Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Updated Review: Suave Almond & Shea Butter hair care

I'm really not excited to do this updated review- I've never done this before because I've never had to.  I felt like I had been using the Suave Almond & Shea butter shampoo and conditioner long enough to provide you with a valid review, but the last several days have made me think otherwise.

These are the products I'm talking about, the Suave Professionals Almond & Shea Butter moisturizing shampoo/conditioner:

I'm going to start off with the good things- things I mentioned in my preview review (HERE) that still hold true.  These go for both the shampoo and the conditioner, since I've been using them together:

- Moisturizing formula
- Makes my hair soft
- Smells amazing
- Great price ($2.00 or less for each product)

However, after using these for over two weeks now, I've come to find that one very bad thing has happened to my hair: it's gotten unreasonably thin and lacks all volume.  My hair isn't extremely thick naturally, but I've always had a nice "normal" thickness, if that makes sense.  Since using these Suave products I lost all my body.

This is so disappointing because the price is INCREDIBLE for these and they do make my hair feel strong.  For example, when styling my hair I don't end up pulling much out like I normally do.

I ended up going to Target yesterday and buying my tried-and-tested Pantene Pro-V again.  My hair feels almost back to normal today after using that, thank goodness!

One thing I did want to mention, though- I'm making good use out of the Suave products.  Remember how I said in my first review that I wished my body wash smelled as good as these shampoos/conditioners?  Well, the conditioner works lovely as a body wash!  It leaves my skin feeling really smooth and soft, and the scent even lingers a little!  So I'm happy that the $4 I spent on these didn't totally go down the drain.

These might work for any of you with super super thick hair, but unfortunately for me they didn't cut it. I really apologize for not testing them out long enough to see the effects they'd have on my hair.  Thanks for bearing with me, though, and I hope you're all having a good Tuesday!