Fudge Daily Mint Shampoo & Conditioner Review

I had always been interested to try out Fudge's product because their name sounds soooo tempting. Hey, if it's named after a dessert, it must smell great, right? So, when I walked pass Shins @ Mines Shopping Fair one day, I saw that they do carry Fudge line of products and they were on sale, I bought a pair of Fudge's Daily Mint and Shampoo to try out.

The Fudge Daily Mint Shampoo and Conditioner line is described as a daily detox for hair and scalp, plus, it is also a hydrating drink for thirsty hair + guarana for hair strength.

SHAMPOO
Cleanse away styling product and daily grime while invigorating the scalp with tingling menthol and peppermint extracts.

Directions: Apply to wet hair. massage hair and scalp with shampoo. rinse thoroughly.

Packaging: The shampoo comes in a round pet plastic bottle in opaque white with a see-through cap with orange disc-top. The bottle weighs 300 ml (10.1 fl. oz). The cap can be unscrewed for better access to the product inside. The label is funky and a bit grunge looking. The back of the bottle holds product information in several languages and a list of ingredients.

 The round bottle of shampoo.

 Orange disc-top on the cap.

 The cap unscrews open revealing a wide round mouth for easy pouring.

 List of ingredients at the back of the bottle.

Ingredients: water (aqua), sodium laureth sulfate, lauramidopropyl betaine, cocamidopropyl betaine, cocamide DEA, cetylalcohol, glycol stearate, methyl lactate, fragrance, diazolidinyl urea, propylene glycol, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, citric acid, amodimethicone, cetrimonium chloride, trideceth-12, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, pathenol, creatine,dimethylpapamidopropyl laurdimonium tosylate, propylene glycol stearate, hydrolyzed wheat protein-PG propyl silanetriol, lawsonia inermis (henna) extract, barosma betulina root extract, glycerine, adiantum capillus veneris leaf extract, PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil, biotinyl tripeptide, apigenin, butylene glycol, PPG-26-Buteth-26, oleanolic acid, moringa pterygosperma seed extract, glycerine.

Texture: The shampoo has a silky texture. The consistency is not too thick and not too runny either. It does not lather up too much and rinses off easily. My hair felt a bit dry and tangled after rinsing. There is no tingle of mint on my scalp.

 Silky textured shampoo.

This is the most lather I could get out of the dollop of shampoo from above picture.

Smell: Out of the bottle, the shampoo smelled of heavenly peppermint. But when it is lathered up, the scent mellowed down and there is a hint of subtle muskiness.

CONDITIONER

The conditioner is describe to de-stress and detox hair daily. It soothes, moisturizes and calms tired 'stressed-out' hair with Peppermint and Menthol to bring hair back to life again.

Direction: Apply after shampooing. Massage through hair, concentrating on the ends. Rinse thoroughly.

Packaging: The shampoo comes in matching round pet plastic bottle in opaque white with a see-through cap with gray disc top. Weighs 300 ml (10.1 fl. oz.). The cap also can be unscrewed. The bottle has matching labels with the shampoo and the back of the bottle is also printed with the product info in several languages and list of ingredients.

 Matching round bottle and label.

 Gred disc-top on the cap.

The cap also can be unscrewed open.

List of ingredients on the back of the bottle.

Ingredients: water (aqua), cetyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, behentrimonium methosulfate, menthyl lactate, hydrolyzed wheat protein-PG Propyl Silanetriol, isopropyl myristate, glycerin, fragrance, cetearyl alcohol, ceteareth-20, stearalkonium chloride, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, diazolidinyl urea, propylene glycol, stearyl alcohol, keratin, hydrolyzed keratin, panthenol, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, citric acid, creatine, dimethylpapamidopropyl laurdimonium tosylate, propylene glycol stearate, hydrolyzed silk, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, lawsonia inermis (henna) extract, barosma betulina root extract, glycerin, guarana, PPG-26-Buteth-26, Butylene glycol, biotinyl tripeptide, apigenin, oleanolic acid, PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil, tetrasodium EDTA, moringa pterygosperma seed extract, glycerin, triethanolamine.

