Ultra-Luxe Must-Have Haircare from Playa

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Every once in a while a luxury haircare brand comes across my desk that utterly takes my breath away. This perfectly describes my reaction to the beautiful haircare products from Playa. Their performance driven products not only boast serious efficacy, but they are also filled with safe and healthy ingredients, delectable textures and aromas, and they are a serious pleasure to use. Not only do I love supporting eco-friendly brands, but it is also a serious pleasure to support local Los Angeles-based companies.

About Playa,

We created the Playa collection of essential hair products so you could have the best of both worlds: safety and performance. We’ve formulated each product to be different from anything else on the market so you get radical results with fewer products.

Our team of experts spent years researching alternatives to the harmful ingredients so often found in salon products. We’ve thoughtfully combined natural oils and botanicals with hand-selected clinically active ingredients for products that are truly transformative.

We love calling Venice Beach home, and our eclectic community continually inspires our products. While we spend most of our time working on Playa, living a balanced life is important to us. We don’t have an office, ride our bikes instead of drive, and get out to the water and surf every day we have waves.

Playa Pure Dry Shampoo ($24.00 for 4 oz. from Playa, Violet Grey, Shen Beauty, Revolve, The Dreslyn and Carbon Beauty Amazon Store): Dry shampoo enthusiasts really need this one! This decadent, and delectably aromatic, dry shampoo effectively absorbs oils, eliminates impurities and refreshes those tresses instantaneously! It is paraben and SLS-free, and is color-safe. Furthermore, it's filled with lots a great botanical ingredients, it isn't sticky, and it leaves hair touchably soft.

According to Playa,

This rare blend of botanicals and minerals refreshes and revitalizes hair instantly—no shower required. Rose powder invisibly absorbs excess oil at the roots while keeping hair soft; star anise extract treats scalp and eliminates impurities. Breathe body and life back into your hair naturally, whenever you’d like.

Directions: Hold product 6 inches from hair and mist, working in 2-inch sections and focusing on the roots. Use fingertips to tousle strands. Use anytime, no chalky buildup or residue.

Ingredients: Hydrofluorocarbon 152a, Isopentane, Alcohol Denat., Hexamethyldisiloxane, Dimethylimidazolidinone Rice Starch, Rosa Centifolia (Rose) Petal Powder, Shikimic Acid (Star Anise), Salix Alba (White Willow Bark) Extract, Biotin (Vitamin H), Panthenol (Provitamin B5), Magnesium Stearate, Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) Extract, Phenyl Trimethicone, Azadirachta Indica (Neem) Leaf Powder, Fragrance. *Ingredients are naturally occuring or plant-derived.

Playa Every Day Shampoo ($32.00 for 7.6 oz. from Playa, Violet Grey, Shen Beauty, Revolve, The Dreslyn and Carbon Beauty Amazon Store): This gentle, non-stripping shampoo, effectively cleans hair and leaves it hydrated and manageable without leaving behind any sort of oily residue. The light lather coupled with warm creamy aroma makes using this delectable shampoo a treat to the senses. I need to get the companion conditioner to experience the two together, but my guess is that it is just as incredible as the shampoo.

According to Playa,

An SLS-free, every day shampoo that’s anything but ordinary. This coconut-derived, every day clarifying shampoo gently foams to remove impurities while preserving your hair’s natural oils. Coconut water weightlessly hydrates; sugar beet extract stimulates roots to promote volume and growth. Your hair is purified and restored after every wash.

Ingredients: Aqua, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, *Coconut Cleansing Base (Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Water, Betaine
(Sugar Beet), Gardenia Tahitensis (Tiare) Flower Extract, Propanediol (Plant Derived), Playa Marine Collagen Complex (Soluble Collagen, Spirulina Maxima (Spirulina) Extract, Digitata (Icelandic Sea Kelp) Extract, Kappaphycus Alvarezii (Hawaiian Red Algae) Extract, Sea Water Extract), Citric Acid, *Starch Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Aleurites Moluccana (Kakui) Seed Oil, Panthenol
(Provitamin B5), PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Trioleate, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Cinnamidopropyltrimonium Chloride, *Cetrimonium Chloride, Quaternium-8, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride (Sea Salt), *Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, *Polyquaternium-10
 (Guar), Illicium Verum (Star Anise) Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata (Baobob) Seed Extract, Manuka Honey Extract, Lonicera Japanica (Honeysuckle) Flower Fragrance Extract, Fragrance.  *Ingredients are naturally occuring or plant-derived. 97.6% Natural*

