I consider myself quiet a nutcase when it comes to purchasing skin and hair care products, as I am more of a natural remedies kind of gal rather than just purchasing what looks and smells pretty even if they are filled with chemicals.
After reading a number of articles on Shampoo having as one of their main ingredients Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, which roughly translates in lay-mans terms that our shampoos use the same ingredients as floor detergents use :-S (here is a good articles if you want to know more; Sodiun Lauryl Sulfate in Shampoos The Real Story); I decided to try and find an affordable Sulphate free shampoo and conditioner set. The results were quiet disastrous. Here in Malta apart from there not being a lot of health shops which can be easily accessed, the prices of such health products are too expensive for a full-time student; averagely such sulphate free shampoos cost approx 20 Euros for just the shampoo without the conditioner! When it came to searching on the Internet, well it wasn't better either, when one has to take into account shipping charges or the fact that many countries seem to forget Malta in their shipping list.
When I finally gave up hope to finding the perfectly priced Sulphate free shampoo and conditioner set, I googled shampoo recipes; the ingredients weren't that hard to find, however being the sceptical that I am didn't trust such recipes.
After months of searching, by purely mistake while I was looking for another product, I came across a good deal on ebay for the TIGI Eco Awesome Shampoo & Conditioner Set; which cost me about 10 Euros (including shipping) and both being full size. This makes it my first time using a TIGI product and a Sulphate Free Shampoo.
So is there any actual difference to normal shampoos? Before I used Herbal Essence Shampoos, the new formula isn't in my opinion as good as the old formula in those clear bottles, rather than these funky looking ones. Anyways I usually wash my hair twice a week and I have a really oily scalp, that after the first two days of the wash (i.e. the day when I washed my hair and the day after) my hair would look really greasy, even though I shampoo my hair twice in one wash. When I washed my hair with the TIGI shampoo, I already noticed a difference, it didn't lather and create as much foam on the first wash as the Herbal Essence Shampoo even with the same amount of product, in fact I usually would use less with Herbal Essence and I would have my hair all foamy. However, after the second wash the TIGI shampoo did create a decent amount of foam and did feel my hair cleaner. When it comes to the conditioner I found it to do as good as the Herbal Essence Conditioner, so didn't notice any differences there.
The end result; my hair looked clean and was slightly better manageable. Many when using sulphate free shampoos are afraid that their hair gets dry, personally I didn't see that. My hair feels soft to the touch and the good news for me is that two days after the wash my hair didn't look that greasy, in fact I can afford and wait another day before I wash my hair! So it works great.
Now on to the smell; on the Shampoo it says that it is Cranberry Orange Mint, I found the smell to be kinda weird (my mother did like its smell though), but it smelt natural. The conditioner also says that it is Cranberry Orange Mint, it smelt slightly more orangey than it's partner. How did my hair smell? It didn't have any weird or orangey smell, but my hair does smell nice and it isn't overpowering as my Herbal Essence Shampoo was.
The packaging; both my shampoo and conditioner are in those 'toothpaste'-like packaging, I read that for the shampoo there is a larger version where you just pump out the product, but mine is the same packaging as the conditioner. I found it quiet hard to open the cap and every time I fear that I am going to break a nail, so that is the only con in regards to this product.
Would I buy it again? For the same price as I found it definitely and I would even sacrifice a few more Euros to buy it again as it does a good job. Hopefully I would find affordable prices here in Malta.
Hope you enjoyed your review and feel free to talk about Sulphate free shampoo or any shampoo for that matter.
