i take care of my skin much more than my hair. but that doesn't mean that i don't care for my hair. i do care for my hair, it's just whatever i do, it just seems doesn't work. however, that was my old view. i've been trying to take care of my hair more, and after finding the right tools and products, it starts to get better. i've found a decent hair mask and hair dryer, and i have several hair oil that i like as well. i used to like l'oreal paris extraordinary oil, so when people say that the mythic oil is better, obviously i want to try it. the price is quite expensive, so when there's shopee sale, i immediately bought it. i've used this for several months, so i guess it's time to put my thought into words.
this is the description from their website: the mythic oil huile originale has argan oil, a precious oil extracted from the legendary moroccan argan tree. argan oil has been used for centuries leaving hair soft and shiny. its lightweight and fluid texture is ideal for detangling after cleansing, and it adds radiance before or after blow-drying. heat protection to heated appliance up to 230 degree celcius. 48 h humidity and frizz protection. depending on hair density, dispense 1-2 pumps into the hand and apply to dry or damp hair and style as usual.
for all hair types. results: shine, nourishment, softens, heat protects, anti-frizz.
ingredients list: cyclopentasiloxane, alcohol denat, dimethiconol, argania spinosa kernel oil, c12-15 alkyl benzoate, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, coumarin, linalool, benzyl alcohol, hydroxycitronellal, amyl cinnamal, geraniol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, isoeugenol, cinnamyl alcohol, citronellol, parfum.
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| the box |
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| description on the box |
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| another long descriptions in various languages |
the packaging: the hair oil comes in a cardboard box, it has gold metallic decoration at front with the name of the product at front. there's a bunch of description in multilingual on the side and at the back of the box. the bottle itself is a gold glass bottle with gold pump head covered with gold plastic cap. this one comes in 100 ml, but somehow the bottle seems bigger. probably because it's made of glass so it feels heavier than the extraordinary oil. and the shape of the bottle. it's like a tall guitar body, so probably it looks bigger and taller but it has the same volume as the extraordinary one.
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| the bottle |
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| the pump head is smaller than the extraordinary one |
the scent: this definitely scented as it has added perfume in the ingredients. however, i can't describe the scent. it's different from argan products from the body shop, and it's quite fragrant yet weird at first. at first i thought i like the extraordinary one better, but my husband and my youngest son said that they like this one better. however, it doesn't linger long. for me anyway. because i wash my hair every two days, and i exercise regularly, so the scent doesn't linger.
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| how the oil looks like on my hand |
the product: honestly, since i've used this quite long, i can't say the difference with the extraordinary oil since it's been too long since i use that one last time. for the mythic oil, it's a runny type oil. not super runny like water, but for oil, it's considered pretty lightweight. the suggestion says to use 1-2 pumps, but since my hair is quite long and thick, i use about 3 pumps from midlength to the end of my hair. i don't use it near my scalp as usually hair oil tends to make my hair oily quickly. though i wash my hair pretty frequently, this oil seems to last long. i still have more than half bottle despite using it regularly.
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| left: half dried hair right: after using oil and hairdry my hair |
the result: you can clearly see in the picture that in combination with my xiaomi hair dryer, it works really well. my hair is less frizzy, no more dry ends. though it's not super shiny like the hair in the ads, but i'm happy with the result. my hair is soft and smooth without looking super oily at the scalp. however, it doesn't help much to prevent hair falling. but i guess it's not the hair oil's fault since they don't say anything about hair fall reduction.
anyway, i was planning to repurchase this whenever it's on sale. i guess it worths the extra money. compared to extraordinary oil, i see the result from day one. but if you don't have the budget, i'd say the extraordinary one is pretty good as well. as for me, i decided to try another l'oreal professionnel product, and if that one doesn't work, i'll switch back to this hair oil.
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