DHC Head Oil: Sample Series v. 2

Hair oils are pretty popular these days, but DHC's Head Oil is different.  It's actually meant for both your scalp and hair and removes product buildup.  I've been curious about this for a while, so in my last DHC order I requested a sample of the Head Oil.  DHC is quite generous with their samples, as you can select four with each order, and if you get their print catalog, they send 2-3 each month in the catalog!

My current product buildup removal routine consists of using dish washing liquid.  Harsh, but effective.  I'd prefer something that doesn't have the potential of stripping color or damaging my hair, so this may be a good alternative. 

Source:  DHC

To use the head oil, you apply to your dry scalp and hair and leave in 3 minutes prior to washing.  The video on DHC's site features a customer who puts it in the night before and sleeps in it, which may be a good conditioning option as well.  I put it in and am now writing up this review, so it will probably be a good 20-30 minutes before I wash it out.

The oil itself looks and smells very similar to DHC's Deep Cleansing Oil, which is my holy grail oil cleanser.  I love this stuff.  As in, I'd marry it if I could.  I did a quick comparison of the ingredients between the two, and while they do contain some of the same ingredients such as olive fruit and rosemary leaf oils, the hair oil has some others such as panax ginseng root and arnica montana flower extracts.  So, I'm guessing I won't be able to get away with using the facial cleansing oil on my head:-)

Initially, I was concerned that most of the oil seemed to be on my hair as opposed to my scalp.  I rubbed it around as best as possible but short of an applicator with a needle nose, I'm not sure how to get most of directly on my scalp.  The oils are water soluble, so my hair did not feel particularly greasy, nor did it take more than my usual two sudsings with shampoo.

So, how did it work? Really well!  My hair is soft, shiny, and has that fluffiness that comes from no product buildup.  I may have to invest in a bottle!  DHC Head Oil is $23 for 1 oz.

Ingredients: olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, sorbeth-30 tetraoleate, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, tocopherol, panax ginseng root extract, stearyl glycyrrhetinate, arctium lappa root extract, arnica montana flower extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf oil, quaternium-51

Disclosure:  I received a sample with purchase.

Orofluido Beauty Elixir

I may be in love.  With a hair oil - Orofluido Beauty Elixir - to be exact.  I've got straight, somewhat thick, fine hair.  In the deep South with the almost constant humidity, that can translate to limp, frizzed, cannot retain a curl hair.  Orofluido helps with the limp and frizzed part.  This picture was taken on a humid, still damp outside day.  My hair is smooth, swingy, soft, and generally just felt great.  You know how a "good hair day" feels?  Well, this was it.  Two days in a row even, which is how long I've been using Orofluido since I got it in my February Birchbox shipment. 

I use 3 drops, rub into still damp hair, and comb through.  Orofluido contains argan oil, which is rich in fatty acids but lightweight, helping to condition and soften hair.  Linseed oil helps with shine by smoothing the hair cuticle.  Cyperus oil, high in fatty acids and tocopherol, provides natural protection from free radicals while imparting softness and volume to the hair.  Orofluido is even supposed to cut down on drying time, and come to think of it, my hair was almost dry before I went to blow dry it.  Scented with vanilla and amber, the fragrance is soft and pleasant but not obtrusive.  I read many reviews of this on the web, and I have yet to find a negative one.  There are probably some out there, but the reviews I read were glowing.  

Orofluido (3.4 oz) retails for $29.99 on the Birchbox site but I've seen it for less on Amazon and as high as $39.99 on some other online retailers.  I will be purchasing a full size of this before I run out of my sample, it is that good!  

Update:  I purchased the full size Orofluido Beauty Elixir from Birchbox and am still in love!  I had enough Birchbox points built up that the Orofluido cost me $9.99, a twenty dollar savings from the regular price of $29.99.  Doing happy dance.