I recently ordered few men’s fragrances, but unfortunately most of them appear to be fake or counterfeit. The packaging and labelling are noticeably different from genuine products, and the text on the boxes is poorly printed and often unreadable. In addition, none of the QR codes could be scanned—except for one, which showed the product was… Read more
manufactured in 2021. I contacted the support team regarding this issue, but their response was, they do not have return or refund policy and it is written somewhere in Terms and Conditions, . This experience serves as a reminder to be cautious when purchasing from them. Once the money is spent, it is not recoverable.
I was a bit disappointed with the description and the ghosting attitude of the customer services. I really appreciate the opportunity to buy brands under Loreal in a very good price, but then when I received the products (particularly the eyeshadow from Prada) I realise it's different compared to its description...For instance there's no 'Refill'… Read more
mentioning in the description so that I thought (not only me, a lot of ppl sharing their thoughts on social media said never ever seen refill size) the kind of being scammed...Contacting them while after they heard it's requesting refund and return, no response at all. I followed up 2 emails saying that I can also accept they sending the seperate cases to me as Australia does not offer a seperate Prada Eyeshadow Cases at their stores. I'm shocked that they just ignored all the emails and I was thinking it's kind of meaning consumers do not have any rights then?
Called the experts phone number for urgent advice after using one of their hair products. Was told I would get a call back within an hour and didn't, then when I called back they'd finished for the day. Never got a call back next day. Bought L'Oreal Paradise mascara due to high reviews. After using once, disgusted when I opened lid it was all… Read more
gluggy and stuck around bottom of lid. Threw the box and receipt out, now I'm stuck with this garbage. NEVER had this problem with Maybelline mascara.
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I love L Oreal 6hour, Glam Shine fresh, Gloss Brilliance. It's been discontinued for a few years now. But I love it. I'm still buying some colours online.Ive brought many products to try, nothing beats this!!!!!!! I really wished they would bring it back. Esther
Im a very oily person i have textured skin and some redness and foundations always oxidise on my face no matter what I do until I found loreal true match nude tinted serum omg I love this product I went lighter incase it oxidised but I didn't im a cool undertone and not alot of products out there are true cool tones but this product is 100% i wear… Read more
3-4 light medium its amazing im a dog groomer so around water and heat and sweat some how this stays on for the most part it blends amazing feels like skin doesn't feel like I have anything on my face its a beautiful tinted serum I will always continue to buy this product the only thing I dont like is the dropper a pump would definitely be better but that's it
APPALLING CUSTOMER SERVICE – I purchased a can of Loreal Magic Root touch which was faulty and absolutely ruined 2 brand new items of clothing by spraying all over them. For months now I have been in touch with Loreal trying to get a refund for both the item and clothing. I have sent photographs of the faulty product and damaged clothing. They will only refund for the… Read more
damaged can after a fight (I dont have the supermarket receipt where I purchased the item from is their excuse)
Their response is absolutely appalling!! Their customer service is a joke/non existent.
I will not give in Loreal and will be taking this further. I would give no stars if the system would allow me.
Date of experience: 08 January 2025
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I agree with the other reviews, the new formula for the Excellence Creme hair colouring range is pretty much unusable. I have been using this product for years, but the last box when mixed, had the consistency of glue. I thought I would try… Read more
again today. It's appalling! The R and D team have ruined what was a great product, to one that is basically unusable.
The mixture is so thick it wont even come through the comb applicator.
Yuck, no 3rd chances L'Oréal.
I am definitely switching brands.
Follow-up · Product Review asked me to do a follow-up review. So, I tried the product one more time, and encountered the same issues. I have now switched to using Garnier products and I am delighted with the results. Will never go back to L'Oréal.
Positive reviews
Loving your new Revitalift pure rentinol. I don’t like is the colour of the bottle I cannot see how much Is left in it – Would you consider changing the colour of the bottle you are using for this product. Would be so much helpful.
The best, most ultimate, amazing mascara – I just tried your Telescopic Mascara for the first time and I am BLOWN AWWWAY. This is, by FAR, the best mascara I've ever used. I have pretty long eyelashes and am pretty picky about my mascara. I'm usually left desiring something even with high priced mascaras. I would honestly pay top dollar for this product!! My lashes are long, separated,… Read more
and full after using this uhhmazing mascara. 5 Stars, A+, killed it. I have never in my life written a product review. But I felt it completely necessary to sing the praises of this perfectly balanced mascara. THANK YOU so much!!!!
L'Oreal consumer care provides outstanding service – I contacted L'Oreal consumer care to query a couple of the contents in the box as they had a different brand name on them. It looked like the products had been mixed up with another brand. They responded to me very quickly, even though it was a Sunday, and asked for some information from the box. They gave instruction as to where to find the info… Read more
so it was a simple and quick process. A day later on the Monday I received a gift voucher as a gesture of good will even though I don't think the problem was actually their fault. Thank you for your above excellent service and not turning this into a drama .
Negative reviews
Customer service is non existent. My product which is clearly labelled as Maybelline/Loreal is faulty as the tip of the brush broke off. Despite 16 emails back and fowards no result. L’Oreal don’t want to deal with it and said take it back to the chemist and get them to replace it. L’Oreal initially said I had to give them batch number, bar code… Read more
etc which are on the packaging. Who keeps the packaging? When I did send them the colour as they requested to finalise the replacement they then decided to pass the issue on to the chemist. Worst, pathetic outcome and response from L’Oreal. They don’t stand by their product in my experience.
I purchased 2 giant pump bottles of my favourite Shampoo and Conditioner that I have been using for well over 10 years, Elvive Colour Protect, only to be devastated at the cheap, overpowering, overly strong smell of both the Shampoo and Conditioner that I instantly hated. The product has left my hair limp, flat, lifeless and so greasy. I'm using a… Read more
dry shampoo on the day I wash it to try to get a bit of lift and volume and also to try to get rid of the greasy look and try to dull the horrible cheap fragrance. You had an amazing product L'Oréal and you have destroyed it by replacing it with a cheap replica of the original product probably to keep costs down for the company but the price absolutely sky-rocketed for the consumer and the quality has hit the floor. You have lost another faithful customer as I look for a replacement. So disappointed.
I bought l'oréal pearl beige and my hair is green also the tube 1a took me 35 minutes to squeeze into the bottle to mix very disappointed since its now $27 you need to look at 1a its so hard to squeeze
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Recent reviews
False advertising from L’Oréal regarding one of their products – Only reason given a 1 as no option for a 0. Don’t waste your money on their infallible 24 hour lipstick. Doesn’t last any longer than an hour. False advertising. I contacted L’Oréal. The response from them was they will pass on my comment to the manufacturer. Big woop. This is a multinational multibillion $ company who can advertise a product… Read more
that does not do as advertised. Not happy. Shame on you L’Oréal. BTW I have previously used other long lasting lipstick brands with no issue.
Don’t buy there products – I tried to take up this promotion through chemist warehouse. I was advised they will mail out the promo item as hardly any stores at the gift set which was advised to me by staff in chemist warehouse they were never sent these by Maybeline which falls under the L’Oréal company. I called customer service several times to get this sorted no help… Read more
,I was told to email here and there the last 2 weeks with 0 outcome.
The staff is also rude and unhelpful.
L'Oriel... We are worth so much more' – L' Oriel .... Because We are worth so much more.... Dreadful! After decades of successfully colouring my hair at home, used their hair dye for the first time. In short - A disaster! I'm so upset. About to go on holidays to visit friends I've not seen for 12 years. My blonde hair colour turned my hair charcoal. So disappointed, decided to… Read more
contact L'Oriel. The after sales service was worse than Dreadful...... They were condescending, patronising and decidedly insincere. Their process is time consuming, clunky at best and, I believe it is contrived to make complainants give up. Just appalling. Don't buy anything from L'Oriel. Every thing about their product and their "after sales non- service" is a whole lot of 'HOGWASH'.
To much water sprays everywhere – I have bought this product for years but the last two that i bought when i spray on my grey hair it sprays all over the face it's 90% water i buy the cool dark brown good product but not the last ones,for the price it should be better.
