Garnier Fructis Hair Food Banana Review

LOVE LOVE LOVE! I use this every time I wash my hair and I am obsessed! The smell is so good you could eat it, but seriously...don't - it probably wouldn't taste very nice. It makes my hair super smooth, and conditioned - like ive just come back from the hairdressers! The scent lasts all day in my hair too! Also seems to make my hair easier to straighten - I have medium length hair, but A LOT of it! I prefer this to The Body Shop Banana range - more affordable, just as natural, you get loads more in just one product alone. I will deffo be trying the other products in this range!

I have been using the Garnier Fructis Nourishing Banana Hair Food on my hair every third day and the banana smell is gorgeous and lasts the whole time until I wash my hair again.

The round container which it comes in is quite big at 390mls and not able to be held in my usual conditioner place in the shower holder.

The first time I used this conditioner, I used too little and had to dive into it again to rub it through my hair. I usually only need as much as the shampoo I put on my hair, but needed quite a bit more scooping it out with my wet hands. The container needs to be unscrewed before shampooing. With wet hands it is harder to use with water running into the container while I'm trying to scoop out some conditioner for my hair. It would be much better to have in a longer plastic bottle which could be squeezed out.

I love the smell and the soft feel of my hair after using this. The container is brightly coloured in yellow and certainly catches your eye.

The first thing I did when I received this product for review of course was to open and smell it. It smells so so yummy and delicious and looks like yoghurt so was hard not to try it:) It comes in pretty much big container and have a reasonable price. I love that it is natural and free of nasty things. You can use it 3 ways and is meant to nourish dry hair. Honestly I don't see what is difference between using this as condition or hair mask. I tried both way and seems the same for me. For hair mask I just left it a bit longer. It is easy to apply, don't need too much, the texture is nice and rinses well. After washing the smell stays for a long while and my hair feels really soft and easy to brush. My husband tried it too as a leave in treatment and absolutely loved it. The smell is not feminine and is great for men too. Now he uses it so much more than I do and he is happy with his soft hair. Bonus points for me he smells so good now:) I think this is really lovely product and I'll buy other products from the same range too.

Let me start off by saying WOW. I have coloured hair and it is more on the dry side. I am really impressed with this product. Previously, I had been using olaplex on my hair with okay results. This miracle in a jar blew that out of the water! I used it all three ways to see which was the best for me. Damp/dry hair, after conditioner, and as a conditioner. This is crazy because I have always used hydrating conditioners and then a treatment and the best result for me was using this in place of my conditioner, left on a couple of mins and rinsed out. When I used it the other ways I felt it did the same but wasted more product(s). My hair felt SO smooth while I was rinsing it out and I was already impressed. I thought it would dry out with the blow dryer but NOPE. After blow drying my hair, it was so soft and I had hardly any frizz to control! This product is so inexpensive and is a super natural product. Full of good stuff, leaving the toxic chemicals in the dust, and the smell would make any minion go crazy. I absolutely LOVE the smell. It stays in your hair after you shower a little bit but it becomes more of a mature fragrance and it’s really just beautiful. My boyfriend keeps commenting on how good my hair smells. I know I will be using this for a very long time. I have already gone online and ordered 3 of these babies to send to a couple of my friends. Truly a life changer for my hair!

I never thought I would say this about a Garnier Haircare product but this is hands down the best supermarket brand hair mask I have EVER used. It may even be the best hair mask on the market today. This trial couldn’t have come at a better time as I had an appointment booked to get my hair lightened this week. I used the hair mask a couple of times before my appointment in place of my usual conditioner and my hair was left feeling incredibly soft and smooth and it looked amazing.

