Picture this: you're into trying new hair care products since none of the drugstore ones have ever provided truly impressive results on your tresses. Of course you're intrigued by the more expensive ones as there's motive to inquire if they're actually worth investing more money into. Kérastase is one of those brands which name pops out as their products get much more praise than they do receive criticism overall. Then you opt for one of their hair masks, anxiously await its arrival and when it does get delivered – you are pretty much shocked to note the ingredients list. Truth be told, ingredients were easy to look up online prior to purchase but still – alcohol at the second place? More alcohol, glycerin… Things don't seem promising at this point. Then you start to think that you've paid that much money for an overpriced regular L'Oreal hair mask from the drugstores + the fancy packaging. Yup, Kérastase is part of the L'Oreal fam. Sheesh. But then something miraculous happens – you use the mask and it actually does something amazing to your hair. To be honest, I thought my mind was playing tricks on me, trying to subliminally justify the pricy splurge. However, after two full months of use I can safely and confidently say that this, my friends, is indeed the best darn hair mask my hair has ever been treated to! I have no idea how the poor ingredents list managed to perform this well in real life but the Kérastase Nutritive Nutri-Thermique Masque 200ml (£24.25 via feelunique.com) is one of the biggest positive surprises yet! Packaging-wise, do I need to mention how gorgeous this mask looks? I appreciate that it comes in a box and the tub indeed looks expensive. I like that there's a protective cap under the lid and I adore the scent of this mask (surprisingly). It smells like those classic floral French perfumed soaps – it's a scent that you'll either love or hate, to be honest. It's one of those scents that make me think of professional hair salons and it's rather strong, plus it makes hair smell of it for days after use.
Zamislite ovo: zainteresovane ste da isprobate novitete glede njege kose posto nista iz drogerijskog ranga nije pruzilo neki poseban efekat na vasu kosu. Naravno da stidljivo promatrate neke skuplje opcije posto znatizelja cini svoje i zelimo znati vrijedi li uistinu uloziti vise novca u takvo nesto. Kérastase je neizbjezan brend ako vam se ovakve misli motaju po glavi i brend koji je primamjliv posto je znatno vise pozitivnih u odnosu na negativne dojmove glede njihovih proizvoda. Potom zamislite da ste se odlucile za jednu masku za kosu, narucile ste je, nestrpljivo ocekujete da stigne i kada je napokon isporucena na vas kucni prag – sokirate se nakon pregleda liste sastojaka. Ruku na srce, sastojci se trebaju provjeriti online prije kupovine ali opet… Alkohol na visokom drugom mjestu? Jos alkohola, glicerin… Stvari ne izgledaju bas obecavajuce. Potom pocnete razmisljati da li ste trebale uopste kupovati ovaj proizvod, sve se vise cini kako ste izdvojili previse novca za precijenjenu masku koja nije nista do lijepo upakovana standardna L'Oreal maska za kosu iz lokalnog dm-a. Ooo da, Kérastase je i dio L'Oreal porodice. Divno. Kada situacija djeluje beznadezno, desava se nesto nevjerovatno – pocnete koristiti nesretnu masku i jasno je da cini divne stvari vasoj kosi. Na pocetku sam pomislila da ne pocinjem podsvjesno iznalaziti opravdanja za kupovinu maske ali ne – nakon vise od dva mjeseca koristenja mogu sa sigurnoscu i samopouzdanjem reci kako je ova maska, moje drage prijateljice, najbolja maska kojom sam ikada tretirala svoju kosu! Ne znam kako je uopste moguce da proizvod sa prilicno losom listom sastojaka napravi bas ovako drastican preokret u stvarnosti ali je Kérastase Nutritive Nutri-Thermique maska za kosu 200ml (cca 65KM kupljena preko feelunique.com) jedno od najvecih pozitivnih iznenadjenja do sada! Sto se tice pakovanja, zar je potrebno isticati koliko je lijepo? Dopada mi se sto je maska upakovana u kutiju (nema ostecenja na samoj plastici) i sto se zastitni poklopac nalazi ispod originalnog poklopca. Dopada mi se i miris ove maske koji me podsjeca na klasicne francuske mirisljave sapune cvijetnih nota. Ovo je miris koji cete voljeti ili ne. Podsjeca me i na profesionalne proizvode kakvi se koriste u frizerskim salonima ali miris je zaista jak – ne znam da li ce se to dopasti svima. U svakom slucaju, kosa mi danima mirise po njemu nakon koristenja.
