I'm not nuts about this one (The Body Shop Brazil Nut Conditioner)

Member Name: sandra101

Product:	The Body Shop Brazil Nut Conditioner
Date:	22/02/09 (239 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: none for me

Disadvantages: Made my mop look even worse

I do treat my hair very badly, its coloured every six weeks, blonde meche added most times throw in the temperature highs of GHDs and an already dry mop and you can see why I have an addiction to deep action conditioners.

As I adored the brazil nut no frizz balm my sister-in-law who works in the Body Shop brought me home a sample of the deep conditioner in the same range.

- - The claims - -

The body shop claim that this mask will give dry or chemically treated hair some tender-loving care. The ethical image of the body shop is upheld as the ingredients include community trade brazil nut oil, sesame oil, and organic olive oil, plus honey to bring back the softness and shine.

- - How to use it - -

The instructions are to scoop out some of the very thick, gloopy white product and rub it together in your hands then apply it to damp hair evenly.

You then need to wrap your hair in a towel and leave for upto 15 minutes or overnight. Once the conditioner has penetrated the hair, shampoo off and condition as normal.

I followed the instructions quite confident that I would get a really good result. The thick paste was quite difficult to spread easily through my hair and I kept applying more and more product to completely cover it. Once this was done I wrapped up my hair and waited the 15 minutes.

On stepping into the shower and letting the water begin the rinsing process I realised that this was not going to be one of those easy rinse products. Even after a couple of minutes under the water my hair felt quite heavy, tatty and as though there was still product on it.

Eventually I decided even though it felt as though there was still product on it to go ahead and shampoo. After shampooing I was glad to add a conditioner as my hair felt very matted. The conditioner helped it to feel more silky and for the first time I was able to run my fingers through it without catching them in stuck together bits of hair. I am still a little confused as to why you would need to apply conditioner after having just used a deep action conditioner but agree that it is definitely required.

On drying I found my hair was more difficult to style and looked more coarse and dry than normal. Even after applying my brazil nut no frizz serum and running the straighteners through it I didn't get the finish I would normally expect never mind a new bouncy hydrated look.

- - Will I buy it again - -

I was disappointed in the results especially after the great results I had gained from the serum and I will not be buying it. In fact I wouldn't even use it again if I was given it free as I felt it actually made my hair worse rather than better. The price of £7.80 for a 200ml tub is not worth it for me.

Summary: hard to wash out and didn't deliver on its promises