Playa Endless Summer Spray ($26.00 for 3.65 oz. from Playa, Violet Grey, Shen Beauty, Revolve, The Dreslyn and Carbon Beauty Amazon Store): If you love soft, tousled beach waves, or textured curls, then this endless Summer Spray is a dream-come-true. It defines hair, and adds shine, manageability and volume. It is, in a word, incredible! It has an alluring warm, creamy fragrance that is hypnotic and indescribably luxe!

According to Playa,

Made with sea salt harvested in Southern California, this formula gives you the perfectly tousled hair texture you usually only get after a day at the beach or out on a board. Our proprietary Marine Collagen Complex nourishes strands to add fullness and shine; natural UV filters shield hair and scalp from harmful rays. Your hair is protected and looks effortlessly un-done.

Directions: Mist throughout damp or dry hair. Use fingertips to tousle at the roots. Apply directly to exposed areas of the scalp to protect against sunburn.

Ingredients: Aqua, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Pacific Sea Salt, Betaine (Sugar Beet), Playa Marine Collagen Complex (Soluble Collagen, Spirulina Maxima Extract, Digitata (Icelandic Sea Kelp) Extract, Kappaphycus Alvarezii (Hawaiian Red Algae) Extract, Sea Water Extract), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Water, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
 (Coconut Derived), Cinnamidopropyltrimonium Chloride (Plant Derived), Gardenia Tahitensis (Tiare) Flower Extract, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Extract, Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed Extract, *Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Sucrose (Sugar), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Panthenol
 (Vitamin B5), *Propanediol, Glycerin, Citric Acid, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Extract, Illicium Verum (Star Anise) Extract, Manuka Honey Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Lonicera Japanica (Honeysuckle) Flower Fragrance Extract, Fragrance. *Ingredients are naturally occuring or plant-derived. 99.7% Natural*

Playa Ritual Hair Oil ($38.00 for 1.35 oz. from Playa, Violet Grey, Shen Beauty, Revolve, The Dreslyn and Carbon Beauty Amazon Store): Be still my beating heart was the only way to describe my reaction when I first opened this fetching golden elixir. Given my penchant for luxury oils, this was most certainly my most eagerly anticipated product from Playa. The first thing that I noticed when I opened this bottle was its addictive otherworldly aroma: It is deep, warm, creamy and intoxicatingly beautiful. After luxuriating in the scent, I was swept away by its refined and silky-smooth texture. It is feather-weight and it quickly penetrates and nourishes  the hair, and does so without the use of any silicones. Instead it is filled with natural oils, that are suspended in an ultra-hydrating base of coconut oil, and together they tame frizz and fly-ways, soften and hydrate the hair, and leave hair smooth and shiny. Hair is neither weighed down, nor is it left feeling oily. This hair oil is utter perfection.

According to Playa,

This weightless blend of natural oils penetrates deeply to radically transform your hair without the use of harmful silicones. Apricot, kukui, and our proprietary derived coconut oil blend restores moisture to soften strands; sunflower oil tames frizz and makes hair shine. Your daily ritual for smooth and radiant hair.

Directions: Press once on cap to extract the ideal amount of oil. Rub between palms. Smooth through damp or dry hair from mid-length to ends. Apply prior to swimming to protect hair from UV damage, chlorine and the drying effects of the ocean. Preserves color.

Ingredients: Derived Coconut Oil Base of (Coconut Alkanes, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate), *Undecane, *Tridecane, Aleurites Moluccana (Kukui) Seed Oil, Brassica Oleracea Italica Seed Oil, Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate
 (Vitamin E), Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Fruit/Leaf/Stem Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Fragrance. *Ingredients are naturally occuring or plant-derived. 99.4% Natural*

Overall Assessment: I. AM. IN. LOVE. A+

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