One of the most important conditionally essential amino acids is arginine. The human body needs it to transport nitric oxide and produce large amounts of hormones. According to reviews, L-arginine is actively involved in muscle growth, so it is often taken by professional bodybuilders. Women often consume the amino acid as an additive for losing weight and preserving their youth, because the substance helps to slow down the aging process in the body.
What does an amino acid have to do with hair? The fact is that its ability to stimulate blood supply extends to the hair follicles, due to which the healing of the hair is carried out. It is important to know that the substance has absolutely no contraindications and can be harmful only in large doses. Therefore, it is often included in various cosmetics.
Product from Elsev
Given the great benefits to the body, and hair in particular, the popular cosmetic brand could not ignore this substance and released the Strength of Arginine shampoo. Reviews about him are mostly going to positive, despite the difficult composition, but more on that later. The packaging of the product can be easily recognized by the characteristic brand style. A bottle of shampoo, balm, spray and a jar of mask are black with pink.
The product itself is also recognizable - its color is necessarily white with mother of pearl and the smell characteristic of the brand.
Varieties
Today, Elsev Power of Arginine shampoo (product reviews will be below) is presented to customers in two series. The first in addition is signed as "X3" and is intended for normal and dry hair. The composition of such products is enriched with a large number of additives and silicones, and therefore is referred to as triple strength.
The second version of "Force Arginine" is a shampoo labeled "Light". Outwardly, the product packaging differs only in a small blue stripe on which its defining feature is written. The product is intended for oily hair and is distinguished by a lightweight composition without silicones and other weighting agents.
Information from the manufacturer
According to reviews, L-arginine is needed throughout our body, so its presence in the composition of a cosmetic product is especially useful for directly affecting the problem. Elsev specialists say that the amino acid in their products penetrates the hair structure and restores it. Thus, shampoo is simply necessary for those who have damaged hair - dyed, dried with curls, split ends and so on.
But after all, restoration of the hair structure does not affect its growth rate in any way, and according to the recommendations of the manufacturers on the package, shampoo should also be used for hair loss. Here, experts also give a reasonable explanation. The fact is that the amino acid enters not only the hair shaft, but also into its follicle, which enhances blood circulation in it and, therefore, accelerates growth.
What to expect
The product "Elsev Strength of Arginine" reviews receives in most cases positive. The silkiness of the hair after the first application is especially pleasing to the girls. The triple-strength product line demonstrates such an effect especially brightly, but at the same time it makes hair heavier. When switching from other cosmetics, it is not worth using all the products from this manufacturer at once, it will be very difficult for hair. Due to the large amount in the composition of silicones, the hair is very quickly contaminated, even after using the lightened version, which contains less harmful additives. Of course, there are pluses to this situation - the hair is very smooth, shiny and not electrified.
A strong cleansing effect in some girls, on the contrary, causes the ends of the hair to dry out.
Recommendations from buyers
According to reviews, Elsev Arginin shampoo is recommended by many girls who tested it on themselves for those beauties whose hair is dry. Despite the fact that the manufacturer positions the product as an effective tool for strengthening normal hair, it is for them that the product will be too heavy. The silicones in the composition will make the hair shiny and obedient, but will relieve volume and require too frequent washing of the head.
Shampoo should never be used for oily hair, there will be no effect of cleanliness, the product will lead to the need to wash your hair at least every day, or even more often.
Here for owners of dry hair a series is just a godsend. According to reviews, “Arginine Strength” helps them get rid of the “dandelion” effect, makes their hair obedient, smooth, shiny and does not make heavier weight, namely it nourishes, as stated by the manufacturer.
Main substance
In the list of shampoo components immediately after water is sodium laureth sulfate. This means that the percentage of the remaining components of it the most. Many people know that this component is a surfactant toxic substance. Its advantages are excellent cleansing of hair from dirt and the active formation of foam, but the disadvantages are much more dangerous. The fact is that a substance is able to penetrate through the skin and mucous membranes into the body and accumulate in it with a long-term effect.
Silicones in the composition
The second most concentrated liquid in shampoo is the most popular liquid silicone - dimethicone. According to reviews, “Elsev Arginin” gives the hair an extraordinary silkiness, and this effect is achieved precisely thanks to this component. Silicone facilitates combing, makes the hair obedient, protects them from damage and forms a protective film on the skin and hairs.
It is believed that all products with this component should be washed off with fat-containing agents, since silicone cannot be removed with ordinary water.
