A lightweight finishing serum for hair that smooths frizz, adds shine and helps hold in moisture without leaving residue. It blends marula, sea buckthorn, argan, jojoba, sweet almond and first-cold-pressed olive oil into a silky base that works on damp hair before styling or on dry hair whenever it needs a little polish.
WHY IT’S SPECIAL
Most finishing serums make a choice between shine and weight, and the hair usually pays for it by the afternoon. Najeau’s is built to sit lightly, with silicones for slip and glide and a short list of oils doing the nourishing: marula for softness, argan for flyaways, sea buckthorn for gloss. It carries a warm, woody scent with creamy amber and a little spice, which stays close and fades politely. One or two pumps is the dose, and the founder, a celebrity colorist who has spent her career looking closely at hair that’s been asked to do a lot, clearly designed it for people who reach for it more than once a day.
DETAILS
100 ml (3.4 fl oz)
Lightweight finishing serum for all hair types
Use on damp or dry hair
Vegan, not tested on animals
Free of parabens, phthalates, sulfates and synthetic dyes
HOW TO USE
Warm 1 to 2 pumps between your palms and smooth through the mid-lengths and ends. On damp hair, apply before styling for more control. On dry hair, use it to smooth flyaways, add shine or refresh a style during the day. Start with less and build; a little goes a long way.
INGREDIENTS
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethiconol, Parfum/Fragrance, Tocopherol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract.
THE BRAND
Najeau was founded by Nina Kairouz, a celebrity hair colorist who grew up in Lebanon watching her mother, aunts and grandmother work oil masks into their hair by hand and let the sun do the rest. When her own hair began to change after years behind the chair, she went back to Lebanon and back to that ritual, then rebuilt it as a modern system for scalp and hair. The line is anchored by single-origin olive oil from Lebanon’s Qadisha Valley, which explains the name and most of the conviction.
