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While wandering around the aisles in Boots a while ago, I spied a 3 for 2 offer on the Charles Worthington range. Attracted by all the pretty coloured products, I ventured over to see what was on offer. This product caught my eye as the description on the bottle made it sound like it could perform miracles on anyone’s hair – so naturally, I had to try it.
The bottle itself is pretty plain, being a creamy colour with dark blue writing and the unmissable Charles Worthington logo emblazoned on the top. The bottle is a slightly odd shape being approx 4 ½ inches tall and 4 inches wide – curved to meet as an edge on each end (as pictures) and just under 1 ½ inches thick in middle and the top contains a flip-top lid which clicks securely into place to avoid spillage.
As you can tell, it wasn’t really the bottle the attracted this product to me, but more of the claims of what it could do, let me explain…
Firstly, on the front, it says that it: glosses, nourishes and revives tired hair. Sounds like a good start, but it also claims to be for all hair types, is this possible though I wonder?
As I continued onto the back of the bottle (I like to know what I’m getting when I buy something for the first time) there is even more blurb saying: Award winning
salon and TVhairdresser Charles Worthington knows how to make hair look good. “I have created ‘Results’ to make your hair look its best ever. Breakthrough ingredients and high performance naturals maximise your hair and scalp to health: this state-of-the-art range of shampoos and styling products leaves your hair happy and healthy.”
Well, he certainly sounds like he knows what he’s talking about and seeing as I know he can cut hair, why shouldn’t he know how to get the best from it with products as well?
So, I purchase this intensive hair and scalp mega-treatment packed with nourishers and strengtheners which target damager zones, plus soothers, smoothers and refreshing naturals and took it home to try it, only to discover that even more claims had been made on the bottle (there’s only so much you can read in the shop!)
It also claims to:
Volumise hair Add shine Prevent static Improve hair and scalp health Protect hair from heat styling damage Protect hair from environmental damage Boost hair’s moisture retention Prevent chlorine damage Restore pH balance
Amazing! Better get started with it then… thought I better check the directions for use (just in case), which are pretty simple. You should use this sparingly as it’s a highly concentrated conditioner apparently. Apply a small amount of product to towel dry hair using fingertips, then comb through. Do not rinse out.
So this is what I did, the conditioner itself is quite thin considering, maybe its because its so highly concentrated. The conditioner is the same light creamy colour as the bottle but is much more watery in consistency than your average conditioner.
I applied a small amount to my hair and had another look at the bottle to see if there was anything else I might need to know before styling.
I was surprised to find that the bottle claimed to contain between 50 to 100 applications as this information is not normally carried on conditioner bottles. However, having used this product on several occasions, it does last well because you don’t need very much of it and because it so thin, its very easy to spread evenly through the hair, whatever length you wear it so I daresay that this claim is probably true.
As I said, the conditioner spread through my hair evenly and easily and I was slightly tempted to add more to the ends but decided against this as I didn’t want to chance my hair becoming greasy or weighed down with the product. It does leave your hands feeling slightly sticky though, but this is easily rinsed off.
It also recommends to follow with ‘Results’ styling products. I didn’t happen to have any of these at the time and was hoping that seeing as this was an intense leave-in product that this wouldn’t be necessary anyway.
All prices and sizes listed are taken from information found at Boots, although I suspect this is about average anywhere.
You can find information regarding other Charles Worthington products on the website: www.cwlondon.com
My only major concern was the smell. Unfortunately by the time I’d got through all the pretty coloured bottles and landed this one, I didn’t actually check the scent before I bought it – bit of a mistake really. It smelt quite pleasant at first although slightly masculine, like hidden aftershave smell. Nothing very descript, but once I had applied it to my hair this seemed to become stronger and there was an underlying smell which I can only describe as being almost ‘fishy’. I have no idea why the product smells like this - possibly because of the masculine smell combining with faint but inoffensive conditioner smell which when added to hair creates this awful combination.
Never one to be put off to easily, I figured that once I had dried and styled my hair, this might disappear. Unfortunately it didn’t. The results were okay, there was definitely no spectacular improvement and my hair looked just like it normally does by the time I finished styling it. Even using scented products or a light spray of perfume over my head would not remove the smell.
I decided to sleep on it and see if it dispersed by morning. Not so. The smell was going nowhere. Now, I might have been able to put up with it if it had done wonders to my hair, but it hadn’t. There was also the prospect of going out in public and having other people catch a whiff of it, I had no desire to have people think I smelt like aftershave or a fish. Therefore I had to wash it out.
As I was wetting my hair I could actually feel the conditioner being washed out which was slightly slimy but a relief nevertheless.
I have tried this on several occasions to see if I over-reacted the first time and had the same results each time. The smell is still awful and it didn’t perform miracles on my hair, so all in all I wouldn’t really recommend it as it didn’t live up to it’s claims for me.
NB: I've marked it as 'others' on what type of hair is it for because it says its for all of them.
This product is apparently expertly tested through development, but not on animals.
Made in UK for Charles Worthington Ltd PO Box 2207 London W1A 5TY
(Also distributed in NY)
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Was just wondering if this was the Hair Healer I'd tried then I saw from the photo it was.
Good review - I also found that I could feel it on my hair after I'd used it and I know just what you mean about feeling like it needs to be re-washed afterwards.
Joscyn 18.08.2005 17:28
Thanks for that, my sister uses a lot of his products and swears by them, but I find them quite average really. I've not tried this one, and I don't think I will bother, but I'll have to go and have a crafty sniff next time I'm in Boots!
Which reminds me, my cat's waiting for his sardines....
scottishkat 31.08.2004 15:38
am now leaving your reviews alone am running out of "Es" Kat x
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