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!

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!

This is a delightful hydrating conditioner and if you like the smell of bananas you will love it.

You can use it 3 ways as a conditioner, mask or a leave-in treatment. I left it in for a minute or so and my hair felt oh so soft. The smell is so yummy and lasted till the next wash. It felt as good as going to the hairdresser for a treatment. My girls have long hair and was easy to comb afterwards and they both loved it.

The added bonus is that it is 98% naturally derived.

This has now become a staple in our household!

I've really enjoyed trying out this new product from Garnier Fructis. What struck me first was the 98% natural origin, no parabens, and no silicones. I feel this is quite a different product for the brand and I'd love to see more of this! The 3-in-1 nature of the product was also really appealing. I started out using it as a leave-in conditioner and then moved on to using it as a treatment/mask and conditioner. My preferred use is definitely as a leave-in. I find it a bit too rich as a regular conditioner. The packaging doesn't lend itself to easy use in the shower as a normal conditioner, but I can forgive it for that ;). It does everything it claims, my hair feels so healthy and soft. Plus it leaves a delicious banana scent, almost caramelled bananas!

This. Is. My. Fave. I will never live without this product from this day forward. BR sent me this bundle of absolute banana coconut joy and I was so excited to try it that I opened it up and popped a small amount on my ends straight away in the office. I also walked around my entire time begging everyone to smell the tropical banana delight - much to their excitement.

The smell is simply delicious. Like banana fruit bursts - sweet and yummy. You have to remind yourself not to eat it. The glossiness is great. It doesn't feel oily or heavy but my ends feel healthier than they have in a very long time. My hair is also looking shiner and healthier as well, which just has to happen from shea butter and coconut oil.

This is a true winner for me and I'm so glad I got the opportunity to try it. It's one that I will continue to buy for sure - and maybe even try out the Goji or Papaya scents if they smell as incredible as this one.

It does feel a little bit off scooping it out of the container because it feels like you're whacking on a handful of Body Shop Body Butter but you get used to that.

I have used it in all three formats suggested - as a conditioner, as a mask and as a leave in. And over the course of a week my hair is feeling glossy, healthy and smelling incredible.

I have very long, thick and extremely dry hair that knots very easily due to the climate I live in. I am always in the search for good hair products that help reduce frizz and knots while also hydrating my hair. I can go through a hair mask in about a month. My hair mask for the last few months has been a Joico one that costs approximately $38 so I have been keen to try something cheaper. I was super excited when I received the Garner Fructose Nourishing Banana hair food as I had heard good things about this product and I must say this stuff lives up to the hype!

Firstly the jar is a very descent size of 390mls a lot bigger in comparison to the 190ml one I had been using. The jar isn’t sealed under the lid so just make sure when you open it, you haven’t had it lying on it side. I have been leaving this on a shelf in the shower and no water has got through the lid so far!

The design of the jar is fairly simple with banana pictures. It is easy to read what the hair food contains just from the front label e.g. Yes to 98% natural origins, yes to dermatologically tested and yes to vegetable oils and No to silicones, parabens and artificial colourants. It is a simple yet effective design to tell you what it does.

The formula of the hair food is typical of normal conditioners, a white thickish cream. The smell is literally Bananalicious! It is crazy how amazing this product smells, like real banana’s not that horrible artificial smell. Luckily it says on the jar not too consume otherwise I might have been tempted to eat this hair food!

There are 3 ways to use the hair food either as a conditioner, hair mask or leave in conditioner. I personally have only tried the first 2 ways, so I can’t comment on the last. My usual shower ritual is to shampoo and conditioner and then to use a hair mask. So I have mostly use this product as a hair mask rather than as a conditioner. I use my hands to scoop out the required amount, I am usually pretty generous as I cover my whole head. I then leave it in my hair for a few minutes and rinse.

Results are impressive. It is so hydrating and nourishing on my hair without making it greasy or heavy. I can easily comb my hair without tugging and once I have blow dried my hair it feels soft, smooth and knot free with reduced frizz. I really like that I don’t need to use my detangling spray much in-between washes as this keeps it relatively knot free and hydrated. I have also started using this on my daughter hair as it is very hard to wash her hair but so far there have been no complaints as she loves the smell.

This is one of the best hair food/masks I have used and I definitely recommend it for anyone. It smells amazing, it a large jar, it’s cheap to buy and gives great results. I have already brought another two jars as it was on special for under $10.