L'Oreál Paris EverSleek Intense Smoothing Shampoo

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Last night I Googled, "smooth hair paraben silicones free" hoping to find some new and uplifting information about products, ingredients ... anything. The most interesting result was a product from L'Oreál Paris called, "EverSleek". With one click I was on "L'Oreál's very slick website.

There I found several products in the EverSleek line, all promising to smooth and de-frizz and to, "put you in control" because, "we're worth it". I was definitely intrigued. I watched a short video of the talented and inspiring Jennifer Lopez dance, pose and whip around some amazingly long, shiny, smooth and healthy looking hair.


I remember watching Jen at the beginning of her career. She was a "fly-girl": an amazing dancer on that great, groundbreaking show, "In Living Color". Back then her hair had a lot of texture and curl, a lot of beautiful natural "bling".

Being the owner of textured haired myself I understand its stubborn nature. When it used to be important to me to beat my curls and waves into sleek submission it bounced back to its natural state with even a hint of breeze or moisture.

So this sleek shiny hair she was swinging...  well, this was nothing short of amazing. And Jennifer, along with the text promised I could have this hair with, "no bad stuff...no parabens, no sulfates..." She so had me.

But I wrestled myself free from the bait long enough to go to Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep database to look up the product. I couldn't believe how excited I felt. A lot of L'Oreál products were already listed, but not this one. So slowly, laboriously I typed in the long list of ingredients. I wanted the results and I wanted them NOW. The suspense was killing me...

And ... I was mightily disappointed at the reveal.  L'Oreál Paris EverSleek Intense Smoothing Shampoo's score was 7- a high hazard. That doesn't mean I think it's a bad product. It's just not for me...might be wonderful for other people.

So with another hope shattered, l pass along my findings.
What follows are the full results with a disclaimer first of course. If you're looking for a quick synopsis the first few paragraphs should suffice.

Here's the link if you'd like to do your own research: Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep. 

Please note - If you're doing your own research you won't be able to search for my report on this product. Whenever the ingredients are provided by someone other than the company, Skin Deep has to review and okay the entire report before it becomes search-able. You can still get your own report. Either use the ingredient list I've provided or go to  L'Oreal Paris to get the product ingredients. Then input the information into the Skin Deep database.

If you want any assistance with using Skin Deep just leave me a comment. I check for comments daily and will get back to you ASAP.

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