I have been gifted the Cantu shampoo and conditioner for scalp relief by the Superdrug Community for test and review.
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Bellissima Italia Creative Infrared Straighteners
I received these Bellissima Italia Creative Infrared Hair Straighteners for free from Influenster and Bellissima Italia in exchange for my honest review.
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MooGoo Natural Protein Shot Leave-In Hair Conditioner
A silicone-free leave-in conditioner that helps protect the hair fibres and revitalise the hairs natural protective layer.
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Dr Botanical Daily Shampoo & Conditioner
I have been using the Dr Botanical Shine Enhancing Daily Shampoo and the Complete Daily Conditioner for a few days now, and I like how it makes my hair look and feel.
First Impressions
I really like the presentation of the shampoo and conditioner. I felt that the white presentation box and bottles and the wooden type screw tops really do help portray the image of a company focused on natural ingredients.
Dr Botanical Shine Enhancing Daily Shampoo with Aloe Vera
On first use of the shampoo, I washed my hair twice to get it to lather up, but even on the first wash, my hair felt squeaky clean. Every day since, I have only washed my hair once as I have learnt that it’s actually the synthetic detergent used in other shampoos that create the big lather / foam. There was a very subtle fragrance to this shampoo, and I do mean ‘very subtle’!
Dr Botanical Complete Daily Conditioner with Shea Butter & Argan Oil
The conditioner isn’t like the usual thick creamy consistency you’d expect but more like a lotion. Once washed off, that is when you could really feel the benefits of the conditioner as my hair felt silky. After straightening, my hair felt gorgeously smooth and nourished. The conditioner smelt very nice, and although it was subtle, it wasn’t as subtle as the shampoo.
Final Verdict
I am really enjoying using the Dr Botanical Daily Shampoo and Conditioner and can feel the benefits of using them both. I would definitely recommend anyone with normal or dry hair to try these products, especially if they prefer to use products containing natural ingredients.
MooGoo Natural Milk Shampoo & Cream Conditioner
A silicone-free shampoo and conditioner that looks after your hair and scalp using natural and gentle ingredients.
Why Change to MooGoo
I bought this shampoo and conditioner after noticing red, flakey patches in my daughters scalp. I try not to wash her hair too often because she has curly hair, so I only wash it once or twice a week.
Final Verdict
After only a few washes the red, flakey patches were gone. I have also noticed that it really helps encourage both of my daughters’ curly hair. The shampoo lathers up really well and feels squeaky clean once washed off, and the conditioner made the hair feel silky and soft. Both the shampoo and conditioner smell really nice and natural. The other great thing about some of the MooGoo products is that you can purchase large, refill pouches that are 100% recyclable, helping to save on plastic.
Where to Buy
I purchased these directly from MooGooSkincare.co.uk. They also offer a Loyalty Program where you can earn £5 for every £50 spent!
Pantene Pro-V Micellar Purify & Nourish
You know that feeling you get when you change shampoo and conditioner and the first wash makes your hair feel amazing but subsequent washes just don’t have that same affect? Well… Pantene’s new Pro-V Micellar shampoo and conditioner has made my hair feel like the first wash every time!
I am one of the lucky 5,000 savvy circlers to be chosen to try out the new Pantene Pro-V Micellar Purify & Nourish shampoo, conditioner and foam conditioner which is meant to “purify and nourish hair without stripping its natural nutrients” and “provides all the strength our hair needs without the weight”.
I LOVE the Pantene Micellar shampoo, it lathers up really well and once washed out my hair felt squeaky clean. The Pantene Micellar conditioner was great too, once washed off my hair felt so soft and silky. Both products had, what I call, the distinctive Pantene scent.
Also, I found that when it came to straighten my hair it was a lot easier and quicker to straighten and my hair felt smooth afterwards.
Although the shampoo and conditioner were great, the new Pantene foam conditioner wasn’t so good. Applying it to my hair was easy, it washed out fine and my hair felt silky and smelt lovely but within less than 24 hours my hair felt greasy!
I suffer with spots in my scalp but since using the Pantene Micellar shampoo and conditioner the amount of spots I have has dramatically reduced.
When talking to other people about Pantene I was surprised at how many of them didn’t rate it, with one person saying that their hair dresser told them not to use Pantene because it’s not good for their hair!
Personally, I like Pantene and have never experienced any problems with the brand and will continue to use their products, in between trying out new hair care products.
The Batiste Hair Product Range
As a BzzAgent I am sent new products to sample and review, one of which was the Batiste Strength & Shine Dry Shampoo, Batiste Smoothing Conditioning Mist and Batiste XXL Volumising Plumping Powder.
I have used dry shampoo in the past but never been too sure about the stuff and with regards to the conditioning mist and plumping power, I can’t ever recall seeing these before but I am very keen on trying out the plumping powder.
