Clairol Herbal Essences Conditioning Balm

[brownrelaxedhair]

Well, after searching what felt like the entire city of NY I finally found this conditioner and tried it just now for a conditioner wash. And so far I love it. My hair is in pigtails right now and not yet dry so I'll see how my hair looks tomorrow.

Like the post before on this page, I did Aubrey Organics GPB first (I'm using this more now since I"m doing a t/u next week) and as usual, the hair felt smoothly detangled. Then I put on the C. Balm for approx 8 mins while still in the shower with a shower cap on. On rinsing, the hair felt very very detangled and smooth. Very nice slip which of course I love.

I'm really happy with this conditioner as that noticeably detangled, smooth feeling is what I look for in a conditioner and this did it. It says it gives the results of a 30 min conditioning in 3 minutes but I left it on for a bit longer. Definitely gets a thumbs up and if my hair looks good tomorrow, then its definitely a re-purchase

Scale from 1 to 10. I'd give it an 8.5 or 9. The LUST gets a 10. I'm glad I tried this conditioner though, it's excellent.

Thanks Jade21 for bringing it to my attention! Yet another product I wouldn't have tried had I not found this board. Although sometimes I don't know if that's a good thing

 

[Tee]

An 8.5 or 9, huh? Hmmmm.... it's a good thing I didn't officially sign up for the May challenge.

 

[brownrelaxedhair]

I'll see how the hair looks when dry. The other half of the test.

But I think you'd really like it if you like LUST (that sounds so funny if you don't know what that line means

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[Allandra]

Well, that sounds like a pretty good score to me. Thanks for the review.

 

[Peachtree]

I really can not wait to try this now....

 

[lexi_24]

I tried this conditioner as well on the advice of Jade21 and I also really liked it. It left my hair feeling soft and detangled. The conditioner did a very good job at a very reasonable price.

 

[Paris Belle]

BRH: Where did you find it? I haven't seen this anywhere...

 

[Peachtree]

Walmart has it

 

[Elyse]

I picked up a bottle of this at Walmart and used it as my deep conditioner with heat. It made my hair soooo soft.

 

[marabou1]

I love it! Does a great job detangling. I believe it was Armyqt that suggested I use it.

 

[jada1111]

After a week of searching I FINALLY found this!

I also saw the new one, but I wanted to try the original formula first. I'll post my results tomorrow.

 

[brownrelaxedhair]

I know, that thing isn't easy to find at all.

 

[Allandra]

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After a week of searching I FINALLY found this!

I also saw the new one, but I wanted to try the original formula first. I'll post my results tomorrow.

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Please let us know what the difference is in the original formula vs. the new one.

 

[Leigh]

Target also has it.

Leigh

 

[Leigh]

Yes please do. I was going to purchase it last week but decided to wait. I'm glad I did since you are doing a review.

 

[jada1111]

[ QUOTE ]
After a week of searching I FINALLY found this!

I also saw the new one, but I wanted to try the original formula first. I'll post my results tomorrow.

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I used this today and I left it on for longer than 3 minutes. It's okay, but not as good as their HE Triple Blends conditioner. The Triple Blends conditioner leaves my hair very soft, moist and detangling is a breeze. I didn't get that with the balm, but maybe I didn't use a lot. I'm going to give it another try the next time I wash my hair (it's presently in cornrows right now) and use much more product. So far, the only deep moisturizing conditioners I like is Kenra Intensive Emollient and Aveda Deep Penetrating Conditioner (contains some proteins too). I would love to have a cheap drug store alternative.