Review: Lush BIG Shampoo

Lush is one of those great beauty brands I always find myself coming back to.

My lovely Mother and sister-not-in-law are giant fans and after much of their raving how great all their products are, I have tried my fair share.

Recently, I have been having a tough time with my hair. It is driving me absolutely insane. I gave up on the bicarb washing and natural air drying after a scare which was caused by having such clean chemical free hair, the lesson; sometimes its good to have chemicals and heat styled hair. But have found my hair is exra oily again from using regular shampoo. So I found myself wandering into Lush yesterday to purchase a long recommended shampoo, BIG.

Let's just say after my shower this morning, I was practically strutting around singing this;

Now while we are enjoying this 90s amazingness, allow me to get on with my review!

 Like all Lush products, it comes in a very satisfyingly large black plastic tub, which I feel is a nice change from the straight techincolour bonanza tubes of regular hair products.

The first thing you notice about BIG is the amazing smell. I am currently smelling my hands coninuously as I just touched the tub to photograph it. It has various delicious scents including lemon and lime juice, coconut oil, neroli oil, mandari oil, vanilla and orange flower absolute, which combine to make you wish you could eat your hair like those crazy people on My Strange Addiction.

The next thing is the strange texture for a shampoo.

As the label says, it is a sea salt shampoo which means it is very gritty and salty coloured. It feels a bit like lumps of salt in oily, soapy jelly. When purhcasing, the girl at Lush, Ashlee said, despite this, it will work into a nice lather upon washing.

Before I used this, I read several reviews, many of which recommended having hair as we as possible in order to build the best lather and ensure all the salt chunks are disolved.

The package recommends washing twice in order to clean hair properly and get the most volumous effect. I did this with hestitation as my hair usually dries right out from double washing.
To my suprise, this did not happen at all. While my hair was actually squeaky clean, it was very easy to brush out and felt silky smooth, which is very unlike the crunchy results of using a salt spray.

Then came the fun bit! The drying!
Usually to get any volume in my hair, I need to use a XXL volume mousse and some texturing powder and some backcombing to get the desired results. So I was sceptical I could get some good lift with just a shampoo.

However much to my delight, I was Notoriously B.I.G! *cue music*

Notorious

B.I.G Bitches!

While this may not look that impressive, my hair usually resembles shiny brown smoke that sticks closely to my scalp. The fact that it can be ruffled and stays that way is beyond a miracle!
Especially as this is me usually;

Brown Smoke Hair :(

There are very limited cons to this fabulous product, and one is that it may be drying for regular or dry hair. As my hair is so oily, striking the right balance can be hard, however many reviews described this as a clarifying shampoo thats best used every few washes rather than each one. I will update this once I've used it for a while.
The other potential con is the price. It is $25.95 for 330g, however it seems a little goes a long way, so only time will tell the true value.

Ever tried a Lush shampoo? Or do you have your own secrets to amazing BIG hair?

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