For the record I started with half a head of bleached blonde and half a head of natural light brown regrowth. My hair is very sensitive to bleach and I’m not one of the lucky ones who can get away with bleaching their hair over and over - it will snap and dry out even after a few foils. After my appointment my hair was left feeling dry and brittle so I used the mask as an overnight treatment (I coated my hair and slept on a towel) and washed it out in the morning. I couldn’t believe how amazing this left my freshly bleached hair! It was as if I had never lightened it. Again - soft, smooth, shiny and hydrated! It even left my hair feeling better than my usual (very expensive) Moroccanoil conditioner. It doesn’t leave your hair feeling greasy or heavy which is impressive for a product that is SO hydrating.

I’ve had very little breakage since I had my hair coloured and I truly believe it’s from this mask! The texture is creamy and rich and it smells SO GOOD! I love the scent of bananas and this doesn’t smell artificial or too sweet. It’s a very strong freshly mashed banana scent and leaves you feeling like a human dessert. Which some people may not enjoy but how could you not!?

Overall this is my new favourite hair product and I’ll be repurchasing it again and again. This is probably one of my favourite trial products I’ve ever used!

I love this product! Previous to trialling the banana hair food my hair was very dry and damaged. After using it for a week I can feel and see the difference in my hair. It is so much softer to touch and smells amazing! I tried it as a conditioner, mask, and leave in treatment. Love that one product can be used in different ways. I will be finishing off this huge tub and then will definitely be buying more!

I was so excited to be chosen to trial this! It’s a huge tub, bright yellow so you can’t forget/miss it.

It smells delicious - like the Starbursts banana. My hair has old colour, not bleached, and is really thick, brittle and dry. The product is thick and a little goes a long way! It works amazingly as a conditioner, leaving hair smooth, nourished and manageable.

I also like it as a mask - I just left it in while I was using body wash and also had good results. \nI find it a bit thick as a leave-in treatment so probably wouldn’t use it for that.

Overall, I find it a great product and would repurchase once I run out, which will probably be a while since a little goes such a long way!

The ingredients list has ‘banana juice’ amongst the top half of the list. I’m not sure if this is from real bananas or a not.

The hair food comes in a generous sized tub, it’s really easy to scoop it a nice decent chunk of product. Admittedly, when using a cream product in the shower, I wish it was in a pulp or squeeze bottle for ease of use and to avoid getting shower water in the container.

The banana flavour is very sweet, almost like a banana bubblegum flavour; it’s a very pleasant smell that I really enjoy.

There are 3 possible uses of the hair food; hair conditioner, hair mask or leave in conditioner. I have tried all three. In all honesty I have a tendency to let conditioners sit in my hair for a minute or so anyway, so I found the use as a mask and conditioner much the same. It did make my hair visibly soft and shiny which I really like. I also loved that I could occasionally get a ‘whiff’ of the banana smell during the day.

When I used it as a leave in conditioner I did not like the results. I have dry, coloured ends but my roots can get greasy. I applied a small amount of product to the ends of my hair when towel dried. My hair looked really dirty and greasy within hours of drying. I wouldn’t use this as a leave in conditioner again.

Overall I really liked the banana hair food, it smells delicious an it works well as a wash out conditioner. I will continue to enjoy using the rest of my tub!

I enjoyed using the Banana Hair Food Mask, it felt like a treat for my hair and smelt amazing and I don't even like banana's! I should also add the smell lasts in your hair until the next wash, it is really quite fragrant so possibly not for you if you do not like strong fragrance.

My hair is long and is quite dry on the ends which are prone to splitting. I can see from using this product a few times now how much my hair has improved. It is much softer, and the ends definitely have more moisture. However I did not like this mask as a leave in conditioner and preferred to use it after conditioning my hair. I found the length of time I left it in without rinsing it out did not make a lot of difference to how my hair felt afterward. I used it more like an additional step in my regular shampooing and conditioning.

I like the large tub the product comes in, its different and enjoyable to scoop out a big dollop with your fingers and loving the main ingredients of banana, shea butter and coconut oil. All trending at the moment.

The product is of generous size and of 98% natural origin, I would recommend trying this if you have dry hair and in need of some hydration.

The mask comes in other flavors, aimed at doing different things. I am keen to try the Papaya Mask next!