Garnier Fructis Hair Food Macadamia Review

This is so affordable and I love the Briogeo Deep Repair Mask but $69 vs $10..this is such a close dupe! I love it and it’s smells like a Bali holiday! Love

I was lucky enough to trial this product. I have dry, fine, frizzy hair; so any product that claims to nourish my kind of hair is something I want to try.

The tub is huge!! I love how large and generous it is. The hair food smells delicious, like macadamias and the texture is smooth and incredibly creamy.

I used the food as a mask and a conditioner, but it was more effective as a mask. I feel if you want the best results, you need to leave it in your hair for as long as possible. It didn't really work as a conditioner for me. While it did work, the results weren't long lasting. I was hoping it would leave my hair feeling soft and silky, and looking super shiny for at least 24hours; but I was lucky to get 12 hours out of it. So it IS good, but NOT as good/great as I hoped it would be.

I brought this product while on special I have thick dry hair I thought this would help put moisture back into it . The product is very thick and you don’t really need to use much I left it in my hair after shampooing it for about 10 minutes once washed out my hair felt nice and healthy and full of moisture, it don’t really last long feeling this way as I thought it would I guess it works differently with all hair types

I love that it is a mask, conditioner AND a leave in. I prefer the aloe version as this one is quite heavy, but I found that it did what it says it does.

Backstory: I have VERY dry hair AND skin, so anything that claims to help is an instant “let’s try it” from me. I do dye my hair often, so that’s going to affect things a bit. This product is one of my favourites when it comes to conditioner. It comes in a sizeable pot, lots of instructions on the packaging and recyclable. The consistency is good, you don’t need a whole lot for just-below-shoulder length hair. A pot like this will last me a month, whereas a bottle lasts me usually two weeks or so. I love, love, LOVE that you can use it 3 ways. Conditioner, mask, or leave in* but read packaging for info on that. The product smells good, not unpleasant, but not overpowering. As for results, as previously mentioned, I have very dry hair and do dye my own hair once every two months or so, so I’m not surprised that I still suffer some dryness after using. That being said, there was an improvement for sure. I noticed more shine, more volume, and less frizz. It wasn’t a fix-all, but it would have to be an absolute miracle at this point. I would use again and again and again.

I’ve tested out Garnier Fructis Macadamia Hair Food quite thoroughly on my hair now and used it in the three different ways suggested - as a conditioner, a hair mask and a leave-in treatment. I’ll go into more detail a bit later on in this review about these three uses.

Clearly, with three haircare uses, this product is versatile and economical. You get quite a lot of it, in a decent-sized tub. The tub looks like a big pottle of frozen yoghurt or ice cream! What a novel way to package a hair ‘food’ product! It looks good enough to eat and has a kind of yoghurt-like texture to it too (don’t worry, no haircare product was eaten for the purpose of this review!). The actual smell of it though didn’t blow me away. It’s pleasant enough – it smells a bit like caramel or something sweet enough to eat – but perhaps it’s just not the kind of smell I want to plaster all over my hair. But I didn’t hate the smell as it’s not offensive or overpowering. But a big tick for me is that it’s mostly natural, with no parabens/artificial colours etc. Lovely, natural ingredients make up 98% of it, including macadamia seed oil, coconut oil, almond oil, etc.

Now for the three ways you can use this product:

1) LEAVE-IN TREATMENT: I tried using this as a leave-in on dry hair a couple of times, but it just felt too heavy in my hair and I wanted to rinse it out straight away - not ‘leave it in’ at all! It felt too concentrated as a leave-in. The other thing I found was that I couldn’t really rub it in evenly on to dry hair: it was hard to apply and ended up in my hair in patches, which felt heavy and greasy.

2) HAIR MASK: this was a better option for me as I found it easier to apply to wet hair. Using it as a mask also suited me better because I could rinse it out after applying it (you only need to leave it in for one minute).

3) CONDITIONER: WOW! My hair loves this stuff when I just use it as a simple conditioner! It leaves my hair feeling silkier and more hydrated. This is my favourite way to use this product and I’ll continue to use it as a conditioner.

All things considered, this Smoothing Macadamia Hair Food gets four kisses from me. I didn’t like using it as a leave-in treatment. However, it does a decent job as a mask or conditioner. And you know it must be gentle and kind on your hair when it contains so many gorgeous natural ingredients.

