The New Year started off on a slow note as far as my blog is concerned. But New Year has brought some major changes in my life. Finally, I am moving into my own space...Yay! I have been busy house hunting since the beginning of 2015, hence the absence on the blog. And at last I have found my new place. It is not exactly what I wanted but close enough. I am super excited to do my space. You know the feeling to design your own place from scratch. It is pure bliss! I promise as soon as I settle down I will be posting regularly. There are so many products waiting to be reviewed, so many reviews waiting to be published and so many ideas waiting to be put into action.
So, let’s start off 2015 by showing some love to our crowning glory. Our manes definitely deserve some serious TLC every once in a while. The heat tools, excessive shampooing, those chemical laden styling products...not to forget insane amount of pollution and poor diet, our hair go through a lot. Lot of us actually tend to ignore our hair and all our focus remains on our skin care. But even if you have an amazing skin but dry, dull hair that look lifeless then all your efforts to look presentable would go down the drain. We all MUST pay extra attention to our hair.
I myself am blessed with dry, wavy, and porous hair which is prone to split ends. I am always searching for something that can moisturize my hair from deep within and can keep them healthy. And that is the reason that I am always experimenting with my hair care products.
Recently I got myself Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure hair therapy Repair Rescue which is a treatment for damaged hair. Now, I have used quite a lot of spa creams from various brands but this is my first time trying out any Schwarzkopf product. In my never ending search of miraculous hair care products I have tried Matrix, Loreal salon ranges, Wella products and various other drugstore items. Now, drugstore products have actually never worked for my hair. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love drugstore when it comes to makeup but somehow nothing has worked well for my hair.
Packaging: Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure hair therapy Repair Rescue comes in a round plastic tub with a screw-on cap. The packaging is red and white and is pretty basic. The tub is not heavy at all and can be carried easily in the purse.
Price: Rs. 900 for 200ml product.
Fragrance: Fresh and refreshing spa like fragrance which doesn’t linger.
My view: I know a lot of people don’t prefer tub packaging since they have to dig their nails to take the product out. But I prefer it over a tube packaging (a bottle packaging would not work since the product is very thick, else I would have voted for it) since I cannot go through the trouble of squeezing out the product in the bathroom with my soap soaked hands. Not to forget how clumsy I am with things and that I might end up slipping the tube off my hands into the tub or bucket. You get my point?
Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure hair therapy Repair Rescue has a consistency of a cream. It is not as thick or balmy as Loreal salon range spa treatments but is on the same lines as Matrix treatments.
Also, the quantity provided is less compared to what you get from other brands at a much less price. The first time I saw the tub I was really disappointed. Let me tell you the tub is way bigger than what it is actually holding. Nevertheless, the first time I used it I understood that this would still last me as long as my other spa creams have. You know how huge those Matrix spa cream tubs are. Right? This is just a baby in front of them. That being said, you actually need just 1/3rd of what you would take when using matrix or Loreal. That is the second best part about it. I remember using half a fist of other spa creams to cover my “longer than mid back length hair”. But with this I use just a...um...I would say a dollop or two at the max.
The best thing about Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure hair therapy Repair Rescue is how intensely moisturizing it is and how well it worksfor even the driest of hair. After shampooing I keep this on for around 15-20 mins (though the instructions say 1-2 mins) while I finish bathing and then rinse it off with cold water. It leaves my hair super soft and shiny and the effect stays for around 4 days along with the fresh scent which is pretty good. There was a visible difference in the first wash itself and with regular use it has definitely made my hair healthier. One more thing that I noticed was that it helped my dead ends a lot. Like I said, I have dry hair and the hair ends are even drier and that makes my hair look really damaged and straw like. Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure hair therapy Repair Rescue moisturized my hair ends really well and I can say it makes the split ends way less visible, if not repair them (nothing can do that, except for SCISSORS). People with oily hair should stay away from it as it may be quite heavy duty for them.
All in all, Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure hair therapy Repair Rescue is the best spa cream/ hair treatment I have tried so far. The formula is amazing and I hope they work on the pricing too. Go ahead and buy it if you are looking for a product that actually works for dry hair.
Rating: 4.5/5 I am deducting half point for the bad pricing.