Batiste Strength & Shine Dry Shampoo
My initial thought of the Batiste Strength & Shine Dry Shampoo was that it smelt very nice but with that being said I am not keen on dry shampoo in general, reasons being:
- It makes my hair look grey and dull, I know that for some people this is all the rage but it’s not for me!
- I feel as though I’m being suffocated in a cloud of chemical powder – my lungs and everything in the room ends up being coated in the stuff.
- It would be easier for me to wash my hair with shampoo and conditioner then it would be to dry my hair after a showering just so that I can apply the dry shampoo. I don’t think appying dry shampoo to wet hair would work out very well!
Batiste Smoothing Conditioning Mist
My hair has been looking very dry and fly-away. Usually I would tie my hair back into a ponytail or if I wasn’t being lazy, I would use a leave in conditioner or hot oils but to be honest most of the time I forget or just haven’t got the time!
Prior to Batiste Smoothing Conditioning Mist, if I wanted to get rid of fly-aways I would use a hair serum but I get a bit trigger happy with the pump and end up using way too much serum which then makes my hair look very greasy.
My first thought of the Batiste Smoothing Conditioning Mist was ‘can a conditioning mist really put condition back into my hair and get rid of my fly-aways?’. Well… as you can see from the before and after photos below I personally would say yes, you can get a good conditioner using this spray – my hair felt soft, silky and smooth.
Batiste XXL Volumising Plumping Powder
Before using Batiste XXL Volumising Plumping Powder, if I wanted volume in my hair I would back-comb it and spray a fair amount of hair spray in my hair. This would cause so much discomfort when it came to brushing it all out, and not even washing it prior to combing would help ease the pain! So using the Batiste XXL Volumising Plumping Powder made it so much easier and less time consuming.
On receiving my Batiste XXL Volumising Plumping Powder and reading how it works, I was very sceptical. So after washing, blow drying and straightening my hair I applied the plumping powder using four simple steps:
- Separate the sections of hair where I wanted to add the volume
- Sprinkle in a very small amount of the powder
- Lightly rub in the powder
- Then style!
Once the powder was in my hair the texture felt a bit odd to touch, as though it would dry out my hair, but it did the job of giving volume which lasted all day.
When it came to combing the product out, it wasn’t anywhere as bad as combing out back-combed hair but you could still feel the residue of the product in your hair. If you were to wash your hair first, then the product would just wash away instead of having that pulling feeling when you combed it out.
Conclusion
Dry Shampoo: Whether its Batiste or any other brand, I would not buy this again. I would prefer to wash my hair with actual shampoo.
Dry Conditioning Mist: I would recommend this product, it does what it says and doesn’t give you that greasy feeling or look that some other products do, such as hair serum.
Volumising Plumping Powder: I would highly recommend this product and will definitely be buying it again.
Nioxin Diaboost: The Hair Thickening Treatment
A new hair thickening treatment from Nioxin that is supposed to target and increase the diameter of each hair strand making the hair look thicker, more manageable and stronger against breakages from the very first use. The link below is a great demonstration from Nioxin on how to apply the Diaboost to wet hair and demonstrate what you should be able to achieve by applying the product to one side of the head so you can see the results for yourself.
My Thoughts on the Product
On receiving my Nioxin Diaboost trial kit from SuperSavvyMe SavvyCircle, I thought the product was packaged nicely. SuperSavvyMe supplied their usual insiders information booklet which had some great tips and info on the product.
The treatment itself looks as though it’s a serum, which it isn’t, and using a pump spray it was easy to apply to the hair – wet or dry. The product didn’t leave my hair feeling or looking greasy but did require massaging into the scalp until the hair felt dry (if applying to dry hair).
On applying the product to the hair you get this really nice smell, a smell that I have always associated with a top hair salons – and I’m not talking about the horrible smell of perms and peroxide! After massaging the product into the hair, I couldn’t quite see the volume but could feel that it felt thicker when combing the hair. My hair felt and looked so much smoother and I found that I could use it every day without it making my hair greasy.
What Other People Thought
The feedback I have had from friends and family, who sampled the Nioxin Diaboost treatment, was that it made their hair feel and look a lot softer and that the treatment smells really nice. As you can see from all the before and after photos below, their hair looks so much smoother and less fly-away.
With photo #2, this lady was very concerned about her hair being thin and you can see in the after photo the crown is less visible, and photo #6 looks so much more thicker.
But the feedback about the £39.99 price tag did make people think again about purchasing the product despite some of the obvious advantages!
Conclusion
Would I purchase this product? Well… yes and no! It did make my hair feel thicker and made it look and feel smoother but I don’t know if I would personally spend £40 on a hair product. That being said, if my hair was thin or in bad condition then yes I probably would buy it.
*Prices were correct as of 16/04/2016
Reviewed by Hanna 