It’s fair to say that, in the past, I’ve not been that complimentary of Garnier products, as is obvious in a previous review I’ve done on this site. But clearly I need to try out a few more Garnier products as I reckon they’re on to a good thing with this Hair Food! I’m keen to try out some of the other ‘flavours’ in this range now. I’ll just have to hold back on the temptation to eat any of them!!

I wasn't too sure what to expect of this product and I can't say I am too familiar with the brand but first impressions were pretty good.

The container is HUGE, like double what I usually get in a hair mask tub. It can be a little bulky to open in the shower and I can imagine water would get in pretty easily (I have a bath shower so I can just walk out of the water to open the tub).

I wasn't a fan of the smell. The combination of perfume-y fragrance mixed with macadamia doesn't do it for me but I can see how it could be enjoyable for others. My hair doesn't smell like that afterwards so I'm fine with it.

I used this product with my usual hair routine and swapped out the mask for this one. It worked really well and my hair was visibly less frizzy which is a pretty big deal for me. I don't typically have dry hair but it certainly did feel hydrating. It didn't make my hair as soft as my usual mask. The one problem with this mask is that it made my scalp itchy. This is not unusual for me but if you have a sensitive scalp, I would recommend trying a sample first if you can since you get so much product in the tub and it would be a shame to see it go to waste. It would have been nice to see a bit more vibrancy in my hair colour but that is not the intention of this product.

I also tried this product as a conditioner which means applying to the ends of my hair. It worked well but it didn't feel like anything special and again, my current conditioner makes my hair feel softer.

I was super skeptical about using this as a leave-in treatment as the packaging suggests but I did it for the sake of the review. Surprisingly, I liked it. It was a good way to reduce my frizziness without having the product on my scalp.

Overall, the best results from this product came from using it as a mask. It was a shame it makes my scalp itchy but using the product in conjunction with my coconut oil mixture works for me to reduce the itching that I typically get from most hair cleaning products (I add a couple of drops of the made-up mixture to my shampoo or mask - 9mL fractionated coconut oil and a couple drops each of tee tree and rosemary essential oils). I will continue to use this product, but I am doubtful I would purchase it when it runs out only because I love my regular mask.

Overall, I would say I found this product decent without raving about it or saying that it did anything remarkably different to other similar products.

The pot size is large and is easy to screw open the lid to get the product out. The smell is delicious and lingers for a few days after use.

The product itself is quite thick so you don't need to use too much but it integrates well into the hair without being too greasy. I prefer to use this just as a conditioner as i don't like leaving products in my hair and don't like the mess and annoyance of hair masks.

I enjoyed trialing this and would be keen to repurchase but will probably still use my regular conditioning products intermittently as well.

This product is great, the tub is a large size and easy to open while in the shower The product is a thick creamy mixture and is dense, I have thick coloured hair and used this as a leave in conditioner after shampooing, it left my hair smelling great and nourished. I would use this at least 3 times a week for maximum results. It’s free of nasties so that’s great if you’re avoiding SLS, parabens etc! It also has a great mix of coconut oil, macadamia oil and more! The smell of the mask is buttery and nice it also isn’t too heavy on the hair! I hope this product becomes available at supermarkets cause I love it!

i love these hair masks, i have all 4 now. they smell amazing, they work better than expected and they leave my hair looking ah-may-zing.

like it's fruity counterparts, this is a generous sized tub of hair mask. they couldve made them half the size but other than the massive tubs taking up room in my cupboard, i'm glad they didn't.

macadamia isn't my favorite of the bunch, for two reasons - the smell is a bit bleh for my tastes, but its definitely nutty! i almost want to say it smells a bit chocolatey and maybe that's why i don't like it as much. the second reason i don't like it is for the "smoothing" it claims to do - i found it didn't do anything different to the other 3 conditioners, they all smoothed and tamed my hair the same way, there was nothing special or stand out about this one.

i've used this all three ways but my favorite is as a hair mask with a hot towel on my head for 5 minutes - oh the blisssss! i feel so pampered when i do this! i also like to mix all four smells together so i can have a fruity party on my head, and i love it.

one thing i do love about this hair mask though (all of them really) is that they dont make my hair dye run, or fade, or anything like that. it just sits there doing it's job and rinses out easily. it's a lovely mask, one i probably won't repurchase, but i do recommend it.