Herbal Essences Citrus Lift is a Disappointment
Written: Apr 03 '06 (Updated Apr 04 '06)
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Pros: Lathers beautifully
Cons: Medicinal scent, leaves hair limp and lifeless.
The Bottom Line: This is a drugstore shelf shampoo that isn't even worth its' inexpensive cost.
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| deenaf's Full Review: Clairol Herbal Essences Citrus Lift Bodifying Sham... |
I’ve been using Herbal Essences for many, many years. Their shampoos have been a fixture in my bathroom as I’ve used them on a daily basis as my regular shampoo, and as my backup between designer shampoos: Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Shampoo" and Paul Mitchell Shampoo Two". When I first saw Herbal Essences Citrus Lift perched on the shelf next to their regular shampoo, I felt compelled to buy it since it promised bodifying and fabulous scent. And I am a sucker for citrus scents in the shower. However, Herbal Essences Citrus Lift is definitely inferior to their original brand and does not live up to its promises.
THE PRODUCT
Clairol Herbal Essences Citrus Lift is a citrus scented shampoo that boasts the addition of Vitamin E along with its tangerine, lemongrass, and aloe vera scents. This particular iteration of shampoo is for NORMAL HAIR. The bottle says that it is a bodifying shampoo, hence I bought it since I have “pancake flat” hair that needs bodifying. I was enticed by its exclamation of “Uncover natural volume and shine…Release lift and fullness for a luscious body boost!” Hearty words, right?
Clairol Herbal Essences Citrus Lift contains citrus tangerina extract, aloe barbadensis leaf, almond glycerides, blah, blah, blah, standard shampoo stuff, blah, blah, blah, and orange #4. Basically, this shampoo has enough oils and glycerides to weigh your hair down. The tangerine scent is slightly off, not crisp and fruity but more medicinal. And the scent does not last. You smell it when you squeeze it out of the bottle, and initially it smells nice, but it quickly changes to a yukky smell. And then it disappears.
I would be remiss if I didn’t say anything good about Clairol Herbal Essences Citrus Lift since there is this ONE good thing. This shampoo lathers better than ANY OTHER SHAMPOO I have ever used. I am not kidding. You need only a tiny amount and you get lather like you can’t imagine. And it rinses easily. You hair will feel clean in the shower. It’s when it’s dry that the shampoo fails.
MY THOUGHTS
The bottle goes on to promise that the body-boosting formula is made with vitamin E and 100% certified organic blend of tangerine, lemongrass, and aloe. There is so much moisturizing and lathering that every shower is a vacation.
Number 1: A shower IS already a vacation from my two screaming kids.
Number 2: Don’t they know that many moisturizers actually weigh hair down?
Number 3: Where are all the men that are supposed to be surrounding me?
I digress. Sorry. Anyway, Clairol Herbal Essences Citrus Lift, in my opinion, contains TOO MANY ingredients. Leave out the extract oils, leave out the vitamin E, or leave out the aloe. All three is too many! The cleanliness that the original Herbal Essences provided is masked in Clairol Herbal Essences Citrus Lift by the scents and conditioning agents. As a matter of fact, the bottle indicates that you get body that’s more radiant, smoother, and manageable* - it’s like a day at the beach. (with the asterisk noting: vs. non-conditioning shampoos. . It simply does not perform. It doesn’t advertise itself as a conditioning shampoo (unless bodifying is synonymous with conditioning) but it acts like one. Had I known that, I wouldn’t have purchased it because hair types like mine don’t take well to conditioning shampoos.
Pass on Clairol Herbal Essences Citrus Lift. It does not live up to its advertising. In fact, it provided the opposite to this stick straight, normal typed head of hair. Dull, flat, lifeless, and lacking in citrus scent.
Recommended:
No
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