L'Oreal Paris ELVIVE Extraordinary Clay Dry Shampoo Review

I love the convenience of dry shampoos. Having long thick hair sometimes you just want to leave washing your hair an extra day or two especially in Winter. I received this in a beauty box so I decided to try it out before reinvesting in my usual Batiste dry shampoo.

It comes in a can with a spray nozzle. It's easy to use, shake the can and hold about a quarter of an arm's length away to avoid residue, leave a few minutes and brush out. The scent isn't wonderful but is tolerable if you dont mind fragrance in beauty products.

I was left underwhelmed by this it bearly absorbed any oil from my roots or help achieve a clean fresh look. My hair actually looked slightly greasy so it's not something I would recommend or repurchase in the future.

I found this product really useful on the days I didn’t have time to wash my hair. It added volume and reduced grease. Also didn’t leave any pale residue in my dark hair.

This product didn't step up for me. It had a nice fragrance and it didn't leave any white cast, however for my hair it didn't seem to refresh or soak up my oily roots. It just didn't compare to other dry shampoos at the same price point. Also due to feeling it wasn't doing the job I tried using more product, which meant that the product was used up quickly.

Unfortunately, out of the 4 products in the range, this is ineffective. The nozzle is at an angle so that totally threw me off when I was pointing at my hair.

The smell is nice, like the other products in this range - but, it didn't really do anything other than weigh down my hair. I waited over 2 minutes before brushing out to give it optimal soaking time but I felt it left a layer on my hair and a residue.

I also had to spray almost half a can because I felt like I was spraying mostly fragrance in the beginning despite shaking up the bottle beforehand.

I was fortunate to be apart of the beauty review trial for this range and this was a really awesome product.

I was really impressed with this, dare I say I think I like it better than my Batiste dry shampoo? this doesn't leave a weird white film in the hair like the batiste does. Shamefully I have gone almost a whole week without washing my hair due to the magic of this dry shampoo. This dry shampoo is like magic on your hair.

Sadly my nozzle on my dry shampoo has broken and I'm hoping I can fix this cause I loved this dry shampoo and hopefully this was just mine and not a packaging fault!

I'm not much of a dry shampoo girl, mostly because I have such oily hair I don't believe anything but a good wash can do the trick.

I use dry shampoo mostly to freshen up between work and going out, or gym and going out.

This shampoo is easy to use and smells nice, I do sort of wish it was more scented, I love the scents of other dry shampoos.

Does it instantly refresh? Well you have to leave it a couple of minutes before brushing through/styling but lets say it's a very quick refresh!

What else did I love? The can is a good size, it doesn't leave residue once brushed through, leaves hair shiny and probably stretches out wash time by at least 24 hours.

I wasn't thrilled by this dry shampoo - it's much better than some I've used, but it's nowhere near as good as Batiste so I'll be giving it a miss.

It was easy to use and did leave hair looking clean, without the nasty residue some can have, but just didn't add the same volume as Batiste, nor did the effects last quite as long as I'd like.

It also didn't handle VERY oily hair particularly well (e.g. it was okay for the first day of oil build up, but not after a couple days build up), and seemed to perform less and less if you built it up over a couple of days.

It also has a fairly strong lingering scent. It's not a bad scent, per se, but it does have a 'chemical' ish whiff to it (imagine the mix of hair product and hair dye you smell when you walk into a salon) and it sticks around for quite a while. I strongly prefer my hair products not leave a powerful lingering scent at all, but if they do I'd like it to be a nicer scent at least!

I tried this as a part of the BR trial team and personally quite enjoyed this dry shampoo!

I have very fine hair so it gets oily quite fast. I used this dry shampoo the day after washing my hair and it absorbed all the oils without leaving any residue. The downside for me is that my hair still was quite limp and had no volume, so I had to tie it up into a ponytail anyway.

The scent was nice, and matches the scent of the other products in the range. I'd like it to be slightly less scented though so it doesn't interfere with my perfume (I have this issue with most dry shampoos).

The bottle is a bit on the small side, making it cost more per ml. It does make it easy to travel with though!

I loved this product! I use dry shampoo on a regular basis with having quite oily roots so I have used a few, and one of my least fave things is the powdery residue that it leaves, that can make powdery clumps that shed on my shoulder like dandruff (attractive!!) but because this range has no powdery residue I didn't have this problem, which also meant my scalp didn't get as irritated which it can tend to do from a blanket of powder. I loved how it just sucked up all the oils for my hair, and even leaving it grease free the next day. I like the size of the bottle, its perfect for throwing in my bag, and the blue packaging is super sweet. Overall I think this is a product that I will be buying over and over again, it really worked for me!

This dry shampoo might be for you if you like minimal effects from a dry shampoo. What I really mean is that I couldn't see much of a difference after I used it. I put the regular amount I'd use in my hair and it looked the same, so I went crazy and unloaded what felt like 1/4 of the can on my hair. It felt a little less oily, maybe? I'm not planning on using this one again, although I might keep it at work for "emergencies".