I smelled it first before purchasing and I really did not like the smell! But I bought it anyway because I've heard such good things about that line, and I figured something so expensive BETTER do some great things to my damaged hair! Well I have only used it twice and I really do not like it!! I feel like the shampoo does not get my hair clean. I tease my hair and use lots of hairspray pretty much daily, and I only wash my hair every 2 to 3 days. So when I wash it I want it to feel CLEAN! to get all the hairspray out and for my scalp to feel refreshed. Well this shampoo did not do this. I could still feel traces of hairspray in my hair! Even after shampooing twice, and scrubbing ALOT! On to the conditioner. I felt like the conditioner was nothing special. I've used the S-factor Serious Conditioner. Its the one we use at work when we do deep conditioning treatments, and it works really well. So I figured this Health Factor one should be almost as good, right? Wrong! It's just OK. Nothing special at all.
I really hate to say this, especially because I am a professional Cosmetologist, but lately I've been using Aussie's 3 Minute Miracle Deeeeep Conditioner, and I absolutely love it!
I'm not supposed to use or say these things! Professional products only! But what can I say, I really like it. :-\
Yesterday I purchased Nioxin for the first time. (System 4) I've been selling it at work for the last 2 years and telling customers the wonderful things that it does (all from product knowledge training) but I actually have no personal experience with it! So since I'm on a quest for blonde HEALTHY hair, I thought what the heck I'll try it. We have these boxed sets at work that came out Christmas '09 that retail for $20, but with my discount I got it for 10 bucks and change. I really want my hair to GROW and to be healthy!
Well I tried it this morning, and I'm really not impressed. First of all let me explain what Nioxin is for those of you who don't know. The product was first used for chemotherapy patients who lost their hair. It's a medicated system that helps stimulate the scalp to promote new hair growth. It's not meant to make your hair grow faster, it's meant to promote growth where hair has been lost. It does take months before you see results, but once you do see those results, its pretty amazing. Well I decided to try it out since it has all kinds of good things in it to nourish the hair and scalp. As of today, I am not impressed. I really hate the smell. It's supposed to be minty, but I feel that it's really medicine-y! The shampoo doesn't lather very much, and as I've already mentioned I like my hair and scalp to feel CLEAN! Lather and clean tend to go together (psycologically anyway). I also used the Silk Elixir leave in conditioner.
I actually kind of like that one. I had been using Moistrepair from KMS and while I really do like it, and LOVE the smell, it kind of makes my hair feel heavy!
The Nioxin one doesn't feel heavy at all.
Anyway, I dont know if I will continue using the Nioxin Cleanser and Scalp Therapy. I'm going to give it a couple days (since I wait that long between shampooing anyway) and decide then.
One other thing I'm currently angry about: I recently found in my stash of hair products (and boy do I have a TON! ...maybe I'll do a blog sale to get rid of some! anyone interested?) Redken Blonde Glam... I forget the exact name of the product, but it's like a serum. You can put it on your hair either wet or dry and its supposed to help your hair shine.
Well I used it a couple days ago, and it worked fine and nice, but then yesterday morning I woke up with 4 pimples on one side of my face! ugh!!! I'm pretty sure it's the Redken product that did it because that was the one and only thing I used differently. So frustrating!!
Anywho, hope this helps (or entertains?) some of you out there. If you read this entire thing then I commend you! haha sorry for rambling.
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