Lush American Cream Conditioner Review

I have worked for Lush before, and this product was one I always wanted to try. Before I left working there I bought a bottle after using a sample I received. I thought the sample was good, although thought that it didn't go very far. After buying a bigger bottle, I've realised that that is just the nature of this product and that you do need a lot in order for it to rehydrate the hair. Otherwise a fantastic product.

As a loyal user of Lush shampoo for over a year now I finally took the plunge and purchased a coinciding conditioner. Given the glowing review of this by my friend and fellow BR member Shazatron, I purchased this.

Like my Lush shampoo (Cynthia Sylvia Stout), this comes in a large plastic bottle with the atypical Lush label. I like that you can see precisely how much product is left in it so you aren't left guessing as to when to repurchase. I got the largest size of this as my hair is super long. Although this was quite expensive I felt that if I fell in love with it the price would be worth it.

As promised by Shazatron, this smells INCREDIBLE! Although it is said online that this smells like a strawberry milkshake, I think it just smells delicious. I can't put my finger on the scents - aside from the fact that this is delicious (helpful, I know :P).

This comes out as a thick white cream. Once put into the hair it is easy to disperse. I do notice that I need quite a bit of it, around half a handful, to get into my hair. As I mentioned above though, my hair is really long and drinks this in so I assume that is why.

This makes my hair smell absolutely incredible for 2 days (I wash my hair every 2/3 days). Combined with the shampoo, it leaves my hair super soft and shiny. I love this so much and will definitely repurchase it when my current bottle runs out. I really can't imagine using another conditioner while this is still available.

I received a small 100g bottle of this in a gift box I purchased during Lush's amazing Boxing Day sale. I have short hair, so despite its small size, this bottle lasted me ages.

It is labelled as a thick, heavy conditioner but actually, compared to most supermarket conditioners, it's thin and runny. I found myself applying more than I normally would. It rinses out easily but it seems to leave a waxy coating on my hair. My hairdresser commented that my hair is different since I've used Lush shampoo and conditioners. Neither good nor bad, just different from how hair would normally feel.

The best thing about this conditioner is the smell. More vanilla than strawberry but with a sweetness that you just want to keep on smelling. I probably would purchase this again as although I've used better conditioners on my coloured hair, this smells great and lasted me a long time.

It's very rare that I come across a Lush product which I don't completely adore. Sadly, the American Cream Conditioner is one of them.

My hair is very fine, curly, prone to tight tangles, is not colour treated but is dry at the ends and oily at the scalp. I was recommended American Cream because it is very nourishing for dry hair, and is one of Lush's thicker conditioners so is supposed to be good for untangling hair. Unfortunately, I found the consistency just too thin to properly nourish and detangle my curls. It just felt watery on my hair, and like it actually wasn't doing anything to really nourish and smooth the hair strands. My hair was very difficult to detangle, even after using copious amounts of this, and the next day after using my hair appeared quite dry and frizzy, which never happens using other brands like OGX, or even cheaper brands like Herbal Essences.

However, I think for something with hair that is more easily manageable and straight this could be a good product. The scent is lovely, although not one of my all-time Lush favourites, and is has lots of great ingredients in it to nourish your hair. Just not great for me.

I had to have this, after all it is a best seller by one of the most popular brands. When it comes to hair care I don't use as many products or brands so I figured I could splurge on something to make my long, dark tresses even more beautiful. My hair type is long and fine, the ends are naturally dry because of the length. Lush products usually smell amazing and with one sniff I knew this was coming home with me. My hair was greasy since I only wash it every four or five days, I figured a light conditioner would be fine. I applied a good handful of this to my lengths and it seemed disappear in my hair, it didn't feel like much conditioner but I chocked it down to that my usual Ethique Wonderbar is a very concentrated product so maybe that's why this didn't feel like much. My hair is soft but not as smooth or soft as my usual Ethique conditioner. I left it in my hair for at least five minutes to soak in and rinsed it out. My hair isn't any more shiny or easier to detangle but it is fragranced with that yummy creamy vanilla floral scent. I am not really impressed with this except for how nice my hair smells after using this. I wash my hair at night and my hair smelt amazing while it was wet, as it dried the scent faded but lingered overnight and early the next morning but by afternoon the scent was completely gone. I wish it would've lasted longer because the lovely vanilla floral fragrance was the redeeming quality of this conditioner so that meant that if I wanted the scent to stay I would have to wash my hair everyday which isn't good for it. It does have some really yummy natural ingredients in it like honey water, fresh oranges, fresh strawberries, vanilla absolute, clary oil and lavender essential oils, but interestingly it has sodium lauryl sulfate. I don't know how much conditioners have sls but it's more of a shampoo ingredient and it dries out my hair. So other than the scent I'm not really fond of this conditioner and won't be getting this again. I think it would be nice if Lush would put this vanilla floral scent in a massage bar, body cream or butter and perhaps a hand cream or perfume since it really yummy.

This product is one of those that gets talked about so much with lush. I've heard about this for years but only recently started using it. I've actually had the bottle sitting in my collection for a few months but I used it recently on a trip away as it is in a small size.

This comes in a standard lush bottle, the same as the shower gels. I have the 100gram bottle so it is quite small. Its enough to get a good few uses out of though, I think the biggest size is 250 grams. This has a sticker with the made on date, use by date and even a little cartoon pic of who made it. I'm sure like the gels, that you would be able to get use out of this even if it was out of date too.

This smells incredible. It's descripted as a strawberry vanilla milkshake but it is so much more than that. It definitely has that sweet vanilla vibe but it has a bit extra herbal with the lavendar and sage. I could quite honestly sit here forever sniffing this one.

The first time I used this, I had it in my hair and I felt dissapointed. You know when you use conditioner and the rich ones instantly make your hair feel better? This didn't do that for me. This is quite thin and it sort of made my hair feel dry. Even after washing it, although it smelled great, it felt just blah. I have very long hair and the ends are dry anyway but I want a conditioner to fix that. Anyway, during the day I noticed that once my hair had air dried, the ends felt really soft. I was so surprised, I'd already made up my mind that I hated it when my hair was wet but I quickly had to change my mind! I notice the fragrance in my hair all day long which is a really nice bonus too.

This does work out quite expensive but I think I'll pick it up again in the future. I'd recommend it if you have dry hair like me too.

my daughter gave me a heap of samples from lush as i asked about solid shampoo bars. this was one of them.

this smells so yum. like strawberries and cream but tartier, it's nice though. i used it after using a lush shampoo and it made my hair feel nice but a bit dry (even though it was wet). once it was dry my hair was heavily perfumed. and soft.

the conditioner is an off white and quite runny. i dont think i'd use this as an every day conditioner, and if i did i would use it after normal conditioning and use less, so it was just a hair perfume.

Maybe I'm being a bit mean by comparing this to another Lush condition - Candy Rain - but I does just seem like a worst version of a similar product. I tried both of these products around the same time and found American Cream to be left wanting.

The smell is pretty good but as others mentioned it's not really the strong strawberry milkshake vibe I was expecting from the label.

While the product is promoted as thick and creamy, I found the product to be very thin and I needed to use quite a lot to feel like I had actually conditioned my hair.

I also didnt notice any increase in the shine of my hair which is meant to be the selling point of this product.

Overall I was pretty disappointed and I really don't understand why this is Lushs best selling conditioner. Good thing Lush has some other better options!