I'm in a worse mess than when i started! (Alberto VO5 Leave-in Conditioner)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Alberto VO5 Leave-in Conditioner
Date:	24/11/07 (145 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very very conditioning probably too much for some of us!

Disadvantages: Made me look like Amy Winehouse's big sister and that's being polite

I'm not sure whats going on with me and my bottles! The picture on this link is not the same as the bottles that are on sale here in Coventry! What that lot look like on there are the shampoos and conditioners, hand washes and soaps and I'm here to talk about the leave in conditioner as listed lol

This morning I was having a 'low maintenance day'. To me that is a day when i have shower I blow dry my hair and scrape it back, slap on some face moisturiser, and don jeans and trainers. Clean, tidy and ready to go shopping (which I did and spent a fortune, I feel more reviews coming on lol, dam that Boots)

I had my shower, I washed my hair through twice, used some conditioner and that's when I selected what to put on my hair. In the shower I noticed me hair was not reacting well to my shampoo and conditioning. Normally with the shampoo and conditioner I use (please take a look at my Elvive post) my hair is fabulous but today, for no reason at all in the shower it felt really dry at the ends, most unusual and I couldn't get my fingers through my hair with the usual ease.

I'm trying really hard to get my hair in good condition cos of New Years eve. I have a really posh black tie dinner dance to go to so I'm searching out all the best products (that's why I read and rate a lot of reviews as well as write them and bin products as i go along) lol

Let me briefly explain about my hair....

Its just below shoulder length. Dyed black but this year it has gone from being platinum blond, to ginger, to red, to brunette and finally to where I'm at now. Its fairly curly when wet, frizzy when dry. Because of the frizz it appears thicker round the ends than the roots cos they are flat to my head but that can make my hair look greasy and going to dry! I have terrible split ends, and I don't blow dry and/or straighten every day, but because of this it means it takes ages to get my hair to grow cos my hairdresser sees it and is insistent the ends have got to come off, and its always 2 inches!

If i use the right products I can improve the appearance it just takes work but even if I manage to tame it after a few hours it will do its own thing. I have a mighty good cows lick at the front of my head where I insisted upon having a fringe to cover my frown lines much against my hairdressers advice and disgust. So as you can imagine its a real pain up the khyber!

I don't use loads of products on my hair, just one usually and 2 or 3 if I'm going out somewhere special (which lately isn't that often lol)

So....

I went through my trusty box of kit and came across Alberto V05 Nourishing creme. I have owned it about 2 weeks and i bought it for £1.49 on offer in Wilkinson's and put it in my box as a 'to try' lol so reading the packaging I thought hmmm this has got to help , lets give my hair a drink!

The packaging...

Its 150ml light blue shiny bottle. Its long and thinner at the bottom than at the top. Its got quite a bit of information on here telling me its advanced innovation, that it smooths and protects and that it is for split ends, colour damaged or brittle hair (mine is all the above as we have already established! Its a nice enough bottle and has a flip open lid at the bottom (so you have to be careful to make sure its clicked on properly so it wont leak!)

What it says about itself....

With our exclusive blend of 5 vitamins, Vo5 leaves hair looking and feeling vitally alive. V05 Deep nourishing, nourishing creme is a lightweight leave-in creme that instantly transforms the condition of split ends, colour damaged or brittle hair.

Suitable for daily use.
Reduces frizz and improves control.
Adds moisture to improve manageability.
Protects during heat styling.
For optimum results , use with V05 Deep nourishing shampoo and conditioner.
To help reconstruct damaged hair.
Do not rinse out. Style as usual.

Ingredients....

Aqua (water), cetearyl alcohol, cylopentasiloxane, propylene glycol, panthenol, tococpheryl acetate, ascorbic acid, nicinamide, biotin, behentrimonium chloride, peg/ppg-1818 dimethicne, ethyllhexyl, dimethyl, paba, polysorbate 20, triethanolamine, citric acid, disodium edta, imiadazolidinal urea, propylparaben, methylparaben, alpha isomethyl ionine, benzyl salicylate, citronellol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, limononene, linalool, fragrance (parfum)

Me Verdict

It doesn't say how much to use so I used my common sense and used a walnut sized blob on my hand. The smell is lovely and a sweet smelling fruity flavour , but not tacky and suitable for metro-sexuals too! You can open it and hold it over your hand and it doesn't drip so your in control. Its not thick but like I say not thin enough to run out all over the place and create a mess.
Its not sticky on the hands at all, and I dried my hair on a cool setting.

It defined my hair and created a smooth feeling as I was drying and that was without a comb going anywhere near it and the tugs and knotty bits fell out. The finished result was everything that the product promised, it didn't look frizzy and was a heck of a lot smoother and hydrated... however it lost its shine! It went dull and get this it made my hair too soft! Lovely feeling around my shoulders my hair felt silky and light, but I couldn't style it!

Scraping it in to a pony tail was hell it kept falling out of the band. When it was completely dry it went back to frizzy , but worse than usual cos it was like dry frizz with static in it and it just wouldn't flatten and I got short bits at the front of my head (my fringe) and even a grip wouldn't hold them back! I couldn't do a thing with it and I couldn't wear it down without putting straighteners on it and that wasn't the plan cos my hair was dried out in the first place!

I had to go out and its a cold murky day and you can feel the rain the air, and wind and everything just made it worse I was like the wild woman of wonga! Ive felt a right old scruff all day...

My final thought....

Probably fantastic for really really dry hair, that isn't anything like mine! Maybe if your hair is naturally straight or curly it would be better but mine is just so complicated! I did wonder if it'd be better without using rinse off conditioner first but then the instructions did say to use it but my hair felt over conditioned if anything. Which could be a good thing for some people!

The only good thing about this product for me, is the smell is long lasting and pleasant but I wont be using it again! I'm sticking with my fav dove and wont be cheating on it again.

Another thing that bugged me slightly is no where on the packaging does it says its recyclable and that it isn't tested on animals!

However i gave the bottle to my mum. I didn't tell her it was rubbish, I thought well it wont hurt her to try it. She had dry short hair which is dyed dark over grey with blond highlights. Shes always moaning her hair is the texture of a Brillo pad and that it goes 'fluffy' as she has wavy hair.
Well my Mum grabbed me as I walking past her, gave me a kiss on the cheek and thanked me for it and questioned where I bought it so she could get some more! She was really impressed with the softness of her hair. So as I've said it may not be suitable for me but I couldn't tell you to rule it out! lol

Summary: Great if your hair is dry like Worzel Gummage!