This week I will be reviewing two products from
LUSH Cosmetics. LUSH is a mostly natural, handmade, organic cosmetic store. If
you've ever been to one of their stores you know they are addicting! They
create anything from henna hair dye to perfume. It's pretty cool, the only
downfall is that most of their products are pretty expensive!
MARILYN
Anyways, as I've said in my cleansing conditioner reviews, I stopped highlighting
my hair several months back. My natural color is pretty light so my roots
aren't terrible, but they are noticeable. I started looking into several other
ways to get lighter hair without having to get highlights every 2 to 3 months.
One of the solutions I found was Marilyn from LUSH. Marilyn is a hair treatment
that is supposed to lighten and brighten your hair naturally, and moisturize
your hair. It claims that Marilyn is only for blondes (I'd assume brunettes
could use it too though to lighten their hair). The lightening ingredients
are: chamomile, saffron, and lemon.
Price-
$23.95 for 7.9 oz. I thought this was rather expensive especially for the fact
that the product only lasted me a total of 5 times! I had to try it though, and
I am going to consider trying to make my own if the product works well.
How to
use & how I used it- You are supposed to
thoroughly cover your hair with the product before showering and leave it in
for 20 mins. and then rinse out as normal.
Since my root's are my main problem and I wanted to
save as my product as I could, I saturated my roots (a good 4-5 inches of my
hair) and just covered the ends of my hair slightly. I let it stay on my hair
for the full 20 mins. I used the product every other day until I was out of it
(a total of 5 times). I used it once with the Daddy-O Shampoo. Every other time
I washed it out with Herbal Essences Naked Cleansing Conditioner (I found
that I used significantly less cleansing conditioner when paired with the
Marilyn b/c the Marilyn has a cleaning aspect to it too).
Smell- I was
not a fan of the smell of the Marilyn but it didn't smell bad. It has a sort of
earthy smell. You can definitely smell the chamomile.
How
well the product worked- Well, for
the moisturizing aspect of the hair treatment, I thought the product did
not provide moisture. I didn't mind this because that's not why I was using the
Marilyn. I thought that the product made my hair less frizzy, shinier, and
softer. As for the lightening aspect, after 2 days I thought the Marilyn helped
blend my natural hair color and my highlights together. After using it for 5
times I feel like my hair looked better conditioned (getting a hair cut
helped), and it continued to blend my roots in very nicely! I think that it
helped my roots lighten up slightly to match my bleached color J see
for yourself in the pictures!
Likes- Creates soft, manageable, shiny
hair, and lightens and blends roots/hair color.
Dislikes- Expensive, product doesn’t last
long, adds 20 mins. to get ready in the AM, contains parabens, and smell.
Buy/use again?- I would use this product
everyday if it were free, but that’s not the case. I am sort of a cheap college
student so, for the moment, I am not going to buy it again. I am going to consider making a DIY version J
DADDY-O
Initially,
this blog was only supposed to be a review on Marilyn, but LUSH was so kind to
give me a small sample of Daddy-O. Daddy-O claims to get rid of brassy tones
for people with blonde and grey hair. It is a purple shampoo. I am not 100%
sure what gets rid of the brassy tones (like which ingredient), but I have
noticed there are quite a few purple shampoos for blondes out there. If you
know let me know in the comments!
Price- $9.95 for 3.3 fl. oz. Since I
didn’t purchase Daddy-O and only got a sample of it I can’t tell you how long the
product would last. The bottle at the store was rather small, so I am guessing
if you use it like regular shampoo, it wouldn’t last that long. You are able to
get bigger sized bottles with a price increase.
How to use & how I used it- You are supposed to use this
product just like any other shampoo! I used it 2 times (that’s as much as I
could get out of the sample). I used it once with the Marilyn Hair Treatment,
and once buy itself to see how it worked. I used my cleansing conditioner after
I washed the shampoo out because it’s extremely drying.
Smell- YUM!! I loved the smell of this
shampoo! It smells powdery and light. I would get this product again just
because it smelled so good. The smell also lasted throughout the day.
How well the product worked- I thought that Daddy-O was
EXTREMELY drying. I was not use to this because I have been using cleansing
conditioners and they are the opposite. I thought that it made my hair shiny
and contributed to the Marilyn in blending my darker blonde roots to my lighter
blonde ends. It was hard to tell which product was working, so if I were to
test this product again I would use it separately instead of with the Marilyn.
Likes- Smell, makes hair shiny,
balances “brassy” colors.
Dislikes- Very drying, contains parabens.
Buy/use again?- I
don’t think I will buy this product. I am set on using cleansing conditioners. Although,
I wish there were purple (blonding) cleansing conditioners! If I were provided
this product, I would use it but I don’t think I would go and buy it.
INGREDIENTS
Marilyn
Linseed
Mucilage (Linum usitatissimum) , Chamomile Infusion (Anthemis Nobilis and
Chamomilla Recutita) , Saffron Infusion (Crocus sativis) , Cetearyl Alcohol and
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate , Fresh Organic Lemon Juice (Citrus limonum) , Cetearyl
Alcohol , Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Olea europaea) , Lemon Oil (Citrus
limonum) , Chamomile Oil (Anthemis nobilis) , Soya Lecithin , *Citral ,
*Limonene , Fragrance , Methylparaben , Propylparaben . *Occurs naturally in
essential oils
Daddy-O
Fresh
Organic Lemon and Bladderwrack Seaweed Infusion (Citrus limonum and Fucus
gardneri) , Sodium Alkyl Sulfate , Sodium Laureth Sulfate , Sea Water ,
Fragrance , Cocamide MEA , Propylene Glycol , Glycol Cetearate , Fresh Organic
Lime Juice (Citrus aurantifolia) , Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (Cocos nucifera) ,
Violet Leaf Absolute (Viola odorata) , Rose Absolute (Rosa damascena) ,
Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia) , Cananga Oil (Cananga odorata) ,
*Limonene , *Linalool , *Citronellol , Coumarin , Isoeugenol , Alpha-Isomethyl
Ionone , Benzyl Alcohol , Hexyl Cinnamal , Methylparaben , Propylparaben , Red
33 , Blue 1 . *Occurs naturally in essential oils
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