Olaplex

Olaplex No.3 Hair Perfector 3.5 oz / 100 ml - At-Home Hair Repair Treatment

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Olaplex No.3 works on the part of the hair you cannot see. Bleach, permanent colour, perms, relaxers and hot tools all break disulfide bonds inside the strand. Those bonds are the structure. Once enough of them go, hair turns dry, dull and quick to snap.

The Hair Perfector uses that patented bond building chemistry to repair them. It behaves like a treatment rather than a conditioner, so do not judge it on how thick it feels coming out of the bottle. What changes is elasticity: hair that bends further before it gives way.

  • Repairs the broken bonds left by bleaching, colouring, perms and relaxers
  • Rebuilds strength in hair that has started to snap at the mid-length
  • Improves how hair holds up to heat styling week to week
  • 3.5 oz / 100 ml, enough for a run of full treatments

Worth having if you colour your hair and your curls have stopped springing back.

Application tips

This goes on before you wash, not after. Work it into dry hair with your hands, enough that the lengths feel properly coated, then comb it down so the ends get their share.

Leave it in while you get on with something else, then shampoo it out and condition as normal. Rinsing it off early is the usual mistake. Build the wash around it rather than squeezing it in.

Results

Elasticity is what to watch. Hair that had begun giving way part-way down the shaft starts to stretch instead, and you feel that in the comb long before you see it in the mirror.

Across a run of treatments the ends stop feeling papery, styling pulls less out, and colour-worn lengths behave more like hair that has never been through the process.

Composition

Full ingredients list

Water (Aqua/Eau), Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate, Propylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Glycerin, Hydroxyethyl Ethylcellulose, Amodimethicone, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Starch, Isopropyl Alcohol, Fragrance (Parfum), Cetrimonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-6, Tetrasodium EDTA, Dimethicone, Citric Acid, Etidronic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Acetamide MEA, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate, Citral, Geraniol

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