Review (4/5): Great moisturiing conditioner...not so great cleanser
I recently started co-washing my hair so I decided to give this a try.
The scent: It has coconut milk so one would expect it to smell coconutty but it doesn't. Another reviewer said it smelled like cherry cough syrup and that is exactly what it smells like to me. I really wished it had a more coconut smell to it so I was disappointed with that.
The instructions say you should rinse your hair (presumably with water) for at least 3 minutes to lift impurities and then dispense a generous amount of the product into your hands and work through the hair ensuring that every strand gets coated.
From the get go the product felt heavy in my hands...and oily. My hair is on the "finer" end so I was somewhat worried but I jumped in anyway and slathered my hair with it as directed. It doesn't lather at all, of course. But, unless you have a LOT of hair I wouldn't suggest that you use a generous amount of this product at all. It is heavy and a little goes a long way I found. It is also very hard to rinse out. It left an oily residue on my hair which I hoped (and prayed!!!) would leave it moisturized and soft.
I dired my hair as I usually do with a blow drier and styled it as normal. Well...I wasn't expecting great results but I was pleasantly surprised. My hair does feel a bit heavier and it doesn't look as shiny but it feels amazingly soft and not greasy at all. Normally my hair would look a bit dry, especially at the ends, but not after using this product. I am a bit disappointed that my hair looks a bit dull, especially because the product is designed for dry, dull, damaged hair. I expected my hair to be much more shiny especially because the product felt so oily. After rinsing the product out and feeling how heavily it still weighed down my hair, I had no intention of using it again, but after drying it and really seeing and feeling the results I definitely will be using it again, maybe not every time I wash though. More like once per month or so, because I suspect that after much use my hair will have quite a bit of build up on it.
Two drawbacks for me:
1. The smell. Just awful. And it lingers too. I hope they can improve it so that it has more of a pleasant coconut smell.
2. It doesn't really cleanse either the hair or the scalp. It really should be called a moisturising co wash instead of a cleansing co wash.
All in all a decent product for dry and damaged hair. It really is a great moisturiser and leaves your hair feeling very soft and smooth. I wouldn't recommend using a lot of product on very fine hair as it does weigh it down some.