WOW big hair all day... (Tresemme 24 Hour Body Conditioner)

Member Name: Lools_24

Product:	Tresemme 24 Hour Body Conditioner
Date:	12/08/09 (185 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Excellent value, shiny hair, styles last

Disadvantages: Hair feels quite coarse

I'm a big fan of TRESemme products in particular their conditioners and have tried over 80% of their products. One of the main issues that I have with the conditioners are that after drying hair and then styling I often find my style does not last. In particular if I curl my (straight) hair with GHD's the style often drops after a few hours, unless I cake my hair in (TRESemme) freeze hold hairspray so I have hair that resembles concrete. Not the greatest of looks!!

So I was particulary excited when I visited Boots recently to see a new addition to the TRESemme range..... 24 hour Body conditioner. Surely this would offer me the silky shiny hair that other TRESemme conditioners create, but actually allow my style to hold for longer and retain volume.

****Packaging****

The packaging of the 24 Hour Volume range is slightly different to the other products in the TRESemme range, the colours on the bottles are more vibrant and eye catching. The 24 Hour Body conditioner comes in a 900ml bottle. There is also a 400ml bottle available. The bottle is an opaque plastic bottle. Inside the white conditioner is visible. The bottle has a bright pink lid with a flip top. Like the other conditioners from TRESemme the bottles are extremely bulky. The conditioner comes out of these large bottles easy enough when the bottle is full. When the bottle is less than half full of conditioner squeezing the bulky bottle with wet hands is difficult. As it would be if you had arthritis or other similar problems.

The branding on the 24 Hour Body conditioner is similar to the other TRESemme products however the new range has a splash of bright pink on the bottle almost a spray paint effect, giving a more modern look to the bottles.

****Price****

The RRP for a 900ml bottle of this is £3.99 which I feel is very good value due to the size of the bottle, and is the same price as other products in the range from TRESemme.

Mostly the supermarkets have TRESemme products on special. Asda and Tesco either offer a Buy one get one free offer or 2 products for £6. I bought the TRESemme 24 Hour Body conditioner in Boots along with 24 Hour Root Boost. On all of the 24 Hour Volume range there was a 2 for £6 offer on.

For "professional" products these are certainly good value especially for the quantity of products in the bottles.

****Product****

The conditioner is a white quite thick liquid, which feels quite greasy when first poured into your hand. The conditioner feels thicker than other conditioners in the range and slightly like jelly.
Directions for use are "apply to mid shaft to ends then brush through hair with a wide tooth comb. Leave for 3 minutes then rise"

When applied to the hair the conditioner is slippery and applies to the hair easily but does seem to take more effort to work through hair because of its thicker consistency. The scent of the conditioner is less apparent than other TRESemme products, but still reminds me of freshly washed cotton. After 3 minutes hair feels quite soft as extremely greasy, before the conditioner is rinsed.

Because the conditioner is so greasy it does take some time to rinse the conditioner out of hair. Once rinsed fully, wet hair feels soft and silky but not longer greasy. The scent of the conditioner is very light when rinsed.

When drying my hair I felt my hair dried slightly quicker than usual. After blowdrying my hair my hair did look like it had more volume to it which lasted all day rather than looking flat after a few hours which occurs when I use other TRESemme products. My hair did look shiny and glossy after drying but not as glossy as it does after using some other TRESemme conditioners such as Salon Silk or Colour Revitalize.

What I found completely different to other TRESemme conditioners is that after using 24 Hour Volume my hair felt coarser. Individual hairs seemed to be thicker which created the extra volume. As a result my hair did not feel so soft and felt quite dry although it did look soft and silky.

I would not expect a massive difference the volume of hair. Unlike in the advert hair will not appear to have more volume to others but you will notice a difference yourself. In terms of styling I noticed a massive difference. After curling my hair using GHD's, the curls last all day with very little hairspray on them. Using other TRESemme products within 3 or 4 hours this style would have dropped considerably and I would have wavy hair.

I also used this when I was in Cyprus recently. Last year in Cyprus my hair fell flat and style dropped out after about an hour in the humid night temperatures and looked massively frizzy after using a Pantene conditioner. This year using 24 Hour Body conditioner my hair did look slightly frizzy by the style lasted until the end of the night.

Once dried I felt my hair does look a lot more shiny and glossy and feels very soft. I was extremely pleased that the colour of my hair looked a lot brighter mainly because my hair was more shiny. After a few washes I noticed my hair looked very shiny, and my hair colour looked a lot brighter and similar to when it was initially dyed by the hairdresser.

There are a few disadvantages with the product. Like with a number of Tresemme products the conditioner makes hair soft and difficult to create lasting styles after washing. I also found my hair got a lot greasier in a shorter space of time than it did when I used other conditioners. There was a sheen to my hair immediately after drying my hair but after around 8 hours my hair felt quite lank.

****Overall****

I am very impressed with the 24 Hour Body conditioner. I would probably use this conditioner when I am going out and styling my hair in order to retain the style all day. For a normal work day I wear my hair straight I will be sticking with the TRESemme Salon Silk, as I feel although 24 Hour Body offers shine, it is just not as intense a shine as the other TRESemme products available.

Summary: Professional shiny hair with volume, all at a low cost