L'oreal Paris Elvital Anti-Breakage Repairing Shampoo 400 ml + Anti-Breakage Balsam Conditioner 250 ml Review

Ingredients:

L'oreal Elvital Anti-Breakage Repairing Shampoo

Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Dimethicone, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Glycol Distearate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, PPG-5-Ceteth-20, Salicylic Acid, Limonene, Fumaric Acid, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate, Benzyl Alcohol, 2-Oleamido-1, 3-Octadecanediol, Carbomer, Citronellol, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citric Acid, Hexyl Cinnamal, Glyceryl, Linoleate, Glyceryl Oleate, Glyceryl Linolenate, Parfum/Fragrance

L'oreal Elvital Anti-Breakage Balsam Conditioner

Aqua, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Amodimethicone, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Stearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Tricedeth-6, Chlorhexidine Dihydrochloride, Limonene, Benzyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol, 2-Oleamido-1, 3-Octadecanediol, Dipalmitoylethyl Hydroxyethylmonium Methosulfate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetyl Esters, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citric Acid, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Glyceryl Linoleate, Glyceryl Oleate, Glyceryl Linolenate, Parfum/Fragrance

I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green.  Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...

Thoughts:

- I don't think the conditioner is very good for dry and processed hair, it doesn't help

- I feel like the shampoo doesn't properly clean my scalp but it's still passable and I can wash my hair every three days

- I didn't notice that they would help with brittle hair much, they didn't make the hair worse either, but more helped all the leave-in and Redken/Schwarzkopf Bonacure products I curated

- Conditioner doesn't leave hair that smooth and healthy feeling (when you have bleached hair you start to appreciate the fake smooth, silicone hair feel over the dryness)

- They promise to make hair stronger and fix it but I don't think so, they may keep the dry hair somewhat alive but so many products can do that

- The bottles are designer so that water will collect into the empty parts in the cap. So.Incredibly.Annoying.



+ Both shampoo and conditioner work just fine

+ Easy to get, in every store basically

+ Big bottles, last a while

+ Better than some other L'oreal Elvital shampoos/conditioners I've tried, even though they all are almost the same (the oil line is maybe the best out of them for dry hair but too heavy for normal scalp)

+ They don't leave the hair heavy

+ The smell is quite neutral, not overpowering

* So I have just said that these products are not that good - why do I still keep purchasing them and other products from the L'oreal Elvital line? Well, they are affordable, easy to get, they still keep my head clean enough that I don't have to wash my hair every single day (not good for hair or scalp)

* I don't have a problem scalp or dandruff or oiliness or dryness, so basically at the moment I can use almost anything 

Price: 

About 3-4,5 € / 250-400 ml

Bought from: 

Grocery store

Buy again? 

I think yes. When I don't want to try anything new.

Worth the money? 

Yes.