L'Oreal Paris ELVIVE Extraordinary Clay Range Review

I am cursed with oily hair, that I need to wash to wash my hair every day, and at a stretch maybe every second day, which tends to be a bit greasy up top and frizzy elsewhere. So a product promising to help with this is exciting

Together the four products - Clay Mask, Shampoo, Conditioner, and Dry Shampoo - combined extended my need for washing my hair out to three days. That has never happened before.

I decided to do a wee experiment to work out what from that range helped: 1) I started out using just the shampoo and conditioner - lasted a day and a bit. Wished I had rewashed on Day 2. 2) Used the mask, shampoo, conditioner - lasted two days without needing a wash. 3) Used the shampoo, conditioner, and dry shampoo - lasted three days. 4) Used all four products - lasted three days.

In scenarios 3 and 4 my hair looked clean, not greasy or frizzy. It did however not feel so great to touch - kind of stiff. But only having to wash my hair three days will really help cut down the time I need to get ready in the mornings. Great for a non-morning person!

My favourite product from the range was the dry shampoo - great for maintaining that fresh look. Not sure the clay mask added too much value.

I was lucky enough to be selected to trial this range thank you BR.

This range consists of four steps / products which have all been reviewed separately.

Step 1: The Extraordinary Clay Hair Mask. Step 2: The Extraordinary Clay Rebalancing Shampoo. Step 3: The Extraordinary Clay Detox Conditioner. Step 4: The Extraordinary Clay Dry Shampoo.

I was super excited and eagerly awaited the arrival of these goodies! My roots are extremely oily and my hair typically needs to be washed every two days which frustrates me.

All in all this range definitely helped with prolonging of washing my hair. With this range I can last upto four days instead of the normal two days. In saying that, throughout the fourth day I have to reapply the Extraordinary Clay Dry Shampoo multiple times as I personally don't feel step four works too great unfortunately.

I personally feel like I achieved roughly 60 hours of fresh and light weight roots. Not the 72 that this range claims to give you however I am very happy with how soft and shiny my hair looked after using step 1-3.

I would highly recommend and will definitely be purchasing the first three products in this range when required.

I was so keen to test they products out as I suffer from very oily roots and always have to wash my hair almost everyday or second day at least. This range consists of four products to be used together to help reduce oiliness. Item 1: Pre-shampoo clay mask which for me I didn't find that it made a huge difference to my hair.

Item 2: Clay shampoo which left my hair feeling very clean.

Item 3: Clay conditioner which helped made my hair become tangle free and smooth.

Item 4: Clay dry shampoo which really helped between washes to stop my hair from getting too oily.

Using all of these products together allowed me to not have to wash my hair everyday, I could go two days after washing my hair before I felt like it was too greasy to leave another day. I think I will be using these products again as they are quite inexpensive and work quite well.

I was so excited about trying this range! As someone who struggles to go two days without washing my hair I was crossing my fingers for good things but this product wasn't for me :(

The dry shampoo did nothing at all inbetween washes, but it smells really nice! Sadly, it's go nothing on other brands of dry shampoo.

I used the shampoo and conditioner with and without the mask and didn't find the mask made any difference to how oily my roots were between washes.

The shampoo and conditioner themselves were nice smelling and the bottles were an attractive addition to my shower, however I don't think I'll be purchasing this range in the future.

However, after reading the other reviews maybe it's just my hair?

Over all I love this range! I was excited to be selected to review the whole range free of charge which I'm so grateful to beauty review for. I do get oily roots and dry ends but with the help of this amazing range I feel illiminated the oilyness. My hair smelt amazing, my hair felt clean and healthy, hair has bounce, not weighed down. Would definitely use again in the future

I was super excited to be chosen for this trial team and to get all 4 products was awesome because it's not often that I go out and buy an entire range, I usually just buy the shampoo and conditioner. The clay mask I am not completely sold on/not sure if it is necessary, I feel like it did make my hair feel nice, but not sure if it made a difference to the overall oiliness. I did really like the shampoo as I felt it didn't leave my hair feeling dry before I put the conditioner in which I find a lot of other shampoos does. The conditioner was really nice and I would repurchase this again as I love the feeling of my hair after and the smell was really lovely too. As for the dry shampoo, it smelt amazing and I would use it just for the smell it left in my hair and how long it stuck around for! I kept thinking I was getting a whiff of someones perfume each time I smelt it, but I this didn't perform to how I thought it would and didn't hold up to others I have tried in the past.

I am cursed with lots of thin hair which is oily at the roots and dry/damaged at the ends and because of this my hair can neither be washed too often or my ends dry out OR left too long before washing. What usually happens is I get 1 day of beautiful clean hair that can be left down, then it goes into a pony tail, then into a bun before having to 're-wash. If it's really not behaving it's tight in bun after 1 day.

Now I would like to start with what I loved about this range: the packaging is gorgeous all aqua blue/green across the whole range, the scent is lovely and fresh like walking into a high end salon and the price is fantastic value for money. However from here my results varied. Out of the 4 products in the range I would repurchase 2 - the mask & the shampoo, I would definitely not repurchase the Dry shampoo and lastly the conditioner I would use again but wouldn't actively seek out. (Pleas see my more in-depth reviews for each product)

Over all the range claims to keep my oily roots at bay and my hair light and fresh for 72hrs but that sadly is not what I experienced.

