Ok, so I know I've done a lot of posts that have Garnier products in them... I guess thats because I've found a company where I enjoy every product (that I've tried), and found them to be good products.
   I started with a sample packet that came along with a paper that comes to our house, and since I love hair products, I had to try it out.
   Well, I found the scent to be absoutely heavenly (the scent really matters for me since I'm a super taster/smeller), quite fruity which is my favorite scent collection.
   So, since I dyed my hair this past summer/fall, I knew I needed something to preserve the color. And something to keep my hair hydrated.
  Not many companys have something that will spray into your hair, like hairspray, and not leave a huge residue. In fact, I cannot remember seing a drugstore company who brought out a product like this. What is it?
   It's a spray in product that has a milk serum (I don't remember what kind, but it's the white stuff) in it to help detangle your hair, along with the product to help preserve your hair color (the pink stuff).
   It truly is a lightweight product that doesn't leave a hunk of stuff in your hair like hairspray does (not that this replaces hairspray at all, it just doesn't have the same buildup).
   The natural ingredients include acai berry (still loving it!) and grape seed oil, which is very nourshing to the hair.

Scent: 4/5
Nourishing: 4/5
Effectiveness: 4/5
Overall Product Rating: 4/5

Woud I buy this again?: Yes
Why did I use this product?: To protect the color in my hair
Price?: I got it on sale for less than $4.00, but would probably be normally $5-$9.
It's only really worth it when it's on sale.
 
   I'm into hair products right now, so when I saw this curl product (on sale!), I knew I had to try it!
   My mom has curly hair, and my dad straight, I ended up with this half curly, half not type of hair. The hair from my scalp to my neck is straight, but as soon as it cascades off of my head, it's curly, and quite so.
   But I found that I could use some help sculpting my curls, and to keep the frizz down (for anyone who has curly hair, you know "frizz"! It's like having a humidity hair day, every day.
   So, I saw this in my local shopping store, I decided to pick it up.
   And it works like a wonder! It makes your curls more equal, and spiraly, without adding crusty gunk to it. However, you do need to use the full pump on it, and for me, I need to use two medium pumps. And the scent is heavenly!!
So, if you have hair that has some wave to it, but want more, I'd use this product.

Scent: 4/5
Anti-Frizz: 3/5
Moisturizing: 4/5
Effectiveness: 4/5
Overall Product Rating: 4/5

Woud I buy this again?: Yes
Why did I use this product?: To help inhance my curls
Price?: I got it on sale for less than $4.00.
 
   Well, I finally decided to get Garnier's Nutrisse Mousse hair dye.
   I really wanted to try a hair dye that was "mess free". Meaning that you didn't have to use any brushed to apply it to your hair. I was excited. Really excited. But I restrained myself from trying it out immediately.
   That lasted for about 2 weeks.
   By that time, I was ready for it. The last part of my pervious dye was really faded, I was back to being blonde.
   Now there is nothing wrong with being blonde. I love being blonde, but I was done with it for the moment.
   I really wanted to be dark auburn. Not light auburn, or subtle auburn. But nice, opposite, really, just dark intense auburn.
   The way this hair dye works as opposed to others, is that it works with a literal mousse pump. Why I say literal is because other hair companys have brought out a dye that comes in a mousse bottle, but the top just squirts out like any old bottle does. This one is a literal mousse container/pump.
   You opend the two bottles (the mousse bottle contains the chemical stimulent, and the other bottle contains the dye) and mix them together in the mousse container.
   When you gently mix it together, you just press the head of the bottle, and out comes the dye in mousse form!
   Now on the front of the box says it's "Easy to use. No mess". And I guess that is how it is for most people. But not for me.
   Being an artist, I tend to mix things differently. By differently, I mean, I know enough about liquids at how much of each ingredient I need to add to make a product work. So, I tend to not use a whole bottle of hair dye in one use. I pour the same amount of each into the desired bottle to create the concotion I need.
   It works for paint-in hair dyes. Not for mousse dyes I've found out.
   This thing was a mess. Because I didn't know how much I would need, I only poured a little of each into the main bottle. However, I needed to refil the bottle 3 times before I covered my head. Doing that in a cramped bathroom that you CAN'T get any dye ANYWHERE is hard. It hardly foamed like mousse should. It was almost no better than any normal paint dye.
   It was dripping everywhere, wouldn't end up on the right part of my hand, yeah it wasn't pretty. 
   I can't say that I'm fond of the way the bottle system works, but I think I'd have an easier time if I had just used the full bottle, or even half of it.
   However, the result was worth it. It took me from being a mixed head of many shades of colors, to a rich, dark, auburn. Really, it was exactaly what I wanted.
   However, the color faded about 30% as I spent time in the sun, which I didn't anticipate for. But that's what I get for doing it in the middle of summer. Tip, don't do it when you're going to be spending lots of time in the sun.
   If you want a dark, Mahogany color, I would definitely recommend this. It leaves your hair soft, unlike what people think when they think about dying their hair.
   I didn't like the application, but loved the results.
Pump System: 2/5
Color Application: 3.5/5
Scent: 3/5
Color Result: 5/5
Coverage 4/5
Overall Rating: 4/5

Would I buy it again? Yes

Why did I use this product? To cover my blonde streaked hair and make me a mahogany red/brown.

Price: Here in Canada, where I bought it, it was $8.99 without tax. Pretty good for hair dye. I've seen hair dye costing up to $50, and I bought a Herbitint hair dye (it was a Henna dye), and it was over $20.

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    Hi, I'm a younger artist who is trying to please my Father, God, with my artwork. I am planning to get into graphic design in a few years. I'm also helping my sister, Eldra, with her book. How the characters look, what weapons they use, planets, vehicles etc...etc...etc. In the past 4 years I have come to love snowboarding.
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