the 11th hour from a life as the "Grey Man". For the past 4 years, I have been more than happy with the product but then recently the "new improved" version came onto the market and I was eager to try it to see how much better it could be, however, I have been noticing that my hair has started to turn orange where I have used the shampoo mainly around the back and sides as the top of my head is still mostly brown so doesn't need as many applications.

Very disappointed, have had to go back to eBay and try to identify, and purchase, the old stock and buy that, but the old stock won't last forever. Do the manufacturers not test their product before launching it? Obviously not in this case.

Length of Use: 2+ years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Going bald suddenly since using this. Very unhappy and not worth it in the long run. Using caffeine shampoo now and hoping for the best. Will never use again.

Length of Use: 1–2 years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend