ANILLO

ANILLO is a Korean brand of hair and body care. Its Korean website describes it as a "vegan lifestyle" brand: that is how the brand presents itself. Scent comes first: each range is named after a mood, such as Rosy Night, Lime Sunday or Fig Whisky. The packaging carries the line "Take a shower. Wash off the day.", which sums up the idea well: the shower as a pause at the end of the day.

At Ma Petite Coree, the ANILLO selection brings together shampoos, hair essences, ampoule treatments, scalp care, body scrubs, lotions and hand and body washes. You will find the ANILLO hair essences and shampoos here.

We group the products by scent name, based on their titles; this grouping is ours, not the brand's. The main families are listed below.

• Rosy Night: the "Repair" range, with the Rosy Night Repair Shampoo, the Rosy Night Repair Ampoule Treatment and the Rosy Night Repair Hair Essence.
• Gardenia Veil: the "Color Shield" range, with the Gardenia Veil Color Shield Shampoo, the Gardenia Veil Color Shield Ampoule Treatment and the Gardenia Veil Color Shield Hair Essence.
• Patchouli Garden: the "Damage Repair" range, with the Patchouli Garden Damage Repair Shampoo, the Patchouli Garden Damage Repair Hair Treatment and the Patchouli Garden Damage Repair Cream Hair Mist.
• Black Tea: the "Nourishing" range, with the Black Tea Nourishing Scalp Shampoo and the Black Tea Nourishing Scalp Treatment.
• Dark Beer Biome: the Dark Beer Biome Shampoo, the Dark Beer Biome Treatment and the Dark Beer Biome Scalp Foam Ampoule.
• Lime Sunday: the "Refresh" range, with the Lime Sunday Refresh Shampoo, the Lime Sunday Refresh Hair Conditioner and the Lime Sunday Refresh Hair Vinegar.
• Neroli Wood: the Neroli Wood Glow Hair Mist and the Neroli Wood Glow Hair Milk, from the "Glow" range.
• Shower Time, Amber528 and Fig Whisky: the body scents, from the Shower Time Scented Hand & Body Wash to the Amber528 Bath Salt and the Fig Whisky Body Oil.

The product titles do not list ingredients for each item, so check the label on the bottle for the exact formula.

Start with what you need. For colored hair, look at the "Color Shield" range; for damaged hair, the "Damage Repair" or "Repair" range; for a fresh feel, the "Refresh" range (Lime Sunday); for the scalp, Black Tea Nourishing and Dark Beer Biome. These are range names chosen by the brand. They give you a direction but do not replace reading the label.

Then choose your scent. Rosy Night, Patchouli Garden and Neroli Wood are floral or woody names; Lime Sunday is a citrus name; Amber528, Fig Whisky and Dark Beer Biome suggest warmer moods. Once you have picked a scent, you can build a routine: shampoo, ampoule treatment or conditioner, then hair essence. If your skin or scalp is sensitive, test on a small area first. Cosmetic advice, not medical advice.

To browse by type of product, open the Hair collection, the Shampoo collection, the Serums collection (which holds hair essences), the Body collection or the Sets collection.

If you like scented shower care, also look at the similar brands UNOVE and LADOR, which make body and hair care.

On the brand's Korean website, you can read "scent therapy": scent is part of the idea behind each product. Several families come in several formats, from shampoo to mist, so you can keep the same scent from the shower to your hairstyle.

According to the brand, its formulas are vegan and of natural origin, it is against animal testing, and it chooses easy-to-recycle packaging. These are the brand's own statements, and we report them as they are. Visually, the bottles are plain, with the "anillO" logo in large letters, and the photos show fruit, flowers and everyday objects (limes, figs, bread, glasses).

To discover the brand, here are a few products from the selection. For hair, the Rosy Night Repair Hair Essence and the Rosy Night Repair Ampoule Treatment make a "Repair" pair; the Gardenia Veil Color Shield Shampoo and the Gardenia Veil Color Shield Hair Essence do the same for the "Color Shield" range. For the scalp, look at the Black Tea Nourishing Scalp Treatment. For the shower, the Shower Time Scented Hand & Body Wash, the Shower Time Body Scrub and the Shower Time Scented Hand & Body Lotion share the Shower Time scent, and the Shower Time Parfum Mist carries it onto your skin.

To travel light or to try a scent, the Rosy Night & Shower Time Travel Shower Set has a shampoo, an ampoule treatment and a body wash in small sizes. If the Amber528 name appeals to you more, take the Amber528 Bath Salt, the Amber528 Body Scrub or the Amber528 Scented Hand Cream.