essano Blonde Conditioner

I wasn’t as much of a fan with this as I was with the shampoo. I felt this let me down a little with it’s barely there purple tone and wasn’t very nourishing on my hair. Also I would love to have seen this with a pump like the shampoo. It does have a pleasant fragrance and again a decent sized bottle that would last well for those with shorter hair. I feel that this would be probably well suited for people who don’t need super hydration or those who tend to go a little on the oiler side as it is very light weight . It wouldn’t be my first choice for conditioner for my long thick hair, but it wasn’t awful just didn’t provide the Hydration my hair craves.

This conditioner smells DIVINE and also leaves me hair super soft and manageable - which is a must for a blonde conditioner. The only thing is it doesn't tone my hair as much as a salon purple conditioner..

This conditioner really deserves full marks. My hair is fine and it did its job too well. It immediately softened and smoothed my hair imparting a lovely shine but on my fine hair I found it flattened it. This is not the brands fault as any conditioner has that effect on me and instead of putting it on the tips only I covered my whole head and luxuriated in it. Bad move. In future I would follow the manufacturer's instructions. I would heartily endorse it for the majority of hair types. I put it on immediately after the shampoo and you could feel the strands of hair smoothing out and untangling. Drying it was a breeze and instead of me looking like a wild child with sticky up hair I found to my delight it lay flat and smooth. The container has a lid that when you press on the indent it flips up and you can pour it out easily. The bottle itself isn't rigid so you can give it a gentle squeeze to speed things up. Again, the container is smart enough to display on your shelf beside the Shampoo bottle. They are both tall and slender which fits a lot better and takes up less room than a squat fat bottle would.

I have naturally dark brunette hair and i have balayage blonde, so my ends are very light blonde. When freshly done my ends are very cool toned, but like a lot of faux blondes, they often go brassy, so I am always on the look out for the perfect toner.

One thing I noticed the bottle it doesn't tell you how often you can use the conditioner - usually with toners they specify if they can be used every wash, or weekly etc because of how harsh the ingredients may be on your hair. However Essano are known for using natural ingredients. The purple shampoo is plant based, 100% free from parabens, PEGs and sulphates. Even the bottle is made from 100% recycled material.

I have also used the shampoo in this set which is a very effective toner. I'm not sure how much toning the conditioner does on it's own, it has a purple colour to the product itself, but it doesn't leave any colour on my skin after I apply (which the shampoo does). However, after using both products there is definitely less brassiness and left me with very clean and cool toned hair.

I gave 4 out of 5 for 'would you use it again' and the only reason I marked this down is because of my personal hair type. I usually wash my hair twice a week. The shampoo says it can help coloured, dry, dull, damaged, frizzy, flat, oily and normal hair. However I have found that my hair gets quite oily after a couple of days, meaning I have to wash 3 times a week to avoid looking greasy. The conditioner says it used violet leaf extract to 'smooth and soften dry, damaged hair' so I wonder if this is too intense for my hair which doesn't get dry.

This conditioner was a nice vibrant purple change from boring white conditioners! I enjoyed using this product along with its counterpart the Shampoo. The Shampoo left my hair feeling quite coarse so the conditioner was definitely needed to smoothen out and hydrate - it did exactly that. My hair was a lovely icy blond again after using this product without compromising the shine and texture. I also used some of my normal conditioner at the ends of my hair to be certain that I had enough moisture as I have quite long hair.

The smell of the shampoo was OK, but the conditioner smelt like burnt plastic! However the smell didn't remain in the hair once washed out. It claims to be a low foam shampoo, but I found it very foamy. The conditioner was really easy to comb through, which is what I tend to find most difficult if conditioner isn't up to scratch. I love the environmentally friendly aspect of the bottles and contents, and the pump bottle makes it very easy to dispense. The product isn't bad, but my hair was a bit frizzy once dry. Colour wise, it did appear to brighten the blonde a bit but not a lot of brassiness removed - in fact I think I look more ginger than ever! I would possibly use again though, especially for the RRP!