Hair today , more tomorrow (Circ Shampoo)

Member Name: competition.man

Product:	Circ Shampoo
Date:	31/05/03 (994 review reads)
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Advantages: thickens hair

Disadvantages: definately only for those losing it on top, the elvis effect

Circ Shampoo

A shampoo aimed at a particular market , namely the balding self conscious male , yip it?s a 'Hair Loss Thickening Shampoo' . Although the web site ( see later ) did say women can use it too . Apparently , 'it contains polymer supplements that load the hair'. Whatever these are -?

So one with a mop on top , how did I come across this ? Well while surfing the WWW , a banner popped up shouting Free Sample ( it did not mention it?s market type ) , so I thought why not , and applied , after all there was no catch involved . A few weeks later the postie delivered a 50ml sample bottle , by then long forgotten about .

The sample bottle is a cool blue colour with silver logo and cap . The description for its use states ' gives thickness , fullness and control to thinning hair' . Now this is one thing I definitely don't need , but for the sake of an op and curiosity I'll give it a go .

Initial thoughts .

You can see why it'll give thickness to hair - it's consistency reminds me of wood glue , but it has the aroma of a woodland forest . Quite pleasing actually .

Usage :

The usual guide lines of wet hair apply and rinse , repeating if necessary are given . the bottle also states ' To get the full benefit of circ shampoo you may need to adjust your conditioner and styling product range ' .

This says two things to me , either :

1) Normal products interfere with this product as would a pin to a blown up balloon.

or

2) The manufacturers ( Proctor and Gamble ) , are trying to promote other products in this range .

Recommendations :

Well , firstly they recommend using circ on its own . So I do , for two washes . My hair feels a little rough , but is clean . As for thickening , well my daughter came in through the door , and the first thing she said was ' what's happened ELVIS ''. Yep it re
ally does thicken your hair - aahhhh.

For future uses they recommend adding conditioner / styling products as needed . Well I for one felt I needed a conditioner , which did help , and in all honesty not reduce the thickening effect - by now my hair looks like it needs an Afro styling added to it , or is it that my head has doubled in size . Either way , ELVIS is definitely alive and kicking now .

Ok so that's usage covered - oh how original , underneath these instructions they say 'circ range of products are specifically designed to work with circ shampoo' . So thought #2 was right eh . And these are : Spray on fullness conditioner , styling and cooling gel , and finally a scalp moisturiser.
Following from this are Q & A details , ie :

1)freephone number ( 0800 0284177 (UK) 1800 509392 (IRL). )


2) web address ( www.circmen.com ) . This site however has now been withdrawn , leaving a simple message and giving the above phone details only , which is a pity as from here you could find out all the details summerised above and also request a free sample.

and

3) Proctor and Gambles Uk address .

Proctor 7 gamble Uk
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 0XP

As for Ingredients , these are to be found on the inside of the bottle label . The usual mix and match of such products can be found , however the use of ammonium xx xx products can easily be seen . Obviously they are a key factor for the thickening effect .

Recommend it ?

Well yes , but only to those of thinning hair , otherwise you?ll start to look like Elvis and me . As for lasting , it bloody does . It's taken quite a few washes to get back o a more normal mop top me !


Size and price range .

These have to be investigated , but will be posted once I have found out these details .

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