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Dianna GMatrix Biolage Smoothing Serum Review
June 11th 2007 17:51
It was at the age of 13 that I began my quest for a shiny, manageable, frizz-free, blue-black, smooth-as-silk hair. My hair has always been thick and coarse and, for some reason, the million and one baby hairs coiling out of my temples refuse to grow. But since I had my hair bleached and dyed to look like JLo in the latter part of my teens, my hair has become drier, coarser and it’s not just the baby hairs that are standing up and out. So on rainy days, I pretty much look like I just had an electric shock or I had put both my hands on one of those static balls.
I tried one of those teensy weensy little bottles you get from hair salons at AUD$20 each. One drop and it was guaranteed to smooth the frizz away and give your hair such a shine that you would have the confidence to traipse around the city, flicking your hair around like one of those women from the Sunsilk ads. I had that confidence for about seven hours before my hair deteriorated to something limp, stringy and oily.
The Matrix Biolage Smoothing Serum was given to me as a present and it’s something I never would have bought for myself after reading the reviews. Many women complained that the serum made them look like they had been standing in an oil rain for an hour and one even complained that the serum made their hair stink. So much for their promise of giving your hair a glossy shine and smoothing all those unwanted frizzes with one pumpful.
But heck, it had been sitting in my cabinet for months and I was sick of seeing my baby hairs forming wings on the side of my temples so I thought I’d give this serum a go.
VERDICT : The pumpful would give you about a 10c coin size of the serum. You’re supposed to run it evenly through towel-dried hair but as my roots tend to get quite oily, I decided to put most of the serum on the ends and just patted the rest in on the way up to my roots. I also didn’t blow dry my hair or use a hair straightener. I combed the serum through and left it in my hair overnight.
The next morning, I found my hair smooth and semi-glossy. Even the baby hairs were behaving and stayed down and out of the way. Throughout the whole day, my hair remained smooth but not oily, stringy or limp so I was still able to stick to my routine of washing my hair every other day. The serum doesn’t give you the mega-shine every woman craves for but it does smooth the hair without weighing it down so I don’t know why it received so many bad reviews. Maybe it just suits thicker hair?
Price : AUD$22.80 for 125ml bottle
RATING : 4/5
I tried one of those teensy weensy little bottles you get from hair salons at AUD$20 each. One drop and it was guaranteed to smooth the frizz away and give your hair such a shine that you would have the confidence to traipse around the city, flicking your hair around like one of those women from the Sunsilk ads. I had that confidence for about seven hours before my hair deteriorated to something limp, stringy and oily.
Matrix Biolage Smoothing Serum
But heck, it had been sitting in my cabinet for months and I was sick of seeing my baby hairs forming wings on the side of my temples so I thought I’d give this serum a go.
VERDICT : The pumpful would give you about a 10c coin size of the serum. You’re supposed to run it evenly through towel-dried hair but as my roots tend to get quite oily, I decided to put most of the serum on the ends and just patted the rest in on the way up to my roots. I also didn’t blow dry my hair or use a hair straightener. I combed the serum through and left it in my hair overnight.
The next morning, I found my hair smooth and semi-glossy. Even the baby hairs were behaving and stayed down and out of the way. Throughout the whole day, my hair remained smooth but not oily, stringy or limp so I was still able to stick to my routine of washing my hair every other day. The serum doesn’t give you the mega-shine every woman craves for but it does smooth the hair without weighing it down so I don’t know why it received so many bad reviews. Maybe it just suits thicker hair?
Price : AUD$22.80 for 125ml bottle
RATING : 4/5
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