Philip Kingsley Elastisizer: The Holy Grail for blondes.

As a natural brunette, any sort of product containing bleach is bound to damage my hair. About a year and a half ago I decided to get blonde highlights, just to lift the colour of my dark brown hair and make it more 'summery'. Gradually over time I have been getting more and more, and am now a fully-fledged blonde, the only downside being I now only own about three strands of hair.

Until about a year ago I had never bought a single hair product. (Apart from shampoo and conditioner, which don’t count) It wasn’t until I saw a tweet by Abbey Clancy urging all bleached blondes to invest in Philip Kingsley's 'Elastisizer'. I did a little research, and discovered that it had won the title of 'best deep conditioning treatment' for the past two years in a row. Although it was a little on the expensive side I bit the bullet and bought some. (£27.50/ 150ml) It works differently to the majority of other treatments, as you use it before you shampoo, as opposed to afterwards.

The instructions say to apply a small amount to the whole head, leave for around 30 minutes, then continue to shampoo and condition as normal. By looking at the tiny tub of treatment, and the length of my locks, I presumed I would use it all up in about three applications, but I couldn't be more wrong. I used just a little more than the size of a 50p and worked it through my hair from root to tip. The product comes with a plastic shower cap to wrap your hair in whilst the 'Elastisizer' works its magic, but a lot of the reviews I read recommended to use a warm towel to retain the heat and 'encourage the ingredients to penetrate.



During

After washing and drying my hair as normal, I could notice a difference straight away. I found it a lot easier to brush my hair, and found less hair was snapping off as I did so. I continued to use the product once a week for a month (as suggested for blondes with extremely dry and damaged hair) and have noticed my hair feels a lot stronger and looks visibly thicker and healthier. And the best part is, I haven't even used half of the tub yet! Definitely a product I will be repurchasing.



Before and After

Thank-you Abbey!