First impression | L’Oréal Paris Botanical Lavendel Conditioner

L’Oreal Paris Botanical Lavendel Conditioner  

I’m desperate on a search for a hydrating conditioner. Back in the beginning of my hair journey I used Nexxus Humectress conditioner, but I had to buy this through Amazon every time. Years has gone by and I noticed that I really miss using a hydration conditioner for my hair. So guess what … I’m on a mission.

When I was shopping for some ‘new’ products I came across L’Oréal Paris Botanical product line. As I was reading the label the word hydrating caught my attention.

Botanical Fresh Care Lavender Hydrating Concoction Conditioning Balm

To start of I love the packing. It stands out! What also caught my attention were the following words; no sulfates, silicones, parabens of colourants. Further it also says to be 98% from natural origin. Hmmm that’s interesting.

“It stands out!”

Before I go further with my impression. This product line is not an international line. When I looked it up online, I only found website based in the Netherlands.

Product information
Prepared with lavender essential oil, soy & coconut oil to moisturize, soften & detangle fine hair fibers. Calming, fresh scent.

To begin of the product has a nice soft scent. You can really smell the lavender. The texture of the conditioner is light. For a slight second it reminded me of the Nexxus conditioner. In sections of four I applied the conditioner, but I was a little lost about how much to apply. Because of the thickness of my hair in my mind I had to apply a lot of conditioner.

I had to keep in mind this is a hydrating conditioner, so the slip would be different. But as I was applying I was thinking

‘’will this hydrate my hair?”

On the package there is no information about how long to leave the conditioner on. I had to go online and found out. On the website I was told to rinse after 2 minutes. Well 2 minutes is way too short for me so I let sit for 15 minutes.

After rinsing out the conditioner from the outside my hair looked okay … like just okay. But as I was feeling my hair I could feel a difference. So I continued with styling my hair and when I was done

“My hair was doing a happy dance”

Yes from the outside my hair wasn’t ‘super’ moisturized, but from within my hair felt balanced and soft.

In or Out?!
I will use this product with my monthly regimen. With one treatment I almost used half of the product. The product itself cost € 9,17, 200ml. So yeah I’m taking it easy with this product.

Ingredient list
Aqua, Cetearyl alcohol, Stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, Isopropyl myristate, Glycerine, Coco-caprylate / caprate, cocos nucifera oil / coconut oil, hydroxpropy guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, Helianthus annuus Seed oil / sunflower seed oil, Linalool, Benzyl alcohol, Caprylyl glycol, Tartaric acid, Gernaiol, Cetyl esters, Citronellol, Lavandula hybrid oil, Glycine soja oil / soybean oil, Parfum / fragrance

Loreal Paris Botanicals Lavendel Conditioner

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#1 Texlaxing after 20 weeks post

Time to relax!

Saturday 14 July

After stretching my relaxer for 20 weeks it’s time to telax my new growth.  This stretch has really been a crazy rid. As my hair is growing nice and thick my laziness has put me in a position that I wasn’t able to retain my length.

My hair was screaming ‘Girl it’s time to texlax’. Dealing with different textures (new growth, telexed & thin / broken ends) hasn’t been easy. That’s why I decided to start all over again. Start over … Eems what do you mean? All I can say ‘DiaryFam are you ready for this new journey?’.

To texlax my hair I use ORS No-Lye Normal Relaxer. Normally to get the mixture ready, I will add an oil, but this time around I will be using a light conditioner. The conditioner I prefer is Garnier Loving Blends Honey Gold.

Divided my hair in four sections and started at the back and work my way to the front. In ‘big sections I applied a decent amount of the mixture to my new growth. 

To be honest my step is really basic. Just apply the mixture and use my fingers to stretch out the new growth. I don’t use a comb. Remember we still want thickness!

While I was applying the mixture I kept notice how my hair reacted to the mixture, because I used a conditioner instead of an oil.

The whole process was less than 15 minutes. Yes, 15 minutes; applying and smoothing out my new growth. I was kind of surprized how my hair felt. At first glance my hair looked bone straight. My new growth was straight hunny!

After washing my hair my scalp felt good, but my hair was DDRRRYYY!. It was screaming for a deep condition treatment. To give my hair the TLC that it needed I picked Creme of Nature Moisture Extreme, Nourishing & Strengthening Conditioner. To give it a little boost, I added some oils (Castor oil x Garlic oil x Peppermint oil) to the conditioner.

Side note; for washing my hair I used ORS Olive Oil Creamy Aloe Shampoo but also ApHogee Keratin & Green Tea Shampoo.

Well I’m happy that I telexed my hair. Every time I tell myself that I need to stop with stretching for 20 weeks, but for some reason I’m still doing it. So I’m just going to accept that my stretch will be 20 weeks max! 

Let the stretching begin!

Last relaxer: 18th February 2018
Fresh relaxer: 14th July 2018
Next relaxer: 1st  December 2018

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Wash day for texlaxed hair | May 12!

WASH DAY FOR TEXLAXED HAIR

My hair is crying! I have been M.I.A. for a while, but I’m still alive DiaryFam! But my hair is a hot mess. I’m so disappointed with myself. I haven’t been moisturizing my hair like I need to. Yes deep conditioning my hair is great, but during the week I need to keep up with moisturizing my hair. The laziness is getting out of hand to the point that my hair is really breaking, LIKE BAD!


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