Normally, I'm not a huge fan of drugstore products. I prefer to use professional, salon brands because I find them to be less harsh on my hair and they give me shinier, less greasy (I only wash my hair every other day) effects. I haven't bought any products for hair from a drugstore in years. Since this line is sulphate free, I thought twice about them and headed to Boots to pick some up to try.
Sulphates are nasty ingredients that can dry out your hair and most better quality products won't have them in, or, will have the less harmful sulphates in them. I was drawn to these products because I thought they would be better for my hair and a bit more inexpensive (about 6 pounds a bottle) than salon brands.
I should mention I have very baby fine, long hair (beyond shoulders) and I highlight it bright blonde about every 3-4 months. Although I don't straighten it often, because it is weakened from highlighting and frequent blowdrying, it is a bit damaged.
What I purchased:
- L'oreal EverPure shampoo colour care and volume (bontanical oils rosemary & juniper) - for coloured weakened hair
- L'Oreal EverPure conditioner reinforcing and vitality (botanical iols rosemary & mint) - for fragile brittle hair
- L'Oreal EverPure shampoo eversleek smoothing and moisturizing shampoo (botanical extract sunflower)
Scent: If you don't like herbal or flowery scents these products will probably not be for you. While most shampoos have a rinse-out, blow dry effect where once you've styled your hair, the smell isn't potent and has somewhat disappeared - this isn't the case with these products. The smell isn't overwhelming after drying/styling, but you will still smell it. I do enjoy herbal scents though (I enjoy Pureology products which have similar smells to this line) so this wasn't an issue for me.
Shine, lather, value for money and overall quality: These products are all 250 mL and my shampoo has an expiration of 12 months but I will probably have finished each (shampoo) bottle in about 2 months. I think they do last a decent amount of time, about the same time as my salon products would have lasted.
They do provide pretty decent shine and I would say that a shine difference is noticeable form using this line.
Lather is not an issue with these products, I noticed that they do lather pretty nicely without using much product.
Greasiness is a bit of an issue. Since I highlight my hair, I think I may feel like my hair got much greasier using these products than salon ones because regrowth makes the hair look greasier (because the regrowth is darker naturally than the highlights would be). But, I think if I'd had my hair highlighted this might not have been as noticeable. However, since I'm unsure if the lack of highlighting my hair near when I started using these products coincided with making me feel like the hair was greasier due to using these products, I wouldn't say this is a deal breaker about purchasing these products again.
The conditioner was on the same level as my Pureology conditioner and I would purchase this again. It didn't weight my hair down and it make my hair feel soft and replenished.
Overall, I would say that if you are on a budget and can't afford the more expensive salon products, these would be a good second choice. I found that they lasted a good amount of time, they had good shine quality, they didn't make my hair frizzy or dry and I would consider buying them again.
Please comment on this post if you would like any additional information about the products I've tested out.
Happy product shopping!
*Please note I am in no way affiliated with the L'Oreal brand and these views are my own and based on my experience using these products.
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