My good hairdresser friend recently recommend this hair treatment to me so I was excited to see what it would do to my dry/frizzy blonde locks and sadly I was far from impressed. Now after reading some other reviews I think they may have had a dud batch :/ I wish now I had taken it back.
When I went to use it, the treatment came out runny and with cottage cheesy like blobs (gross I know). The fragrance was defiantly not what I had expected, cant really pin point it but lets just say it wasn't delightful like most other treatments I've tried. I found it difficult to distribute evenly through my long hair and ended up having to use a lot of product just to cover my ends.
It seemed to work a little better than say cheap supermarket brands of conditioner, and my hair felt a little moisturised. When I went to style my hair I still had a lot of breakage and it wasn't silky smooth. It also felt like it had some kind of film over it...weird!
I did use the entire tube but have since gone back to other treatments that work better for my hair and cant say Ill be trying this Joico one again.
I have an abundance of deep conditioning masks in my collection, but I picked up the Joico K-Pak Deep Penetrating Reconstructor to strengthen my damaged, blonde hair, rather than coat it in oils. I had heard many people raving about the K-Pak range and it sounded like exactly what my hair needed.
The packaging is simple enough - a plastic gold tube that can sit easily in the shower. This could be cut open to get every last bit of product out. The formula inside wasn't quite what I was expecting. It was runny, and looked like expired yoghurt. The consistency wasn't smooth, even after giving the bottle a good shake. Because the formula is so thin, it does make it difficult to spread through the hair. A large percentage ends up down the drain, and a lot of product is needed to cover the hair. By the time the product is left on the hair for five minutes, most of it has ended up down the drain. The formula has a strong scent, almost like artificial banana. I wouldn't describe this as a 'salon scent.'
After rinsing and blowdrying my hair, I noticed a small difference in the frizziness. It appeared slightly smoother and more manageable, but nothing drastic. This product is designed to strengthen the hair, so I can understand that this may not be particularly noticeable, especially in comparison to a product that just coats the hair with oils. However, I have now come to the end of the product and my hair doesn't appear to have benefitted. I will not be repurchasing this product.
Tips: Squeeze as much water out of the hair as possible before applying. This will help the product to stay in place.