A woman’s hair is her crown 👸: her pride and glory, so it is impossible to ignore hair when pursuing health and beauty. Since I have curly ethnic hair, dryness, breakage, and frizz can be a big problem, but I have found solutions to these problems: One of the solutions is hair gel.
Hair gel can moisturize the hair, set the style to help prevent and reduce breakage, and reduce frizz. However, not all hair gels were created equal, and not all of them will work well for everyone. So, I plan to review all of the hair gels that I purchased for you all.
Today, I will review the Eco Style Professional Olive Oil Styling Hair Gel with max 10 hold that is suppose to be for all hair types.
What Does The Eco Style Professional Olive Oil Styling Hair Gel Claim To Do?
This hair gel claims to:
- Suit all hair types
- Moisturize hair and scalp
- Tame frizz
- Not flake or itch
- Give maximum 10 hold
- Be weightless
- Leave hair shiny
The Eco Style Professional Olive Oil Styling Hair Gel contains a small ingredient list of 12 ingredients. It is made with glycerin, hydrolyzed wheat protein, and olive fruit oil. This hair gel does have a perfume scent.
This hair gel is made in the U.S. and I purchased it for less than $8 on Amazon. I got a huge tub of product that is 32 fl ounces, 946 ml. The price and amount of product that you get are excellent, so this is a very inexpensive hair product 💵.
Results When Blow-Dried
I used the Eco Style Professional Olive Oil Styling Hair Gel after washing my hair. I applied one leave-in conditioner to my hair, and then I brushed my hair with the Denman Brush to evenly distribute the leave-in conditioner. Next, I applied the Eco Style Hair Gel and brushed it through my hair using the Denman Brush to make sure that every strand was coated with the gel. I then blow-dried my hair for ten minutes while it was in two side braids.
I used this hair gel before and the results came out frizzy and terrible, so I dried my hair longer this time. I normally blow dry my hair for five minutes while it is in braids to help the hair gel set and be dry by morning, but when I did this with the Eco Style Hair Gel, the hair was still wet in the morning and frizzed. I hated how it looked, so I decided to try a different styling method the second time. This time, I blow-dried my hair for ten minutes. Unfortunately, this hair gel was still not dry by morning even though I slept for about eight hours. So, this hair gel does take longer to dry than other gels I have tried and the formula is quite thick.
I also noticed that as I released the braids and ran my fingers through the still wet hair to try to get rid of the part down the middle, my hair started showing signs of developing frizz, so I quickly stopped and just clipped my hair and let it air dry the rest of the day. My hair did seem dry after a few more hours. So, on my fine hair, this hair gel is too thick and it takes way too long to dry. This is a gel that needs to fully dry first in order to prevent frizz. Since I stopped running my fingers through my hair, it did not come out as frizzy this time as it did before, but there was still some frizz. So, you do need to be careful how you apply and style your hair with this hair gel.
This is how my hair looked with this hair gel
This is what my hair looks like when there is little to no frizz in it
You can see from the pictures that this hair gel does leave me with some frizz.
Once my hair dried, it felt soft and I did like how it came out, but it did not look quite as thick as it normally does when I use other hair gels to lock my curls in place, so this hair gel is on the heavier side and it will weigh your hair down a bit more than some other hair gels out there. Perhaps it is the olive oil in the hair gel that weighs the hair down because olive oil is really heavy on the hair. Coconut oil is better if you do not want your hair to be so weighed down since it is lighter. Thus, if you want a more light weight hair gel, you may want to try the Eco Style Coconut Oil Hair Gel, which I think I might have liked much more if I styled my hair this way with it.
Results When Hair Was Left To Air-Dry
I liked my hair far better when it was left to air-dry. With this method, I did not use a hair dryer on it at all. My hair had little to no frizz in it this way and I absolutely loved how beautiful it looked! The only issue I had with this method was that this hair gel still took a really long time to dry, at least 12 hours, but my hair looked as thick as it normally does. Thus, if you do not mind the extra drying time, this hair gel is totally worth it!
In winter, you may want to opt for other hair gels because you should not leave your hair wet for so many hours since you could catch a cold. In the summer though, I can definitely see myself reaching for this hair gel a lot.
Here is how my hair looked with this Eco Style Hair Gel when air-dried without heat
One thing that I do want to mention is that I had to concentrate more of this hair gel on my ends because I saw frizz developing on them, so even if you brush the Eco Style Hair Gel through your hair, make sure that you run over each section with your fingers to see if you missed any spots or to look for areas that may be frizzing. Add more of the hair gel to those areas so that your hair is not frizzy after it dries.
Lastly, since air-drying and blow-drying got such different results, how you style your hair with a product truly does matter; this truly does make a huge difference, so I recommend trying out a hair product in different ways/using different methods as I did here to see if one method works better for you than others.
Does The Eco Style Hair Gel Do What It Claims To Do?
- Does the Eco Style Hair Gel suit all hair types? – Yes and no. I do not think this hair gel suits all hair types when combined with heat because of how heavy and thick it was on my fine hair. Thus, I think this hair gel works better with heat for people who have thicker hair. When letting your hair air-dry though, I do think it will better suit all hair types.
- Does the Eco Style Hair Gel moisturize the hair and scalp? – Yes, it does. This hair gel moisturized my hair. When it comes to my scalp, all I care about is that it is free of buildup, clean, and bug-free, so I did not check to see if my scalp was moisturized after using it.
- Does the Eco Style Hair Gel tame frizz? – Yes and no. I think this hair gel will tame frizz only if it fully dries on your hair before you touch it. If you touch it before it fully dries, you will get some frizz.
- Does the Eco Style Hair Gel flake or itch? – No, this hair gel does not fake or itch.
- Does the Eco Style Hair Gel give maximum 10 hold? – Yes and no. Once this hair gel dried, the style was held, but I would not call it maximum hold because the hair still moved freely. It was more of a natural hold and finish.
- Is the Eco Style Hair Gel weightless? – Yes and no. Since this hair gel weighed my hair down and made it look a bit less thick when mixed with heat, I do not feel that this hair gel is weightless when heat is involved. When there is no heat, I feel that this hair gel is weightless.
- Does the Eco Style Hair Gel leave hair shiny? – Yes, it does. I have never seen a hair gel that did not add shine to my hair, and this one is no exception. My hair does look shinier with this hair gel.
Final Thoughts
Even though I did not like my hair all that much when mixed with heat while using the Eco Style Professional Olive Oil Styling Hair Gel, I still liked this product overall for two reasons: My hair came out fabulous when air-dried and you get a lot of product for a great price. Thus, I do definitely recommend this hair gel. I would avoid mixing heat with this hair gel if you have fine hair though. In the wintertime, it also does not make sense to leave your hair to air-dry for a long time, so during winter, I would recommend opting for a different hair gel. All in all, I really do like this hair gel, and I can see why it is so popular with many Black beauty bloggers!
