Now that life is back to normal, I can
finally upload my review of some Dove products in conjunction with BeautyBulletin. The whole purpose of the
exercise was to try it out with a group of your friends because of the
different hair types the products in the box were designed for and to also
document the effects after just one wash.
I, however, do not like that many people and also love my mommy, which
meant I was able to try all the products and give my own opinion on all of
them.
Dove Pure Care Dry Oil Shampoo and Dove Nutritive Solutions
Nourishing Oil Care Daily Treatment Conditioner
This was my first pick from my box of
treasures because as a bleachy-blonde, I require as much moisture as I can add
for my poor traumatised strands.
My first wash included the Dove
Pure Care Dry Oil Treatment Mask with these products and I was absolutely
stunned. In the almost 10 years of me
bleaching my hair, my hair has never felt so soft. It looked healthier and more natural than it has
for the last 9 years.
I then packed just the shampoo and
conditioner for my recent trip away in the Drakensberg. The containers are perfect for travel,
because they’re fairly small and compact (though this does give rise to the
adversity of the shampoo only having 250ml and the conditioner 180ml) and they
were perfect for the dry winter air and quick, brushless blowdries.
The only negative thing I could
possibly say about these is that it does very little to protect my colour and
keep brassiness at bay. The only way I
could regularly use the shampoo is if I follow it with a rinse of purple
shampoo for my colour.
Dove Advanced Hair Series Oxygen
Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner
While I did use these products, it
didn’t really add that much volume to my hair since I have so much hair and
it’s already weighed down a lot by the sheer quantity of it. I gave these products to my mommy and my
sister, both of whom struggle with fine, flat hair.
Both reported that while the shampoo
and conditioner gave them an initial boost in volume, it didn’t last very long
at all. I think my mom’s exact words
were “my hair is pap in an hour”,
which says a lot because my mom styled her hair exactly as she normally does,
with a full blow wave, curlers and 3 litres of hair spray.
Dove Nutritive Solutions Nourishing
Oil Care Treatment Mask
If you have thick hair (or any kind of
length in your hair), you know what a nightmare spider tangles are. When my hair was at its longest, I was cutting these knots out because I just
could not deal.
Thanks to the review of another
blogger on Instagram, I discovered that this mask doubles as a detangler, which
is great at the end of a winter day when my spider knots are the worst after
the underside of hair has rubbed along my scarf all day.
Dove Nutritive Solutions Intensive
Repair Treatment Mask
I found that this mask differed very
little from the effect that the other two masks in the box had. After using this mask, my hair was soft and
sporting a healthy shine, just as the other masks. I imagine that it contains other ingredients
that would strengthen damaged hair (as the name suggests) but after using all
the other masks, this one seemed a little redundant.
That, of course, is a totally
subjective opinion. There is nothing
wrong with the product itself, it provided exactly what it claimed to, but my
hair has been ultra-conditioned now and the difference was unremarkable because
of that.
The last few weeks have been super
busy and thankfully I had the opportunity to withdraw from the madness for a
week and spend some time in the Drakensberg.
I’m not a travel blogger, but you can message me on Instagram
(@justcallmemuffins) or comment down below if you’d like an attempt at a blog
post on my trip.
Wishing you love and light until next
time ♡♡♡