Up today are a Bodyshop haul
- Banana Truly Nourishing Conditioner
- Fuji Green Tea™ Refreshingly Hydrating Conditioner
- Ginger Scalp Care Conditioner
- Shea Butter Richly Replenishing Conditioner
- Strawberry Clearly Glossing Conditioner
I'm going to compare them on a few different factors:
- First impressions
- Effect: Shine and manageability
- Ingredient analysis and interesting ingredients such as "actives": Oils, fruits, keratin, sunscreen
Banana Truly Nourishing Conditioner
First impressions
Gross. This ting stinks. As soon as I took the lid off, that horrible, synthetic stink of bananas spread in the room. Just to make sure it wasn't my banana-bias, I asked mr Igor: "Banana? That's supposed to smell like bananas?! Nasty." was his comment. The stink calmed down after a few minutes, but still. This was gross.
Ingredient analysis
Aqua/Water/Eau, Musa Sapientium Fruit Extract/Musa Sapientum (Banana) Fruit Extract, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum/Fragrance, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Lecithin, Mel/Honey/Miel, Panthenol, Propylene Glycol, Linalool, Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, CI 19140/Yellow 5, CI 15985/Yellow 6.
Fuji Green Tea™ Refreshingly Hydrating Conditioner
First impressions
This smells really nice. Clean and soapy, but with the smell of green tea on top of it. This scent was my favourite.
Ingredient analysis
Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetyl Esters, Glycine Soja Oil/Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Parfum/Fragrance, Isopropyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Linalool, Limonene, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-t-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Citric Acid, Geraniol, Mel/Honey/Miel, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate.
Ginger Scalp Care Conditioner
First impressions
Mr Igor has a weird thing about liking ginger, so I thought he would like this one. But nope, he thought it was too strong and that it smelled more like some sort of wood. It smells like ginger to me? I'm not a fan of ginger though. This is the only vegan product, I think? The rest of Bodyshops conditioners are vegetarian, I think?
Ingredient analysis
Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Panthenol, Lecithin, Propylene Glycol, Parfum/Fragrance, Salix Alba Bark Extract/Willow Bark Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Linalool, Limonene, Betula Alba Bark Extract, Zingiber Officinale Root Oil/Ginger Root Oil, Citronellol, Citral
Shea Butter Richly Replenishing Conditioner
First impressions
All the other body shop conditioners brags about being silicone free. Just not this one. But I can't see the silicone on the ingredient list?
This smells light and nice. Sort of milky and vanilla, with something clean and soapy in there. This is mr Igors favourite.
Ingredient analysis
Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter/Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Lecithin, Cocos Nucifera Oil/Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Panthenol, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Propanediol, Parfum/Fragrance, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Linalool, Coumarin, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Caramel, CI 19140/Yellow 5.
Strawberry Clearly Glossing Conditioner
First impressions
Smells sweet and tangy. It's not so strong, and surprisngly pleasant. Some times "strawberry" can be a really artificial scent, so this is very nice.
Ingredient analysis
Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetyl Esters, Glycine Soja Oil/Soybean Oil, Parfum/Fragrance, Glycerin, Isopropyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Fragaria Vesca Juice/Strawberry Juice, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Citric Acid, Salicylic Acid, CI 14700/Red 4, CI 19140/Yellow 5.
