LA MER
The Renewal Oil
face neck body hair oil
LA MER
face neck body hair oil
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Take the hair assessmentLa Mer’s dual-phase Renewal Oil elixir blends Miracle Broth™ and sea-sourced actives, unleashing a wave of activity to infuse skin with the look of youth - emerging lines and wrinkles look softened and skin feels firmer. Miracle Broth™ helps support skin’s natural repair allowing the skin’s natural barrier to feel more resilient for skin that is hydrated. Soft and ultra-smooth, skin glows with new vitality. Aromatic and soothing, The Renewal Oil enriches everywhere it is applied, creating the possibility of infinite bespoke skincare rituals.
Written from the ingredient list. Where it describes how a formula behaves, that is inferred from what the ingredients are and where they sit in the list, not measured.
The Renewal Oil is a oil from LA MER, aimed at coily hair, curly hair and coarse hair. On the evidence of its ingredient list, the formula works on shine, frizz control and moisture. The ingredients doing most of that work are Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Dimethicone and Caprylic/capric Triglyceride. The list runs to 70 ingredients, 21 of which carry a role we recognise for hair.
The oils and film-formers sit high enough in the list that the formula reads as rich — good for coarse, dry or very porous hair, and the kind of thing that can flatten fine hair. It contains Dimethicone, Trisiloxane and Phenyl Trimethicone. Silicones smooth the cuticle and cut frizz on contact; they are also what a clarifying wash is for, because they do not rinse out with a mild shampoo. The formula leans to moisture rather than protein.
For the scalp itself the formula carries Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract and Caffeine. On an oily scalp the richer ingredients here can read as greasy at the roots.
Several ingredients here stay on the hair between washes — Dimethicone, Trisiloxane and Phenyl Trimethicone — so on low-porosity or fine hair this is a formula that will want a clarifying wash from time to time. For low porosity the formula is on the heavy side — it can sit on top rather than absorb.
It is a finishing step, applied last on damp or dry lengths. Gently shake to blend the formula. Sweep 3 to 5 drops over face and neck morning and evening, then follow with your La Mer regime. Massage this nourishing formula into hair, cuticles and dry areas of the body as needed.
Nothing in this formula is aimed at protein & strength, oil control, volume / lightweight and curl definition — not a fault, just the shape of what is in the bottle, and the reason one product rarely covers a whole routine. No ingredient here is one we recognise as supporting hair growth. Reducing breakage and growing hair are different things, and this formula's evidence is for the first.
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Read from the formula's weight, its build-up and its protein — not from a claim on the packaging.
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Not what this one is for
Nothing in this formula is one we recognise as supporting hair growth. Reducing breakage and growing hair are different claims.
Sulfate-free.
Contains silicones that do not rinse out with a mild shampoo — smoothing, but they need clarifying eventually.
Estimated from which ingredients are present and how high they sit in the list, not measured.
Reads as a rich formula.
High build-up potential.
Inferred from the formula's weight, humectants and protein.
Cuticles are tight; moisture penetrates poorly.
Cuticles are moderately open; moisture is absorbed well.
Cuticles are open; moisture absorbs fast but is also lost rapidly.
Does not fit the method.
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"Free from" is only claimed when every ingredient on the label resolved to one we know.
No ingredient in this formula is flagged in our pregnancy database. That is not medical advice — ask your doctor about anything you are unsure of.
Declared fragrance allergens: PARFUM, HEXYL CINNAMAL, LINALOOL, AMYL CINNAMAL, GERANIOL, LIMONENE, CITRAL, BENZYL BENZOATE, COUMARIN, CITRONELLOL.
One ingredient usually does several jobs, so these counts add up to more than the list length.
21 of 70 ingredients carry a role we recognise for hair.
LIMNANTHES ALBA SEED OIL, DIMETHICONE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, WATER, TRISILOXANE, PRUNUS AMYGDALUS DULCIS OIL, SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS SEED OIL, POLYDECENE, HYDROGENATED POLYDECENE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, PROPANEDIOL, GLYCERIN, ALGAE EXTRACT, BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS SEED OIL, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED OIL, SESAMUM INDICUM SEED OIL, EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS LEAF OIL, CAMELINA SATIVA SEED OIL, OXYCOCCUS PALUSTRIS SEED OIL, OLEA EUROPAEA FRUIT OIL, HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES OIL, MEDICAGO SATIVA SEED POWDER, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEEDCAKE, PRUNUS AMYGDALUS DULCIS SEED MEAL, SODIUM GLUCONATE, COPPER GLUCONATE, CALCIUM GLUCONATE, MAGNESIUM GLUCONATE, ZINC GLUCONATE, TOCOPHERYL SUCCINATE, NIACIN, SESAMUM INDICUM SEED POWDER, LAMINARIA OCHROLEUCA EXTRACT, LAMINARIA SACCHARINA EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED ALGIN, SEA WHIP EXTRACT, CHLORELLA VULGARIS EXTRACT, SALICORNIA HERBACEA EXTRACT, SIGESBECKIA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT, LAMINARIA DIGITATA EXTRACT, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF EXTRACT, MAGNOLIA OFFICINALIS BARK EXTRACT, YEAST, CRITHMUM MARITIMUM EXTRACT, COMMIPHORA MUKUL RESIN EXTRACT, CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA PEEL EXTRACT, MOLASSES, SUCROSE, ACETYL HEXAPEPTIDE-8, ACETYL GLUCOSAMINE, CAFFEINE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, TETRAHEXYLDECYL ASCORBATE, ALCOHOL DENAT., PARFUM, HEXYL CINNAMAL, LINALOOL, AMYL CINNAMAL, GERANIOL, LIMONENE, CITRAL, BENZYL BENZOATE, COUMARIN, CITRONELLOL, BHT, PHENOXYETHANOL, CI 19140, CI 15985.
Yes. There is no sulfate detergent anywhere in the ingredient list.
No. It contains Dimethicone, Trisiloxane, Phenyl Trimethicone, which do not rinse out with a mild shampoo and will want clarifying eventually.
No — the formula contains a non-water-soluble silicone, a drying alcohol, which the method excludes.
By the weight and build-up of the formula it reads as suited to coily hair, curly hair, coarse hair, thick hair. It may be less comfortable on fine hair.
No. There is no hydrolyzed protein or amino acid in the ingredient list.
Likely — Dimethicone, Trisiloxane, Phenyl Trimethicone stay on the hair between washes. This is an estimate from the ingredient list, not a measurement.
It carries scalp-soothing ingredients and no harsh detergent.
Nothing in the formula is the kind of ingredient that strips colour, and it carries conditioning ingredients that help it hold.
Last, on damp or dry lengths.
No. The list carries PARFUM, HEXYL CINNAMAL, LINALOOL, AMYL CINNAMAL, GERANIOL, LIMONENE, CITRAL, BENZYL BENZOATE, COUMARIN, CITRONELLOL.
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