Texture: The conditioner is very thick. Very! I had quite a tough time to get the product out of the bottle.  I literally had to shake the bottle real hard to get the conditioner move to the mouth of the bottle so it can be squeezed out. Seriously, the consistency is super duper thick. Despite of the thick texture,  the conditioner spreads easily over my hair and it gets absorbed into the hair very well. It cleared out the tangles and knots from the shampoo. It rinses off easily with water, leaving my hair feeling soft in the water. There is a very strong tingle of mint of my head after rinsing which I find kind of nice because it made me feel very fresh. As for the thick texture, I ended up diluting the conditioner after half the bottle is gone to make it pour out easier.

Uber-thick conditioner!

Smell: The conditioner has the same scent as the shampoo which is pepperminty and vanilla-ish when sniffed straight out of the bottle but in the shower it smelled a little bit less subtle with a lot of muskiness.

Verdict: I kind of have mixed feelings about this pair of shampoo and conditioner. The shampoo makes my hair a bit dry but the conditioner does conditions and makes them softer but not very moisturizing as I'd like them to be. The scent is also nice to be sniffed out of the bottle but it kind of smelled a little bit masculine and musky when I actually used them on my head. The tingle of mint from the conditioner is nice though. All in all, maybe the shampoo would suit those with normal or oily hair but not dry and damaged hair and scent wise, this is definitely a guy-scent. I don't think I would repurchase these again though.

Where to buy: Shins outlet for RM49.00 (shampoo) and RM53 (conditioner) but I bought mine at a discount 50% for both.

Yves Rocher Aquarelles Vegetales Fruit Jelly Hair & Body Wash Review

Yves Rocher is one of the nearest beauty outlet that can be found at the shopping mall near my home so I frequently go there to check out bath products. I got me a bottle of Aquarelles Vegetales Fruit Jelly Hair and Body Wash on my last stop at the outlet a few months back so this review is quite overdue. 

The Fruit Jelly Hair and Body Wash is botanical based product and is made from organic passion flower extract, organic witch hazel water, sweet orange and lemon essential oils, botanical glycerine and botanical cleansing base. It also have no animal ingredients and is biodegradable. The sales person told me the scent of the hair & body wash is somewhat like Yves Rocher's Flowerparty EDT which I doubted since I didn't find any similarities when I sniffed the tester bottle at the store but I gave it the benefit of the doubt with hopes that it would at least smell a bit sweet and fresh in the shower.

Just like any other Yves Rocher's shower gels, the Fruit Jelly Hair & Body Wash comes in the same translucent plastic pet bottle with a tapering large bottom. The cap is fuchsia pink with a flip top. The shair & body wash weighs  200 ml (6.7 fl oz) and have a 6 months shelf live once opened.

The label on the front of the bottle consists of red, orange, a bit of purple and yellow blobs on thin stalks of to indicate that the product is all about flowery scent. The back of the bottle is pasted with a printed label of product information and list of ingredients.

 Fruits or flowers?

List of ingredients: Aqua/water/eau, sodium laureth sulfate, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, ammonium lauryl sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerin, sodium cocoamphoacetate, parfum/fragrance, sodium benzoate, citric acid, coco-glucoside, glyceryl oleallate, sodium chloride, polyquaternium-7, allantoin, salicylic acid, linalool, limonene, passiflora incarnata flower extract, alcohol, propylene glycol, CI 14700 (Red 4).

List of ingredients printed on the back of the bottle.

To open the flip top, there is small latch at the front end of the lid that can be lifted to help flip the lid easier.

Thumbing the small latch open.

The small hole in the cap is sufficient enough for the liquid to flow through.

Shower gel goes through here.

What intrigued me to try this out is the word 'jelly'. I was expecting the hair & body wash to come out in jelly form but I was quite mistaken. The hair & body wash actually has a very runny texture and nowhere near jelly like form at all. That was quite a let down for me but it has a nice peachy hue to it that makes it quite adorable and girly. The lather has a silky feel to it and rinses off easily.

Nice peachy tint of the hair and body liquid wash.

The silky froth for hair and body.

