I've been an "Influenster" for a few years now and I absolutely love the company and what they do. Pretty much what
Influenster is, is a site that you join to connect with other Influensters, to write and share product reviews. Then suddenly you'll get an email from them telling you to fill out a survey to determine if you're the right pick for their upcoming VoxBox. I've participating in a few, I love them. A VoxBox is a box of one or many products that you get to try out for FREE in exchange for reviewing the product or products with your HONEST feedback and sharing your experience with others. They also have VirtualVox campaigns where you don't actually receive physical products, but you get to interact with other people about the products in that campaign.
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The very exciting email that I received informing me that I scored a spot! |
I was so extremely happy when I was accepted to participate in the Loreal EverPure Repair and Defend VoxBox. I had filled out the survey, but I didn't get my hopes up until I got that second email confirming that I claimed a spot for that campaign. I received the EverPure VoxBox before I bleached my hair, so the VoxBox couldn't have arrived at a better time, I was in desperate need of repairing hair products!
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The EverPure VoxBox |
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What's inside the box |
First off let's start with this line. This is a product line that claims to protect your hair from fading after coloring it. It also helps to repair damage that takes place while you dye your hair. More often than not you have to use a developer in your hair dye, unless you're using henna or unnatural looking colors, like manic panic, you'll most likely be using a developer. That developer contains chemicals that can damage your hair and so this line repairs damage and protects your color from fading and heat damage hence being called Repair And Defend.
I was skeptical about the lines claims at first, I'm either overly skeptical or way too trusting, there is no in between. I have used the line called EverCurl by Loreal and I liked it, it wasn't my favorite line, but I did like it alot. The EverPure line is much much better. I had written a post about my experience with bleaching my hair and I honestly think that some of the products in the line helped repair the damage that was done to my hair.
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Loreal EverPure Repair and Defend Shampoo |
The EverPure Sulfate-free Color Care System Repair and Defend Shampoo obviously is sulfate free, since I discovered the curly girl method I stopped using shampoo that contains sulfate (I do use Clairol purple shampoo which contains sulfates maybe once a month to keep brassiness at bae) and so I wouldn't have been able to even use this product religiously if it had contained sulfates. The shampoo and conditioner specifies the following...
Deeply strengthens
Protect From Color Aggressors
Natural Botanicals
When I first put the shampoo in my hair the first thing that I noticed was how well it lathered, which is rare for a good sulfate free shampoo, lathering is the one thing that I miss about shampoos that contain sulfates. The shampoo has an awesome scent, it really is a perfect scent, it's very soothing. I would probably purchase a perfume or body spray that had a similar scent, that's how much I enjoyed the scent of the shampoo. After I washed the shampoo out, my sculpt felt clean and free of build up. Even though it is just a shampoo, it leaves my hair feeling conditioned and soft to the touch. I'm giving this Shampoo an A.
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Loreal EverPure Repair and Defend Conditioner |
The EverPure Sulfate-Free Color Care System Repair And Defend Conditioner is AMAZING. It has the same lovely scent that the shampoo has, but added is the scent of peppermint and you can feel the peppermint when you put the conditioner in your hair, your scalp has a cooling feel once the conditioner touches your hair which indicates to me that it really is a repairing line because peppermint helps to stimulate your scalp. Besides the scent and cool feeling the conditioner makes your hair feel like silk, it really is just amazing and has nice slip. I leave it in my hair for about 2-3 minutes before I wash it out. I had wrote in a blog post that I had used this conditioner after I had bleached my hair and before using the product my hair felt so matted that I couldn't get my fingers through it, but when I applied the conditioner, my hair immediately became manageable and smooth to the touch. I am not exaggerating at all. This stuff is the real deal. I've been using the shampoo and conditioner every time that I wash my hair since I got this VoxBox and that's saying something because I own a zillion different hair products. I give the conditioner an A+.
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Loreal EverPure Repair Remedy Mask |
As for the EverPure Repair Remedy Mask, gosh.. I'd buy this stuff by the gallon! It's an OUTSTANDING hair mask. I'm a big hair mask junkie and I own too many to store. This is honestly my second favorite hair mask ever. It's a fantastic product. The mask smells mostly mentholish and when you apply it to your hair your scalp starts to tingle like the conditioner, but even more so. The consistency of the mask is much thicker than the conditioner, which helps keep your hair coated longer, it has the same good slip that the conditioner has. I like to apply the mask to my hair after I've taken a t-shirt and I've squeezed out a bit of that water that was in my hair after washing the conditioner out. I'll apply the mask and leave it in for at least 5 minutes. Once I wash the mask out of my hair, my hair honestly feels like silk. I wear my hair naturally curly 98% of the time and I noticed that this mask made my curls spiral more than usual and my hair just feels super soft after using the mask. I give this mask an A++.
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Everpure Repair and Defend Lotion |
So the EverPure Sulfate-free Color Care System Repair and Defend Lotion was a bit tricky to figure out. The first time that I used it, I loved it, it made my curls spiral like whoa. Then after that I think that it made my curls look a tad frizzy at the ends. BUT THEN I bleached my hair and now the lotion has been working for me. It's helping to construct my fragile curls. The bleach damaged my hair, but it didn't destroy my hair and it's already starting to bounce back. For some reason I think that the hair lotion is helping more with my damaged curls than my healthy curls because it's a repairing lotion and there must be some components in the product that make it work that way? The instructions suggest that you use 2 pumps of the lotion in your hair, but I actually use at least 3, 2 pumps isn't enough for the consistency that I like. The lotion definitely doesn't feel like a leave in conditioner, it feels more like a sculpting product if anything. The product doesn't have the best slip, but for what it does, it doesn't need to. I use the lotion with my favorite leave in conditioner, and my favorite gels. Before I bleached my hair I would have given this lotion a C, but after bleaching my hair I give this lotion a B+.
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Before I started using the Loreal EverPure Repair and Defend products. Before I bleached my hair. |
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After I started using the Loreal EverPure Repair and Defend Products for about 2 weeks. After I bleached my hair. |
I received all of the products in the EverPure VoxBox for free to test and share my honest feedback. If you aren't an Influenster already, I strongly suggest that you join! You will not regret it!! You may even thank me :)
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