L'Oreal Paris Botanicals Ginger & Coriander Fragile Hair Vegan Hair Mask 200ml (Packaging May Vary)

I love the Botanicals Collection it goes amazing with my hair

I bought this to use as a hair mask to deep condition my hair. After leaving it on for ten minutes my hair was still tangled and had none of the moisture or lushness you would expect after using a mask. I couldn’t even get a comb through it, it’s like I hadn’t even conditioned my hair, never mind used a hair mask!

Mask smells lush and my hair feels its positive effects. It really helps detangle and soften dry ends. Thank you.

This is from the new Botanicals Fresh Care range from L’Oreal and is free of silicones, parabens and colourants, but it does contain Sodium Laureth Sulfate, so it sits somewhere between the “organic” type of hair products, and the standard supermarket brands.As a masque for fragile hair, I would have liked some basic instructions on the jar. There isn’t any indication of how to use this – whether on wet or dry hair, how long to leave it on, whether to cover your hair while it’s on – which is a drawback. Other than that it is easy to apply, scooped out of the wide top of a neat screw-top jar. It has a rather sharp, fresh scent which covers the underlying fragrance of the coconut oil which is the main base.Assuming you work out the correct method of application, this does make hair feel softer and more supple. I can’t judge if there is any real reduction in fragility, but the masque has a definite conditioning effect and left my hair shiny and sleek.

Nowhere on this product does it give you instructions or advice on how to use. It’s difficult to know if you leave it on for a few minutes and rinse out or leave in totally. It’s called a Masque. I decided to google it. I couldn’t find any information on how to use the product on the L’Oréal website so just googled hair masques. Apparently hair masques are for strengthening and not conditioning. You apply the product and leave it in, then rinse out. I only left it on for about 15 minutes but this seemed to work fine. It’s not a product you need to use every time you shampoo but once or twice a week is fine.I did like the product. I do think my hair benefits from it. Feeling stronger and looking less frizzy and fly away. It also worked as a detangler like a normal hair conditioner would. It doesn’t leave hair looking shiny like a daily conditioner can. Like many products disguised as being natural, when they aren’t, it smells quite strongly of the beauty section in a health food shop. Not sure if it’s essential oils or incense sticks that give that aroma. It’s not unpleasant . Quite strong but thankfully wears off.

L'Oreal Paris Botanicals Ginger & Coriander Fragile Hair Vegan Hair Mask 200ml is one hair product which delivers on the promises the manufacturers make.This is a very rich hair mask and I like how it can be applied and rinsed quickly after a couple of minutes like a normal hair conditioner, to receive the full benefit of the hair mask I would advise leaving in the hair mask for at least fifteen minutes. After rinsing and drying, styling, as usual, my hair felt so soft to the touch, it was shining with health and the usual dry texture was no longer there, simply hair looking and feeling healthy to the touch and visually shining.