When used as a shampoo, I find that it cleanses my hair quite nicely. It does not dry my hair too much but neither did it moisturizes. As for it's performance as a shower gel, it delivers just the same cleaning results as any shower gels do. As for the scent, the Hair & Body Wash has this musky mixed scent of flowers and fruits, nowhere near the scent of the Flowerparty EDT at all (just as I suspected). I am not a fan of the smell because I did find it too pungent and thick. It would have fared better in terms of my rating if only the scent is much more sweeter, fruity and fresh. The scent is not that overpowering when rinsed off though.

My verdict: This is a good product to bring along on trips especially when you want to have a quickie shampoo and bath without the hassle of bringing too much bottles along. If the scent is somewhat more fresh smelling and a little bit sweeter, I would be swayed to purchase it again.

You can check out more information on the product at Yves Rocher's website.
You can grab a bottle for yourself at any Yves Rocher's outlet for RM28.

Burt's Bees Raspberry & Brazil Nut Shampoo & Conditioner Review

Burt's Bees Shopping Spree! Whee!!

I went into a Burt's Bees hyper shopping mode when I stopped by the store to pick up a 'few' (yeah, right!) items at The Curve on a fine afternoon with my husband and my sister. My husband just sat at a bench patiently waiting for me and my sister as we browse the neatly and attractively displayed products in the Burt's Bees Store. My intention was to buy just a tube of lip balm and lip shimmer but I ended buying a whole bag full of other stuff as well (a joint shopping spree with my sis - she also got sucked into the zone of buy! buy! buy! haha!). The curse of the gullible shopper!

Well, here's a picture of what we bought:

Our Burt's Bees haul of the day.

What we bought:
1. Rejuvenating Lip Balm with Acai Berry

2. Medicated Lip Balm with Clove Oil (my sis')

3. Lip Shimmer (Rhubarb)

4. More Moisture Raspberry & Brazil Nut Shampoo

5. More Moisture Raspberry & Brazil Nut Conditioner

6. Mama Bee Leg& Foot Creme (one each for me n my sis)

7. Mini Deep Cleansing Cream Pack (my sis', she gave me one tube)

We also received two complimentary items which were packaged inside the brown paper bag with the yellow ribbon:

- Lip Shimmer (Fig) (my sister took this one since I already bought a lip shimmer in Rhubarb)

- Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream (I took this one)

For this post, I will do a review on their More Moisture Raspberry & Brazil Nut Shampoo and Conditioner as those are the first things I eagerly tried when I got home.

Burt's Bees More Moisture Raspberry & Brazil Nut Shampoo and Conditioner

As everyone knows, Burt's Bees is really famous for their lip balms made with natural ingredients. They also carry an awesome line of other products like skin care, hair care and even products suitable for babies. I am quite intrigued to try out their shampoo because of their great reputation in producing great products with natural ingredients.

At the store, my sister and I sniffed at all the shampoo and conditioner testers and I was very captivated by the scent of the Pomegranate and Soy Shampoo but that one is for volumizing which I don't need since my hair is uber thick. The helpful sales assistant suggested I try the Raspberry & Nut which happened to be for dry hair so I picked up both the shampoo and conditioner with high hopes that this is going to be the one that can help rescue my currently dry hair. It smelled all right to me when I sniffed the testers.

Both the shampoo and conditioner comes in a translucent tall and round plastic pet bottles. Both bottles have the same labels and pictures of two raspberries on the front label and the product's name printed above the picture. The only differences are the list of ingredients printed on the right side of the bottle and product information and usage directions printed on the left side of the bottle. Both bottles have white caps with push down tabs with a small square hole for minimal flow of the product or can be unscrewed for a wider access to the content inside the bottles.

Left: Conditioner, Right: Shampoo.

Both bottles have the same white caps.

 Pushing down the white cap.

The white cap also can be unscrewed for better access to the content.

The Raspberry & Brazil Nut Shampoo
Product information: The Raspberry & Brazil Nut Shampoo is a sulfate-free shampoo that effectively cleanses and pampers hair. It moisturizes hair with nature's best hydrators and plant-based cleansers. Raspberry Extract, rich in Omega-3 and essential fatty acids, combines with Brazil Nut Oil to deeply moisturise, nourish and hydrate hair, making it soft, moisturized and beautiful. The featured ingredient - Raspberry Extract - is full of antioxidants that shield hair from harmful environmental elements such as sun and pollution. The shampoo is 98.1% natural and weighs 12 fl oz (350 ml).