Kérastase Nutritive Nutri-Thermique Masque is a deep conditioning masque for dry, sensitised hair with recurring dryness that is heat activated for intense nourishment. My hair is rather fine with oily roots and dry ends. It's not colored but is frizz-prone so I needed this mask to intensely nourish it (without weighing it down) and to eliminate frizz whilst making the ends look shapely. This mask promised a complete and intense nutrition from root to tip, to lock nourishment deep into the fibre and to offer thermal insulation. It should (under the effect of heat) intensely nourish the hair and make it durably soft and shiny whilst protecting it from the recurring drying-out process. It contains Dosage Gluco-Active (optimal dosage of glucose, proteins and lipids for complete nutrition from root to tip), Thermo-reactive polymer (creates a 3-D network locking nourishing elements deep inside the fibre), Ceramic (known for its refractory properties and acts as a thermal insulator) and Xylose (acts as an insulator to provide anti-dryness protection under heat). This creamy yet interestingly fluffy white colored mask of a pearlescent sheen has done pretty much everything it promised! Despite the fine texture of my hair, it hasn't made the ends too heavy but it has given such a strong – the strongest boost to my hair out of all products I own! This mask separates conditioners from masks, just as it's supposed to be! I for one cannot use it all the time as it's so potent – it wouldn't weigh my hair down but it makes it too silky and too smooth to the point that every hair band simply slides off it! My hair is naturally shiny but this mask amps up the shine to crazy levels and tangles? There are none – any hair brush or even the old-school comb slides through my hair as it was a knife slicing through butter. I think dry, coarse hair would also lurve this mask! You can use it during night as a leave-in and that way it gives the best performance. It also does everything above if you just apply it to freshly washed hair and leave it just for a minute – it's one strong hair mask, I'll tell you that! You also don't need much as it distributes well. I like to rinse it out with warm water but doing so with cool water never made its performance be any less impressive. If you were considering getting this mask – there isn't anything to think about! Get it – go, go, go! Would I repurchase it? Hell yeah!
Kérastase Nutritive Nutri-Thermique maska za kosu je maska intenzivnog djelovanja koja je namijenjena za suhu, osjetljivu kosu sklonu isusivanju a svojstva ove maske se aktiviraju pod utjecajem topline. Moja kosa je tanka, masnog korijena i suhih vrhova. Nije ofarbana ali je sklona naelektrisanju tako da sam ocekivala da mi ova maska pruzi dubinsku njegu (bez otezavanja kose) te da eliminise naelektrisanje krajeva kojima bi podarila i oblikovan izgled. Maska obecava kompletnu i intenzivnu njegu od korijena do vrhova, da ‘zakljuca’ hranljive sastojke duboko u vlasima kose ali i da pruzi termalnu zastitu (od npr. fena za susenje kose). Pod utjecajem topline bi formulacija maske trebala da nahrani vlasi, omeksa kosu na duge staze i zastiti je od vanjskih utjecaja. Formulacija je obogacena Dosage Gluco-Active sastojkom (optimalna doza glukoze, proteina i lipida za kompletnu nahranjenost vlasi), termalno-reaktivni polimer (stvara 3-D mrezu koja ‘zarobi’ sve nutrijente u vlasi), Ceramic (sastojak poznat po svojstvima refrakcije i ponasa se kao toplinski izolator) i Xylosa ( ponasa se kao izolator kako bi zastitio kosu od isusivanja pod utjecajem toplote). Ova kremasta no interesantno i vlaknasto/pjenasta maska bijele boje i bisernog odsjaja cini prilicno sve ono sto i tvrdi. Uprkos tankoj vlasi moje kose i hranljivosti same maske ona je ipak nije otezala ali je istovremeno pruzila dosta jak efekat – mozda i najintenzivniji od svih maski i regeneratora koje sam do sada isprobala! Ova maska u pravom smislu rijeci razdvaja kategoriju maske i regeneratora za kosu (kako vjerujem da i treba biti). Licno je ne bih mogla koristiti cesto posto je toliko ‘mocna’ – ne zato sto bi mi umastila kosu vec zato sto je toliko zagladi da svaka gumica sa kose sklizne odmah po vezanju u rep! Moja kosa je prirodno sjajna no ova maska je cini jos sjajnijom a petljanje kose? Uopste ne postoji jer svaka cetka i cesalj kroz kosu nakon njenog koristenja klize poput noza kroz puter. Mislim da bi suha i gusta kosa pogotovo pronasla spas u ovom proizvodu! Mozete masku koristiti kao leave-in tretman preko noci i ujutro oprati kosu – takvo koristenje pruza najjaci efekat. Isto tako ce kosu obnoviti i ako je stavite na krajeve svjeze oprane kose pa cak i na minutu – toliko je jaka. Takodjer je nije kolicinski potrebno mnogo. Volim je isprati toplom vodom ali ni ispiranje hladnom vodom nije umanjilo njene performanse. Ukoliko se premisljate oko njene kupovine – zasto se uopste premisljate? Slobodno je sebi nabavite. Da li bih je ja ponovo kupila? Da, definitivno bih.