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As oily is my skin, equally dry are my hair and scalp. Yes I have thick, coarse, dry, frizzy, porous, wavy hair. In short equally opposite of what I have always wanted. Sigh!! So, I always have to make extra efforts to maintain them. I can NOT use any drug store shampoo, conditioner for my mane as they have never ever worked for me. For around 4-5 years now I have been using only salon range products. I have used Matrix and Loreal professional ranges mostly and quite liked them. This time I was bored with the same stuff so I thought of trying something new. After thorough research of 1 week, I finally decided to buy Giovanni products. I ordered them from Flipkart and got them in 2 days straight!! Awesomeness!
The one I have been using for 3 weeks now is the Giovanni Smooth as Silk Deep Moisture Shampoo and Giovanni Smooth As Silk Deeper Moisture Conditioner . These are free from SLS, parabens, mineral oil, artificial colors, phthalates, formaldehyde and propylene glycol. I was totally sold on these claims!!
Giovanni is USDA certified organic brand and contains 100% vegetarian ingredients and they never test on animals. This particular line is a part of Eco Chic Technology.
Price: Rs. 525.99 for 250 ml or 8.5 Fl Oz. I paid Rs. 69.01 for taxes. So, overall it cost me Rs. 595.00
Ingredients:
Packaging: It comes in long rectangular bottle made of white-ish translucent plastic. The cap is a flip-open type and you have to invert the bottle to get the product out. The bottle has all the necessary information on it.
Consistency & Fragrance: The shampoo is quite runny and resembles the consistency of a body lotion. You don’t even need to press the bottle to get the shampoo out, just tilt it and the product comes out on its own. It is slightly pale yellow-golden in color and has pearly sheen to it. Whenever I see this shampoo I am always reminded of banana shake :D
It has a very mild and sweet fragrance. I can’t really point out what exactly it smells like. But it is some sort of a fruity scent. The fragrance is not at all bothersome and you can only sniff it directly from the product. Once it goes onto your hair, there is no scent whatsoever.
My view: It is meant for damaged hair and is enriched with grapefruit, apple and aloe extracts along with vegetable protein to soothe dry or damaged hair, control frizz and add shine. I am actually used to using quite thick shampoos and this one is pretty runny so I was quite skeptical if it would actually moisturize my dry hair. When I say I have dry hair, I mean serious dry hair plus they are super thick. So I always need something super moisturizing, nothing less ever works for me..NEVER EVER.
Now I am used to using those SLS based shampoos that lather well and leave your hair squeaky clean and this shampoo was a big change for me. For the first few washes I was confused if I like it or not. The reason being, when I apply this on my dirty hair I don’t get that clean feel at all. It lathers up very well for a SLS free product but I get that sticky feeling on my scalp while washing my hair with this. I can feel my hair still sticking together and it gives me the feeling as if my hair is still dirty. Due to this I always end up using it around 2-3 times. Now, I always oil my hair heavily before shampooing and I always dilute my shampoo in some water and use it that way, so it’s O.K for me to use it more than once to get the oil out of my hair. But I was accustomed to that dry, squeaky clean feel that my SLS based shampoos used to give me, so it did bother me initially. After shampoo, I follow up with the conditioner from the same line. After coming out of the shower and letting my hair air dry, I could feel that my hair was clean and that sticky feeling was also gone. Infact, I noticed that while shampooing my hair used to feel pretty dry(although clean) with SLS based shampoos, which was not the case with this one.
After testing it out thoroughly for 3 weeks, I can safely say that this is my new HG shampoo and I will definitely be repurchasing it. It has made my hair softer and more manage-able and never dries them out even if I over-use it. As for eliminating frizz, I believe no shampoo or conditioner is fully capable of controlling the frizz. They can just calm it down a little bit but for completely getting rid of frizzy hair you have to use additional products. This may not work well for people with fine hair and might make their hair oily the very next day.
Final Verdict:If you are someone who has dry hair then you should DEFINITELY give it a try. You may not like it in the first wash as we all are used to those detergent based shampoos but within 3-4 washes you will start loving this for sure. The fact that it is free of lots of bad chemicals makes it even more appealing. So, go and buy this without a second thought.
Rating: 5/5
