Smells great, does half the job.... (Sunsilk Silky&Straight Shampoo)

Member Name: elemental

Product:	Sunsilk Silky&Straight Shampoo
Date:	19/02/09 (231 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great smell, leaves hair really soft and shiny

Disadvantages: Didn't smooth my hair or straighten it

As some of you may know, I have stupidly long thick hair. So it must be quite straight?
I wish. My hair does everything it can in it's power to annoy me (I think it has its own personality), it kinks, it is full of frizz, it has a whole wavy thing going on, and when blow dried it looks like I have literally been dragged through a hedge backwards!

I am a great fan of Sunsilks hair products, so when I saw Sunsilk Silky and Straight sitting there on a shelf in Tesco's, I had to grab it quick before it took one look at my hair and decided to run!

The Product
Sunsilk Silky and Straight shampoo

Availability and Price
This normally retails for between £1.98 - £2.50. I got mine in a two for £2.00 offer in Tesco.
You can buy this from Tesco, Boots, Superdrug and most chemists.

The Purpose
Sunsilk Silky and Straight Shampoo, claims to leave hair 'Smooth & Sleek and Shiny'

Packaging
The shampoo comes in a lovely pastel purple big tube, it is different to the picture at the top of the page. Sunsilk Silky & Straight is written in black,
and shampoo is written in white with a dark purple block surrounding it. In the centre of the tube is a dark purple round circle with a picture of a woman's head with metallic pinkie purple long hair, along with the words smooth and sleek shiny hair. Off of the main purple circle is a white circle with the words satin proteins and underneath is the question, Hair that tends to kink or frizz?

On the back of the tube are the directions, Sunsilks address, the ingredients and that it is 200ml. There is also a before and after picture of kinked frizzy hair turning into sleek straight hair.

The tube sits on a flip top lid, with a little hole that makes it easier to dispense the liquid.

How to use it
Massage shampoo into wet hair and rinse, repeat as required.

My opinion
I love the design and colour of the tube and it adds a nice touch of colour to my bathroom. It's great that they have got a picture on the back of before and after using the shampoo, and this filled me with the hope that something could finally tame my tresses.

The shampoo itself is a pearlescent white liquid that is of a medium consistency so you don't waste any of the product. I use 4 to 5 walnut sized squirts of the shampoo which feels like satin and it lathers up really quickly. If you have short to midlength hair around 2-3 walnut sized squirts will suffice.

The smell is scrumptious it smells very floral with hints of rose and lily and a delicate note of apple, with a freshly washed linen smell to it as well. Its the kind of smell that I associate with a bright summers day, so I find it very uplifting.

I found it really easy to rinse and my hair felt really soft and tangle free, and smelling lovely and fresh. I always use a conditioner on my hair and Sunsilk recommend that you use their silky and straight conditioner with it, so I used that afterwards.

I started blow drying my hair and it was feeling very smooth and soft and it still smelt great, so I was looking forward to not having to use my straighteners. Unfortunately the dryer my hair was getting the more I started seeing those familiar kinks and frizzy bits. By the end of drying my hair I was really impressed with the shine, it really did look radiant and my hair felt so lovely and soft, which was a step up from what it was before I used the shampoo. However instead of looking dry kinked and frizzy and dragged through a hedge, it now looked shiny and dragged through a hedge.

It has improved the condition of my hair and it feels soft shiny and smells lovely. It didn't live up to it's claims of making my hair straight, smooth and sleek, so I still had to use my straighteners.

Conclusion
Whilst it didn't live up to all it's claims, I will continue to use this because it really does give my hair a lovely sheen to it and the fresh smell lasts ages.

Summary: For the price its worth a go as it smells great