READ THIS BEFORE BUYING – Been using this hair dye for ages and thought I was a pro. An entire decade in fact. So, before you consider me to be stupid, just know that I haven't messed up in damn near close to 10 years because Im a perfectionist. Be careful if you're in a hurry or are distracted and laughing with your girlfriends. This company strives on those moments to… Read more
turn a profit. It turns out those sneaky devils at Loreal are just trying to get us to mess up and buy more. In fact, they are probably laughing at us right now over at corporate. Ever wonder why they add so many unnecessary tubes to their boxes? Its not out of kindness, its confuse you! Watch out for the conditioner and hair dye tubes - they look the SAME, but they're NOT! One is red and white, the other white and red. Couldn't have made one blue and one red? This was intentional. Don't be a victim of their greed!
So, use this as step one: TAKE CONDITIONER BOTTLE OUT OF BOX AND THROW AS HARD AS YOU CAN. If you put that sucker inside of the hair dye applicator- there's no going back!
The most terrible customer support – I’m trying really hard to be understanding but first no one could explain why my item wasn’t ship out since 15th April (it is May now) and when I asked for a refund, the first person on call told me it will be refunded within 1-3 days and next email says 4-5 days and yesterday on call someone said 5-10 days . So what’s what? The status of the… Read more
order is still CREATED.
I’m very disappointed with how LOREAL / lancome is operating its customer support and hope someone can finally resolve this .
Allergic reaction – Loreal Collagen Tightening Cream gave me a terrible allergic skin reaction. Face was burning and itchy. I had checked reviews before buying so absolutely devastated to have such an awful reaction with no warning this could happen. Throwing it out and will never buy Loreal products again.
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LOREAL excellence creme 10 - very light blonde – I purchased this to do some RE growth foils on my daughters blonde hair. She is naturally blonde. I sectioned the middle of her hair to test the developer strength. After the 30min recommended time, it didn’t lift to very light blonde as plastered all over the packaging. I left it for a further 30mins and nothing. I called the head office in… Read more
Australia and sent all the photos. She tried to tell me it worked as it was suppose to. You can’t even tell it’s had foils. Looks pretty much the same. Definitely not very light blonde.
Brow artist drops particles throughout the day – Plump and Set brow artist Brow gel from L’Oreal drops particles on the face about two hours from when it’s used and continues to drop throughout the day
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Revitallift laser cause facial burn – Purchased on 4th May 2023, applied very small amount on 6th May, next morning I get severe allergic reaction, extremely dried and horrible red rashes clot red, extremely itchy, swollen face, fluffy and extremely tired and burning eye, many sleepless nights due to burning and itchiness plus sticky collagen with skin flakes surfaced, blistering,… Read more
effecting the nerve on the back of my ear, cause cramp on my lower elbow causing my hand swollen and in agony pain for several days, Xray confirmed by GP that I suffered a 2nd degree burn, today 30th May, I am still suffering rough skin and itchiness unknow when it will heal. My injury are so horrific, and many days off work, I am unable to sleep, constantly wetting my face, and combat with the itch, I am unable to go to work for many days cause I need to seek treatments
Not age perfect for me - orange product – I used Loreals Age Perfect Golden Age Day Moisturizer for around a year in 20/21 and loved it. The cream had a slight pink tone that was very soft and flattering. In June 22 I bought four of the creams as they were half price. The new cream was orange on opening and left my face with an orange tinge that rubbed off and stained clothing and bed… Read more
linen. I did nothing and put the cream aside. Last week I decided to contact L'Oreal for help in exchanging the creams for another product as I no longer had receipts. Their response was basically ' bad luck - return them to point of purchase.' They did say they had sourced ingredients from a different supplier and then said the product had soured. But still no help. Dreadful customer service - or lack of it as has been stated here many times. I feel the products were not fit for purpose and should have been exchanged by L'Oreal.
L'Oreal Eye Infallible Eye LIOner Liner Pencil is Shrink Wrap Packing Nightmare – Today I purchased the Infallible L'Oréal Eyeliner from Priceline Australia Ive struggled to get the pencil out of the shrink wrapping 20 minutes later I managed just half way along the pencil the residue left s so sticky I can’t use this product WHY WHY WHY L' Oreal is it necessary to use this method of packaging on any of your products a box is better your eyeliner is more trouble than it s worth.
