Aveda Invati Review

For the past eight weeks I have been trialing the new hair care range from Aveda. It's called Invati, I've googled the meaning of Invati and one of the terms that came up was 'invigorate' which is spot on for this product.

I would even go so far as to say that these three products have pretty much given my hair a new lease of life! If you are a reader of this blog you will know that I am constantly on the look out for volume boosting, extra oomphing, hair fattening products. Some of my hair care arsenal has included Phyto shampoo, a shampoo well known at being targeted towards thinning hair. It's good, better than regular shampoo but nothing to really write home about. I've also tried pre-shampoo hair thinning busters, such as the iconic Philip Kingsley Elasticizer  again good but I wouldn't re-purchase. I have two massive drawers FULL to the brim of a whole manner of thickening, volumising products from mouse to wax you name it I've got it. I have even embarrassingly briefly considered using those disgusting hair fibers you can sprinkle on for added thickness and their thin root disguising properties but I feel that would be going a bit too far... 

I can hand on heart say I haven't used any products on my hair in these last eight weeks with the exception of the Invati shampoo, conditioner and treatment, and a bit if hairspray once hair has been styled and my goodness does my hair look so much better. I have fewer split ends, my colour has not faded AT ALL. My hair looks healthier and is easier to style but best of all it's full. If you've read other articles on this blog you will know that I have described myself as follically challenged, in fact, in another post raving about Babyliss Rollers but lamenting about my lack of lustre and I quote myself;


''I use a shampoo called PhytoVolume which I like and would recommend if you have hair like mine as it does help an iota in the volume department. Although, I have never and probably will never wash my hair with the latest hair oomphing (technical term) concoction and watch my hair magically transform before my very eyes, as let's face it, that's not likely to happen is it?! Is it?? If you know the secret please share it with me.''

See the full post here. I'm over the moon to have found a product which actually does what it says on the box! Aveda Invati is marketed at those of us with thinning hair. The shampoo is exfoliating , removes build-up and renews the scalp. It is quite liquid in consistency so be careful not to waste the product. The conditioner is thickening and restores strength, improves elasticity and reduces breakage. I just have to add in before I go any further that I have had next to no breakage since using this product, this was one of my major concerns before and did really upset me, I used to get a lot of hair loss, when washing and brushing out wet hair even though I use a tangle teaser. I would continue to use this product for the reduced breakage in itself, let alone all the other benefits I have noticed. The last product is a scalp revitalizer that should be used twice daily with 8 sprays to each side of the head and then massaged in. Now this is my only minor gripe with the Invati system; it says to use the scalp revitalizer twice daily but there is no way i could have used this in the mornings on my dry hair, it would have made it really wet and totally messed up any style that I had put in after washing, I am not one of those that can wash my hair every day and to use this in the morning would have made my hair look messy. So I decided to just use the scalp revitalizer after washing, which worked really well for me every two days. 

Aveda Invati 

All three of the products contain densiplex which is  a blend of Ayurvedic herbs, including turmeric and ginseng. The products have a lot of other ingredients derived from plants. One thing I should mention is that it does smell very herby, I can smell the turmeric quite strongly when I'm using it and I don't particularly like it but it doesn't linger on the hair and disappears once dried and styled.

I'll end the post with a few before and after shots, I hope they are testament to my glowing review, I feel my hair looks fuller, healthier and shinier since using the product and I hope you can see it looks better in the after shots. Even my husband who never usually notices my hair has mentioned that it looks nice on at least 5 different occasions! I will definitely re-purchase. Thanks Aveda for a fantastic product!

Before

Before

After

After