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| L'oreal Ultimate Straight Haircare Line from Influenster |
I recently received this haircare package courtesy of Influenster. The L'oreal Ultimate Straight Haircare line is definitely not a stranger to me. I've only finished the shampoo/conditioner set back in April. I was drawn to the shampoo because it contains keratin (a popular protein for hair in high end haircare). So I bought the shampoo and conditioner on my own at my local CVS. =) Given that I haven't repurchased, I was a little disappointed that I received this package from Influenster. But the other 2 products were new to me and I'm glad I did give them a try.
Just a quick summary of my hair, I have your typical Asian straight hair. I've never dyed my hair and it's naturally straight. Not pin straight, but it bends around my ears and towards the ends. And thankfully no split ends! My normal hair wash routine is to shampoo from roots to ends and only condition from my ear down to ends. I never condition the roots.
This L'oreal Ultimate Straight Haircare line consists of 4 steps:
- Advanced Care Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight Shampoo
- Roughly $5 at the drugstore. I did not care for this shampoo. I usually have a rule that my hair should look fresh for up to 48 hours. If my hair starts feeling greasy in 36 hours, then it's a no go. My hair started feeling icky by the 24th hour! Not crazy about it and definitely regret it.
- Advanced Care Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight Boosting Pre-Conditioner
- Now this was a great surprise. I tried adding this with my Clear shampoo/conditioner and my hair felt silky soft for over 36 hours. Definitely credited to this pre-conditioner. But the directions say to only use it once a week and to leave it on for 1-3 minutes before your normal conditioner. The days I don't use the pre-conditioner my hair didn't feel much different.
- Advanced Care Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight Conditioner
- As mentioned earlier, when used alone with the shampoo this didn't wow me. Detangles hair like all other conditioners nowadays.
- Advanced Care Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight Perfecting Balm
- This balm unlike the rest of the line had a completely different scent. May be because it's used on towel dried hair so can't rinse it off. The scent was definitely more sweet and but luckily doesn't linger for long. It's a pink gel that I just applied from my ear down to ends. It's meant to be used with heating tools like a hair dryer or flat iron. When used with a hair dryer, I think I do notice my hair straighter than normal. During the summertime, I tend not to use a hair dryer and using Steps 1-3, I didn't notice extra straight hair.
Overall I was most impressed with the pre-conditioner. L'oreal also has a very broad advanced haircare line, now I'm curious to tried those. Anybody else tried? Let me know in the comments!
Disclaimer: This set of L'oreal products were sent to me by Influenster to try out and sample, my opinion remains my own.
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