Wash Day With L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Shampoo System | 3 Weeks Post Relaxer

It's been a while since I've done a wash day post. This wasn't by accident but on purpose. I decided to limit the number of wash day posts I do in 2016. I made this decision for three reasons: 

1. My blog is heavy with wash day posts and I want my blog content to vary 
2. My wash days are similar week after week which makes a boring wash day post
3. Taking pictures of my hair is cumbersome since my best camera is my iPad

(I received these products free from Influenster for testing in exchange for a review, but all opinions are my own. This post includes affiliate links. Should you click an affiliate link and make a purchase I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.)

So why a wash day post now? I tried a new haircare collection - the L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Shampoo System. It contains a Shampoo, Conditioner, and Serum. I received the L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Nourishing Shampoo System free from Influenster and L'Oreal Paris for testing purposes. I wanted to share my experience with the products and whether my relaxed hair liked it or not.

The L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Shampoo System claims to eliminate dryness with one wash. The products include argan, chamomile, coconut, amla, soja and sunflower oils. The shampoo isn't a sulfate-free which made me a little nervous. I can't remember the last time I used a shampoo with sulfates.

Nevertheless, this Shampoo System came at a great time since I've been wearing my hair out more so it feels dry more often. Will the L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Shampoo System live up to its claim?

Here's what I did during the wash day:

Pre-pooed

For this, I used my staple deep conditioner Eden BodyWorks Jojoba Monoi Deep Conditioner. My plan was to leave the deep conditioner on for about 30 minutes. I got distracted and left it on for over an hour. As usual, my hair felt good after the deep conditioner.

Cleansed

My shampoo this week was the L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Nourishing Shampoo. As I mentioned above this is a sulfate shampoo. So I made extra special care to only use the shampoo on my scalp and not the rest of my hair.

When I rinsed out the shampoo I let the suds run down my relaxed strands. I only cleansed once and to my surprise, my hair didn't feel dry, stripped or stiff. It felt as good or better than it does when I use sulfate-free shampoos.

Rinsed

My hair rinse was part green tea, part filtered water, and four drops of tea tree oil concoction. I didn't use apple cider vinegar this time around. I thought it might be overkill with the sulfate shampoo. I massaged the rinse into my scalp and left it in during the next step - conditioning.

Conditioned

Now it was time for another product from the Extraordinary Oil System. This time it was the L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Nourishing Conditioner. Sometimes rinse-out conditioners don't do anything for my hair. This one could be one of them. So far I'm not impressed. My hair didn't feel dry, but it didn't feel any more moisturized.

Related read: Product Review: L'Oreal Paris Ceramide Total Repair 5 Restoring Conditioner

Dried

I finished up by wrapping my hair in a t-shirt and leaving it that way for about an hour. While my hair was still wet I applied Cantu Shea Butter Leave-in Conditioner then sealed with L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Lustrous Oil Serum. I let my hair air-dry overnight.

In the morning the hair in the middle of my head was still very wet. So I used my blow dryer to get rid of most of the water before heading to church. My hair felt soft, decently moisturized, was smooth, and smelled great!

My hair did dry out during the week and I ended up co-washing my ends because my moisturizer wasn't cutting it. I can't say that it was a result of the L'Oreal Shampoo System, but more likely a combination of me wearing my hair almost every day and putting my leave-in on wet instead of slightly damp hair.

I'm going to use the L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil shampoo, conditioner, and serum during my next wash day and see if the results are the same. Hoping the results are even better.

Have you tried the L'Oreal Extraordinary Oil Shampoo, Conditioner, or Serum?