ApotheCARE Essentials Vanilla Argan Oil Sweet Almond Shampoo and Conditioner for Dry Hair ($12.99 each, a 12-oz. bottle with pump), and The Mender Hair Oil ($10.99 for a 4-oz. bottle)
Got an unruly mop? These three silicone-, paraben- and dye-free hair helpers can…help? If you don’t mind hair that’s sleeker, smoother and dramatically flatter.
Like, dude, where’s my volume?
There’s a shampoo, a conditioner and a hair oil, and they tame big hair stat. I see a difference immediately when I use them together on my wavy hair, which is dyed and healthy for the most part, but I do have to deal with dry ends.
Thing is…the lack of volume.
Depending on how much puff you want in your pouf, flattening can be a good or a bad thing. If you crave the kind of control that tames tresses by weighing your hair down (which I totally get, because sometimes wild hair needs/wants serious taming!), these will do that, but if big hurr is your priority, like it is mine, ’cause #bighairdontcare, I’d say skip ’em.
SHAMPOO INGREDIENTS
Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine*, Sodium Chloride, Jasminum Grandiflorum (Jasmine) Flower Extract*, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract*, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract*, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract*, Arctium Lappa Root Extract*, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract*, Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract*, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract*, Tocopheryl Acetate, Glycol Distearate, Fragrance (Parfum), Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Polyquaternium-10, Cocamide MEA, PPG-9, Disodium EDTA, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool *Plant-Based IngredientsCONDITIONER INGREDIENTS
Water (Aqua), Cetearyl Alcohol*, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine*, Glycerin*, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Jasminum Grandiflorum (Jasmine) Flower Extract*, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract*, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract*, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract*, Arctium Lappa Root Extract*, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract*, Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract*, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract*, Behentrimonium Chloride*, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fragrance (Parfum), Dipropylene Glycol, Lactic Acid, Potassium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool *Plant-Based IngredientsHAIR OIL INGREDIENTS
Mineral Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Octyldodecanol, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil*, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil*, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Jasminum Grandiflorum (Jasmine) Flower Extract*, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract*, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract*, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract*, Arctium Lappa Root Extract*, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract*, Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract*, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract*, Fragrance (Parfum), Tocopherol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Citronellol, Coumarin, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxycitronellal, Isoeugenol, Limonene, Linalool *Plant-Based Ingredients<
I’m on the fence about these three… Depending on how I feel about volume at any given moment, I like them. When I’m not in a “big hair” mood, I think they’re pretty good individually and used together…but I don’t love them enough to restock.
But they get points for being affordable and for having a fantastic fragrance, IMO, which reminds me of a schmexy, much $$$-er vanilla at Tom Ford.
❤️❤️ 2 out of 5 hearts
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
So I’ve been using the Volumizing line from this brand and quite like it! Doesn’t seem to weigh my baby fine hair down and it’s rose scented. I don’t know that it made my hair bigger, but it didn’t flatten me out.
I just got a deluxe sample of the Bumble and Bumble Don’t Blow It leave in for fine hair and I really like it.
My hair is easily weighed down, it is so fine, so I think these will be a pass for me.
I like the scents but definitely don’t want my hair weighed down. Thanks for the review!
The shampoo has Sodium Laureth Sulfate which I find extremely drying for my hair, so I’m confused how this is moisturizing. With super fine hair like mine, it’s a fine line between products that are moisturizing and products that build or maintain volume. Sigh. But at roughly $13 a bottle, I might give one of these a try.