I’ve never heard of shining brick before. Is there a photo showing an example of what you’re thinking of? 🙂

There are color enhancers you paint on, will give the bricks a wet look,
Not sure if this is reversible if you don’t like the look,
I think your brick looks nice as is.

we used a sealant

I was trying to get it to look more like the 2nd pic

How did it turn out? I would think the instructions would advise against using it on a brick veneered house, but maybe I’m wrong.