Hi there! 🙂 This post is a long time coming! Back in December, Whitney from Macarons and Mischief (she is so lovely, please check her out!) held a contest and I won! The prize included a personalized set of Shampoo, Conditioner, and Leave-in Treatment from Elements Squared. After asking E2 if it was okay to talk about their products on my blog, they included a mini set of their shampoos to mix and play around with to create my own shampoo!
Brand Background
Before going into the product, let me expand a bit on the brand. E2 is based in Vancouver, Canada. The company was created after it was seen that the current hair care selection was lacking. Their mission presented on their website is:
Elements Squared Products Inc. aims to enhance natural beauty through our company’s philosophy of using the best natural ingredients to formulate products that are personalized to supplement every client’s needs. Currently we have used this philosophy to develop a revolutionary hair care system that is designed for hair professionals to personalize for you.
The hair care line is to be used by salons which are able to assess your hair situation and then mix accordingly. In terms of shampoo, there are 5 different bases: Detox Fire, Shiny Metal, Flexible Wood, Volume Earth, and Moisture Water.
Depending on how these bases are mixed, the end result is a personalized hair care solution. Their products are vegan, not tested on animals, gluten free, and pH balanced. See below for the full list.
Reviews
I was able to tell the people at E2 a bit more about my hair and they mixed me up a few special concoctions. 🙂 The main concerns I have about my hair is the frizz. It’s almost come to the point where I’ve accepted it as a fact of life. It’s just always there. So what surprised me the most about this hair care system was that it worked! I have not tried anything that has been able to tame my frizz better. I wouldn’t say it’s 100% gone, but MUCH better than it once was. This is not all these do. It keeps my hair light and cleans very well. You have to shake the bottles before use to ensure that all of the components are evenly distributed which was not an issue at all. I noticed that the shampoo and conditioner were a lot more liquidy then I’m used to. This as well is not an issue.
The mixture I created on my own at home (with some help from E2!) was a clarifying shampoo. I wanted something that cleaned well and removed the oil buildup. I mixed Detox Fire, Moisture Water, and Flexible Wood. I was very impressed with the results! Even though I am by no means a hair expert, I was able to create something that really worked.
After shampooing and conditioning as normal, I was also given a bottle of their Star Treatment
It is a leave-in conditioner that can be used in wet or dry hair. To tell you the truth, since using this hair care system since about late January, I have never needed to use it dry. I use it right after I rinse my hair and it works wonderfully.
One thing I did notice is that all of these products work a bit better if heat is applied. The times I used a hair drier helped leave my hair super smooth, and light.
All in all, I’m so glad that I won Whitney’s contest. I was able to experience one of the best hair care systems I’ve used. The only down side is that since I’m not in Vancouver, I have no access to it anymore. D: It will be very sad when these are empty!!
Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for reading!
11 Comments
Glad these worked out for you and enjoyed it!!! My favorite was shiny element, but I'm out of that now! 🙁
Yes they did wonderfully! Thank you again for holding the contest! Awww! Yeah I'm wondering when mine will all run out what I'll do!
Ooo these sound so neat! So sadly they don't sell them online anywhere?
Definitely! I was actually surprised that this was the first time I've heard of a company doing it. It just seems to make sense, you know? Catering hair care to fit your specific needs. Nope not to my knowledge. ;_____; They just sell through salons (in the Vancouver area).
Oh yay, Canadian company! It's a pretty neat idea allowing customers to mix their own coction but I dont know how many would really take the time to do that.
The detox and moisture would definitely be on my list.
Thank you Filomena! (Beautiful name btw!). I believe how it works is actually the salon would mix it for you. They would do the assessment and then pick which components would be best.
For me, I was just provided bottles to play around with so I did the mixing! 🙂 To tell you the truth, it wasn't too bad. I eyeballed the measurements completely and once you're done, you have the whole bottle!
Detox and moisture are my favs!
Ah, that makes more sense. I would actually like to mix my own because I'm all for DIY stuff. haha
And thank you!! I used to hate it growing up but now I love my name. ^^
I love that you can mix and match the bases to create a shampoo that's perfect for you! It's always nice finding Canadian companies that are doing it right 🙂
Yeah I found it works really well. Since my hair is very frizzy, I've had trouble with products that weight down my hair. I love that it's Canadian! 🙂
Hey I remember Whitney's post about this brand and the giveaway! Glad to hear the system works well for you. I like the idea of customized hair products: so fancy!
Yeah! I was so happy and surprised I won! 😀 I'm actually pretty surprised that more hair care companies haven't thought of doing this. No one is a 'one-size-fits-all', even concerning hair!