Nice, but ultimately not worth the money. (Lush I Love Juicy Shampoo)

Member Name: MagdaDH

Product:	Lush I Love Juicy Shampoo
Date:	25/05/09 (43 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: pleasant smell, washes well

Disadvantages: nothing special, too expensive

They say "Fruity shampoo to get oily and grubby hair really clean".

I love Lush, particularly their bath and shower products and moisturisers too, but I find their hair products largely hit and miss. Some solid shampoos are great but many are just average, and the same applies to their liquid products.

This is, as the name implies, a very fruity feeling smelling shampoo, with papaya, pineapple, kiwi and mango; lemon and orange essential oils. It is supposed to be particularly good for greasy hair.

I bought one 100ml bottle to try, and I was underwhelmed. I normally tend to use a shampoo for greasy, normal or fine/flyaway hair, and then a bit heavier conditioner. I was my hair every 2-3 days (if it's three, it is noticeably greasy by the time it gets washed) and I Love Juicy didn't make any difference to that.

It washes well and it has a reasonably pleasant, fruity, mostly citrusy scent, reminding me of the Happy Hippy shower gel (even though this shampoo isn't suppose to contain grapefruit) but nothing to get particularly excited about. Anyway, I am not that bothered about shampoo scents, unless they are seriously gorgeous like Godiva - I treat them as utilitarian rather than pleasure products.

For me, the ultimate in "deep clean" shampoos was a Charles Worthington's one called Dream Hair and since its disappearance nothing ever came close. This Lush product works well: gentle enough not to cause major fizz and frizz, but washes the hair well. I would not use it without conditioner, as my hair is rather fine, wavy and rarely cut and thus gets into terrible tangles - but that applies to pretty much any shampoo out there.


At almost 4 GBP per 100ml it's a very expensive shampoo and in the final count, not worth it at all, at least for me. I would rather spend the money on one of Lush's more expensive bath bars and use a standard High Street brand like Tresemme or Dove.

Summary: I'd rather have an expensive bath bar