No care in the world about customers – In regards to L’Oreal representing Lancôme, they really don’t care or bother with any issues that arise with customers orders and you may as well be communicating with a robot. Interesting enough, they were able to at least drive 2 generations of women in families to switch over to their competitors over at Estée Lauder and Clinique and Clarins
My hair is ruined – I always color my hair to my natural color as I prefer to be natural, and now that greys are coming (!!) I always use the Tahiti #4 from L’Oréal. This time I bought ‘preferences” from Loreal, in the same #4, which is dark brown, as the store didn’t have tahiti, but #4 is #4, and they are both dark brown regardless and is on the box as such. My… Read more
hair came out black. BLACK. I hate my hair black, as it doesn’t suit me. I am so upset as this was a usual touch up and I am washing and washing it to no avail. This is false advertising. There is no reason my hair shoulde come out black when it is dark brown, and I used a dark brown dye. Do not trust the packaging details. My hair is now ruined and I have no idea how to get it back to the color I have had my whole life and have always coloured as such. L’Oréal have lost a once loyal buyer.
Colour not the same anymore 180 foundation – The colour of the new L'ORÉAL 180 PARIS AGE PERFECT SERUM FOUNDATION, is not the same colour as the previous version.
Waste of everything – The brow artist xpert is a bad product that lasted 3 days for me. We need pencil 1s that glide on like the wind up 1s. Its a waste to environment, money, time, transporting and even ingredients. Atleast the pencil 1s get smaller by sharpening and then decay whats left of it in soil.
New Age Perfect Cleansing Wipes - Terrible new formula – Very disappointed! I have used these wipes for years but now they have changed the formula (added vegetal fibres) and have also reduced the size of the wipes. They are awful! They are so irritating to my eyes I have trouble opening my eyes in the morning. So now I begin the search for a new brand of cleansing wipes. So annoying when this happens to a perfectly good product
Poor customer service – Rang customer service to receive confirmation of a product and they refused to comment on customer’s concern. No solution to call and concerns were not answered
Disgusted in your company no warning labels – Been an avid purchaser for a while and I'm 10 weeks pregnant and checked your products packaging nothing said unsafe for pregnant women but I google and wow I'm disgusted u wouldn't Label not to use during pregnancy I can't believe you would put a baby at risk for profit I will now never buy your stuff again due to your dishonesty a label is quick… Read more
and what ftm mom's need to know the risks of using g pure retinol I also urge others to not use a dishonest company
New Product Confusion – I use L'Oreal Excellence hair colour , L'Oreal Pure Rich shampoo and conditioner (which I can find on line as it isn't in store now) and Age Perfect Intense Nutrition day and night cream. I am very satisfied with these products and have been over many years. However I find it disappointing that new product lines (like Age Perfect Golden Age)… Read more
appear on the shelves and because they have the same, or similar name, one assumes they are a variation, even an improved variation of the original, only to discover they are totally different , and unsuitable. Age Perfect Golden Age was a great disappointment for me. It was too harsh around the eye area, causing smarting and even redness of the skin. As I had bought both Day and Night cream it was an expensive disappointment too. By all means introduce new products but make them obviously a new line by distinctive packaging. "Once bitten twice shy".
Official L'oreal Paris Store - Ebay Store Australia !!!! – L'OREAL (AUSTRALIA) has apparently opened an EBAY store to sell their products. My order was easy 2 x Foundations and they sent me the WRONG PRODUCTS. When i contacted them i was told I had to post them back at my expense !! When i pointed out that the Ebay rules were that they had to send me a RETURNS LABEL i final got one. I sent the items… Read more
back in the same packaging as they were sent in. The items were delivered back to LOREAL on TUESDAY 15th June and by 21st June i was still waiting for my refund !! I contacted L'Oreal in Melbourne where they are selling these products from and nothing was done about the shocking lack of customer service. Unfortunately i am not the only one that is having issues (see the feedback ratings). Quite unbelievable from such a large international organisation !!!!
UPDATE: 23rd June - I got a refund from EBAY THEMSELVES as i opened a Dispute Case NOT L'OREAL !!
Horrible liquid foundation – The most horrible liquid foundation I have ever applied to my face is L'Oreal True Match Liquid Foundation. Please don't waste money on this product even if it is half the price (which is often the case because of its inferior quality). It doesn't blend at all (despite what it promises to do), it is way too glowy and it looks like you have a facade instead of makeup on your face. Horrible!
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