Dark & Lovely Dark and Lovely Damage Slayer The Hydrator Steam Conditioning Mask 296ml 10oz
The steam trick is the point of this one. Put it on, cover with a cap, and the warmth your own head produces lifts the cuticle enough for the mask to get inside the hair rather than sit on it. It is the home version of a salon steam treatment, without the equipment or the appointment.
- Castor oil strengthens the fibre from inside the strand
- Restores elasticity, so hair stretches under tension instead of tearing
- Buttery texture that coats every strand and makes detangling quick
- Built for hair worn down by relaxers, colour and heat tools
Dark & Lovely put the figure at a 96% reduction in breakage after six uses, which tells you how to use it: as a course rather than a one-off rescue. It comes in a 296ml tub, roughly 10oz, and it suits waves through to 3c curls, particularly anything that has been chemically processed and has stopped behaving since.
Aqua (Water), Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Glycerin, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil (Castor Oil), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Isopropyl Myristate, Vitamin E, Fragrance
- 24-hour delivery
- Every brand we carry ships within 24 hours, not just the hero lines. Order before 2pm and it leaves the same working day.
- Free over £40
- UK delivery is free on orders over £40. Below that it is a flat rate, shown at checkout before you pay.
- Tracking
- You get a tracking link by email the moment it is picked up.
- 30 days
- Send anything unopened back within 30 days for a full refund. No explanation needed.
- Opened it and it is wrong for your hair?
- Tell us what happened. Curl products are hard to judge from a photo, and we would rather swap it than have you stuck with it.
- We price match
- Find it cheaper somewhere else and we will match the price.
Application tips
Start with hair that has been washed and squeezed out, not dripping, so the mask is not competing with water.
Take it section by section from the ends up, since the last few inches are the oldest hair on your head and need the most. Fifteen minutes under the cap is the minimum, longer if you can sit still. Rinse cool at the end.
Results
Hair that had gone crisp comes out pliable. Stretch a strand between two fingers and it gives instead of pinging apart, which is the elasticity people mean when they say hair feels healthy again.
Detangling turns into a two minute job. Colour looks deeper, heat styled ends feel less like straw, and the improvement builds across a run of washes rather than arriving all at once.
Composition
- Castor Oil
- Works into the fibre to strengthen it, so lengths hold rather than snapping
Full ingredients list
Aqua (Water), Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Glycerin, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil (Castor Oil), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Isopropyl Myristate, Vitamin E, Fragrance
