I found large L'Oreal Elvital at a good price and ended up getting three of them:
L'Oreal Elvital anti-breakage
L'Oreal Elvital color-vive
L'Oreal Elvital dream length
I'm going to compare them on a few different factors:
- First impressions
- Effect: Shine and manageability
- Ingredient analysis and interesting ingredients such as "actives": Oils, fruits, keratin, sunscreen
First impressions
L'Oreal Elvital anti-breakage
Has that sort of clean and "soapy" scent, that all the L'Oreal Elvital’s seems to have. In fect, I had trouble telling them apart by smell.
Good, thick formulation.
L'Oreal Elvital color-vive
This one also has that sort of clean and "soapy" scent, that automatically gets approved by Mr Igor.
The formulation is surprisingly thick, almost deep conditioner-like texture which makes it almost drip free. I really liked that.
L'Oreal Elvital dream length
Has a sort of clean and "soapy" scent with a hint of flowers. Mr Igor approves of the scent.
Good, thick formulation.
It has a pretty cute ad campaign going about "saving the last three centimeters". I've been trying to find the leave in-conditioner in the series but with no luck.
Effect
L'Oreal Elvital anti-breakage
This left my hair incredibly soft and slippery, so much that it was rather hard to handle for me!
L'Oreal Elvital color-vive
Soft and slippery, but not as hard to handle as the anti-breakage.
L'Oreal Elvital dream length
This one also made my hair really soft and slippery. It’s funny that all three had the same almost too slippery effect, because their ingredient lists are very different.
Ingredient analysis
I find it quite interesting how different the ingredient lists are. Often, it's basically just the "active"/selling point-ingredient that has been swapped out along with a few ingredients for stability or scent. But these have quite different ingredient lists and what purpose I would use them for.
L'Oreal Elvital anti-breakage
Aqua / Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Amodimethicone, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Stearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Trideceth-6, Chlorhexidine Dihydrochloride, Limonene, Isopropyl Alcohol, 2-Oleamido -1, 3-Octadecanediol, Dipalmitoylethyl Hydroxyethylmonium Methosulfate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetyl Esters, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citric Acid, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Glyceryl Linoleate, Glyceryl Oleate, Glyceryl Linolenate, Parfum / Fragrance. (F.I.L. C42783/1).
Applying the Beauty Brains "First five ingredients rule":
Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Amodimethicone, Hydroxyethylcellulose
When only looking at the top five ingredients, this is a emollient and moisturizing product.
Which means I would want to use this as a CO cleanser for the surfactant to dissolve scalp oils. I would also use this as a deep conditioner for a moisture booster.
Interesting ingredients:
Cetearyl Alcohol is an emulsifier which means it can dissolve oils and be used for cleansing.
Glycerin is a really good moisturizer.
Amodimethicone is a cone particularly prone to build up.
Myristyl Alcohol, Cetyl Esters, Glyceryl Linoleate, Glyceryl Oleate and Glyceryl Linolenate are emollients.
This one also has a surprising amount of fragrance ingredients: Limonene, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal and parfum.
In conclusion: L'Oreal Elvital anti-breakage is your standard cleansing conditioner with a good moisturizing effect for the length.
26 ingredients in total
3 marked as a "2" for acne-trigger. 12%
3 marked as a "2" for irritation-trigger. 12%
1 marked as a "4" for irritation-trigger. 4%
13 marked as "green" for safety. 50%
8 marked as "yellow" for safety. 31%
1 marked as "red" for safety. 4%
And two marked as "green-yellow" for safety. 8%
L'Oreal Elvital color-vive
Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetyl Esters, Tocopherol, cocos nucifera oil/coconut oil, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Trideceth-6, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, poly (linseed oil), benzyl alcohol, benzyl salicylate, linalool, Benzophenone 4, Amodimethicone, isoprpyl alcohol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, geraniol, citric acid, potassium hydroxide, butylphenyl methylpropional, citronellol, cetrinonium chloride, BHT, hexyl cinnamal, parfum/fragrance.
Applying the Beauty Brains "First five ingredients rule":
Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetyl Esters, Tocopherol
When only looking at the top five ingredients, this is a emollient and surfactant product.
Which means I would want to use this as a CO cleanser for the surfactant to dissolve scalp oils. I would also use this as a conditioner for a moisture booster.
Interesting ingredients:
Cetearyl Alcohol is an emulsifier which means it can dissolve oils and be used for cleansing.
Cetyl Esters is an emolient and should result in soft hair.
Tocopherol is an antioxidant. Questions is if it will rinse out or leave on.
Cocos nucifera oil. Coconut oil. Love it or hate it. For me, it results in closed comedones and irritation. This means I would avoid using this as a cleansing conditioner and getting it on my scalp!
Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate is a sunscreen ingredient. Nice!
Linseed oil. Does this oil penetrate?
Benzyl Alcohol. Another sunscreen ingredient. Very nice indeed!
