Product review

Garnier Fructis Repair and Shine Conditioner

I bought this when it was on sale 99p for 250ml about 5-6 months ago in my local Wilkinson’s as I have heard alot of great reviews on it, in the UK there’s been a lot of rave about it from various online forums mostly UK based ones so decided to give it a whirl. I thought it would be smart to buy 4 bottles of it in case I liked it. I thought that if I didn’t I could always let my older and younger sisters try it.

I have used it on about 10 different occasions as a rinse out conditioner; I have to say I wasn’t that impressed. It was ok I would say average nothing special my curls didn’t pop that much. Neither did it impart a lot of moisture on my hair, which is one of the main things I was looking for. As a detangler in the shower it’s nothing special.

The smell of it is quite nice but I could imagine it would get quite sickly after regular use, to me it has a quite appley scent.

After a period of not using it I decided to try it as a leave in conditioner, as some people had been doing. I applied approximately a dime sized amount to freshly co washed hair. I finger combed it through sections then went on to seal with my oil it made for good detangling and didn’t feel to heavy either. I then put my hair in 12 or so twists and put these in perm rods.

The morning after my hair hadn’t set properly in the rods(I think this is due to this being the first time I had done it and poor technique) but my hair was feeling very soft moisturised and manageable, more than the leave in I use regularly (ORS olive oil hair moisturising lotion).

As a rinse out this gets a 5.5 out of 10

As a leave this gets a 6.75 out of 10