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Nourishing Shine Drops.

About this product

A lightweight hair oil combining hibiscus antioxidant and hemisqualane, designed to add shine and improve texture without the heaviness or white cast of traditional squalene oils.

Full ingredients

Hydrogenated Farnesene*, Squalane, Jojoba Esters, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Meadowfoam Estolide, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract, Eclipta Prostrata Extract, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Fragrance/Parfum**

Guru Score

80%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

2Gurus

2Yay

0Mixed

0Nay

What they liked

Improves shine and texture instantly
Lightweight, no greasy residue
Adds grip and hold without weighing hair down

What they flagged

Needs quite a bit to distribute through ends

What the gurus are saying

This oil delivers shine and improves hair texture without the greasy weight or white cast that heavier oils leave behind. Gurus found it boosts manageability and grip for styling while keeping hair looking clean, and some noticed the difference in bounciness when they skipped it, suggesting it genuinely nourishes over time rather than just coating the strands. A few times a week seems to be the sweet spot, and applying it primarily to the ends works best.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take October 2023

Type

Drops & dropper

Key actives

Vitamin ESqualane

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Caroline Hirons

251k subs

✓Yay

"JVN Nourishing Shine Drops [...] is a Best of Beauty winner with hibiscus antioxidant and hemisqualane. It [...] makes your hair stronger and shinier instantly and over time, but without the white cast that heavy squalene can leave. It really does immediately improve the texture of your hair, and over time it's a finishing oil that also makes your hair healthier, better than just covering it in silicone."

Dr Dray

2.68M subs

✓Yay

"These are called Nourishing Shine Drops, but here's how I found that these work for me: when your hair is dirty it is a little bit easier to style it holds better. This product kind of gives that effect without your hair looking dirty, greasy or oily. It gives your hair a little bit of almost texture grip without weighing the hair down and looking heavy or oily whatsoever. I find I need quite a bit of it to get it distributed all throughout the ends of my hair, that's where I primarily put it. When I use it, if I'm wanting to wear my hair down the next day and kind of have my waves pattern come out and look together, this works because it really keeps everything together but also allows for easy styling and hold. This really helps though for hair styling purposes."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is JVN Nourishing Shine Drops?

A lightweight hair oil combining hibiscus antioxidant and hemisqualane, designed to add shine and improve texture without the heaviness or white cast of traditional squalene oils.

Is JVN Nourishing Shine Drops worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 80%.

What is JVN Nourishing Shine Drops's Guru Score?

JVN Nourishing Shine Drops holds a Guru Score of 80%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.