L'Oréal Paris ELVIVE Total Repair 5 Conditioner Review

I was so excited to try this conditioner. I used it after a very, VERY good first impression of its counterpart, L'Oréal Paris Elvive Total Repair 5 Shampoo (gosh, what a mouthful!). The shampoo initially felt amazing, it detangled while I washed, and felt super silky, so I was expecting a real treat from the confitioner. I didn't haaate it in that it did anything actively bad to my hair (I didn't like what the shampoo did to my hair after a couple of uses, so tried this alone), but it was just extremely underwhelming. It was very thin, didn't feel rich or silky, and actually did a poorer job of detangling my hair than the shampoo! That was odd.. I gave a 2 for "Would you use it again?", as I will finish the bottle (whereas I will not use the shampoo again, at all), but this is not a conditioner I would choose to purchase, as if just didn't do anything for my hair, let alone do what it said it would. It's just a very average conditioner. I'm glad I was able to trial these two products, as I am often very curious when it comes to these wild claims from lower priced products, but after personal experience, I can safely say my salon products work better for my hair.

I have quite long, thick, damaged hair. This conditioner promised to make it feel healthier, softer and silkier, as well as repairing it. To some extent it did, but it didn't work as well as my Redken conditioner. I also didn't notice any difference in the health of my hair after using it for the full trial period.

I had to use massive amounts of this conditioner just to feel any difference in my hair, so I've basically run out of it by the end of the trial period (less than a month). Generally, I would expect conditioner to last a little longer than that. It's probably not worth it for the price.

"L’Oréal Paris ELVIVE Total Repair 5 Restoring Crème Conditioner uses Pro-Keratin and Ceramide to leave your hair 1. Feeling stronger. 2. Looking fuller. 3. Looking revitalised. 4. Silkier to touch. 5. With a healthier shine." My hair didn't feel like it benefited from this shampoo and conditioner or the spray on leave-in conditioner when I would wash it (every 3 days-ish). I used all 3 in conjunction with each other and it made the ends of my hair very dry and straw-like after switching from Natures Organics Balancing shampoo and conditioner. I didn't like these products and wouldn't repurchase again.

Like the shampoo this conditioner didn't really reap good results.

I needed Loads of conditioner so my hair didn't feel like straw after using with the shampoo and after I washed it out my hair was dry, stringy, and fluffy.

My mother even commented on how dry my hair was and what did I do to it.

Like the shampoo though this conditioner smelled wonderful and was presented in a gorgeous easy to dispense bottle..

Unfortunately just not for my hair type I don't think..

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I loved the smell but found the conditioner way too greasy for my hair. I found my hair hard to brush and didn't have a nice after feel once hair was dry.

The conditioner was really disappointing as it was very runny and too thin a texture to do any good. The bottle is designed to be upside down so when you flip the lid to open it, the conditioner POURED out and was wasted.

It smelled of red apples but didn't smell as nice on the hair and the smell didn't linger for long on the hair. Maybe this was due to it being so thin and was all washed out when rinsed.

Also I needed to use a lot to make it feel like I had conditioner in it.

I don't think my hair felt any more restored, silky or shiny after using this product unlike other conditioners. And for this reason I would not buy it or recommend it to anyone.

After using the shampoo, I thought this would be exactly what my hair needed to repair the damage the shampoo had done to my hair, but I was wrong. I didn't get the softness, the silkiness, or the moisture I had hoped would be absorbed back into my hair despite me having to use quite a bit of product for every use. My hair didn't even feel smooth when coating my hair in this conditioner, which I thought was a little odd as most conditioners make your hair feel silky soft when applying it. I couldn't even run my fingers through my hair, there were too many knots/matted bits all through my hair. So when it was time to brush my hair, I was expecting it to be quite a difficult task, and sure enough it was. It was rather painful, my hair was being ripped out and it was breaking, leaving me with short damaged strands of hair. It got to the point where I just had to stop brushing. It left my hair smelling lovely though but unfortunately that's the only positive thing it's done for me.

After reading the blurb of total repair 5 i thought this would be exactly what my hair needed to bring it back to life, sadly i was wrong

total repair 5 conditioner left my hair feeling straw like and feeling drier than what i went into the shower with :/ I needed quite alot of product to distribute through my shoulder length hair, even when adding more my hair still felt knotty and straw like which is stranger because normal conditioners leave my hair feeling quite silky.

the packaging, smell and labeling hoowever i was impressed on, other than that i think i will go back to using my organic care shampoo and conditioner

i have dry damaged hair and saw no results in 2 weeks, bottle only has a litter left in it as well which i never go through a conditioner in 2 weeks

I like the packaging on this product , it’s interesting and nice to look at.

I found this conditioner was a bit of a let down, usually after I condition my hair I can at least feel a difference as the product is being washed out, my hair would usually feel silkier and I’d be able to put my fingers through it , with this product it didn’t feel any different .

I found I still needed to use the Moroccan oil hair mask I have, in order to get a brush through my hair after I’d washed it.

I have dry hair from highlights and found I had to use a large amount of the product to get coverage of my thick curly hair.

This product is not as heavily scented as the shampoo, but still caused some irritation to my sensitive scalp after a few uses .

I was disappointed with the results and wont be using this product again.

It smelt really nice and that's where the good stuff ended for me. The consistency was really runny so I found I had to use heaps of it to cover my hair properly. It didn't detangle my hair an awful lot. No improvement at all for me to damaged ends. I'm sorry but I wouldn't bother going out to buy it even though it is well priced