Friday, September 01, 2006




Leonor Greyl: Euro Hair Care

As we mentioned in an earlier piece about our impressive new T3 Tourmaline Featherlight Hair Dryer, we have a vested interested in our hair. Then again, who doesn’t? Right now we’re using a new product featured at the Showtime Emmy Suites. So far, so good.

We have a couch that Brad Pitt allegedly custom-ordered and then decided he didn’t want and now we’re using the hair products that he allegedly uses.

Here’s the 411 on this brand that’ll soon get full exposure in the U.S.

Leonor Greyl received the Prize of Excellence by Marie Claire in 1999 for the brand, the Prize of Consumers and the Cosmetic News Oscar given by the professionals in the same year. Leonor Greyl offers hair treatments containing natural ingredients, delicate aromas and plant extracts

These are the Leonor Greyl products we’re using right now

Leonor Greyl - Bain TS (Balances Oily Scalp & dry ends)

Balancing shampoo for oily scalp dry ends. It’s functional without any specific curative action. BAIN TS has been created in order to rid the scalp of sebum excess and normalize hair without damaging it. The vegetal extracts contain and soothe all irritations caused by foaming agents and reduce excessive perspiration. This usually causes an increase of the sebum deposit on the hair. In case of a very oily scalp also use the treatment Concentré Energétique

-Shampoo for oily to very oily hair
-Balancing shampoo for oily scalp and dry ends
-Ensures hygiene of the scalp without damaging the hair.
-Reconditions damaged ends.
-Gives volume

How to use: Use as a shampoo but in small quantities (10 ml per shampoo). Net Weight: 7 oz. Ingredients: Vegetal extracts: wheat germ oil, lime and chamomile for their soothing properties, and yeast for it’s antiseborrheic properties, Anionic washing agents, Cationic conditioning agents $25

Leonor Greyl - Creme Regeneratrice (For dry hair & split ends)

Conditioner for very dry damaged hair. Instantly treats dry or sensitive hair. The seaweed extracts help in untangling. The film forming proteins fix themselves to the hair's keratin, giving back shine and helping in styling.

Untangles, softens and helps the styling.
Gives back shine.
Covers the hair with a natural protective film.
Does not weigh the hair down.

How to use: Apply on moist, clean hair after the shampoo or treatment. Apply a small amount of product to the lengths and ends. For untangling the hair, leave in for 3 minutes and rinse well.
Net Weight: 3.5 oz. Ingredients: Copra, Seaweed extracts , Vegetal extracts, Lanolin, Film forming proteins $30.00 pad

Leonor Greyl - Huile de Palme (For Dry Hair, protects from sun & water)

Waterproof protection at the beach. Hair softening treatment for sensitive or dry hair, damaged by tinting, bleaching, perms or straightening. Softens the hair, gives shine and easy styling. Waterproof protection at the beach. Hair softening treatment for sensitive or dry hair, damaged by tinting, bleaching, perms or straightening. Softens the hair, gives shine and easy styling.

How to use: Cover the full length of hair with a small amount of product before a shampooing or a desired treatment. Extend it to the ends with a brush.

As A Protection In Sea Water Or At The Pool
After recreational bathing, wash out the product with Douceur Végétale or Shampoo au Miel for normal hair. Use the Crème aux Fleurs if your hair is dry or sensitive.

As A Softening Treatment
Use Crème aux Fleurs on dry hair. In this case, apply a pearl of Huile de Palme in your hands and apply to the lengths and ends, then brush.
When the brush passes easily, apply Crème aux Fleurs strip by strip at the scalp.
Massage to thoroughly spread the product.
Leave in for 15 minute, then massage through hair again.
Emulsify with a small quantity of water.
Repeat the operation until you have a foaming effect and rinse thoroughly.
Crème aux Fleurs is a washing cream, and it replaces shampoo.

As A Treatment For Dry To Very Dry Hair
Apply on dry hair to the lengths and ends and leave in for 15 minutes. Then rinse with the shampoo appropriate to your hair type.

Net Weight: 3.2 oz. Ingredients: Copra oil, Jojoba oil, Vegetal oils $32

Image Center: BeansTalk Associate Editor Andrea Goodwin and Greyl's Theresa Darling, whose showing her the Greyl Huile, which BeansTalk has used quite a bit already. Photo: BeansTalk