L'Oreal Paris Botanicals Safflower Rich Infusion Shampoo Review

'My hair was so soft when I washed it I couldn't even feel it' - this was the comment my 7 year old daughter made after using my L'Oreal Paris Botanicals Safflower Rich Infusion Shampoo & conditioner. I have to agree with her as my hair has never felt this soft with my regular shampoo.

We had some trouble working out how to open the shampoo pump but that was more of a user error (should have been wearing my glasses ;-).

I tried different drying techniques to see how it would look and I'm so impressed. After the first wash, I let it dry naturally and I was actually able to leave the house with naturally dried hair that looked half decent. I would never usually leave the house without blowdrying or straightening my hair - or at the very least tying it up as it just sticks out all over the place due to it being dry. After using the botanicals safflower shampoo & conditioner it dried really nicely and sat really well which is unheard of for my hair.

Next up was blow drying, and again, no need to straighten it as it was sitting really well. It looked really soft, silky, shiny and healthy - not the dry lifeless hair I'm accustomed to.

Lastly I blowdried and straightened my hair and it was still so soft, silky and healthy looking after the additional heat treatment. My hair can look a bit like straw sometimes after I've straightened it.

The ointment is also fantastic on both wet and dry hair. I tried the ointment over the weekend on dry hair that had been washed, blowdried and straightened the previous day. It was perfect at smoothing all the fly away hairs, without it looking greasy or unwashed. It actually looked shiny and as if it had been just washed.

We also tried it on wet hair, both my daughter and my own. I felt that it gave some extra protection before blowdrying my hair - definitely less fly away hairs. It was fantastic to use on my daughter's hair as she has long wavy hair which tangles easily. This was fantastic at detangling and leaving her hair looking amazing. All three products smell particularly lovely, as if I've just been to the hairdressers.

Overall we're so impressed with the shampoo, conditioner and ointment that we will definitely be buying this in future. The kids currently have their own shampoo & conditioner but I think I will buy this for all of us in future, or at the very least my daughter and I as it has made a huge improvement for both of us.

Firstly this range comes in beautiful high end looking packaging - salon quality you could say and would look fab in any bathroom! The scent is a lovely almost minty manly scent, and could certainly be a shared family range that the hubby/partner would be happy to use.

I have a tendency to get oily roots with dry ends (I have colour treated ends - Balayage) and my hair length is just below my shoulders. For best results and a thorough 'clean' feeling, I needed 3 pumps of shampoo and washed twice. I could tell by the lather and after rinsing that it was lovely and clean!

This certainly is salon quality at an affordable supermarket price!

So as always firstly the packaging is super cute, it gives a high end feel for a "drug store" product. I especially love the pump on the shampoo, it just makes life soooo much easier!! The fragrance for this was really pleasant, very fresh with a slight almost mint background scent. I found the shampoo to do a good job of cleansing my hair and lathered up really well with just one pump, I always do two shampoos to one condition, and this left my hair feeling nice and soft opposed to its normal craziness.

I got this today atthe supermarket wouldn't usually spend $17.99 on a shampoo from the supermarket but I liked the idea that it looked like a professional salon product. I loved the smell lathered up really well and washed out like a dream my hair ( when wet ) felt sleek and and smooth not the usual shampoo Matt feel I have left to air dry and my comb went hhhruhht my hair like a dream !!!

So this actually arrived on hair washing day today! Great timing. Usually I wash my hair every 3 days (4 if i'm being extra lazy and no dry shampoo).

A little about my hair: It's fine, curly, dry and I tend to use heat styling on it every time it gets washed. So think blow dryer and flat irons to tame it. I tend to expect a lot from my shampoo and conditioners. I don't want my fine hair to be weighed down, but I don't want frizz and I want to be able to run my hands through its lengths and marvel at its softeness...is that too much to ask?!

Anyway onto the actual review. The shampoo has a lovely scent to it and to me didn't actually lather all that much. Which was fine it smelled good enough. My hair felt fairly clean after the first rise (I always cleanse my hair twice because I wash it so infrequently). The conditioner gave it some good slip and my hair actually felt pretty moisturised. I applied a teeny amount of the treatment after and was kind of amazed I could run my wide tooth comb though my hair without running into a tangle like I normally do.

Hair dried and styled it's actually looking pretty shiny and soft. SO say's it smells nice. However! I can feel a teeny tiny amount of something in my hair, and its sitting a bit flatter than usual. Could be how I styled it but I hadn't really changed that technique. Maybe next time i'll skip the treatment and go for my normal styling oil.

This arrived this morning (thanks Beauty Review!) along with the matching conditioner and softening ointment. I have just given it a go, and WOW. I have never found a shampoo that did not dry out my hair. Typically I find shampoo dries my hair out, and then the conditioner just helps to normalise it a bit. This shampoo made my hair feel like a conditioner does! SO silky and smooth. I am actually so surprised, I did not think a shampoo would be able to make my hair feel like this. Another plus is the fact that it is not at all heavy. It doesn't feel like I have anything heavier than usual in my hair.

The light florally scent is also so nice. I followed up with the conditioner and the softening ointment after, (the three products have the same scent), and the scent has really lingered, which is a really nice bonus.

If you have dry hair, I cannot recommend this enough. I've only used these products once, but I already know without a doubt that they have made such a difference to my hair, and I will definitely continue using them!