L'Oreal Paris ELVIVE Extraordinary Clay Dry Shampoo Review

I really really love this Dry Shampoo!!

1 it smells amazing , I think this range is the best smelling hair care products out there!! 2 it didn't leave my hair chalky like Batiste does. 3 it really did suck the oil and leave my hair fresh, smelling great and it really did leave my hair looking like id had a quick shampoo!

It also did NOT dry my roots out , at all!

It looks great 2 days later , not like Batiste ..

I am very impressed and will continue to repurchase.

My hair is literally oily 2 days after a shampoo and I have cherry red coloured hair so I do not wash it often!

It brushes through really easy and your hair is very easy to style afterwards. The nozzle sprays well and clear, does not seem to clog and the can is easy to hold. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

As a regular dry shampoo user I was super excited to try out and review the L'Oreal Paris ELVIVE Extraordinary Clay Dry Shampoo however I was left feeling disappointed.

The bottle is quite small (150ml) whereas my usual dry shampoo comes in 200ml for the same price (although I always snap it up for much cheaper), I did like the packaging though. I followed the directions and applied to my roots on day two after washing my hair and discovered that this product really lives up to the 'no residue' claim which i'm not too sure I like although it is great that you don't have to spend ages brushing it out or worrying that you missed some. I found that this dry shampoo didn't absorb oils very well at all which was a bummer. My hair still looked oily and not refreshed at all really. I decided to give it another go a few days later after I had washed my hair again and it was much the same. I will stick to my Batise Dry Shampoo as I find it works the best at absorbing the oil.

I got to put this product to the test for a week. On my second day after washing my hair, I had to use this to revive that freshness and clean scalp. I can say that as soon as i sprayed this product to my roots i got that satisfying hit of freshness that i was craving straight away. This satisfaction was short lived as the product only lasted a few hours and my scalp and hair started feeling heavy and oily. This did not stop me from re-applying the product though.

I received, gratefully, this whole Elvive Clay range from BR to review. I'm a massive advocate of dry shampoo and I was pumped to try this out. That's about where my excitement ended. I sprayed this product on my oily roots (day 2 after using the hair mask, shampoo and conditioner... I wasn't expecting oily roots!) and... Nothing. My hair was coated in a fine mist, that was slightly damp. "Maybe it dries" I thought. It dried, excellent. But I still had oily roots. I shook the bottle again, and sprayed. I still had oily roots. "Maybe it's me I thought". I tried the next day (day 3 since washing) and it didn't work: I headed in the shower to wash my hair. I tried again the following day - same result. I ended up using my Bastiste dry shampoo! I tried again for the third and fourth time, and have had to admit defeat. I can't get this work to work for me, at all. I've tried a LOT of different dry shampoos on the market (maybe up to 10 brands), this would come in, frankly, at the bottom of the rankings.

All the other products I reviewed in this range for the BR trial were really good so I found this product just meh. I found that I didn't really need to use this product between washes as my hair felt fine even after 3 days and maybe only a little oily after 4 days (so the other products made this one a little redundant?). It did help my hair feel not as limp and gave it a little bit of oomph until I washed it again.

L'Oreal Paris ELVIVE Extraordinary Clay Dry Shampoo was part of a BR trial for the entire range, and I tried it on the third day after using Shampoo and Conditioner to bridge me over until the next wash. Application is easy, the smell is nice, and it does not leave any residue in the hair. However, I felt like it only worked for a few hours, and I couldnt wait to wash my hair. I would use this for emergencies, but certainly not in lieu of a proper wash.

This dry shampoo might be for you if you like minimal effects from a dry shampoo. What I really mean is that I couldn't see much of a difference after I used it. I put the regular amount I'd use in my hair and it looked the same, so I went crazy and unloaded what felt like 1/4 of the can on my hair. It felt a little less oily, maybe? I'm not planning on using this one again, although I might keep it at work for "emergencies".

I loved this product! I use dry shampoo on a regular basis with having quite oily roots so I have used a few, and one of my least fave things is the powdery residue that it leaves, that can make powdery clumps that shed on my shoulder like dandruff (attractive!!) but because this range has no powdery residue I didn't have this problem, which also meant my scalp didn't get as irritated which it can tend to do from a blanket of powder. I loved how it just sucked up all the oils for my hair, and even leaving it grease free the next day. I like the size of the bottle, its perfect for throwing in my bag, and the blue packaging is super sweet. Overall I think this is a product that I will be buying over and over again, it really worked for me!

I tried this as a part of the BR trial team and personally quite enjoyed this dry shampoo!

I have very fine hair so it gets oily quite fast. I used this dry shampoo the day after washing my hair and it absorbed all the oils without leaving any residue. The downside for me is that my hair still was quite limp and had no volume, so I had to tie it up into a ponytail anyway.

The scent was nice, and matches the scent of the other products in the range. I'd like it to be slightly less scented though so it doesn't interfere with my perfume (I have this issue with most dry shampoos).

The bottle is a bit on the small side, making it cost more per ml. It does make it easy to travel with though!

I wasn't thrilled by this dry shampoo - it's much better than some I've used, but it's nowhere near as good as Batiste so I'll be giving it a miss.

It was easy to use and did leave hair looking clean, without the nasty residue some can have, but just didn't add the same volume as Batiste, nor did the effects last quite as long as I'd like.

It also didn't handle VERY oily hair particularly well (e.g. it was okay for the first day of oil build up, but not after a couple days build up), and seemed to perform less and less if you built it up over a couple of days.

It also has a fairly strong lingering scent. It's not a bad scent, per se, but it does have a 'chemical' ish whiff to it (imagine the mix of hair product and hair dye you smell when you walk into a salon) and it sticks around for quite a while. I strongly prefer my hair products not leave a powerful lingering scent at all, but if they do I'd like it to be a nicer scent at least!