Do you want mayo with that?

Whilst on one of my many wanders through the magical land that is Boots, I stumbled across a brand I had previously never heard of - ORS or Organic Root Simulator. As the name suggests they specialise in haircare and have an array of products designed to make your hair shinier and stronger.

I picked up their tub of Hair Mayonnaise which was £6 for around 500g. Normally I use Aussie hair care and just a sachet of their hair mask can cost £1 for one use so I was pretty happy with my bargain.

The wording on the tub promised to "mousturise and strengthen damaged, over-processed hair". Like most girls I tend to give my hair a tough time with the curlers and straighteners and bleaching so suffer from split ends quite a lot. Anything that can help to prevent this is worth a try in my book!

The treatment has a similar texture to cake mix and whilst I couldn't put a name on the smell it's really comforting and reminds me of being a small child for some reason!

To use it, I shampooed my hair with my normal product and then squeezed out any excess moisture before applying a large scoop from the tub and working it through my hair focusing on the ends (I would advise to avoid your roots as conditioner and the like can cause your hair to become greasier).

Now the label tells you to put a plastic cap on your head to let the product develop but unfortunately it does not come with one and I forgot to pick one up. Instead, I loosely wrapped my hair in a towel. You are then told to apply heat for 15-20 mins which activates the products key ingredients (olive oil, wheat germ and egg protein). I used my hair dryer on a low heat setting but must admit my arms grew tired after 10 minutes of wafting and so just chilled in my towel for the last 5.

When I got back in the shower to rinse it off, I admit my hair felt really weird at first but as the product came away I could feel it growing silky soft in my hands and it still smelt delicious!

After all this nourishment, I probably should have towel dried as advised by the tub but I am a slave to a cheeky blow dry! My hair felt amazing and I could definitely notice a shine to it that isn't normally achieved with my everyday shampoo and conditioner.

The only thing that lets this product down in my eyes is my own laziness - having to get out of the shower to heat activate it and then get back in is a bit of a chore and we all know the worst part of a shower is turning off the hot water and stepping out into the cold! I'm not sure whether the steam generated from the shower is enough to activate the ingredients but I may well give it a try.

Apart from that, I think the hair mayo is amazing and I would definitely recommend. ORF do a few other hair treatments such as carrot oil and hair fertilizer that I'll be trying in the future, all of which are available from Boots.