The ingredients for the shampoo is: water, decyl glucoside, lauryl glucoside, betaine, glycerin, sucrose laurate, coco-glucoside, glyceryl oleate, coco-betaine, bertholletia excelsa (brazil nut) seed oil, rubus idaeus (raspberry) fruit extract, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, litsea cubeba fruit oil, artemisia pallens (davana) oil, hydroxypropyltrimonium honey, fragrance, sodium cocyl hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, xanthan gum, glucose, sodium chloride, citric acid, phenoxyethanol, glucose oxidase, lacroperoxidase.

List of ingredients.

The shampoo has a nice clear yellow colour and is very runny in texture. It lathers very well and rinses off easily too. Out of the bottle, the shampoo has a nice strong mixed berry scent. While shampooing, initially the scent stayed nice and fruity but gradually turned into a pungent and not-so-nice-almost-fishy scent. I think this is where the Omega Fatty Acid thingy kicks in and reared it's ugly smell onto my head. Ewww!

The yellowish runny shampoo liquid in the bottle.

The shampoo also did not meet up to my expectations because even while shampooing, I kind of felt that my hair is going to end up in knots and become very dry. I was hoping that this was not true and placed that hope in the conditioner's performance. My hair felt very coarse and dry.

This is how the shampoo looks like in liquid form:

This is how the liquid shampoo looks like when turned into suds:

The Raspberry & Brazil Nut Conditioner

Product information: The Raspberry & Brazil Nut Conditioner moisturizes hair with nature's best hydrators. The ingredients are hand-picked from nature just for your hair. Raspberry extract's essential fatty acids combined with Marula and Brazil Nut Oils deeply penetrate hair for intense conditioning that fortifies and moisturizes hair without the build-up resulting in soft, beautiful and healthy hair, naturally. The conditioner is 97.5% natural and weighs 12 fl oz (350 ml).

List of ingredients for the conditioner: aqua (water, eau), cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, betaine, cetrimonium bromide, sucrose polystearate, sucrose stearate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, sclerocarya birrea  (marula) seed oil, bertholletia excelsa (brazil nut) seed oil, rubus idaeus (raspbery) fruit extract, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, hydroxypropyltrimonium honey, litsea cubeba fruit oil, artemisia pallens (davana) oil, parfum (fragrance), hydrolyzed wheat protein, glucose,  polysorbate 60, sodium chloride, phenoxyethanol, glucose oxidase, lactoperoxidase.

List of ingredients printed on the label.

The conditioner is milky white and has a soft lotion-like texture. It has the same mixed berry scent out of the bottle like the shampoo but just a tad subtler. It also has the same nice fruity scent when applied initially on hair but the scent changed into a more intense pungent smell bordering on to fishy and not so appealing. Again, the fatty acids of Omega-3 kicking in. Nooooo!

The conditioner. Looks like milk right?

The conditioner spreads easily and gets absorbed into my hair rather quickly but as I distribute the conditioner evenly all over, my hair became quite the opposite of smooth. Usually, conditioners are supposed to make our hair silky smooth so that fingers could run through the conditioned hair without getting stuck in knots, but this conditioner doesn't seem to do that. As I was smoothing the conditioner and massaging it in, my fingers kept getting stuck in hair knots. The conditioner rinse off easily and does not leave any sticky residue on my neck, sides of face and ears.

Here's how the conditioner looked like blobbed onto my palm:

My verdict: Both the Burt's Bees More Moisture Raspberry & Brazil Nut Shampoo and Conditioner did not live up to my expectations and to their name (More Moisture) and advert. Both the shampoo and conditioner did not soften and moisturize my hair at all but made my hair very dry and brittle. My hair got fried and very frizzy especially at the ends. Very disappointing. I am definitely not ever going to buy these again.

You can visit Burt's Bees official website for more information on their shampoos and conditioners.
You can purchase Burt's Bees for RM55.90 each at Burt's Bees outlet store at The Curve, Damansara or at Mid Valley Shopping Mall.