Cleaners and Polymers
Further, according to the list of shampoo constituents, sodium chloride, which acts as a viscosity enhancer, should be noted. This substance may also be toxic in high concentrations. As a preservative, sodium benzoate is used (safe for humans). To reduce the negative effects of various surfactants in the composition, cocamidopropyl is used. This substance is produced from fats of coconut oil and is necessary in the composition to eliminate the static discharge of hair. The main effect of the substance is purification. From the same fatty acids, another component is also produced that acts as a thickener, cleaner, foam stabilizer and emulsifier. You should know that the component is also used as an anti-corrosion agent.
Sodium cocoate is obtained from a mixture of coconut acids and alkalis. It is necessary in shampoo for viscosity, moisturizing and softening the skin.
Another polymer in the composition is carbomer. It is absolutely non-toxic, according to reviews. “Arginine” gets consistency stabilization when added.
Natural ingredients
In the role of additional protection against heavy surfactants in the composition is a component obtained from guar gum. In addition, it provides firmness to the foam, makes the hair more luxuriant and makes combing easier.
Wheat protein is also a natural component. Its hydrolysis provides the ability to form a protective film on the surface of the hairs. Thus, it turns out that the hair itself is completely cut off from the environment and exists only due to its own moisture in a fixed position. Wheat protein provides the hair with nutrition.
The natural antioxidant in the composition is l-arginine.
Reviews about the amino acid are good, but in the list of components it is far from the first place, which means that it is not the main active ingredient in shampoo. In the product from Elsev, the component helps to produce collagen, improves nutrition and blood circulation in the scalp.
Small amount of components
Further to the end of the list of components are substances whose concentration is minimal. Among them you can find sodium hydroxide, used as a skin scrub, fragrances, stabilizers, preservatives, moisturizers and cleansers. These components can only be considered safe in part, since many of them in high concentrations can cause burns.
Compositions of other funds
In addition to the mass of weighting components in the shampoo, silicones are also found in additional care products - balm, mask, spray.
Of course, there are more or less useful substances in them. So, in the balm you can find "film" moisturizers that retain moisture on the surface of the hair. The mask contains a huge amount of wax, polymers and the same silicones. All of them create only the illusion of recovery and act only as long as the tool is used.
Analogs of means
Despite the fact that the reviews “Arginin” from “Elsev” in most cases are positive, some girls still try to find a less burdensome replacement for their hair, but with the same characteristics. So, according to many ratings, the best firming shampoo is the product of the German company Londa. Among the shortcomings is the high price and not so pronounced shine and smoothness, but the composition does not contain silicones, and the shampoo does not weigh down the hair.
The Schwarzkopf hair cleanser is available on the basis of silk hydrolyzate, not arginine. Reviews about it are also positive, the product perfectly preserves the shine and hair color, and also does not contain sulfates in the composition.
A good product is also released by the Vella brand. Depending on the series, in the composition you can find many useful nutritional components.
Domestic shampoo "Natura Siberica" is one of the first places in popularity ratings not only on forums, but also in online stores. According to reviews, arginine in the shampoo from Elsev does not exceed the effect of pink radiola, beeswax and Daurian soy. At the same time, hair is perfectly protected from external factors, shine and do not get dirty too quickly.
The advantage of the Elsev product over all its analogues listed above is that shampoo not only strengthens the hair structure, but also accelerates its growth. Such a complex of action has a negligible amount of cosmetics on the market, and in order to accelerate hair growth, you should look for others. In this case, shampoos have proven themselves well:
- "Horsepower";
- Allin;
- "Nature of Siberica";
- "Elf."
Analyzing their work, we can say that most of the opinions on these products are also positive. Among the minuses of some products, their high cost should be noted, but today you have to pay big money for naturalness in many areas. In addition, some of the means among their characteristics have hair strengthening. “Arginin” reviews on this subject, although it gets unambiguous, but many are sure that this effect is not achieved by restoration, but only by creating a film of silicones on the surface of the hair. And it will immediately pass after the termination of use.
Conclusion
Despite the obvious synthetic origin of most of the components of the composition of the shampoo in question, most women still say that the next time they will definitely buy it again.
This is largely due to the quick recovery effect, because the hair becomes shiny and obedient after the first application. Excellent shampoo removes static electricity, so in the cold season it becomes a real salvation for owners of dry hair.
Of course, if a lady is committed to natural ingredients, then you should not buy this shampoo. It is also contraindicated for girls with oily hair, because, no matter how the manufacturers assure, the product makes the hairstyle too heavy, completely deprives her volume and leads to rapid hair contamination.