I was expecting a small miracle, but this didn't deliver (Tresemme Thermal Recovery Conditioner)

Member Name: Nichelette

Product:	Tresemme Thermal Recovery Conditioner
Date:	30/01/09 (232 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Smells nice

Disadvantages: Not as good as lower priced Tresemme conditioners

As some of you may have read in my earlier review of Herbal Essences hair dye, I have absolutely tortured my hair.

Being pretty thick, I always have to straighten it, and although where I can I'll usually try and let it part dry itself, eventually I'll usually resort to blow drying the last bit. When I'm feeling especially cruel, sometimes I'll blow dry it, straighten it, and then curl it. As you can probably tell my hair needs a lot of conditioning.

I'm a huge fan of Tresemme conditioner, and since the small godsend that is their big bottle of conditioner for coloured hair was released, have been pretty faithful to it (with the occasional bottle of herbal Essences, purely because it smell so damn good).

Up until recently the conditioner for coloured hair was the most in intensive Tresemme conditioner you could buy, so recently when I discovered this stuff on the shelf (which is allegedly a deeper conditioner) I was pretty happy and thought I'd give it a go.

The conditioner is available in 500ml and 900ml bottles, though I always tend to buy the larger ones due to my massive conditioner consumption and the fact that they are just better value. One 900ml bottle of this conditioner will set you back around £6, which is slightly more than the other same size conditioners in the range which range from about £4.50-£5. These are quite often on offer (imost commonly two for £6 or buy one get one free), so I tend to stock up and buy them then. Just make sure you don't buy a lot if you have to carry them, because they're pretty heavy.

Tresemme Thermal Recovery conditioner claims to replenish hair which has been subject to too much heat styling. It contains aloe vera and almond oil, and has a pleasant smell about it, much like the other Tresemme conditioners. The look of this conditioner is also similar, it is white, and fairly thick and creamy, though I think this isn't quite as thick as the coloured hair conditioner.

This product comes in a clear bottle with a red cap. I'm a big fan of clear bottles as you can see exactly how much of the conditioner remains so there isn't any guess work involved, and if you run out it's your own fault rather than the result of bad judgement.

What I'm not such a big fan of is the rather hard plastic that the bottles are made of. I've mentioned this in a couple of my other reviews, but I find it very irritating that I never seem to be able to get the last bit out of the bottle, and when I say the last bit, it's usually a fair amount that is stuck in there. I really don't think these bottles would be very good for people with arthritis or other dexterity problems as I struggle enough with them myself. What is equally annoying is that you can't just screw the cap off after leaving it upside down to drain to the bottom, so you really do have to squeeze it all out if you're determined to get at it (though I believe this is an almost impossible task).

When the time came to use the product, I squeezed a reasonably large amount into my hand as I have quite long hair, and expected a small miracle. I always leave conditioner on my hair for at least three or four minutes whilst I'm in the shower, and sometimes longer, so it had plenty of time to work its magic.

Unfortunately, I didn't get anything near the result I was anticipating. Usually after using Tresemme conditioner my hair is lovely and soft, and completely knot free. Sadly this wasn't the case this time, and if I'm honest my hair felt a bit wirey. After drying it the condition didn't feel much better, and I still had some knots in my hair which I never usually have. I've been using this for a while now so I have given it a fair chance to work, but I still don't believe my hair is any better for it.

All in all I was very disappointed with this product given how good I've found the other conditioners in the Tresemme range to be. Once I've finished the bottle (and that will take a while as they seem to last so long) I won't buy this again, I'll switch back to the one for coloured hair which I think is much better, and cheaper!

To summarise, it could be my hair type which doesn't work well with the conditioner, but personally I'd avoid this one

Summary: If you hair is damaged stick with the Tresemme for coloured hair