BEAUTY - OUAI Haircare Collection/Reviews.

I mentioned in my 2018 beauty favourites that I never used to be into haircare, I could dry my hair, straighten it and use a curling wand that was it. I didn't care about using any products because I have really oily hair so was too scared to put anything on it other than hairspray. It was only the back end of 2018 I actually got into hair products, and it was the brand OUAI that got my attention. With it's instagram worthy packaging, sleek, simple & stylish. Not to mention it's Jen Atkin's, hair stylist to the stars, haircare line. My OUAI collection is made up of 18 products, 3 repurchases and 5 of which are full size. All the others are minis from their sets which I have collected to try out more of the products.
The first product which got my attention is the 'Texturizing Hair Spray'. One of my 5 full size items (which my lovely friend bought me as my leaving present, probably to shut me up talking about it!) and I have already gone through one mini and I have another mini now on the go. I'd heard about Ouai but I had never tried it, I was in work, I had my hair wavy (for a change) and my hair needed some oomph. I headed over to the Ouai wall and it was love at first use. I knew I needed it, so I decided to buy the 'On My Ouai' set which came with a mini of the Texturizing Hair Spray (individually minis are £10). I am SO happy I decided to get this set (if its still available i'll link it below), it was £35 for 4 minis in a cute little bag which now houses all of my Ouai minis. This set led me to probably my favourite Ouai product... The 'Smooth Spray' or its new name 'Leave In Conditioner'. I have used this product every time I have dried my hair since I bought it, leading to repurchasing another mini size and I also the full size. I really did notice a difference in my hair from using this product. I used it as directed on the back, spray on your wet hair before brushing and then brush through. My hair is SO knotty, so brushing my hair when its just been taken out of the towel was a painful process, not any more thanks to this product. Plus my hair feels AMAZING when I use this, so soft and silky! (Another thing I LOVE about the brand, it has directions on the back of each product so you know how to use it if you not a hair wizz like myself). Another product in the set was the 'Dry Shampoo' now this is ok, I bought the set mainly because I was going on holiday and I wanted a mini of the texturizing hairspray and I thought a travel size dry shampoo would be perfect because I wasn't going to be washing my hair on my 3 day city break. Like I said its just ok, but great now because if I need a dry shampoo to take on any of my city breaks I now have one. An item I'm yet to use that came in the set (2 out of 18 products I've not tried yet) is the 'Treatment Masque'. I'm not a hair mask person, Im actually just really impatient and can't be bothered putting it on and waiting but I will get round to using them soon.

Id caught the Ouai bug and I wanted to try more of their products, the next set I got was the 'Morning After Kit' which included the famous 'Dry Shampoo Foam' I really wanted this product to work for me, so I tried it on a day I knew I'd be washing my hair incase it didn't work for me and thank god I did, it made my hair sooo greasy. I tried it again to give it the benefit of the doubt and the same happened, which made me question if the foam was just a bad batch. Now I will say it gave me loads of volume, so if I was ever doing a pony and I wanted a ton of volume I'd then use this. I was sad though because I do like a dry shampoo for a lazy hair day. The next product in the set which i'd seen all over social media was the 'Rose Hair and Body Oil' Im not the biggest fan of a hair oil, i'd use one every now and again when my ends were feeling super dry, but it isn't a product I would reach for every time. It smells lovely and I like that you can use it on your body too. I only use one to two pumps because I am very scared of oils because my roots are naturally very oily. I now own the full size because it was a free full size gift with purchase and I do use it (a very small amount) on my hair when its wet and when its dry if I'm having my hair sleek and straight. The last product in the set was the 'Finishing Crème' it's describes as a lotion for your hair, That smooths dry hair ends and gives your hair a lived in look. Which I am here for the texturizing products. When I received this there was probably only around 3cm of product in my tube which I was a little annoyed about because when I use this product I actually really like it but I probably don't use enough because it will run out. Honestly I do think I got an all round bad batch of the Morning After Kit because every product in it didn't wow me, my Rose Hair and Body Oil wasn't rose coloured and it was leaking all over the place, my Dry Shampoo Foam just was sticky and my Finishing Crème has hardly any product in it... hm.