Yves Rocher Phytum Actif Shampoo and Conditioner Review

My search for the perfect shampoo replacement for my The Body Bakery's favourites is still going on strong. Since I had been going in and out of Yves Rocher recently, I decided why not just try their shampoo? So on a fine evening after a grueling day at work, I stopped by the shop and picked up a bottle of Phytum Actif Invigorating Aromatic Shampoo and a bottle of Phytum Actif Repairing Conditioner. What made me decided on these choices? The sales assistant told me that this is the only minty shampoo they have and it will leave a minty feeling on my head after shampooing. Well, anything minty will obviously attract me. Plus, they were having a promotion of getting both the shampoo and conditioner at the price of RM40.

The Phytum Actif Invigorating Shampoo and Repairing Conditioner.

Phytum Actif Invigorating Aromatic Shampoo

Product description: The Phytum Actif Invigorating Aromatic Shampoo is enriched with 100% organic essential oil mint with invigorating properties. It provides a delicious moment of well-being and leaves hair soft and light and subtly scented. It is suitable for frequent use and all types of hair.

The shampoo comes in a oval shaped, tall and slightly curved green translucent pet plastic bottle weighing 200 ml. It has a twist off cap with a pull-off tab on the top in a darker green colour. The bottle is quite slim when I hold it in my hands. The label on the front is made up of a picture of mint leaves and the product's name printed in white. The back of the bottle is pasted with a sticker label printed with product information and list of ingredients.

 The pull-off tab on the cap of the bottle. Shampoo liquid comes out from here.

The list of ingredients: Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Cocamide Mipa, Sodium Chloride, Parfum, Polysorbate 20, Polyquaternium-10, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Limonene, Salicylic Acid, Linalool, Mentha Poperita Pil, Propylene Glycol, CI 42053, CI 19140. (I can see SLS in the list, making this shampoo not a 100% organic and nautral).

List of ingredients.

The shampoo is quite runny and is translucent green in colour. It has this leafy smell to it but it does not smell minty at all which is big let down for me. It just smelled like green leaves - almost like betel leaves. The shampoo lathers very well and gets quite creamy but not too thick. As I rinse the suds off from my head, I couldn't help but notice that my hair felt soft and knot free. It made me think that this shampoo could be used just on its own without any conditioner.

Runny green liquid of shampoo.

The runny liquid turned into creamy suds for the head.

Phytum Actif Repairing Conditioner

Product description: The Phytum Actif Repairing Conditioner is made of 100% vegetal nourishing liposomes that helps repairs hair fibre and smooths the hair without weighing it down.

The conditioner comes the same slightly curved shaped pet plastic bottle but a little bit shorter than the shampoo's bottle. The conditioner weighs 150 ml and the bottle is orange in colour with a red cap at the top. The cap also houses the same pull-off tab and can be twisted open when necessary. There is no picture on the front label of the bottle and the back is pasted with a label printed with product information and list of ingredients.

 

Pull-off tab on the conditioner bottle.

The list of ingredients: Aqua, Cetyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, PPG-3 Myristyl Ether, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Quaternium-80, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Parfum, Methylparaben, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Amodimethicone, Guar Hyrdoxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Citrci Acid, Polyquarternium-16, Arginine, Propylparaben, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, Amyl Cinnamal, Trideceth-12, Simmondsia Chinensis, Cetrimonium Chloride, Phospholipids, Propylene Glycol, Triethanolamine, Chondrus Crsipus, Carbomer, CI 19140, CI 14700. (This conditioner contains parabens - methylparaben and the propylparaben).

Finely printed list of ingredients.

The conditioner has a very soft and lotion-like texture. It distributes well and gets absorb into my hair quite quickly. It has a subtle powdery smell to it which I didn't quite like. Rinsing off the conditioner is easy and it didn't leave sticky feeling or residue on the base of my neck or ears. I find that the conditioner is just like any other normal drugstore bought conditioner. My hair felt soft after rinsing but it failed at the combing test where my comb did not slide freely through my wet hair. It also did not help my dry ends.

Here's what the texture of the conditioner looks like:

A blob of conditioner.

The conditioner is very soft and like lotion, it slid down my palm.

The conditioner spread over my palm.

