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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Lush product review - Jungle hair conditioner

A while ago I decided that every once in a while I will buy some Lush products and test them to see if they really are worth the enormous amount of money they charge for them. The truth is that by the time I moved to a place where a Lush store was nearby I was already hooked up on natural cosmetics and making my own stuff at home. So even though I like a lot of their ideas, scents, and (especially) designs I really think their prices are too much compared to the prices of ingredients that I buy to make my own products (also fresh!). What is more I am not so convinced with some of the ingredients that they use like SLS, parabens, or perfumes (which could really mean a lot of things). But because so many people are literally obsessed with their products I decided it was time to test a few. On the brighter side I do like a lot of the ingredients which that add to their cosmetics, which are rarely used by other cosmetic companies which I know of, such as flaxseed extract or Irish moss.

The first two products that I tested was the Jungle solid hair conditioner and Fresh Farmacy. 

What made me chose the Jungle conditioner as my first product to test was the fact that I really liked the concept - smells awesome, very convenient for travelling, no plastic containers, and it lasts for a long time. It is hard to describe the smell of this solid conditioner, but I would say it smells a bit herbal, a bit fruity, with an additional scent of fresh cut grass. But I think it is a scent that is very hard to describe. What I did not like about this product even before I bought it is the fact that SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) is used as the main cleaning agent. It is cheap and a strong cleaning agent and I'm pretty sure this is why Lush uses it, but personally I do not like and hardly ever use products which contain SLS anymore. There are probably many ways to use the condition bar, but I held mine in my hands under the shower for about 30 seconds till it melted a bit and then rubbed my hands through my hair. It did smell very nice on my hair (even better then the bar itself), and it was rather easy to use. After rinsing out my hair didn't feel any different (it did not feel softer, smoother or less tangled). At first I thought I had not used enough of the conditioner, but the next time I tried it I learned that this was not the case. After using this conditioner for a few days I noticed that my hair was always left smelling very nice and the smell would last for many hours after I got out of the shower. Yet my hair had a bit of a sticky feel to it and was more tangled then without using the conditioner bar. After a week of trying to use different amounts of the conditioner I was not pleased with the outcome. I researched online to see if maybe there were alternative ways of using it. Some people suggested using it as a hair mask. I tried this and found that leaving the conditioner on my hair for 3-5 minutes made it less tangled, but still my hair was rather sticky. Therefore even though I was really looking forward to testing this product I was not very impressed. Maybe it is just not right for my hair type. Or it doesn't work well with the natural homemade shampoo and herbal hair rinse that I use, I am not sure. I do like the smell though, and on this I can congratulate Lush. Also from what I observed the conditioner lasts for longer then I though. I still have a bit left after two weeks of using. I think I will use the rest as a shaving soap, because unfortunately for my hair it didn't work too well. 




Jungle solid conditioner ingredients:


Cocoa Butter, Cetearyl Alcohol & Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Propylene Glycol, Fresh Organic Avocado, Glyceryl Stearate & PEG-100 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Perfume, Soya Lecithin, Fresh Figs, Fresh Organic Bananas, Fresh Passion Fruit, Fresh Kumquat, Cetrimonium Bromide, Ylang Ylang Oil, Vetivert Oil, Cypress Oil, Cedarwood Oil, Chlorophyllin, Limonene, Cinnamal.

Next week I will review Fresh Farmacy facial soap from Lush, which I am currently in the process of testing. 

Have you tried the Jungle hair conditioner? What were your experiences?

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing, Anna! I never tried this conditioner, and probably now won't;-) Although I liked their big solid conditioner!

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    1. Thanks for your comment Maria :) Maybe I will try their big solid conditioner next time.

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