[Hair] People First Notice Your Hair- Review: Essential Leave-on CC Oil & Night Care Milk

Do you ignore your hair? I take my hair for granted.

Head hair is much longer than the other hair on the body. It is estimated that the human head has an estimated 100,000 hairs. While remains a mystery why humans have head hair that continues to grow, it is undeniable that well-groomed hair is also used as a tool for mate selection.

Surely we are more than just mammals who procreate. HAHA But people notice your hair, and good hair also contributes to the overall look. We would all want hair that look healthy and vibrant.

Disclaimer: The products featured was sent to me for review purposes. I'm not affliated to the company and the review is entirely honest and of my own. 

Using shampoo and conditioner come as second nature. The story becomes a little different in the modern setting with hair-styling, blow drying etc. The post-shower hair remains tangled and dry. Ugh. It screams to you that it needs more moisture! I've always overlooked the importance of leave-in hair conditioners. Are you guilty of this too? HEHEH
A suitable leave-in hair conditioner can help to detangle your mane, tame fly-aways all while packing a punch of moisture. Its an extra bonus if it smells good. :D


Essential is a Japanese haircare brand. I've been using their shampoo and conditioners, and I really do like them. The Essential CC Oil and Essential Night Care Milk from their leave-on treatments are relaunched in Singapore!

The Essential CC Oil and Essential Night Care Milk promise gorgeous, healthy and manageable hair all day long, even at night.

Essential CC Oil (60 ml) RP: S$11.90

Non-greasy and invisibly light, the Essential CC Oil coats each strand of hair with a cuticle coat protection to fight the 5 most common forms of hair stresses. The cuticle coat protection leaves hair smooth and tangle-free all day!

HEHEH The CC oil! Sounds familiar eh? It is also as multi-functional as the CC cream, just that this is not makeup. CC stands for "Cuticle Care". The oil coats each strand of hair for protection against the 5 hair stresses. And can be reapplied on any time for more manageable hair.

What do you do to celebrate? A dark-chocolate pudding that was forbidden in your diet just days ago or a pampering day at the spa? Heyyy, what about your hair? Our poor hair is often subjected to chemicals and heat; and may be damaged even by everyday habits and environmental factors.

The cuticle is the outermost layer of the hair, which acts like a barrier to protect the softer inner structure (medulla and cortex). It is sort of like a shield, but it can be also worn out.



Essential's Cuticle Coat Protection leaves hair smooth and tangle-free. The Essential CC Oil and Essential Night Care Milk also contains Hair Supplement Oil which is similar to the hair's natural oil. These claims to make your hair softer, shinier, and thicker.

1. Blow drying
   All that heat! Heat is like the sugar cane wringer, but to the hair. HAHA   
2. Combing
   causes friction, and brittle hair is prone to breakage.
3. Split Ends
   Try to snip it off, before it continues its way up. But its existence is usually due to dryness especially at the ends of the hair.
4. Hair Breakage
   Damaged hair looks good on zero people. Styling is confusing because it makes it look good, yet bad. 
5. Dryness
   Yeah, fk. What is hydrated hair. 

The Essential Night Care Milk protects the hair from “Pillow Friction”, intensively repairs and moisturises the hair in the wee hours of the night. Coupled with cuticle coat protection ingredients, its rich yet non- greasy milk formula weightlessly leaves hair smooth and manageable the next morning!

The Essential Night Care Milk looks slightly like a conditioner and is light and non-greasy. Use it on dry and wet hair to protect against PILLOW FRICTION king. All while masking the hair overnight. And if you have guessed, I don't wake up like a siaozhabor with crazy frizzy hair in the morning. HEH just kidding, who says I can wake up in the morning.


With so many hair products in store, it is often difficult to choose. As you know, I'm a rational person and so I choose by price, smell and function. Like many of the other Essential products, the Essential leave-on CC oil and Night Care Milk smell absolutely amazing. [Read: Skip the perfumes!]

The Essential CC Oil and Essential Night Care Milk are easy to use; smooth a little bit onto your hair ends and you're good to go! You don't need a lot of product, a pump is all you need for the mid-length to tip of of the hair. I just leave it in, and my hair feels soft and looks smooth and shiny. All without the grease and weight! The Essential CC Oil and Essential Night Care Milk work wonders for tangled dry hair, I can actually finger comb now.

With short hair now, I can't simply gather my untamed hair into the signature ponytail. HAHA So I've started using some heat for styling on bad hair days; which afterwards require more intensive treatments. The Essential Night Care Milk does help to reduce some of the unruly kinks from creative sleeping positions. HEHEH

HAHAH I'm having so much fun!

Then there is the enticing price tag, both the Essential CC Oil and Essential Night Care Milk retails at S$11.90. What can you go wrong with this.

Have you tried any Essential products? What do you think about hair oils?

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