When comparing the Yves Rocher's Phytum Actif Conditioner with The Body Shop's Rainforest Moisture Conditioner, I found that in terms of texture, the Phytum Actif seems to be more emollient and slippery whereas The Body Shop's conditioner is more thick and stayed put on my finger.

When both are spread evenly on my hands, the Yves Rocher Phytum Actif Conditoner had a thicker consistency compared to The Body Shop's which goes on more thinner. As for the result of the conditioner on my hair, I found that I liked The Body Shop's conditioner better as it had a slightly better smell and conditioned my dry ends a little better.

Comparison of TBS' and Yves Rocher's conditioner.

My verdict: I think the shampoo did quite well in making my hair feel soft and manageable but I was quite disappointed in the scent for I was hoping it would smell and feel minty on my head. The conditioner was also a let down for me since it did not help repair my dry ends at all. The shampoo is better to be used on its own. I don't think I would repurchase unless they make the shampoo smell more minty and a little bit sweet, and until the mintiness can really be felt on my scalp. Definitely no to the conditioner.

You can check out both the shampoo and conditioner at Yves Rocher's website.

The Body Shop Rainforest Moisture Hair Products Review

The Body Shop had released a new line of eco-conscious hair care products that contains no silicones, parabens or colorants under the name of Rainforest Hair Care. The new line of eco-friendly products is respectful to the aquatic environment, is readily biodegradable, and the packaging uses recyled materials whenever practical. As promotion, I received a coupon via email to redeem a sample of the Rainforest Hair Butter. Since my The Body Bakery's Body & Hair Icing and Cupcake Conditioner is dwindling, I decided that it wouldn't hurt to check out the new hair care products and redeem the sample in one go.

This is the sample that I received.

Since my hair currently is very dry, I opted to try the whole line of the Rainforest Moisture line sold in a complete box set. The box contains travel sized shampoo, conditioner, hair butter and a green comb. Very convenient for traveling or in my case, trial purposes.

The boxset of travel sized Rainforest Moisture Hair Care products.

Both the shampoo and conditioner comes in small plastic pet bottles weighing 2.0 fl. oz. (60 ml) each.  The bottle of the shampoo is translucent dark green whereas the conditioner's bottle is opaque grayish green. The caps of both bottles has the standard pull-off tab and also can be unscrewed open for easier access to the product inside. The front labels are just like any other labels on The Body Shop's products which usually consist of the company's logo, minimal graphics and the product's name printed in two different languages. The label at the back have The Body Shop's signature peel-off labels with product info and list of ingredients inside the peel-off label, also in several different languages.

Standard pull-off tabs.

The caps can be unscrewed open too.

The Rainforest Moisture Shampoo is described as a moisturizing shampoo without silicones, sulphates, parabens or colorants. It promises to gently cleanses and help restore moisture and improve the hair's softness without weighing it down, for a smooth and shiny finish. It is packed with the goodness of pracaxi oil, manketti nut oil and Community Trade honey and sugar.

The mini bottle of Rainforest Moisture shampoo.
 

The ingredients listed inside the peel-off label is: Aqua (Water), Sucrose, Disodium Cocyl Glutamate, Lauryl Betaine, Laureth-5 Carboxlic Acid, Mel (Honey), PEG-55 Propylene Glycol Oleate, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Glycerin, Fragrance, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Sodium Benzoate, Sucrose Laurate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Polyquatemium-6, Salicylic Acid, Citric Acid, Schiniziophyton Rautanenii (Mongongo) Kernel Oil, Pentaclethra Macroloba Seed Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopherol.

The list of ingredients in several different languages.

The shampoo is clear with a slight yellowish colour and is quite runny in texture. It lathers very well and the suds are easy to rinse off leaving my hair feeling soft. It has the scent of honey which can come across a little strong when sniffed straight out of the bottle and while shampooing. The smell tones down a little bit after rinsing which is a big relief for me since honey scented products don't sit too well with me. But I did get use to the scent and it doesn't bother me anymore. I like the fact that the shampoo helped my hair to be knot-free and felt very soft and silky whilst rinsing. I could comb my hair while it is still wet without having my scalp pulled off.

