Do you want to smell of ginger? (The Body Shop Ginger Anti-Dandruff Shampoo)

Member Name: MissBeautyJunkie

Product:	The Body Shop Ginger Anti-Dandruff Shampoo
Date:	20/09/09 (38 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Soothes itchy, flaky scalp

Disadvantages: Effect on hair

Price: £5.35 for 250ml
£7.80 for 400ml
From: The Body Shop
For: Strengthening hair and promoting a healthy scalp

The packaging is nice, plain but good quality as you expect from Body Shop products. It's a plastic bottle with a flip top lid. The lid fastens tightly but is still easy to open.

It's a medium consistency shampoo, not too thick or too runny, but I do find I have to use quite a lot of it at once. It feels quite refreshing on the scalp as I massage it in, and it makes a nice lather very quickly. It has a natural ginger scent which is nice enough, but not something I really want to smell of, and the scent does last in your hair.

I don't suffer from dandruff as such, but I do get an itchy, dry, flaky scalp sometimes, and this seemed to relieve the itchiness straight away. After using it a few times it also helped to stop my scalp feeling dry and flaky, so I imagine it would also work well to treat dandruff.

My hair feels clean and fresh after using this, but it doesn't feel as soft or smooth as usual. It also goes very static and a little frizzy not too long after using it, and it ends up looking very flyaway. My hair also seems to get greasy more quickly than usual after using this, so it wouldn't be good for anyone who has greasy hair normally.

All in all I think this is an effective anti-dandruff shampoo, but the overall effect is not great.
Thumbs in the middle from me.

Summary: 3 stars