Amodimethicone is a cone particularly prone to build up.
Benzophenone 4. Three sunscreen ingredients in one conditioner. Very nice!
This one also has a surprising amount of fragrance ingredients, even more than the anti-breakage: Linalool, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Geraniol, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal and parfum.
In conclusion: L'Oreal Elvital color-vive is a CO cleanser with some nice sun protection.
Since this conditioner contains coconut oil, I would personally not want it on my scalp.
26 ingredients in total
2 marked as a "2" for acne-trigger. 8%
1 marked as a "4" for acne-trigger. 4%
1 marked as a "1" for irritation-trigger. 4%
2 marked as a "2" for irritation-trigger. 8%
1 marked as a "4" for irritation-trigger. 4%
And one marked as a "0-2" for irritation-trigger. 4%
10 marked as "green" for safety. 38%
12 marked as "yellow" for safety. 46%
3 marked as "red" for safety. 12%
And one marked as "green-yellow" for safety. 4 %
L'Oreal Elvital dream length
Aqua / Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dicetyldimonium Chloride, Cetrimonium Chloride, Niacinamide, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil / Castor Seed Oil, Sodium Benzoate, Hydroxycitronellal, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Phenoxyethanol, Steareth-6, Acetic Acid, PEG-100 Stearate, Trideceth-10, Trideceth-3, Trisodium HEDTA, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Dimethicone, Limonene, Panthenol, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Benzyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Amodimethicone, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Tartaric Acid, Geraniol, Cetyl Esters, Citronellol, Coumarin, Hexyl Cinnamal, Parfum / Fragrance, (F.I.L. C214649/1)
Applying the Beauty Brains "First five ingredients rule":
Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dicetyldimonium Chloride, Cetrimonium Chloride, Niacinamide
When only looking at the top five ingredients, this is a emollient and moisturizing product. Niacinamide aka vitamin B3 is a very effective skin-restoring ingredient against ageing and environmental stress, so this would be very good for the scalp.
Which means I would want to use this as a CO cleanser for the surfactant to dissolve scalp oils. I would also use this as a deep conditioner for a moisture booster.
Interesting ingredients:
Cetearyl Alcohol is an emulsifier which means it can dissolve oils and be used for cleansing.
Niacinamide aka vitamin B3 is a very effective skin-restoring ingredient against ageing and environmental stress. Not entirely sure what good it would be for hair, but I can't protest against having it in a product that touches my scalp.
Castor oil is an oil often found in products for the scalp and is said to boost hair growth.
It has some different proteins in it: Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein and Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein,
Benzyl Salicylate is a sun screen ingredient and hurray for that. I love seeing sunscreen, any sunscreen, in my hair products!
Amodimethicone is a cone particularly prone to build up.
Panthenol does maybe-maybe not penetrate and strengthen hair.
Cetyl Esters is an emollient.
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Geraniol, Citronellol, Coumarin, Hexyl Cinnamal and Parfum / Fragrance, (F.I.L. C214649/1) are fragrances. Why so many in this product line? And why do they all smell more or less the same with 6-7 fragrance ingredients in each?
In conclusion: L'Oreal Elvital dream length is a strange mixture of being good for scalp issues and scalp cleaning, and yet having the protein and moisturizing ingredients for being a good length conditioner.
36 ingredients in total
1 marked as a "2" for acne-trigger. 3%
3 marked as a "2" for irritation-trigger. 8%
18 marked as "green" for safety. 50%
11 marked as "yellow" for safety. 30%
4 marked as "red" for safety. 11%
And one marked as "green-yellow" for safety. 3%
Lady Igor says
So this one is a little hard to make a conclusion on, since they ingredient lists are so different:
L'Oreal Elvital anti-breakage is your standard cleansing conditioner with a good moisturizing effect for the length.
L'Oreal Elvital color-vive is a CO cleanser with some nice sun protection.
But since this conditioner contains coconut oil, I would personally not want it on my scalp.
L'Oreal Elvital dream length is a strange mixture of being good for scalp issues and scalp cleaning, and yet having the protein and moisturizing ingredients for being a good length conditioner.
1 marked as a "2" for acne-trigger. 3%
3 marked as a "2" for irritation-trigger. 8%
18 marked as "green" for safety. 50%
11 marked as "yellow" for safety. 30%
4 marked as "red" for safety. 11%
And one marked as "green-yellow" for safety. 3%
Lady Igor says
So this one is a little hard to make a conclusion on, since they ingredient lists are so different:
L'Oreal Elvital anti-breakage is your standard cleansing conditioner with a good moisturizing effect for the length.
L'Oreal Elvital color-vive is a CO cleanser with some nice sun protection.
But since this conditioner contains coconut oil, I would personally not want it on my scalp.
L'Oreal Elvital dream length is a strange mixture of being good for scalp issues and scalp cleaning, and yet having the protein and moisturizing ingredients for being a good length conditioner.
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