Review: Somang Keratin Hair Aqua Essence

This is going to be a random product rave as I completely did not expect anything from this. But you know what, this kind of surprises from no expectation feels 100x greater! Total satisfaction from an accidental excellent finding. =)



I added this into the cart during my recent Sasa haul purely to reach the minimum amount for free shipping. There was no lemming nor curiosity to try this out. Heck, I hardly heard of this product before. I was surfing haircare products since I ran out of skincare to buy in mind and I’m not a fan to purchase makeup from Sasa. Don’t ask me why, I’m just weird like that. =P

It was only US$3.10 then, so I thought, why not?

After the haul arrived quite some time ago, it sat on my shelf where I placed all my new un-opened stuff for quite some time too. I did not bother to open it and I even forgotten all about it! It was THAT insignificant.

Up until a week ago, the leave-in conditioner which I apply on my hair everyday after I wash my hair ran out, only did I remember I actually bought this. So I went on and spritz all over my hair and again, forget about it. It did not feel anything special then. I just needed something to put on my hair out of routine; I ALWAYS apply something on my hair.

Then come 2 days later, I was at the Boyfriend place and was too lazy to go back my own place to shower where I have my army of daily essential products from head to toe. I am at the Boyfriend place every single day, so you can’t expect me to lug along all those stuff everyday.

Now, the Boyfriend being the typical guy you can imagine, his bathroom has only a bottle of hair and body shampoo. Read: A 2-in-1 shampoo plus conditioner. A total disaster for my super long hair. I KNOW very well this is just a marketing gimmick and they are total rubbish for hair. You hair needs proper shampoo and another proper conditioner.

After washing my hair that evening, omg, my hair was dry, frizzy and flat. Just one wash and my hair went all ‘upset’!

The next day, after washing my hair again (I wash hair everyday =P), I spritz this all over again and guess what, the next morning, my hair was oh-so-heavenly soft! It was completely back to normal and even better than before! Just one spritz and it was like a quick treatment to my hair! Totally awesome.

My hair care routine is pretty simple really. After washing (shampoo + conditioner daily and occasional hair treatment mask), I usually apply a leave-in conditioner, a crystal repair oil on the ends and then blow dry. That’s it. Nothing else. Nothing like the string of products I put on my face. And I’ll NEVER apply anything on my hair when it’s dry. I just despise the greasy feeling.

However, since the leave-in conditioner has finished and the crystal repair oil is reaching its bottom soon (I can’t find replacement here as I brought the oil from Malaysia and the current bottle is the last one I have), I have been using the Somang Keratin Hair Aqua Essence ONLY these days. I just spritz this on after letting my hair air dry for some time, while it’s still damp. And it works wonders. My hair feels even better than using two other products. Soft and bouncy with just one product. What can beat that?

FINAL VERDICT: 5/5

Considering the price I pay for this too, no, I can’t find any fault. Just too darn good. =)

Okay, I intended this to be a short review but it turned out to be a long story telling! I hope I did not bore you out.

Hope you like it and thanks for reading. =)

PS: I did not include any picture of the ingredient list as they are all in Korean and I can’t understand a single word. Plus, the usage instruction is also in Korean, so the way I use it is purely based on how I would like to use it. =P