Color me impressed...

[catnapper]

I got a gift card to Bath & Body Works for Christmas. I basically hate the store and everything it sells - my senses are assulted upon entering the store. My allergies start acting up and my sinuses start to scream two seconds after I enter the store. But I had a $20 gift card and by George I was gonna use it!

I brought my mom along today. She can still sniff and determine smells once in that store. Its a talent that impresses me! She doesn't get all stuffy and congested - she can differentiate between vanilla and mellon cucumber! Woohoo! So, mom came along and we decided that the candles, bath gels and body lotions were not going to be something I could bring home (unless I want to bring home the stuffy-headed experience).

Well, after half an hour of mindless wandering through the store, we happened upon their haircare products - on sale no less! We convinced the sales lady to let me take a few bottles out of the store into the mall for me to sniff-test the smells inside the shampoo bottles, and they were delicate, not heavy or overly perfumed) So I bought shampoo, conditioner and stuff to make my hair shiny. I walked out going "I can't believe I spent $20 on shampoo....."

I usually think Suave at $1.29 is expensive (you can find it for $.79 on sale ya know! ) and here I am spending all that money for two bottles of shampoo and some stuff to make my hair all shiny.

Well, I HAD to take a shower to try this stuff out. And ya know what? My hair actually looks better! Its all bouncy and curly and SHINY! Who'd have thunk it?

Now, when this stuff runs out, I will be back at Walmart looking for Suave on sale. But in the meantime, I'll have expensive delicately perfumed hair!

[cubby31682]

Wow I didn't know they sale shampoo and conditioner. I will spend the 20$ for all the stuff you got. I spend right around 50$ for shampoo, conditioner, and gel. I will have to check that out this weekend.

I have to go there supervised. Once I get in there I won't come out with out taking out a home loan or something. I go overboard at times. Lol.

[Cookiebaker]

I loooove bath & body works!! It's my one of the few ways that I "pamper" myself. I love their shower creams and shower gels, and hand lotion. They are the best!!

[NoahsMommy]

While I like that store, I have a hard time choosing a scent that I actually WANT to smell like.

I LOVE the Coconut Lime Verbena and use the shower gel, in shower body conditioner, then skin-toning moisturizer. It smells so great! I even use the bubble bath and room freshener in that scent.

Glad you found something you like.

[kimlovescats]

Kim, you are so silly! But, very much like me .... I have to be very picky about what I put on my skin or I get all rashy! I have to have scented candles, frangrance sprays and incense going all the time in my house or I would die from cat odor! lol! But trust me, my allergies suffer greatly, and I live on my Zyrtec and inhaler!

[jenluckenbach]

I know the EXACT experience yu are speaking of. I can't even step foot into a Bath & Body works store....unless of course you want to see me asphyxiate.

But I am glad you found something useful and nice.

(I buy Suave on sale too )

[Barbara]

I love Bath and Body Works and it's a pity we don't have that here. In summer when we were in Burlington, they had much stuff on sale and if I hadn't known I would have to carry it all through airports etc. I would have bought like crazy

I am so sorry for everyone who cannot stand the aromes for health reasons

[popcornbird]

I wish good shampoo wasn't so expensive. My hair gets messed up when I use cheap shampoos, so I just don't use them anymore. I spend like $15-$20 on hair products whenever I need them. Waste of money? I don't know. My hair means a lot to me, and I can't stand it when its frizzy and not in the best condition. I 'need' salon shampoos if I want my hair to look good.

That being said, my cousin's visiting me from Chicago, and with all the hair products she uses, it seems like I spend nothing. Problem is, she let me use her stuff and now I want to buy them too. They're awesome. Jeez...girls and their 'stuff'. LOL

[Nomilynn]

I don't buy expensive shampoos, but a trick you can try if you want your hair to look nice is having at least 3 different kinds of shampoo in the shower and using a different one each day. "Cheaper" shampoos leave a build up on your hair, so if you switch every day you are cleaning away the buildup. I have Fructis, Salon Selectives, St. Ives, Dove and the walmart brand of Herbal Essence and I use a different one every day, and it really does work!

I bet your hair smells really nice though, with this new product!

[Tonya]

I do the same thing as Nomilyn. I have baby shampoo which I use the most. Then I have Matrix which is around $20 a bottle. And my husband and son use the Suave stuff so I use that occasionally too. I get tons of compliments on how healthy and shiny my hair is, and I really think that's the baby shampoo. But I loooove the Matrix because it makes my hair feel like silk.

[catnapper]

Well, update on my lovely shiny bouncy hair... after today's shower, I did the same thing as the past two days. My hair looks like a burnt-out fried mess. Worse than I have seen it in a loooooong time.

Oh well, so much for expensive shampoo making my hair look great. To be honest, the best shampoo I have ever used was the cheap White Rain stuff. Then every so often I do a really deep conditining treatment and life is good for my hair. I usually will switch shampoos after each bottle for the same reasons Tonya and Nomilyn listed... its never occured to me t try to do that daily!

[sirrahbed]

Hi Kim,
I have also had the best results by rotating daily - something my hairdresser suggested. Even though she supposedly sells salon products (and she soes sell me texturizer for fine hair) - she said shampoos all very similar except for the "daily clarifying" ones and only to use then once in awhile because they are VERY harsh. Here I thought I was using something good and gentle for my baby fine hair because it was called "daily"!! So, I rotate 3-4 shampoos and none are expensive. I have Suave, Johnson's Baby, V05 and the Suave version of Paul Mitchell professional Awapuhi. I don't know about thick or frizzy hair, but my fine hair is in great condition and looks healthy and shiny with this plan. I also use two very light conditioners alternating days because deep conditioner is too heavy for my hair.