Here's what the shampoo looks like:

Clear yellowish shampoo fluid.

Suds galore!

The Rainforest Moisture Conditioner is described as a moisturizing conditioner that contains no silicones, sulphates, parabens or colorants. It conditions to moisturize and improve hair's softness without weighing it down giving hair a smooth and shiny finish . The key ingredients for the conditioner is pracaxi oil, manketti nut oil and Community Trade honey and sugar.

The mini bottle of Rainforest Moisture Conditioner.

The ingredients listed inside the peel-off label is: Aqua (Water), Cetearyl Alcohol, Distearoylethyl Hydroxyethylmonium Methosulfate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Citric Acid, Cetyl Esters, Sodium Benzoate, Fragrance, Hydroxypropyl Guar, Schiniziophyton Rautanenii (Mongongo) Kernel Oil, Salicylic Acid, Mel (Honey), Pentaclethra Macroloba Seed Oil, Tocopherol.

List of ingredients in the peel-off label at the back of the bottle.

The texture of the conditioner is soft and similar to body lotions. I can spread it easily on my hair. Some conditioners seem to not seep into hair and feels like just being 'put on'  but this conditioner gets absorbed nicely. Rinsing the conditioner off is also a breeze and it does not leave a sticky or slightly waxy residue on my ears, sides of my face and neck. I find it quite troublesome when I have to re-rinse the areas to get that sticky waxy residue off especially when I am pressed for time. So this no sticky residue conditioner gets a thumbs up from me. The conditioner has a slightly calmer scent of honey but is still from the same note. The combination of both the shampoo and conditioner's scent did not make the smell of honey to pungent but just nicely balanced. As for the end results, the conditioner did moisturize the top part of my hair (not damaged) but the ends are still very dry and frizzy. It is not that obvious while my hair is still wet but when it dries, I can see and feel that the conditioner did not really helped my dying brittle and damaged ends.

Here's what the conditioner looks like:

The Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter looks just like a body butter product. It comes in a round 1.65 oz (50 ml) plastic tub with a screw on lid. The tub is the same opaque grayish green just like the conditioner's bottle but the lid is translucent. It has the same label concept like the shampoo and conditioner from the same line on the lid and also on the side. The bottom of the tub holds a peel-off label that contains directions to use and list of ingredients.

The Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter tub (from top view).

From side view.

The ingredients listed inside the peel-off label is: Aqua (Water), Cetearyl Alcohol, Distearoylethyl Hydroxyethylmonium Methosulfate, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Fragrance, Phenoxyethanol, Cetyl Esters, Glycerin, Schiniziophyton Rautanenii (Mongongo) Kernel Oil, Benzoic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Salicylic Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Mel (Honey), Pentaclethra Macroloba Seed Oil, Sodium Benzoate, Tocopherol.

List of ingredients inside the peel-off label.

The Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter looks like a body butter, opens like one and have to be scooped out with fingers like one too.

An opened tub of hair butter.

Scooping out the hair butter.

Here's what the hair butter looks like:

The hair butter looks like body butter, doesn't it?

Here's how the hair butter looks like spread out:

Comparison of texture between the hair butter and the conditioner:

The hair butter is opaque white in terms of colour and has the same texture if not slightly softer version of a body butter. It has a thicker and creamier texture when compared to the Rainforest Moisture Conditioner. It spreads easily on my hair and is not is not easily absorbed like the conditioner. It has the same honey smell just like the conditioner. Recommended waiting time is 5 minutes (standard time for leaving hair mask on). Rinsing the hair butter off is easy and it also did not leave any sticky residue behind but it did leave a slight waxy coated feeling on my hair. The hair butter helped my poor fried hair ends by giving them a little bit of moisture but it is still not enough to cure the damage. I guess it is time for me to visit a hair saloon for a hair cut. Boo hoo!

My verdict: Out of all the three of The Body Shop Rainforest Moisture Hair Products, I would have to say I like the shampoo the best. It did somehow mositurize my hair. The conditioner and hair butter is just all right to me but not moisturizing enough for my very damaged hair. Would I repurchase? Maybe just the shampoo.

For more information about The Body Shop Rainforest Moisture Products, you can go to The Body Shop's official website.