L'Oreal Paris Total Repair Damage Erasing Balm

Recently my hair has just been unmanageable, very dry and extremely damaged.

I didn't really realize how unmanageable or damaged my hair was until I tried to shoot a hair tutorial and it was virtually impossible to get my hair to behave.

My normal reaction when my hair gets to this point is to just cut it off, but since I am a bride-to-be with dreams of having long wavy hair at my wedding, cutting my hair off at his moment is not an option.

Instead, I decided a deep conditioning treatment was in order.

To be honest, I did very little research about which deep conditioning treatment would work best for my hair (very unlike me, I am the research queen. I don't buy anything without reading a review or two...or ten) and I just grabbed whatever I found at the store.

I happened to grab the L'Oreal Paris Advanced Haircare Total Repair 5 Damage Erasing Balm. 

The Erasing Balm's claim is that it "repairs up to one year of damage in 1 use. Both powerful and luxurious, the balm instantly repairs the 5 signs of damage – split ends, weakness, roughness, dullness, and dehydration".

Did it completely repair my hair after 1 use? No. It did make it more manageable and softer but my hair was still dry and dull.

BUT after two uses I can honestly say that my hair is as close to normal/repaired as it can be. My hair is sooo soft, manageable, hydrated and shiny. My split ends are 100% less noticeable.

My hair is so nice now I can't stop touching it.
  

Here are before and after shots.

Before

After

In the before picture all I did was washed my hair and then I dried it with a blow dryer when it was about 80% dry. 

In the after picture all I did was wash my hair normally and add a huge dollop of the Balm. After brushing the Balm through my hair I put my hair in a shower cap and wrapped the shower cap in a towel. Next, I went and sat outside for about 15 minutes for some natural heat from the sun. (Adding heat to the Balm helps it penetrate your hair cuticles better. You could use your blow dryer to add heat but the sun works just as well and doesn't rack up your electricity bill). After the 15 minutes was up I went inside and rinsed my hair. When my hair was about 80% dry I dried it with my blow dryer. 
 

Pros:
  Price. I think I paid $6.99.
  It works!

The Erasing Balm itself is thick and an off yellow color.

Con: (and this is being very picky)

   Smell. It is a little too flowery for me. I prefer my spa products to smell minty.
   Contrary to the claim, it did take two uses to get the great results I got. 

I definitely recommend this deep conditioner and I would buy it again in a heartbeat.

*This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own.