Wella Professional Care Enrich - Shampoo & Conditioner

Recently Wella has revamped their care range, previously called "lifetex", it has be relaunch as Wella Professional Care. Along with the change in name the idea behind the products have too. 
Wella now have the matra "Discover high performance hair care that you SEE, TOUCH, and SENSE." .


Now I'm not 100% sure about that as I know that the old range Lifetex was mediocre at best. It did have some amazing stand out products such as the amazing self heating hair mask, but most of it was just slightly better than non salon brands. 


Anyway to help promote the launch I was sent a very generous sample display pack. Inside was quite a few different things but I choose to try the Enrich shampoo and conditioner -This rich moisturising shampoo leaves coarse, unruly hair irresistibly smooth. With silk extract.


I did speak to a hairdresser who said that she really loved this shampoo, so I was looking forward to nice soft shiny hair. 


The shampoo and conditioner have the same light fragrance it is pleasant smell but they don't smell yummy like some ranges.  The shampoo is quite runny and does not lather up into a rich foam, but it does seem to clean very well. Maybe a bit too well as rather than enriching my hair it felt like washing my hair with fairy liquid (yes I have done this, but thats a long story) it seemed to strip my hair.  I quickly moved on to the conditioner hoping it would restore some life into my hair. The conditioner is thicker than the shampoo and has a creamy texture. I left it on my hair for 3 mins and rinsed. It left my hair feeling a little better than after the shampoo but not the super soft hair I was expecting.   


I dried my hair to see the overall condition and I was disappointed although my hair is clean and feels smooth to touch it also feels dry. I am going to have to use some leave in conditioner to fix it.


I am going to try some of the rest of the range and hopefully it will be better. I was going to give you the details of where to buy this product but I was so disappointed in it's performance I feel it is best not to.

Tigi Urban Antidotes

      In Jan 2009 Tigi was bought out by Unilever and instantly the rumours went round that Tigi would be put in supermarkets and Boots. A year has gone by and none of this has happened (yet!) What has happened is a big rebrand of their Bed Head & Catwalk range.

      Its seems gone are the days of unusual product names such as Moisture Maniac, Control Freak and Self Absorb. They are to be replaced with the more mature Urban Antidotes.
    
      The Urban Antidotes comes in 3 strengths; Re-energise, Recovery & Resurrection. Re-energise is for normal hair, it helps boost shine and strength. Recovery is for dry damaged hair, that needs a moisture kick and Ressurection is for really dry, brittle hair that needs saving! As with all of the new Tigi lines they are sulphate free and will not fade your colour.
  
  I decided that although my hair is bleached and highlighted regulary it is not yet suffering level 3 damage, so I have opted to test Urban Antidotes level 2 Recovery. The shampoo itself is very thick and smells of sweets, you only need a 10p size blob to get a really rich and creamy lather. The retail size bottle is 250ml so it will last a long time. The conditioner has the same smell and is a more creamy consistancy but you also do not need a lot of it to smooth through the hair. I always leave conditioner on for 2-3mins before rinsing to let it infuse the hair. As soon as I started to rinse the hair I could feel how silky and detangled my hair was, it also felt thicker and stronger. After blow drying my hair it was shiney and healthy looking and I was really impressed with the results. I would recommend the range and I was tempted to get some Level 3 Ressurection conditioner to maybe use as a weekly booster treatment, but as it seems to work so well I won't need it!
  

 Urban Antidotes comes in retail (shampoo 250ml & conditioner 200ml) and also in Value 750ml size.
Urban Antidotes Shampoo 250ml £5.76 (inc vat)
Urban Antidotes Conditioner 200ml £6.30(inc vat)
  
Tween 750ml Shampoo & Condtioner Duo Packs £16.80 (inc vat)