L'Oreal Paris ELVIVE Extraordinary Clay Shampoo Review

I think this may be my new favourite shampoo! The packaging is pretty, the smell is subtle, and my hair loves it. The shampoo lathers nicely, and rinses off easily. After my hair was rinsed it literally felt squeaky clean. This made me feel confident that the oils were completely washed away. My hair was left feeling very light and soft. Much nicer than it usually is after washing. The feeling lasted for about 3 days before starting to get a little oily, which is slightly longer than what is normal for me. I will definitely be continuing to use this product, along with the matching conditioner.

I love L'Oreal as a brand, but I must admit I was a bit skeptical about a 'clay' shampoo. Would it be chalky? Would it be drying?

The shampoo (super cute packaging by the way!) is like the Goldilocks of shampoo - not too thick, not too thin. It smells so fresh, like there's not a particularly scent, it's just fresh smelling - maybe a bit 'clinical'.

It doesn't lather up too much, which I like, I hate foamy shampoos.

My hair felt nice in that period of time between rinsing and applying conditioner. Usually it feels quite tangled and straw-like, with this it just felt like wet hair.

So, by itself, a really nice, affordable shampoo that does the job of a shampoo.

I really enjoyed trialling this shampoo. The fragrance was beautiful and fresh. It lathered very well, which meant I only had to shampoo once, rather than my normal twice shampooing technique. I didn't notice any magic change regarding my day two oily roots, but the product was a lovely shampoo and did a good job cleansing my hair.

Horray!!! I'm so excited about this shampoo, I have really oily roots and its hard to find a good balanced shampoo and I'm loving this one, It does a great job of cleansing my hair, yet not drying it out completely. Before adding the conditioner to my hair I noticed my hair didn't feel "stripped" and still felt really soft. The shampoo lathers up really well, I even felt like I didn't need to repeat with that extra shampoo which I always do. I'm a shampoo every 2 days day kinda gal, and sometimes every day depending on what I'm doing with my hair, which can be really frustrating especially in winter with having really thick long hair. But I felt with using this product I got 3 days in without needing to shampoo my hair which is unheard of for me. Love it !!

I call this particular Shampoo of the L'Oreal Elvive Clay Range the Strip Shampoo. Why? In using this very product i found the results disappointing. I felt that my hair was complete stripped to the point where my hair felt hard. My scalp also felt dry even though i'd just washed the product off. On the packaging, it said that it will leave your hair feeling fresh and clean for 72 hrs, however, it really didn't. Try 48 hrs, where my head started to get that itch where you know you have to wash your head because that freshness, that cleanliness is gone. I had to dry shampoo the heck out of my head just to get through the day. This shampoo was not suited for my scalp and hair.

Was super excited to try out the L'Oreal Paris ELVIVE Extraordinary Clay range as I have oily roots + dry ends and the fact that it has 'clay' in the name intrigued me. I like the packaging, the scent and it's easy to use. I followed the directions on the packaging and applied the shampoo to my wet roots, followed by conditioner on the ends then left them to soak into my hair for a couple of minutes while I shaved then rinsed it out as I always do. I really liked this shampoo as it contains no silicone's and left my hair feeling fresher for longer without weighing it down. I usually wash my hair every second day but found that I can go 3 days now.

I absolutely love the smell of this shampoo!!! I used this shampoo along with the other clay range and found that it helps my hair from being so oily especially at the roots. My scalp and hair felt clean and fresh and my hair smelt delicious. This is definitely a product I'd use again especially along side the whole range of clay products as I think they all work together to help illiminate oilyness. My hair had bounce and shine! Great packaging

My first glance at this product was magical. I really love the colour of the bottle. It is eye-catching and very easy to read. I was really interested to see if the product would resemble clay at all (in terms of colour or texture) but it didn’t, it was similar colour and texture to any other shampoo you would buy. Its very thick, not to runny and easy to use. It smells like any other shampoo but almost had a chemical smell to it. The smell was not overpowering or too strong though. The shampoo itself lathers well, so I used far too much the first time. The second time I used about half as much as I normally would and that worked. As I was rinsing out the shampoo I could already feel how soft and silky my hair was. The next day, after my hair had dried, it was much frizzier than usual (not something I normally struggle with). My hair was still very silky and soft, but I didn’t enjoy the smell of it. It was too chemically smelling for me The third day after using the shampoo my hair was not oily! Today would normally be the day that I would be packing my hair with dry shampoo or needing to wash it again.. but I don’t. Today my hair is also much less frizzy and has more of natural waves/curls. The fourth day my hair still doesn’t need to be washed and still doesn’t need any dry shampoo! Wow I am REALLY impressed! The fifth day I did need to use a spritz of dry shampoo and it will be due for another wash this evening. Overall, I am really surprised and happy with this product. I think I may change my current hair routine to include this shampoo as it has worked so well. I would normally have needed to shampoo my hair on day 3 but I was able to go another 2 days without.

My first impression of this shampoo was that I love the colour! It has a nice pleasant scent to it that's not too strong.

This shampoo has quite a thick texture that as I discovered foams up a lot so you don't need to use as much as you'd expect. It goes on the hair and mixes in well and was easy to rinse out. I was quite impressed with how soft and clean my hair felt after, even before using conditioner. It felt light and fresh which I was pleased about. Overall I really liked this shampoo and would definitely purchase it again. I used it both with the clay mask and also without. It did leave my hair feeling fresher and less oily but did not last 72 hours as claimed.

This products smells and feels like the other Elvive shampoos. I like how the shampoo cleanses well without drying out the hair and my hair feels so light after I clean it. I received this product as part of a BR trial. The scent is light and refreshing. Really happy with this product.