Recently an excellent reviewer of beauty products (The Pen) did me the honor of including my user name in her Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner, so naturally I felt it only right to at least do her the honor in return and give the product she recommended a try.
My history with Herbal Essences:
I had tried the new products from Herbal Essences and honestly I was not impressed. However that was only with one of their conditioners, so I figured I may as well try more before I knock on the entire new line to the dirt.
The bottle and the promise:
Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner comes in an odd groovy shaped blue bottle. The bottle promised to moisturize my dry locks by giving it a drink of lush hydration with it’s rich formula fused with moisturizers, orchids & coconut milk.
It all sounded pretty dang delish, and heck my hair could use a drink! I toast to that.
Price:
Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner came to a mere $2.76 for a 12 ounce bottle, at my local CVS drug store. For that low price I figured even if the conditioner sucked, it wasn’t a drastic loss on my part.
My Use:
I first rinsed out with a cheap shampoo, to see how well the conditioner would work in all it’s glory without the help of fancy fine shampoos.
After shampooing I applied about a handful of Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner to my locks (I have thick hair long hair so using a lot of conditioner for my hair type is always a necessity), as I began to apply the scent was the first thing to hit me.
I could smell the light undertone of coconut like the bottle had said; but I also smelled the flowers; the dried out but strong scent of flowers. I myself like flowery scents so long as they don’t remind me of old lady perfume. Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner didn’t remind me of an old lady, but it was a bit strong. I didn’t mind though because I knew the scent would tone down and leave traces of the floral scent in my hair.
I left the conditioner in my hair for about 3 minutes, then began to rinse. As I began to rinse I could feel that my hair was in fact a tad more moisturized, but I also was able to tell right then and there that it was not going to make much of a difference as my hair began to dry.
I have hair that is so thick and unruly that if the conditioner is not deeply moisturizing it does nothing for me.
Drying up:
Just as I suspected, as my hair began to dry it frizzed up and puffed up. It was left soft and lightly scented, but as far as moisturization went, it didn’t do very much. It added some, but just not enough for my hair type.
Overall:
Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner is not for me. I liked the scent it left behind, but in order for my hair to benefit from conditioner and healing dry locks I will stick with Got2b hair products.
Recommendation:
Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner will be a bit of a disappointment for those of you with long thick wavy hair; however for those with thinner easier to tame hair, this product would work quite a number on your hair because it did add ‘some’ moisturization to my hair type.
For those interested, or for those who like the product try the shampoo, or 2 in 1.
