One of my ALL TIME favorite stores is LUSH! It’s really one of the only places that I don’t mind spending a hundred dollars at a time when I go there. (Judge me not!) If you aren’t familiar with LUSH it’s a bath and beauty company originally located in the UK. They use natural/organic/vegan ingredients in their products. They have everything from bath bombs, soaps, lotions, facial products, hair stuff and much, much more! And did I mention it all smells so, so good!?!
Last week I decided to take a trip to LUSH for some retail therapy. The people who work there are always so nice and extremely helpful. One of my favorite things about LUSH is they always give you samples whether you walk into a store or decide to order online.
So the girl who helped me gave me a sample of a hair product. I was sort of hesitant to take it because I was still in the mind-set that everything doesn’t work for everyone’s hair (yea I’m basically saying I don’t think this will work on black folks hair). But she ensured me that it was a great option for all hair types especially tightly, curly hair because it had great moisturizing properties for dry hair. And since my hair tends to suffer from dryness, I decided to take it home because hey, it was free! I looked it up online, and took a look at the ingredients and I still wasn’t sold. But I decided to give it a try.
Trichomania (Solid Shampoo Bar)- $11.75 (3.5oz): Most companies use synthetic fragrance in their coconut shampoos; why bother when you can have the real thing? We mix loads of creamed coconut with soy and velvivert for a thoroughly moisturized shampoo that’s ideal for hair which is curl, dry, tangled, over-processed, tired…
Ingredients: Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Steric Acid, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Cocamide DEA, Lecithin, Perfume, Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil
Without a pre-poo treatment or an oil rinse I used it directly on my hair. And let me say…the results were surprising…in the best way possible! I really think I’ve found my new shampoo! Yes it is full of sulfates (it’s the main ingredient) but I really don’t care. The after effects it left on my hair is well worth it. My hair didn’t feel stripped at all. It actually felt very moisturized and soft. A feeling I never get from shampoo alone. I was even able to finger comb my hair easily after washing the shampoo out which NEVER happens unless I have a bottle of conditioner on my hair! It really cleaned and the smell was GREAT.
I never used a shampoo bar before because I thought the cost was not worth the very few washes I would get out of it. Not to mention I thought the application of a bar of shampoo was difficult to use with no lather. But I was proven wrong on both accounts. The Trichomania as well as all the other shampoo bars LUSH has are suppose to last for up to 80 washes. I believe them. I didn’t make a dent in that small sample. And it was super easy to use. Actually it was much move convenient than having to continually go for the liquid soap. And it lathered super fast with great slip!
Would I buy this product…MOST DEF! I actually just went back yesterday and I made sure to pick this one up! Make sure you stop by a LUSH near you and check it out! And make sure to ask for a sample of any of the hair products they have to offer. And if you’re more of the online shopper check out www.Lush.com (*hint* If you decide to order, order from the UK site. It’s actually a lot cheaper than the American one!)
*Happy Hair Days =D*
