The Traitors star Claudia Winkleman’s £4 buy she ‘adores’ for shiny hair & says ‘nothing on Earth works quite like it’

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HER beloved TV show The Traitors is finally back on screens.

And as well as viewers watching avidly to find out which backstabbing contestants are going to be axed, Claudia Winkleman is also causing a stir with her incredible hair.

Claudia Winkleman in a black velvet pantsuit in a room with green velvet furniture.
The Traitors is back on screens, and fans have been mesmerised by host Claudia Winkleman’s shiny hair
Claudia Winkleman on the set of The Traitors.
They’ve been taking to social media in their hundreds begging to know the secret behind her glossy locks
Claudia Winkleman on Channel 4's The Piano.
Claudia said there’s only one shampoo she uses – and it’ll only set you back £4
The Traitors cast photo.
Fans have been watching to find out which backstabbing contestants will make it to the final in much-loved BBC show The Traitors

Mainly the fact that people are desperate to know how she gets such a shine on her locks.

“The best thing about The Traitors is how shiny Claudia’s hair is,” one person wrote on X.

“It’s like a goddam mirror!”

“I want to know how she gets it so shiny and manages to keep it that way,” another mused.

While a third questioned: “How does she get her hair so damn shiny?!?”

But if you want to recreate Claudia’s signature glossy locks, you won’t have to shell out on expensive potions and lotions.

As the 52-year-old swears by a high street staple.

“There’s only one shampoo worth talking about,” she previously told Closer Online.

“I don’t use anything other than Head & Shoulders, nothing on Earth makes my hair shiny quite like it.

“I adore it.”

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Given her love for the clarifying shampoo, it’s no surprise that Claudia regularly stars in adverts and campaigns for the brand.

But she had to think twice before signing up.

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“When Head and Shoulders got in touch and asked to work with me I thought ‘listen love, you’ve got the wrong person here, I am not a man and I don’t have dandruff,’ and put the phone down,” she told Hello!.

“But then they told me that they had this new formula that makes hair really shiny and they sent it to me and I used it religiously for three months, in fact the whole family did, and it works.

“I’m not just saying this – my hair has never been shinier or glossier.”

And the shampoo isn’t the only budget product Claudia swears by.

She also explained that she’s a big fan of Essie’s coral nail varnish, which you can buy for around £7 in shops.

However, she does enlist the help of her teenage daughter anytime she actually wants her nails done.

“I love Essie coral shades,” she said.

“I give my 14-year-old a KitKat and she paints my nails for me, I get fed up after three fingers.”

But there are some products Claudia will splurge on, one of them being YSL Opium fragrance.

“There’s only ever one perfume for me…” she said.

“YSL Opium, smells of naughtiness and a modicum of filth.

“It makes me want to down tequila shots and dance on tables.”

The scent, which retails at around £60 a bottle, has top notes of mandarin and bergamot, with a heart of jasmine, carnation and myrrh. 

The base is vanilla, amber, patchouli and sweet myrrh.

Woman holding Head & Shoulders Derma Pro Sensitive Scalp shampoo and conditioner.
Claudia is such a big fan of Head & Shoulders that she even fronts ads for the brand
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