The Good: Fairly priced
The Bad: Less effective than other Suave Professionals conditioners, Medicinal scent, Not cone-free (is that even still a thing?)
The Basics: Suave Professionals Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage Conditioner is not at all the highlight of a usually good line.
After a bit of damage from a styling product, my hair is pretty much, finally, back to normal. As such, I've been more willing to experiment with hair care products once again. So, when my wife picked me up a bottle of Suave Professionals Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage Conditioner, I thought nothing of starting to use it. Unfortunately, I did notice some mediocre results and on my experimental days with the conditioner - wherein I used only the Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage Conditioner and no leave-in conditioner - I noticed my hair was less manageable and voluminous than the other days. In other words, on its own, Suave Professionals Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage Conditioner is not strong or effective enough to satisfy consumers.
The Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage conditioner is a little more expensive than the average Suave conditioner and it is not cone free. The third ingredient in this conditioner ends in "-cone," so this product cannot be considered cone free. Given how the Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage conditioner appeared to do nothing noticeable or significant to the benefit of my hair, this is the first conditioner that might actually illustrate to me that "cones" are bad for one's hair care!
Suave has been expanding its line of inexpensive shampoos and conditioners into the professional haircare market where they are trying to compete with shampoos and conditioners from the likes of Pureology. With Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage Conditioner, the brand takes a bit of a hit. In virtually every market in the United States, Suave Professionals shampoos and conditioners may be found on sale for $6.99 for a 28 fl. oz. bottle. The Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage conditioner has a strongly medicinal aroma to it. The 28 fl. oz. bottle is a flat tube bottle with a flip-top lid that is easy enough to open with one hand. While it gets slippery when wet, it is easy enough to hold onto because of the flattened sides.
Inside the bottles is Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage conditioner and it is a white colored cream, which resembles hand cream or body butter in its consistency. This conditioner is one of the thicker ones I have encountered it truly requires one to work it into the hair. It does not leave a scent on the hair; at least, I could find no scent in my hair ten minutes after my hair was dry.
When it comes to use, this is a simple conditioner and one need only flip the lid and dispense a small amount into the palm of the hand before applying it to the hair. The Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage conditioner requires a decent-sized dollop to condition a full head of hair. After one has cleaned their hair with a shampoo and rinsed it out, this may be applied to the hair. I have better than shoulder-length hair and it takes approximately a heaping half-dollar-sized blob of conditioner to make it stretch through my mane. Like most conditioners, this does not lather and instead it is applied to the hair and scalp almost like a butter.
In the case of the Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage conditioner, as I've noticed often with conditioners lately, there is about a three-to-one ratio to the shampoo because conditioners do not dilute out from lathering. As a result, the 28 oz. bottle may last only a few weeks with daily hair conditionings.
The Suave Professionals Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage Conditioner did surprisingly little for my hair. Used without any other conditioning products, my hair became more dry, less-manageable and breakage increased. This was not an ideal hair conditioner.
Added to that, the Suave Professionals Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage Conditioner had a pretty terrible scent. The scent might not last on the hair very long, but the strongly medicinal smell was a big detraction while in the shower. The acrid, medicinal smell made me flinch the first time I used the conditioner it was so unpleasant.
It is rare when a product line is made up, entirely, of winning products. For Suave Professionals conditioners, the Natural Infusion with Awapuhi Ginger & Honeysuckle Anti-Breakage conditioner is definitely the loser of the line!
For other Suave conditioners, please check out my reviews of:
Suave Professionals Keratin Infusion Smoothing Conditioner
Suave Professionals Almond + Shea Butter Conditioner
Orchid Petal
3/10
For more haircare reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Review Index Page for an organized listing!
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