As a hairdresser I always strictly stick to using professional products. I naturally have thick, wavy black hair that I lighten blonde, religiously! I also use heated styling tools at least every second day. As a result my hair is extremely dry and damaged.
To many in my industry, Pantene is the biggest no go! There is a lot of negativity behind their ingredients, their effects and the fact that it strictly has a cosmetic effect on the hair in the way that it only works on the appearance of the hair as apposed to penetrating the hair and actually repairing it. I have never touched pantene before in my life but O M G ! I caant believe it! I absolutely loved this product! Haha. I felt a difference after the first wash. After blow waving and ironing my hair, it felt soft and shiny and it smelt lovely! After the second use I actually let my hair dry naturally and wore it in it's natural wave - which I am NEVER able to do. By the third use I was almost ready to shout from the rooftops that I had been wrong all my life!
I used this product over 7 days, washing every second day, the texture of the conditioner is thick and creamy. I found that this product was easier to rub into the hair when it was really wet.
The scent is a lovely fresh, lemons and flowers smell, very reminiscent of spring! It is humid where I live and I was delighted to find that as I heated up, the scent got a bit stronger too.
It worked really well with my hair straighteners in that my hair-which is really fine-stayed soft, and silky for a long time afterwards-I really enjoyed the lighter feel to my hair and found myself touching it a lot.
The product says that it will 'erase the damage of a 100 blow-dries' and 'Clinically Proven Healthier Hair with Every Wash'- Can I say that I felt this happened in a week? No way- this would have to be used way longer to see if this was true!
What I do know is that it is a nice product that worked well with my heated straighteners, smelled really lovely most of the day and did leave my hair feeling light and not oily.
Tips: Make sure your hair is pretty wet when you use this product as it makes it a lot easier to massage through. It does not say how much to use or how long to keep it in, but I found that a fifty cent size of the conditioner, left in over the time you wash your body shave your legs and underarms (lol) is long enough for it to work very effectively. My hair is quite long, and this left it knot free!