When I used the pre-shampoo clay mask, the shampoo & then the conditioner at best I got 2 days of wear before I really needed to wash my hair again OR start my tying up routine. 1 extra day is all I got being able to leave my hair down but I had to really think about not touching it. The dry shampoo was the worst for me, it speed up my need to wash my hair instead of prolonging it.

So over all, like I said I think they have really tried but it has just missed the mark for me.

The range consists of 4 products - when used together the result is shiny, light feeling hair without the oil build up around your scalp - and it stays this way for days. The range all has a a similar smell - the only one that is a tad more earthy smelling is the mask.

I love the idea of a mask for your scalp. Yes it's messy and a tad tricky to apply, but you use it prior to showering so washing it off is easy. I blobbed it in sections over my head and massaged it into my roots with my finger tips and found that worked well. After 5 minutes it washed off easily in the shower.

The shampoo was thick and lathered well. I only shampooed once as I could feel that my hair and scalp were clean. Normally I shampoo twice using other shampoos but this worked a treat on the first go.

The conditioner I had doubts about - would my dry ends be well moisturised? Would I have to use half the bottle in one go? Yes and no - yes my ends were conditioned and no I didn't have to use much at all. I focused on the mid lengths to ends as directed and was impressed with the result.

After the 3 products I was easily able to comb out my hair. After letting my hair air dry I styled as usual. My head felt lighter - i get headaches which I think is from the weight of my long hair but it amazingly felt a tonne lighter. I also had a lot more root lift that I dont usually get even with freshly washed hair.

Skip forward 5 days and my hair was finally starting to get a little oily - a quick spritz of dry shampoo before bed and voila - another 2 days of oil free hair.

After 7 days I did feel my ends were a little dry, I used some hair oil on the ends and it was better. This could be drying on hair that isn't super oily, or even if over used, I don't think I'd use this range solely for my hair I would mix it up with another shampoo set and alternate them just two as not to overdry my hair and scalp.

My hair usually gets oily within few hours after washing my hair, so I was excited to get chosen to trial the L’oreal Paris Elvive Extraordinary Clay range. The range consists of 4 products; the detox clay mask, rebalancing shampoo, detox shampoo and dry shampoo.

Before I hopped into the shower, I scooped a little detox clay mask with my fingers and massaged it onto dry roots on my scalp. I did this with every section of my hair and left it on for 5 minutes. I found that even though the texture of the mask is thick, it was very easy to massage it into my scalp. Once I’ve given enough time for the clay mask to soak in, I washed it off in the shower in a massaging motion until the water ran clear. While I was washing my hair in running water I noticed, the greasy and oily feel my hair had before I applied the mask was gone. I followed my hair washing ritual with the shampoo and conditioner in the same range. I’ve also used the shampoo and conditioner without using the clay mask and I found the clay mask makes a significant difference to the oiliness of my hair.

I tried the rebalancing shampoo after I’ve used the clay mask and followed the instructions on the bottle. I have medium length hair, so I used about $2 coin amount of shampoo. I massaged it into wet hair, covering my whole scalp and rinsed it out until the water ran clear. Often with other shampoos, I had to wash my hair twice in the shower because I could still feel the oil in my hair. With the rebalancing shampoo my hair felt very clean and oil free after one wash. I then followed it with the hair conditioner of the same range.

I applied the detox conditioner after I applied the rebalancing shampoo and followed the instructions on the bottle. It doesn’t say how much to use, so I squeezed two pea size amount into my palm and applied the conditioner onto my hair, only focusing from the mid-length to the ends of my hair. I left it into my hair for about 2-3 minutes and washed it out until the water ran clear. My hair was very soft after I washed it.

I wash my hair everyday second day, so I used the dry shampoo on days I haven’t washed my hair. I followed the instructions on the bottle. I shook the bottle well and sprayed it to my roots from 15 cm above my hair. I did this to each section of my hair, only targeting the roots and let it soak in for 2 minutes. Once it has set, I lightly brushed it with a comb. I was very disappointed and unimpressed with this dry shampoo. The dry shampoo didn’t absorb the oil like it said it would, instead made my hair very greasy, sticky and even oilier. The worst part was my scalp got very itchy and uncomfortable.

I liked using the detox clay mask, rebalancing shampoo and detox conditioner for my hair washing ritual as my hair felt very light and soft while leaving my hair smelling lovely. The best part was, my hair was oil free for 2 days. I wouldn’t use the dry shampoo again at all because it made my hair and scalp in a horrible condition.

Sooo I have the oiliest hair. But in between submitting the Beauty Review survey and getting the product I bleached my hair three times. My ends became mega dry but my roots stayed the same in terms of oil.

Pros: light-weight shampoo, nil build-up after several uses (I usually find most ranges are fine for 2-3 washes, then I get a thick film build-up on my hair). I found the conditioner still nourishing enough for my ends. The dry shampoo actually meant I could get 3 days between washes, which is unheard of for me. Usually, I would be ashamed to go to work by then because of greasy hair, but it still looked fresh. Great price, like the rest of the range they are within a price point I am happy to pay. There is also a wide availability and you should be able to get it at most supermarkets and some pharmacies.

Cons: I didn't feel I got much benefit from the pre-treatment product. It was another step that, although easy I feel like I'd forget to do if I wasn't on the trial team.