I’m not a regular user of mousse and tend to rely more on styling my hair with a bit of wax and a touch of the ever trustworthy hairspray, but after having my hair cut into a new style, one which requires quite a lot of hold, I decided to buy some. L’Oreal is a name I trust so the Elvive Freestyle Styling Mousse seem to be as good as any for me to buy.
The L’Oreal Elvive Freestyle Styling Mousse for a ‘natural hold’ is one of many hair styling products in the Elvive hair care line. It comes in a slim white aerosol can with an easy to use push down applicator and clear cap.
The product claims to give ‘lasting hold and volume without stickiness’ and also says that it gives hair ‘inner strength’. The inner strength I’m presuming comes from something contained in the product called Ceramide R. The product does not go into any detail of what ‘Ceramide R’ actually is and having just had a quick look on the Internet, I’m still no wiser.
I’m not really one for reading or falling for any of the claims on a product before buying it. If the packaging looks good and the price is right then that’s usually enough to get me to buy it. Now after using the mousse for a few weeks I’m actually sitting reading the claims on the can for the first time and here’s what L’Oreal have to say about it:
- ‘Elvive Freestyle's ultra light mousse spreads easily leaving your hair soft, shiny and completely non-sticky’
- ‘Elvive Freestyle contains Ceramide R which penetrates the hair shaft, rebuilding the strength from within’
- ‘The Proof: Because your hair is stronger, breakage by brushing is significantly diminished.’
- ‘The Result: Your hair is strengthened from within, looking thicker and fuller. Your style has incredible volume that feels soft and natural to the touch.’
Well, although I didn’t take any notice of all this before trying the product, let’s see what I think now after quite a few uses.
On my first use, after washing and towel drying my hair, I gave the can a little shake and easily dispensed a golf ball sized amount into the palm of my hand. The mousse didn’t come out too quickly as some do, so I managed to get what I felt would be just the right amount. On spreading the mousse through my hair it did seem to fizzle into nothing very quickly, I guess that this is what they mean by ‘ultra light’, this can lead to a little temptation to apply some more but thankfully I resisted.
After drying my hair I did find that the mousse helped it to gain quite a nice gentle lift on top without it being too flyaway, my hair was soft and shiny and had quite a nice bounce to it. It was not sticky as can be found with some mousses and to be honest, my hair didn’t actually feel like there was any product present but by the look of the bounciness that it had, I could tell that I had used just enough and that it was definitely giving it some hold.
I have never noticed any breakage of my hair by brushing so the claim of making my hair stronger I certainly haven’t noticed although it did look a little thicker and fuller and was definitely soft and natural to touch.
L’Oreal Elvive Freestyle Mousse definitely worked well in holding my hairstyle a little longer than when I use just wax and hairspray. Not only this, I have noticed that when I use the mousse, I hardly need any hairspray at all for the style to still keep a lot of its shape.
All in all, the mousse was a good buy and I’ve been using it probably every other day for quite a few weeks and I still have some left in the can.
The price isn’t particularly cheap compared to other mousses on the market but it definitely does it job and due to it being ‘ultra light’ you seem to get more uses out of the one can.
L’Oreal Elvive Freestyle styling mousse costs around £3.29 for 200ml from Boots and probably most of the large supermarkets.
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