Lush Curly Wurly Review

I mean it too! It’s as if Lush got a truck load of coconuts mashed them up and stuffed the contents inside one of their iconic black pots.

If you are a fan of coconuts you are in for a treat, if you don’t or can’t stand them well maybe you should give this a miss. Curly hair babes out there you NEED get this in your life, honestly! I have tried numerous shampoo and conditioners over the years to cater for not only curly thick hair but also dry condition to very little results, they either look after the curls and leave the hair with a dryness similar to having straw for hair and lifeless looking, or they look after the dryness but don’t support the curls leaving a mass of thick frizzy nastiness. But with this shampoo the first thing I noticed after washing was the lack of straw hair, it actually felt smooth as if I had conditioned it rather than used shampoo. Then the results shone with bouncy soft ringlets that held all day without a hint of frizz or thick fuzz (that builds under curly hair at longer lengths at the back, I call it fuzz as it’s a little different from frizz)

This perfect little black pot with its easy to screw on and off lid sits nicely in a shower caddy, the texture of the shampoo is very odd and puts you off a little at first as you scoop a handful of chunky creamy beige dense liquid out that sits in the same mould as you scooped it out on your hand, no intention of spilling all over the place as it’s just so thick! Heavily perfumed in coconut, with a backing note of vanilla, which is the lingering scent on your hair throughout the day which is a nice touch. I found the first couple of applications very trying, as it’s not the type of shampoo to scrunch into a lather then rinse out in a hurry, you need to rub this through the strands with very little success of creating a lather, it just slicks your hair down with lumpy pieces of mashed up coconut in amongst it. This mashed up coconut mess also coats your shower in a gloopy slippery affair, but as long as you rinse it off as you go its fine. And after a few attempts at getting it rubbed through the hair and scalp you get a feel for it and it gets easier with bigger payoffs from smooth bouncy curls.

I am going to have to repurchase this in bulk if they ever decide to remove it from circulation as I have been using it for about 4-5 weeks now, once or twice a week (I only cleanse once or twice a week as I condition wash everyday to help my hair stay under control) and I am only just reaching half way through this pot as once you are use to the formula you start using less of it. So its excellent at being affordable and long lasting. Just for the record I have thick, coarse, curly shoulder length hair so you can gauge how much of the product I have used in relation to my hair length and type.

My hair is curly sometimes. Left to it's own devices, it can be wavy. Often I straighten it briefly to add shine, or curl it with a curler. This product might be called Curly Wurly but it's not just for curls!

Lush have a name for natural products that really work, and this is certainly all that and more.

Lush Curly Wurly comes in their classic lack screw top pottle. One of my fave things about this is that when you return 5 pottles, they simply gift you a free mask. They are encouraging both recycling and return custom, and it's awesome. The Lush logo and the graphic white font on the pottle clearly identified this as a Lush product, and as always the label indicating who made it, when, and when it expires is included.

The shampoo itself is glorious. It's a soft, pale pinky colour - almost a pink flesh tone - and it's a 'solid liquid' in that it doesn't run, but it's not a solid. You scoop out how much you want to use with your fingers, and go from there.

Curky Wurly is chick full of shredded coconut. The product largely dissolves/washes out but there can be the odd chunk of coconut left behind, so either comb your hair out in the shower before you get out to make sure, or simply rinse it thoroughly. I don't find that it's too much of an issue to clear the product from my mid-long, fine hair.

I dye my hair a lot so I'm always looking for hydrating, nourishing products, and this definitely takes care of my hair. Post-use hair is left soft, less frizzy and feeling healthy, with a faint tropical coconut scent.

That coconut scent is amazing, by the way. it's a natural, gorgeous coconut fragrance that surrounds you in the shower and lasts on your hair while it dries. It fades over an hour or so but you get to enjoy it while you dry your hair, at least.

I have gone back to this shampoo time and time again. It's a classic, and I recommend it highly no matter what your hair is up to.