Affordability.
Quality. Performance. Results. Natural. This is what we - the consumers - look
for when investing money in beauty products. Shampoos and conditioners are
staple products in our beauty regiments. Let’s be honest – they are simply not
sexy like a coconut sea salt spray to get those exotic beach waves or a new
shade of a hot-orange lipstick or bakery scented body butter. I mean I would
rather buy a new lipstick than the basic amenities, right! However, we just
cannot skip out on the shampoo and conditioner dynamic-duo because after all it
is a matter of personal hygiene at the very least if not a “me-time” pampering
sort of moment in the shower involving a soothing scalp massage.
What
I am actually trying to say is that hair care is important. I think a good hair
day plays a role in seizing the day! We feel confident and put together when
our hair looks healthy and well maintained. Our hair frames our face and our
face is what people look at (or should be looking at) during a conversation. It
is no fun to spend $15-30 on a bottle of shampoo and/or conditioner and that
too multiple times a year.
My
favorite affordable drugstore hair care brand is HASK. I was introduced to HASK
a little over a year ago when I was accepted to review their Bamboo line. In
fact, my husband is a loyal HASK user as well! He and I have purchased and
tried the Monoi Coconut Oil, Argan Oil, and Keratin Protein lines over the past
year. I have also introduced HASK to a
few of my close friends when they asked me for a recommendation of a “healthy,
natural, and affordable shampoo brand that actually works.” Now they are all
HASK fans and have thanked me for inspiring them to wear their hair naturally
(i.e., not heat-styled or loaded with styling products) and feel confident
about doing so.
Recently,
I was given the opportunity to try one of the latest HASK lines – Coconut Milk
& Organic Honey Curl Care. Doesn’t
that sound delicious, especially as we are amidst the summer season? It
literally sounds like a summery beach-time cocktail, but for our hair. If you are a fan of the virgin coconut oil
scent, you are going to love this line.
The coconut scent of this line is even more dominantly coconut than the
scent of the Monoi Coconut Oil line.
I
am glad that I was already using the HASK Coconut Monoi Oil shampoo and
conditioner (purchased myself from Bed, Bath, & Beyond Harmon’s) before I
was sent the HASK Coconut Milk and Organic Honey shampoo and conditioner for
review purposes because I think I am able to give a more informed review to
those of you contemplating which one of the two Coconut varieties to
purchase.
The
consistency of the HASK Coconut Milk and Organic Honey shampoo and conditioner
is thicker than the HASK Coconut Monoi Oil shampoo and conditioner. However, once you massage the Coconut Monoi
Oil shampoo into your hair, it lathers into a heavier, more emollient and
creamier consistency than the Coconut Milk and Organic Honey shampoo. I also noticed that I felt the need to use
more of the Coconut Milk and Organic Honey conditioner than the Coconut Monoi
Oil conditioner because the latter is more emollient and only two-quarter size
squirts of it is needed for my long (below-waist length) hair.
My
hair is naturally curly, voluminous, and frizzy. I have dealt with frizzy hair since I grew
out my hair (from a no-fuss boy-cut) during my pre-teen, early adolescent
years. I rarely heat-style my hair and have never used bleach or lightener on
it so it is just naturally frizzy and constantly in major need of conditioning. I love having long hair and don’t want to
compromise on the length of it because of the frizz. About five or six years ago, I started
getting keratin conditioning treatments annually, which helped eliminate the
unmanageable volume and frizz, and gave my hair a smoother, wavy look, and
allowed me to keep my hair long.
However, keratin conditioning treatments alone are not enough and I
would not recommend getting them too often… only as needed because one, you
don’t want your hair to become desensitized to the treatment (as with
over-doing anything) and two, it is quite an investment monetarily. Even though my stylist recommends using the
shampoo and conditioner that comes in the Keratin treatment product line, I
don’t because it is very expensive for the quantity you get and I prefer my
affordable, sulfate-free HASK shampoo and conditioners instead. Yes, indeed the
HASK line not only helps maintain the Keratin treatment by not stripping it,
but also adds to the conditioning my hair needs.
Personally,
I find that the HASK Coconut Monoi Oil shampoo and conditioner is better suited
for people with long, thick, voluminous, coarse, dry, and frizzy hair, while
the Coconut Milk and Organic Honey shampoo and conditioner is better suited for
people with short to medium length, fine, thin, brittle, and frizzy hair. Both lines of shampoo and conditioner provide
the needed moisture and hydration to combat the frizz and get a smoother,
shinier look to your hair. For some
people the effect of the Coconut Milk and Organic Honey might not be enough and
for others the effect of Coconut Monoi Oil might be too much so deciding which
one you think you might need, I will leave that up to you. As for the Coconut Milk and Organic Honey
line’s curl care claim, I did not observe anything noticeable when comparing it
to the performance of the Coconut Monoi Oil line or any of the other HASK lines
I have tried previously (Bamboo, Argan, and Keratin).
HASK
products are available at Ulta (in-store and online), Target (in-store and
online), and at select Bed, Bath, & Beyond (Harmon’s) stores.
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