L'oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil

L'oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil

L'oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil is available in a version for all hair types and also in a version for coloured hair. I do dye my hair but only very occasionally (when I literally cannot leave it any longer) and so I opted for the version for all hair types. 

I really like how this comes in a glass bottle rather than plastic. I think it just makes a product feel much more expensive and luxurious. This is quite a large 100ml bottle so for £10 I think you are definately getting your moneys worth of both quantity and packaging. 

Extraordinary Oil is a 'precious blend of 6 flower extracts with nourishing properties for sumptuous softness and luxurious shine'. There are a few different ways that you can use this - before shampooing for luxurious nourishment, before styling to protect and transform your hair or after styling as a finishing touch for sumptiuous softness and luxurious shine. I tend to rub a couple of pumps through towel dried hair before blow drying then put not even half a pump through my styled hair just for that little bit of extra softness and also to tame fly-aways!

I've found that this is a very lightweight oil which is great for fine hair like mine, it doesn't weigh it down at all but still manages to work its magic. When I use it I notice a difference in how my hair dries - I have very 'boffy' hair (for want of a better word!) but this oil helps to tame it and it dries a lot sleeker. It also makes my hair feel lovely and soft and leaves it with a noticeable shine. As I said I also use literally the tiniest amount after styling just to tame any fly-aways and I find it really works for that too without adding any greasiness or heaviness to my hair. I really like how my hair styles when I use this, it feels weightless and 'whispy' which I love. I kind of wish it had more of a scent to it, it does have a very slight sweet scent but it's hardly noticeable at all which I find disappointing.  

I have in the past used Moroccan Oil, and if I was to compare, personally I prefer this simply for the weightlessness factor. In the future I would like to try the light version of Moroccan Oil as I did love the effect it had on my hair but in hindsight it really did weigh it down quite considerably.

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I was first introduced to this product in a Glossybox a few months ago. I didn't really pay much attention to it as I was quite happy with my Morrocan Oil and Tresemme Liquid Gold. However, a few weeks ago, disaster struck! My Moroccan Oil ran out and I had left my Liquid Gold at home. Luckily I keep all my 'samples' at my flat in Liverpool as a back up. So I routed through and found this.

I love it! I just wash my hair as normal then towel dry and apply to the ends of my hair - it does say to apply from the roots to the ends but my hair gets greasy very quickly and so I'm quite reluctant to apply it to the roots. It doesn't smell amazing but it smells fresh and kind of how I remember 'Head and Shoulders' shampoo to smell.
I find that it makes my hair feel a lot stronger, especially my dry ends. My hair is in terrible condition from using too much heat but I've really noticed a difference with this. So much so that I will now repurchase it over my previous go to product Moroccan Oil. It is also a lot cheaper, I've had a look on a few websites and Moroccan oil seems to retail at the same price but for half the amount. I've been using this for 2/3 weeks and I have used about half of the sample size (15ml), although I do only have short-medium-ish length hair, so I can see that it will last a long time too. A winner in my books!