L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Smooth Intense Shampoo Review

My hair is blonde, thick, and there is a lot of it. I have a mix of curls (always in the wrong place), oily roots and dry ends. The frizz in my hair is stubborn at the best of times living in Windy Wellington, and travelling to a different climate for work like Australia, usually makes it that much worse. The Shampoo had a great smell, and was easy to work in. Instantly using both Shampoo and conditioner my hair felt clean, and controlled. As it mentioned 'heat protection' I blow-dried my hair without any extra product, and it felt great after. Not dry and very silky - dare I say salon like. I wasn't comfortable straightening it without product, although I found my hair held its shape and as it packaging states it gave me 'smooth hair, without weighing it down'. Great product – would recommend!

I love the smell of this shampoo. Subtle, but still present. I like what it does to my hair, but feel it didn't really deliver on the promise of reducing frizziness. My hair has been soft and smooth, but perhaps I expected more than I should have in terms of the wispy, frizzy parts of my hair. I did however enjoy using it, and will probably use again, or other products from this range as they seem good value for the price and the fact you can get them at the supermarket!

Been using this shampoo & conditioner for around a week and have found it to be so much better than i expected. It smells amazing so good! the packaging isn't anything special but then again its not an expensive product so can't expect much. I have super super dry hair, its very coarse and damaged from heat and bleaching it, after the first wash my hair felt so much softer and felt in better condition after a week overall my hair is in better condition than before i started using this product! 100 % recommend this product to anyone with dry damaged hair thats on a budget , i have tried every hair product under the sun and sometimes you can over $100 on something and it not work for you at all and its such a waste of money, however with this i feel confident in suggesting it to people as for the price its worth the money so go get the shampoo and conditioner girls you really do need both!! :)

Not going to lie i'm SUPER picky with my hair products as i have a really sensitive scalp but i loved this shampoo, my hair felt so soft and clean.. its cheap as well so will defiantly be getting it again!

Love love love love!!!!!!! I have really dry hair and struggle to fine a shampoo I love that doesn't make my hair feel like straw after it's my go to shampoo and conditioner when a can't afford high end but it doesn't matter I find it works just as well !!!

This is at the top end of supermarket shampoos in my opinion, it smells so good & if you're used to cheaper stuff then this is kinda luxurious without the high price tag. Lovely to use but I wish the bottle was bigger.

This is a pretty nice shampoo. It smells good, only a tiny bit is needed (so its good value for money) and it leaves hair shiny, soft and silky. The only thing is that it didn't really do anything for frizz in my case, either alone or with the shampoo. I have straight-wavy hair, and after washing (as my hair air dries) I tend to get little wispy/frizzy bits in my hair. Maybe I hoped for too much, but I hoped that this shampoo (used with the conditioner) would prevent this. It didn't do anything in this regard, but as I've said, it was otherwise a good shampoo. My mom tried it out too (without using the conditioner as well), and the shampoo worked wonders in taming frizz in her hair (her hair is very curly) and really did protect against humidity for 48 hrs. So I guess the effect of this shampoo depends on your hair type, and my hair was probably not the type it was designed for.

Am definitely a fan of this! Says to smooth, anti-frizz, shine, and my hair looks just that.

Shampoo is super lathery, dont need much at all. Hair feels clean and lovely.

Even after brushing hair doesn't frizz as much, yay!

If you are one who loves a super yummy smellng shampoo, sorry to say I have definitely smelt better, but totally worth it for how shiny my hair looks!

LOVE

I have very fine, curly hair that likes to "puff" up no matter the weather. Even after straightening, the puffiness remains, and I need to run an oil through my ends to get a completely smooth, silky result.

I did find that after using this shampoo, my hair was a lot smoother after straightening, but this may be because the shampoo hadn't completely cleansed my hair of excess oils - my roots still felt a fair bit oily straight after a fresh wash. I only skip one day between washes, and always use a dry shampoo on the in-between days, so it's not like there's a lot of oil build-up to get rid of. I wasn't particularly fond of the smell, either.

Both the shampoo and conditioner are fine for just getting the job done, and i'll be keeping them in my bathroom as back-ups, but after reading claims of anti-frizz, silky smooth gloriousness, I feel they just miss the mark.

I enjoyed using this shampoo as it lathes up easily & definitely cleansed my hair well of all the styling products I use. It has a lovely fragrance and yes I think it does leave your hair smoother for 48 hours. Because my hair has a colour treatment & a perm in it, I felt for my hair, after a while the ends of my hair was becoming quite dry looks. I don't use a blow dryer or styling tools so can't comment as to whether the Thermo-Protecting agent really works sorry.