I tried this product at the same time as the Garnier Fructis Hair Food Watermelon. I never use shampoo on its own so I did use it with conditioner. I usually shampoo once to twice a week.
This is the best shampoo bar I have tried. The packaging was nice and small but the bar itself was larger than most others I have tried. It claims to last up to the equivalent of 500ml - I haven’t used up the bar so I can’t comment on that.
I found it easy to use, i lathered it into my hands and then rubbed that through my hair. It lathered a small amount. It doesn’t claim to be good for dyed hair so I can’t hold this against it, but the reason it didn’t get 5/5 for use again is that I have dyed hair (green) and I felt like a lot of green came out while I washed it. It did give me the usual squeaky clean feeling that you get before conditioner. Combined with the conditioner my hair felt really soft and I did notice more volume. I usually always need to add leave in conditioner to my hair in order to comb it after I shower but with this shampoo and hair food combo I didn’t! My hair felt really good. The scent was nice, not too strong but definitely there so if you don’t like scents this wouldn’t work for you. I didn’t notice any scent once my hair was dry though.
Overall I like this and would use it again but not every time to preserve my hair colour.
Using this with my regular conditioner has been great. My hair tends to get oily at the roots quickly, but dry ends. I've used other shampoo bars and felt that they didn't work well, this one lathers nicely which others claim don't need to do. Maybe that's just a mind thing, but I feel I need a bit of lather for it to clean.
My hair felt clean without that squeaky stripped feeling, and I could run my fingers through it easily. It felt nice when my hair was dry, I didn't notice a big volume difference, but I have a lot of fine hair so it didn't make it frizzy either.
I like being able to smell the fragrance lightly in my hair.
While it was a good experience, I'm still not sure if I am sold on solid shampoo, it just feels like a bit of extra effort...I know that's probably terrible.
Tips: There are cute biodegradable shower caddies you can get for shampoo bars.