L'Oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil Coconut Mask Reviews

I'm hair mask obsessed. With colouring and styling - hair masks are my 'must have'.

This Mask was a win for me in the regime, particularly used as a deep conditioning treatment in shower & also as a leave-in treatment.

I used it a few ways, some worked better than others. I still ponder the packaging statement ‘1001 uses'.

You get a really big tub of hair mask, which is fantastic, and the lid is an easy open/shut for use in the shower! No water gets in! The coconut scent is divine. Definitely stronger in scent than the shampoo/conditioner.

I used this a few, but not 1001 ways. I used it a few times as an Overnight mask. This is really lovely when you put it on, and comb it through. A beautiful scent, and quite relaxing. It then begins to dry and becomes a little crunchy but then you fall asleep and forget. By morning, you have a pretty crazy hair style happening if you haven’t tied it up – or can’t tie it up, like me! Rinsing it out you question whether you should shampoo as it feels like beautifully conditioned hair. If you have fine hair, I don’t recommend skipping shampooing – I did this the first time, and had quite oily hair that day. So definitely shampoo and condition like normal (as they recommend). I found my hair definitely felt like I’d added a boost of nourishment and had a little extra smoothness happening. I was happy – the frizz was less frizzy and the dry ends seemed more cooperative with styling! I also tried this as a Leave-In conditioner, which I really liked! I was cautious with this because having fine hair, and adding 'conditioner' to leave in aren't usually too compatible, but this mask surprisingly worked really well. I only needed to put the teeny tiniest amount of mask through towel dried hair but it did add a little extra nourishment and softness which I liked. I could skip the hair oil if I used the mask as a leave-in. The mask and hair oil together were a bit much for my fine hair.

My favourite use for this mask was just as an extra conditioning treatment in the shower in the mornings. I’d towel dry my hair, leave it in for 5 minutes and rinse, and my hair felt amazing.

Finally, because the instructions said it was an option, I used it as a finishing balm after I’d styled. For this, you definitely need only a smudge of product, rubbed through hands first. Definitely tamed the frizz and settled the fly-aways, with a boost of shine, but with my fine hair it tended to look overly oily shiny! Not the winner of the 1001 uses. Ranking the uses of this mask - favourite to least, it would go #1 In shower conditioning treatment #2 Leave-in conditioner #3 Overnight hair mask #4 Finishing Balm (wouldn't recommend for fine hair!)

Love this mask for my dry fine hair. It definitely returns my locks to a healthier softer zone. A little extra healthy shine - but I'd like more, but that is the challenge of dry hair! I'd purchase this again - when it finally runs out. Great bang for buck!

Loving this range to review. Great size packaging once again and sits nicely in the shower for ease of use. Im a little unsure what the 1001 uses for the mask will be but im sure i can think of a few. My main use of masks is after using both the shampoo and conditioner i get the excess water out of my hair and layer on the mask, its a similar consistency to the conditioner but not as thick and creamy, i comb this through and then i think i might try it on my legs as a shaving cream. Now thats two of the 1001 uses :) Brilliant shaving cream!! Nice moisturised legs! After a while i rinse the mask off my hair and once dry its lovely and soft and feels quite lightweight and moisturised. Definitely keen to try it again and i have a few times, ive also used it to style my dry hair although i found it a bit weird to be honest but i think i just used too much so will try that again. Its quite nice as a overnight hair mask but my tip for that is to use a old pillowcase as it leaves a bit of a greasy mark - comes off after washing thou no problems. All in all i love this entire range and the coconut scent just tips it off. Thanks Beauty Review :)

The L'Oreal Elvive Coconut Oil mask comes in the usual mask tub. I'm not sure why this shape and size was universally decided to be the 'mask tub' - it lets in water in the shower and is actually really hard to open with wet hands.

Thankfully once passed the annoying packaging, the product is really quite lovely. It has the same incredible scent as the other products in the range - so coconut-ty and delicious.

So the mask claims to be a 1001 use mask...it lists 3 on the pack. Here's how I used it:

1. Deep conditioning treatment. I applied to shampooed hair, slipped on a shower cap and left it on for 20 minutes or so. My hair was very soft and felt really healthy. It looked shiny.

2. Leave-in treatment. It worried me doing this! I used the tinest amount and applied to towel tried hair in lieu of the oil. My hair felt tacky so I opted to never to that again!

3. The overnight mask was an odd thing to do! I applied a small amount to dry hair, tied it up and slept on a towel. After showering in the morning my hair felt really nice, but no nicer than the 20 minute deep conditioning.

I think the price is reasonable, and as a deep conditioner the mask really does work well - but as for 1001 uses? Meh, bit of a sales ploy me thinks!

I have only used a few hair masks in the past but this one is so good! It is quite a thick consistency almost like normal conditioner but thicker. It applies good and it spreads well if you run your fingers through your hair to help it spread. It does have a coconut smell. The packaging is a small round plastic tub and is great as you can get your whole hand in it to get the product out with ease, and the lid is easy to put back on with one hand. This has made my hair so soft and shiny, it has been great. I have definitely been converted to a hair mask kind of person.

This mask has a fabulous fragrance which is thick and creamy and leaves my hair feeling soft and light. I used it overnight in my dry hair and rinsed it out in the morning. I would definitely buy and use this as my hair is coloured and it certainly helps nourish it