Garnier Fructis Hair Food Watermelon

Loved using this product. The pot is easy in the shower. Only need a small amount to make your hair feel nice and silky. Has a nice scent too. Used together with the Garnier Frutis soap bar is a great combination

The first thing I noticed about the product is how large the packaging is, I doubt it would fit on most shower shelves or racks. The next thing was the smell – I tried the watermelon volumizing hair food – and the smell was very strong. I can see why it’s described as watermelon, but I didn’t find it pleasant as I did the shampoo bar. It seemed very unnatural and like something you would expect for maybe kids shampoo, it reminded of something from when I was little but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. It’s not what you would expect for an adult in my opinion. I have fine, straight hair that’s a bit past my shoulders and I found that a little goes a long way, you don’t need too much of it. With the large container I would expect this to last a few months so it’s pretty economical. You can use the hair food in 3 three ways – as a conditioner, a mask and as a leave in treatment so that’s a plus to have something that does so much. I found that it made my hair have what I would call sticking up bits and it wasn’t smooth and nourished like other masks I have used. The longer you leave it in, the more oily I found it made my hair, and I didn’t enjoy that, it was unpleasant to the touch. You have to put in effort to really wash it out when using it as a conditioner I thought, more so than other conditioners I have used. I didn’t find this product really worked for me, and combined with the smell I wouldn’t continue using it.

I was lucky enough to be invited to trial both this product and the matching shampoo bar. I'm quite conflicted, as the shampoo bar sells itself as being a product that is environmentally friendly, with no plastic packaging, yet the matching conditioner comes in a whopping great plastic pot. I intensely disliked the packaging on the conditioner as it's too big and very clumsy to use in the shower. you need 2 hands to screw the lid back on after use. A conditioner bar is what Garenir should have produced rather than this.

I think value-wise it's good, as you only really need a small amount of product. I definitely prefer the scent of this to the shampoo bat but I still didn't love it. As I mentioned in my shampoo bat review, my hair felt dry and there were a lot of flyaways which makes me disinclined to ever purchase this product. It was nice to be selected to trial both these products but I did not enjoy them and they did not suit my hair at all.

Love the bright colors on the packaging, makes you definitely want to see what the product is all about. It definitely draws your attention. I love how you can use this in 3 different ways either as a mask, tips for your hair or leave in. To be honest I have only tried 2 ways with this. The head mask felt quit good and made my hair feeling so good afterwards, it detangled my hair and made it feel silky and clean. The other way I used it was just leaving it in the tips of my hair and rinsing it out. This way was just as good making my hair nice a silky and easy to brush.

Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of real watermelon. Childhood memories of too sweet, too watery fruit with a strange texture. The same cannot be said for Garnier Fructis Hair Food Watermelon Hair Mask. The packaging reminds me of a hair mask I used about 20 years ago from an international body products chain store. Maybe showing my age. A whopping 390ml recyclable white plastic tub (50% recycled), a non-recyclable green plastic lid, with pink watermelon image on the label. Garnier state a Vegan formula, no silicones or paragons, no artifical colourants, a 98% biodegradable formula with 97% natural origin formula, dermalogically tested. This mask claims it gives volume, bounce and movement to fine hair, hair feels soft and not weighed down. Product Use is 3 ways, as a conditioner, a mask, and a leave-in, directions given for all 3. There are also warnings in regards to do not eat and to keep out of reach of young children. The Mask is a thick, white cream, a subtle but definetly watermelon fragrance. Downside if using as a conditioner/rinse off mask, being packaged in a tub mean's it's a little hard to apply in the shower without getting water in the container, unless you have a shelf away from the shower head. The product is a lovely texture, feels rich in natural oils without being heavy, absorbs beautifully and your fingers feel like you've just applied a nice hand cream. It is easily rinsed off as a conditioner/mask without any weighed down heaviness to the hair shaft. I used this product in all three ways suggested, especially prefering it as a leave-in, which I topped up on a day when I'd been in a heated room. The mask instantly smoothed and hydrated the frizz that had occured from the environment. As claimed, the mask makes your hair feel soft - in my case, super soft! Hair feels lighter, creating the 'bounce' as claimed, which I attribute to creating the look of increased volume.

Side note: Since shaving my hair off in 2020 lockdown for fundraising, I took up a No-shampoo then a C0-wash regime for over 12 months to avoid silicone-laden hair products, which led to my once-volumous, curly hair being lank and oily-scalped, prone to humid fluff. I love there are no silicone or parabens in this product, and despite the scent of watermelon lingering post use, I will absolutely use every last bit of this huge tub, as my hair looks alive again.

I was lucky enough to trail this Garnier hair mask. The product has a strong fruity smell which was pleasant. I applied to wet hair and left in for 5 minutes and then rinsed out. My hair felt nourished and clean after using this. It didn’t leave my hair feeling heavy either. My hair had a mild watermelon scent afterwards which was nice. I would recommend this product.

I was very lucky to be selected for the trial of Garnier Fructis Hair Food Watermelon and Garnier Hair Food Shampoo Bar – Watermelon therefore my results are the combination of both products working together.

The first thing I noticed with this product is the strong watermelon fragrance. That got me worried because sometimes strong perfumes give me headaches. Yes, every one at home knows when I have washed my hair because of the nice aroma in the bathroom but my hair only had a subtle aroma, just the fresh smell but nothing overpowering so no headaches, yeah!

The product can be used in three different ways: as a mask, intense conditioner or leave-in treatment. I only used it as a conditioner and I am happy with the results. My hair feels nice, soft and no grease at all as sometimes happens with some conditioners.

The product comes in a huge container so it is a good price as it is going to last for a while.

The only thing I don’t like about Garnier Fructis Hair Food Watermelon is the container. As I mention before it is huge and when you have a small shower, it is a bit of struggle to get the product without the container getting water inside. It could be great if it could come in a pump bottle then it would have the five stars. Apart from that, I would definitely recommend Garnier Fructis Hair Food Watermelon.

Love this! Used it in conjunction with the shampoo bar and my hair is sooooo soft! My kids keep telling me how amazing my hair smells! Definitely my new favourite to use as a conditioner!

I had really high hopes for this product and tried to use it in all three ways on different days/hair wash days as the packaging suggests. The smell is lovely, packaging is great and the consistency of the product is also really nice and creamy. I found that the product sort of weighed my hair down but at the same time made it frizzy? It was moisturised, especially when used as a mask but it just left my hair feeling a bit clogged down and not freshly washed. As a general conditioner I don’t think it did any less moisturising than it did when I left it on for an hour as a mask. So in terms of moisturising it definitely does work, however for my particular hair it just didn’t feel too good or look too good when it dried. I have thin hair strands but a lot of it and generally somewhat frizzy. For the price it’s amazing and you get so much product however given my experience with the product I’m not sure I would use it again, but I would recommend to a friend if they had less frizzy hair than I did as I think it did do what it says in terms of moisturising and it is definitely value for money compared to other products with the added benefit it’s cruelty free etc.

I was surprised to receive a large pot of “hair food”. After shampooing and using conditioner I followed the directions and oh WOW this product is definitely up to expectations. My long fine hair is, full and soft and wavy and untangled. After it has air dried it is easy to put up and falls into easy tendrils. I love the gentle melon perfume, it is not sickly and with natural products I give this a big tick and will use it again. The three ways to use it, as per directions, work well. I will be buying this again.