I'm a huge hair care nut, I have enough shampoo and conditioner to last me years without buying anymore.
Ok, so that's a slight exaggeration.
But still I'm always on the look out for new ranges and brands to treat my tired, dyed and dry hair.
I happened upon the Umberto Giannini range one day whilst browsing in Boots, and decided to inspect the shampoos and conditioners a bit closer. I've tried a few things already from the brand, with their natural curl spray being something my hair can not live without on holiday, but I've never tried anything for cleansing and moisturising.
Let me point one thing out that has started to happen with more recent launches, UG get the design of their packaging spot on, they use really pretty black and white sketches, as well as colourful illustrations to adorn their bottles, and it definitely makes them more eye catching.
In fact it was the design that made pick up this particular range - the scruffy, dead ends of the picture remind me horribly of the state my hair can get in.
Mend My Hair claims to be damage repairing, and helps rebuild and maintain good hair.
I'd just like to put it out there and say, you can't really repair hair itself, you can only repair the appearance of hair, and even then it's only really a temporary measure at best.
I'm sorry but it's the truth. I have killed my hair over the years with heat and bleach, and with the effects of that I was left with very dry, limp and lifeless hair. So in an attempt to rejuvenate it, I cut out a big part of my routine: straightening. Now I only blow dry my hair and I try to use products I know will help to improve the appearance of my hair.
So you can imagine how pleased I was to see this range from Umberto Giannini, with the promise to mend my hair.
I picked up the Rebuild Strenghening Damange Repair shampoo (£6.99) which promises to cleanse without stripping colour, and help to rebuild strength and elasticity. It contains pro-vitamin B5, conditioning milk protien, liquid Shea butter and going sing extract, all the while being sulphate free. My first thoughts when I popped some onto my hand was something that I can old describe as confusion. The texture is like nothing I've ever tried before; it's a sort of thick gel-like liquid that does take quite a while to work into the hair. Because of the sulphate free element, it doesn't lather up much either so you might be standing there in the shower wondering why you're cleansing with such a gloopy, thick product, but once it's washed out (which it does with ease), it leave hair feeling noticeably softer. I use mine with the Umberto Giannini Smoothing Conditioner from their Frizzi range.
The Rehab Salon Smooth Damage Repair protien spray (£6.99), is a nice addition to a routine to help repair damage and protect hair against further breakage from colour, heat and dehydration. The spray is a leave-in one, that you use in clean, damp hair to strengthen, nourishe and soften. The formula is a milk spray containing grapeseed oil with heat protecting and moisturising protein and keratin, which provides targeted repair to damaged hair giving smoother, shiner, healthier looking hair. The spray is light-weight, which is great for fine hair, as well as thick as you can use it right the way through the lengths. I noticed that my hair felt and looked much healthier after about two weeks of use and the texture was improved.
One tip, and this might just be my hair, but I could not use the Rebuild Shampoo and the Rehab spray together. My hair became very knotty and rough - maybe it was an overload of protien based ingredients? Used in seperate routines though and both can give you cracking results.
Have you tried anything from the Umberto Giannini ranges?
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