L'Oreal Paris Botanicals Coriander Strength Cure Shampoo Review

I used this shampoo as part of the whole L’Oréal Paris Botanicals Fresh Care with Coriander Regime - with the conditioner and the strengthening potion. Within a week my hair was a bit stronger - mostly through noticing a lot less hair loss in the shower (which means it wasn't breaking as much).

The shampoo comes in a large brown pump bottle. The pump is quite tough and hard to get the product out (takes two hard pushes to get out the right amount), but it does make it a lot easier than having to pick up wet bottles.

The shampoo is clear (which was a nice surprise) and like the other products has a very strong scent - very earthy, herby smelling. It doesn't however smell like coriander - so if you hate coriander, don't let these products put you off.

It lathers well and gives a really deep clean - so well that I definitely need the conditioner afterwards to detangle and remoisturise my hair.

The packaging is my favourite of shower products, I especially like the pump on this one - although I feel I need quite a few pumps to get the desired amount. The scent is the same as the range, I was expecting overpowering coriander - but its a nicely spiced refreshing scent.

I think it takes a bit more to get a lather that I like, but that is probably because it is free of some of the things cause that big lather in other shampoos. Maybe I need to change my expectations. As part of the range it's hard to judge the shampoo alone, but I feel like it wasn't as gentle as the other products. My hair felt a bit dried out and squeaky after using it (Again, is that my lather issue?) The conditioner and strength potion helped combat that feeling though, so I think they work well as a team. I'm not sure that I will keep up the shampoo, but the other products I will continue to use mixed in with other products.

I am a wee bit of a snob when it comes to shampoos etc. I have heavily treated hair. years and years of salon bleaching and fashions colours, so i buy high end products so it doesnt fall out or end up like straw. However, I won this is a christmas competition.

My first reaction, was why on earth would you put coriander into a product. It seemed a but out of the norm.

I was pleasantly surprised by this product. A little goes a long way, the smell is nice. It was earthy, and nothing like coriander! :) I loved that it was in pump bottle, that made using it a lot easier.

Within a week, my fly aways had gone. And the hair felt stronger and slightly healthier. Great product.

I love the smell of this hair care range! I also love the pump bottle which makes it easy to use and the bottle allows you to see how much is left. However it seemed to make my hair frizzier and more flyaway than not. I don’t really feel it strengthens my hair at all. But just because of its divine smell I might purchase it on sale in the future.

So I've been struggling to find a shampoo for months that works well with my hair. I have a lot of fine hair that hates the winter and loves to be frizzy. this shampoo makes my hair feel so much softer and doesn't weigh it down!

I was really excited to be chosen to trial the shampoo, conditioner, and leave-in treatment from this range. My colour and heat treated hair is in need of some extra love so I take whatever I can get that will help it out. I’m usually a supermarket shampoo/conditioner girl so trying something from L’Oreal which is in that next price bracket up is a bit of a treat.

I really like the packaging of this range. The brown bottles remind me of older style apothecary bottles that you would find in a pharmacy – but being completely made out of recycled materials (other than the dye) means it has that modern twist. The shampoo itself the packaging I’m not a huge fan of. The pump only dispenses a small amount of product and I find it quite difficult to push down on – but really in the scheme of things that isn’t a big deal.

The scent of this isn’t something I’m a big fan of. I find it interesting that they decided to go with coriander given that some people are genetically disposed to hate it (it tastes like soap to some people). Luckily I’m not one of those people, and I adore coriander usually. Unfortunately though the herbally scent really doesn’t do it for me and smells a wee bit too strong – a wee bit like a medication rather than a spa experience I wanted. I find I need to use quite a bit of this product to get a good lather in my hair – but this might be because of my lack of experience of products without parabens or silicones which is supposed to be good for your hair. On the website it says you need to use three knobs worth, which I think is probably about right (knob is their word - really!). I do find that it makes my hair feel a bit tangled but I don’t mind as it makes it feel very clean. However I do think you need to use it in conjunction with the rest of the range to see the benefits of it to make sure that your hair isn’t dried out.

I don’t know if I would purchase this particular product again, but I am certainly interested in the rest of this range and will keep an eye out for it (when it is on special that is).