L'Oreal Paris ELVIVE Extraordinary Clay Shampoo Review

I love this range, my hair lasted twice as long before needing a wash. It went on nicely and rinsed nicely. The only thing I didn't like was the smell and the fact that it looks exactly like the conditioner so you have to read the bottles to make sure you have the right product. My hair is normally oily by the second day so I usually wash it daily, this time it lasted a couple of days. It smells like a mix of clay and colouring chemicals you smell at a salon. I like my shampoo to smell like apples or strawberry or something yummy. I will definitely be buying this from now on.

I thought the packaging was simple but effective. However, it looks pretty much identical to the conditioner so I needed to be careful regarding which bottle I grab - especially because I'm short sighted so already have poor vision!

It squeezes out easily and smells amazing! The scent also lasts after you rinse it out. It made my hair feel clean, light, smooth, silky and manageable. It also let my hair last longer than usual. I typically wash it every other day, but this allowed me to extend it to about 4 days!

Definitely love it, would repurchase and would highly recommend!

How exciting to be reviewing a product that could possibly offer relief from oily roots! I was really surprised by how thick the shampoo is compared to the corresponding conditioner! Its a lovely consistency and smells delicious! After using the clay mask,it feels so good to give your scalp a thorough clean with the shampoo. I concerntrated on using it mainly on my scalp, whereas I used the conditioner only on my ends. This product leaves my hair feeling very clean and full of volume,and I can now go a few more days without washing my hair. The scent is so lovely and I feel a lot more confident not having hair that could have lubed a car!

I seem to have collected a huge range of shampoos, all claiming to help oily hair. To date I have not been happy with the results of these many formulas.

Until now! Being selected to trial this range for oily roots was like a dream come true for me. Of course I said Oh yes, this one is for me.

After using the clay mask, the first step of this range I moved onto the shampoo. This shampoo comes in a 250ml plastic bottle and for $6.59 is great value for money. The colour of this range is the prettiest aqua/blue I have seen.

The texture of this shampoo is beautifully smooth and smells gorgeous.

I shampooed after I used the mask from the same range, like I would normally and it lathered up well and washed out easily. My hair felt smooth while still wet. I followed with the conditioner from the same range with very pleasing results.

I dried my hair and went about my day, I even went to the gym after work. I went to bed later that evening wondering how my hair would be looking in the morning.

I was pleasently surprised. After my shower[wearing a shower cap] I styled my hair like usual and not a drop of excess oil was to be seen. I was so happy with the results.

This range is an absolute winner for me and I will continue to use it. I feel that I have found my holy grail of hair care products.

This is the 2nd product in the Clay range, which consists of 4 products. The shampoo is packaged in beautiful mint green with darker green accened 250ml flip top.

The shampoo lathers wonderfully and removes any clay mask still left on my scalp, as well as cleaning my hair thouroughly without leaving it squeaky. It almost feels like the shampoo has a volumising lather, my hair feels pouffy when I'm washing it.

After using the mask and rinsing the shampoo out, my hair felt dry and strawlike and I definitely needed to use conditioner on the mid-lengths and ends.

I tried using the shampoo on its own, without the mask, and it works well but definitely needs the clay mask boost to keep hair looking clean for an extra day or two.

I'll definitely be buying more of this shampoo.

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.

I have oily roots but believe there is a fine line between having natural oils in your hair and stripping these oils out completely. Therefore I don't wash my every day and try find this balance. I had used the first step in the clay system (mask) and moved onto the shampoo. Nice to handle the bottle although I had to look twice to make sure I had the shampoo rather than conditioner. They do sit opposite ends up, so confidence to grab without looking will grow. The great scent greeted you when you opened it. Sort of fruity? I wasn't sure how much to use for our hard water - I used too much! Suds everywhere! I got rather over lathered and then got some in my eyes. Man it stung! But the overall effect was lovely clean hair after just one later up. My hair has remained soft and oil free for three days now.

The L'Oréal Paris elvive extrodinary clay shampoo is in a gorgeous coloured bottle with a delicous fresh scent. You only need a small amount it lathers up beautifully and I found I only needed to cleanse once. It didn't make my lightened lengths and ends feel like a tangled birds nest after rinsing. I found it great for my coloured hair, as it's very fine with oily roots and very dry damaged ends. Lovely shampoo that I would DefinTely use again

I am cursed with oily hair, that I need to wash to wash my hair every day, and at a stretch maybe every second day, which tends to be a bit greasy up top and frizzy elsewhere. So a product promising to help with this is exciting

The shampoo lathers well and leaves my hair feeling really clean. It is a really thick consistency - so much so that if I don't squeeze hard enough it disappears back into the bottle! Nice and thick but doesn't weigh down my hair.

I love the turquoise/aqua colour of the bottle, but I do prefer see through bottles so I can see how much product I have left. And even though the shampoo and conditioner bottles are different in that one sits upright and vice versa, they are still too similar and I would still get them mixed up. Maybe just too early in the morning for me.

Overall it is a good shampoo. Not sure if on it's own it would help with oily roots but is designed to be used in conjunction with the mask, conditioner, and dry shampoo. For those reviews - check them out under those products.

The shampoo lathers in hair very well and little goes a long way. It left my hair feeling very clean and almost squeaky once it had been rinsed out. Used on its own I am not sure it would leave your hair soft and silky but used along with the pre-shampoo mask and clay conditioner my hair was soft, bouncey and shiny. Will definitely be using this and the other products again.