The next items I purchased were the 'Three Ouai Kit'. This set is £25 and includes 3 minis and 6 'wave clips' which I just use to get my hair off my face or for separating my hair when drying/styling it, and the 'Anti - Frizz Hair Sheets'. The first mini in the Three Ouai Kit is the 'Dry Texture Foam' like I said I'm here for anything that gives my hair texture. I was very hesitant to use this as I had not the best time with the last foam, but this product gave me piecey texture and made my hair look like the good kinda bed head. It said that it would feel like there was no product in my hair and it's weightless and that's correct, I do really like this product. Next in the set is was the 'Volume Spray'. This product is raved about and the full size sold out everywhere! Its a product that you spray onto your roots before drying, so naturally me and my oily roots were very nervous but I thought lets give it a go, I have really flat, heavy, thick hair which really lacks volume. I used it as directed and dried my hair and I wasn't blown away, I didn't notice anything until I had finished doing my hair and I was brushing through it and my hair bounced! It worked, AND my roots didn't feel or look greasy! I was still a little bit undecided on the product so I used it a few times and I can say it definitely gives my hair volume. This product runs out quite fast, and I did manage to get my hands of a mini version of it without having to buy a set (if I had to get a set to get this product I would have..). My third repurchase from Ouai and I will be purchasing the full size when it comes back (Ouai say is being made better).  The last product in the set is the award winning 'Wave Spray'. I tried it and im not going to lie, im not a fan. I think this product is more for a person who lets their hair air dry and I can't do that. I put it in my hair and scrunched as directed (which worked, it gave natural waves) but once i'd dried my hair it felt sticky, heavy and full of product. I did see someone on instagram using this once they had curled their hair with a wand which I tried and again not blown away. I will try this product again before I make a final decision but I do feel like it's not one for me. The next item I bought in the Ouai Haul that day was the 'Anti-Frizz Hair Sheets'. The idea of these made me so excited! At the top of my head (I think the proper wording is the crown of my head) I have lots of little sticky up broken strands of hair which drive me crazy! These come in a little box and are individually in little sachets, so you can chuck them into your bag and use on the go. It says a few swipes and hair is left shiny, smooth and free from flyaways. Everyone's dream. I used one for the first time the other day. When I opened the packet and unfolded the sheet I had a little moment of panic when I felt how oily the sheet was, I thought it was going to make my hair slimy and greasy straight away. I again did as the directions said on the back, it got most of my fly a way and broken sticky up ends down but I didn't think anything special. It was only a few hours later when I looked at my hair and I really noticed that there were only a few stray hairs and my hair didn't look or feel greasy, it actually looked fresh (it was only day old hair but my hair is ready for washing within 24 hours, very annoying...) I will probably have to use them a few more times to really know how I feel but so far so good.
Another on of my full size products is the 'Volumizing Hair Spray', like is said anything that gives texture and volume. I've not used this a lot but when I have used it I've noticed it does what it says on the can, its also light weight and none sticky which is a bonus and gives instant volume.
The last product in my Ouai collection (certainly won't be my last) is the NEW 'Hair & Body Shine Mist'. This product has diamond powder in it, and the can is Rose Gold which is the main reason I bought it other than the fact its Ouai. Ive tried it on both hair and body, and it never looks like the girls on the Ouai instagram, which it never will because its a £25 spray and I use it very sparsely! I'm not a fan of the smell but I will use it a few more times and maybe use more. Also a point that's good to know I saw on Ouai's instagram that the product shows up best in the sun. I don't live in a very sunny country so maybe when the sun comes out I will see how the product actually works!

Thats all for my collection/reviews, I hope you found it helpful if you were thinking about trying the brand out. There are so many products im yet to try from Ouai and im always waiting for them to bring out new products and not to mention new minis because everyone loves a mini beauty product!

Products on my OUAIdar are; 
(everything I've not already tried..) 
- Scalp & Body Scrub. 
- Memory Mist.

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On My Ouai Kit - http://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/ouai-on-my-ouai-kit_334-3003948-819/?cm_mmc=PPC-_-DSA-_-all-_-&&cm_mmc=PPC-_-DSA-_-all-_-NA&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnY_jBRDdARIsAIEqpJ2TyCbTgi5rV_fRKi_2y12kppOds2tdT_kgvfpLSg-JJXAD8I-MBZ4aAsBgEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Three Ouai Kit - https://theouai.co.uk/products/three-ouai-kit
All The Ouai Up Kit - https://theouai.co.uk/products/all-the-ouai-up-kit
Texturizing Hair Spray - https://theouai.co.uk/products/texturizing-hair-spray
Volumizing Hair Spray - https://theouai.co.uk/products/volumizing-hair-spray
Rose Hair and Body Oil - https://theouai.co.uk/products/rose-hair-body-oil
Anti Frizz Hair Sheets - https://theouai.co.uk/products/anti-frizz-hair-sheets
Finishing Crème - https://theouai.co.uk/products/finishing-creme
NEW Hair & Body Shine Mist - https://theouai.co.uk/products/hair-and-body-shine-mist
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