Garnier Fructis Hair Food Papaya Shampoo

This smells amazing and I like that it's clear and colourless, so feels nice and natural. The smells lasts on your hair the next day.

It foams up nicely so you feel like you're getting a good clean.

Initially when it arrived in the mail, I thought it looked like a bottle of juice and smelt delicious to match. Apparently others might feel the same, as the bottle states it's not for consumption. Using the shampoo it's a lovely smell, product lathers a little, not as much as others I've use. However, the results were amazing, I had a beautiful tropical scent which lingered post washing it off and lovely smooth hair (less frizz), which looks possibly the healthiest it's ever been. I'd recommend this to everyone and will use again.

My hair is quite dry and damaged on the ends due to colouring. The Garnier Fructis Hair Food Papaya Shampoo cleaned my hair well and it felt great afterwards. I only had to use a small amount and love the smell. Worked great with the conditioner.

So before you read any further I’ve been using Olaplex shampoo as my primary shampoo for about… 4 years. I have curly hair prone to dryness/frizz that has been professionally coloured every 6 months or so including lightener.

Packaging: These bottles are really cute and I love that they’re 100% recyclable, made from 50% recycled plastic, have a vegan formula and are silicone free. The lid is easy to open when my hands are wet, and its fairly easy to pour the amount I want.

Product: On first wash I really liked it. It smells very much edible (don’t eat it), goes on fairly well and does what it says it will. My partner is currently growing out his hair and reports “Hair is cleaner than it was, 10/10. Nice and foamy, smells like papaya which is fun. Made my hair nice and clean feeling.”

After a couple of uses on my own hair I realised I was starting to get the dry/tangled feeling where my hair starts to feel like straw when I’m rinsing out the shampoo. I haven’t had this feeling in ages so have switched back to my Olaplex, but my partner will happily continue using it.

So the verdict, for most hair types this shampoo will be really great, it smells lovely and works well. I personally won’t keep using it, but will likely buy it again for my partner and any guests to use when they stay. My curls just want a little more pampering and I’m ok with obliging.

First of all the packaging is very modern and is able to be recycled which I think is really good, although I had it sitting in the table when it arrived and my 3 year old thought it was a bottle of juice!! Not sure if that’s a good thing or not? Anyway the shampoo smells amazing and I love the idea of it but does it clean and repair my hair? I find the consistency a bit watery and it doesn’t foam up like others. My hair smells nice and seems clean but after a few uses it’s just not helping my hair at all if anything it’s making it dryer. My hair is very dry and damaged so it’s going to take something amazing, my husband likes it and I’m happy enough to use it in my kids hair so all is not lost.

This shampoo smells great, the texture is great and didn't leave mine or my childrens hair weighed down. We all had soft hair afterwards two chlorine damaged and one bleached! Loved that there's no rubbish in it and packaging looks good enough to drink. A solid supermarket option would buy again!off to sniff the other flavors in the supermarket because this one smells so good!

My first thought was that it's quite a thick liquid, and the bottle opening seemed quite large for the consistency of the shampoo, a little squeeze and bloooop out drops a large portion of shampoo, probably a bit more than I needed. It lathered really nicely, lots of luscious thick bubbles which felt really nice. My hair felt pretty squeaky clean using the shampoo. The fragrance was ok, a touch bitter in its papaya scent but not overwhelming. Did the job, would use again.

After about a week and a half use of this shampoo along with the matching conditioner, my ends are still looking pretty damaged but I'm incredibly surprised by how super soft my hair is feeling, though with that it seems to also be looking a touch fluffy but that would likely be solved with a hair straightener.

Overall, I think my hair did really like this shampoo and conditioner combo even though it took a few washes to see some results, and I suspect I need to keep using it for a bit longer to really decide if its a good match for me (plus going for my overdue trim would likely help the situation), sometimes I find my hair will only like shampoos/conditioners for a certain amount of time before it feels like my hair goes backwards, hopefully not the case with this one because I do think its great its 98% organic. I would probably use this again, especially if my hair stays this soft using it!

I really loved this shampoo! Firstly, I love a shampoo that smells fruity, and not a fake fruity smell, but like proper, ripe delicious fruit - this one really ticks that box. I also really enjoyed that it's not artificially coloured, and has a really nice consistency. It lathers really nicely, and I found that while my hair felt really clean afterwards, it wasn't that over-clear squeaky feeling which I'm not a fan of. My hair smelled amazing afterwards, which was also a plus! I am super pleased I got the chance to discover this shampoo, and will definitely be repurchasing when it runs out.

My first impressions is this looks exactly like a bottle of juice or smoothy! I guess that is the point but hide this from young kids they will think it is literally to eat or drink. It smells very sweet like mango and apricot I didn't get coconut smell! I expected this one to be a sulfate free shampoo which do not lather up (firm soapy foam) because if is such a seemingly natural product. Nope. This one's definitely soapy! A little bit went a fairly decent way. I don't think it "absorbed" into my hair like some tend to do. With ones like that the soap of foam usually disappears quickly I didn't notice that happening here. I believe there is stuff in the product that is good for my hair but I am.nit sure if it really can do much unless it really does absorb into hair and even then, with the sulfates / soap suds it's getting washed out? Anyway it smells good and dies the job a shampoo should! I had freshly coloured my hair with a wash out dye and this was not too harsh in terms of stripping colour from my hair even though it doesn't specify that it is to help maintain dyed hair. It does claim to repair which I don't totally understand how they do that perhaps the oils will smooth and hydrate but again with the sulfate washing them out I feel it might just be worth using the conditioner for better absorption of these "repairing" additives. In saying this the oils in here may absorb after all and this might mean your hair could feel like it needs to be washed more often but on the plus be less frizzy I notice the vegan stuff and cruelty free but are the plants sustainable? Anyway this product is very perfumed and sweet scented and I am excited to try the watermelon scent. I like that the bottle can be recycled kids will enjoy using it at playcentre. I will buy this if it's on special for sure. But for now I fully enjoy the tubs of hair food conditioner. I like silicone free conditioners but am less fussy when it comes to shampoo because if I'm washing my hair I just want it to feel clean afterwards & smell good. Can't be sure this actually repairs but it's a nice product.

This shampoo is my new favorite. At the moment I have bleached and colored hair so my hair is a little sad and needs some tlc more often than normal. After using this product for a week + my hair is so much more lively and vibrant. Putting a brush through my hair is a lot easier because it doesn't knot up as much as before. The feel and look of my hair is fantastic and the fragrance of this is amazing. I have had a few compromise friends and family asking me what hair care I am using because they can smell how lovely it is. Another big love of this product for me is the packaging, we all need to do our part for the environment so when I see companies trying to help to I am drawn to use their products a lot more and this less plastic bottle is a good start.