Olaplex

Olaplex No.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 3.5 oz / 100 ml - Strengthening & Repairing Hair

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This is the 100 ml bottle of No.4, which makes it the travel and trial size rather than the one you keep in the shower for a year.

The shampoo runs on Olaplex's bond-building chemistry. It works on the disulphide bonds inside the hair that bleach, colour and repeated heat styling break apart, and mending those bonds is what makes damaged hair feel stronger rather than simply feeling coated. It is highly concentrated, so a coin-sized amount is usually plenty. Using more does not make it work harder.

It suits any hair type, though the people who notice fastest are the ones with colour, bleach or regular heat in their history. If your ends snap when you comb, this is the wash to start with.

Application tips

Less than you think. It lathers hard for its size, so start with a coin-sized amount, wet the hair thoroughly first, and emulsify in your palms before it touches the scalp.

Massage at the roots where the oil and product sit, let the lather run down the lengths on its own, and rinse. A second, smaller wash is worth it if you have styled all week. Follow with a conditioner.

Results

Hair squeaks less than a clarifying wash leaves it and combs out easier while wet, which is where most avoidable breakage happens. Colour-treated lengths come up clean without that stripped, tight feeling.

Used week in and week out, the mid-lengths look less dull and a blow-dry holds better. It is maintenance rather than rescue, so judge it over a month.

Composition

Full ingredients list

Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Decyl Glucoside, Glycereth-26, Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate, Cocamidopropylamine Oxide, Sodium Chloride, Glycol Distearate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Methyl Gluceth-20, Acrylates Copolymer, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Amodimethicone, Citric Acid, Polyquaternium-10, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer, Polyquaternium-11, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, C11-15 Alketh-7, Glycerin, Laureth-9, Trideceth-12, Tetrasodium Iminodisuccinate, Panthenol, C12-13 Alketh-23, C12-13 Alketh-3, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol, Sodium Hydroxide, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Disodium EDTA, Tocopherol, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Pseudozyma Epicola/Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil Ferment Extract Filtrate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Quaternium-95, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Propanediol, PEG-8, Origanum Vulgare Leaf Extract, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment, Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Extract, PEG-8/SMDI Copolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Palmitoyl Myristyl Serinate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Arctium Lappa Root Extract, Musa Sapientum (Banana) Fruit Extract, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Chlorphenesin, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance (Parfum), Citral, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene

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