Liese Smooth Hair Cocktail

Review by Mochii:

This is a review on the Liese Smooth Hair Cocktail (140ml) which promises to detangle and provide hydration for the hair. Liese is one of the brands under KAO, which basically markets a range of Japanese products.

Liese Smooth Hair Cocktail is a bi-layer detangler treatment that contains the following:

1) Repairing Water that instantly hydrates hair.

2) Moisture Milk that locks in moisture and coats hair smoothly for easy combing.

Housed in a cute pink bottle with a darker pink cap, the Liese Smooth Hair Cocktail definitely stood out in the Watsons store and caught my eye. Pretty packaging is definitely my weakness and we all know Japanese brands have no lack of cute & pretty packaging.

The instructions are to shake the bottle to mix the 2 layers of liquid and spray onto the hair. Shoulder length hair would require about 10 pumps of hair mist. I have really long hair that almost reaches my waist so I used approximately 17 sprays.  The scent is absolutely amazing, smells like berries and peaches (note: Mochii adores fruity scents), so this product makes your hair smell heavenly. Good to use after a meal at the coffee shop to rid the hair of those awful food smells. 

By the way, just for background, I have really dry and tangled hair, no thanks to more than 12 years of hair colouring. L I have tried numerous hair treatment products, leave-in conditioners, hair oil, hair masks, hydrating hair sprays… you name it. Well, actually I must say that none of the products I tried helped to “cure” my dry & damaged hair, but they do provide a temporary relief. Even expensive salon treatments usually only work for me for about 2 weeks, then the smoothness of the hair (especially the from shoulder onwards) disappears and the dry & detangled hair happily settles it and refuses to budge.

Well, Liese Smooth Hair Cocktail doesn’t exactly do wonders to my already pathetic hair condition, but it does help to detangle rather well. I usually spray the product a few times (4x or 5x) to the tangled area and then use my fingers to comb through my hair to detangle it. Sadly, the hydration function isn’t great, my hair only looks hydrated for a mere 15 mins after using the cocktail and its back to original state. But well, its probably due to my super dry hair which doesn't seem to absorb moisture well. Nevertheless, definitely a thumbs up for the detangling function.

This product would be suitable for ladies with normal to slightly dry hair. Gals with super dry and/or damaged hair (sigh, ME) would have to resort to heavier hair oils for more hydration. Nevertheless, still a great product if you need a detangler solution which provides mild hydration and doubles up as a hair fragrance.

I am partial to that sweet peaches & berries scent and that oh-so-pretty bottle, so this gets a 4/5 rating from me.