I wasn't planning on trying to get this in the vault, but then I remembered that I'm hair obsessed and I needed it. Had to have it. Couldn't live without it. Fast forward to Friday and it arrived nicely packaged with the rest of my vault goodies.
The bottle is quite nice, not cheaply made but not too expensive. For $16 I'm happy with the amount I get in a bottle. It has a pump which disperses a 20c amount of clear oil onto your hand, which goes quite a long way.
The smell is divine, I love it. I know what Essano's rosehip smells like and I hate that - so I was pleasantly surprised when I found that this smelled amazing. I apply it to damp hair mostly, and it dries nicely and doesn't leave my hair feeling greasy. Applied to dry hair (the tips get the most, the rest is used for fly aways) it is still awesome, and again, doesn't make my hair oily or weigh it down.
I'm not sure if it's been protecting my hair, or repairing it, but I don't have any split ends, even after a mostly full head of bleaching. I'm really impressed, and I'd gladly repurchase!
I use an argan oil through my hair after every wash religiously, so I've tried quite a few. I picked up the Essano Argan Oil Hair Recovery Serum on sale, and thought I'd give it a go since I like the Essano brand and it is also made in NZ. The one I brought was 50ml in size, and the actual oil is quite runny, so you need to get it through your hair and ends fairly quickly or it seems to go everywhere. I'm not going to say it's a great argan oil, it's alright but I really didn't find it overly great. It left my hair soft and with some shine but there are much better options out there. I used half the bottle before going back to another of my favourite argan oils because I just didn't feel it was doing anything spectacular for my hair. Also I couldn't stand the smell of the product, it seems to be highly frangranced and wasn't a smell I particularly liked. I still love alot of Essano products, however I can't recommend their argan oil as being anything special.