Herbal Essences Hello Hydration! Review


If you are thinking of buying Herbal Essences right now, you may want to read a little something, something first based on my experience. (I like reading reviews too!) This is not some kind of ‘ruining brand rep’, but it is just an insight from me.

While I was searching for a really nourishing, moisturizing shampoo in the internet, I stumbled across Herbal Essences Hello Hydration. I used Herbal Essences before (their old range, and the pink one) but that was just it. I forgot as to why I stopped using it. I heard great reviews, (also how some of my friends who had really nice hair was using it) about it as the top shampoo pick or whatsoever, so I was craving to give it a try.
So I bought it.



At first, yeah it did deliver that nice smell. I actually thought even though it was nice, the smell of coconut milk and orchid made me feel dizzy afterwards. Maybe it was just all in the mind.
However, it was just the smell. I didn't feel anything else - how my hair should feel really soft after it was moisturized.
SO I gave it a good two weeks (I think, I lost track because of school.) Nothing happened to my hair.
Probably because it was the density of my hair... actually, it is pretty thick. Each strand is twice thicker than the average one. You may think, 'whoa she's so lucky to have that'... but to get that 'pantene' hair required a very good maintenance, and that includes a very good shampoo (and conditioner), which unfortunately Herbal Essences did NOT ever deliver to me.
Well, it was a cute packaging though, how the shampoo was the right way up, and the conditioner was upside down. As I kept on using it, the containers began to deflate, this is rather funny. I was itching to blow it up to its original 'nice' plump (ae?). Saddage (my emo word for sad.)


Anyways. back to the product. The consistency of both the shampoo and the conditioner was pretty thick. I reckon it was the thickest shampoo and conditioner I have ever applied to my hair. Ever. I don't understand, how I easily said it, but it felt heavy when I poured it on my hands. There were bits of pearl-like stuff in the shampoo (it was noticeable.) At first I thought, 'Glamorous.', and the liquid easily glided out of the shampoo tube. However it was different from the conditioner. The conditioner, was a much thicker consistency. Instead of a pearl-like liquid, this was way creamier, and just simpler.
Okay, so moving on to how this product is doing on me now, I've been getting pimples all over my face, neck and back *disgusting* (not like a lot, but they're small, and pretty scattered, not just on one particular area.) And I am suspecting, it is because of the shampoo and the conditioner. Why? Well recently, I've been avoiding 'Procter & Gamble' products, because every time I research something about their product, there was always those 'some' people who reckon these products can give you acne. I am avoiding Pantene, Olay, Maxfactor, and now Herbal Essences (I knew I should not have bought it!). I researched it further as to what reasons they should give acne. I found out, mainly because of their high pH level, probably it's too basic. I wish I have a pH paper right now; it would probably turn deep blue. They used a lot of detergents, and chemicals (which right now, I am avoiding.) It turned out, that it had a lot of ingredients, which would REALLY scare acneic people (like me.)
(list of ingredients.)

Well, it is such a disgrace. Not only, it didn't give me enough moisture for my hair, but also, gave me acne, which is WORSE. I'm sorry but I do have to discontinue using this (and let my dad use it. haha)

And because of this, Vickii gives this a 1/5. (I'm sorry.) That single 1 is because of its fragrance which I kinda (sort of.. sort of) liked, and the cute packaging (oh! It has some bubbles on the side.)

I bought this for:…. At our supermarket. Not bad for the price, but Palmolive, which is cheaper can deliver better results, I reckon.

If you want to see my hair before and after I used this, I am going to post a video up, or if you want to just see me blab, sure thing :)

Labels: hair - conditioner, hair - shampoo, western

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