If I had 10p for every time someone has said to me ‘Oh your daughter has beautiful hair’ I’d have … well, probably about enough to buy a bottle of shampoo. We have a constant struggle with her hair – from me she has inherited fine brown hair and from her dad (who is part Italian) she has inherited a strong tendency for it to curl into ringlets.
That would be great, except that her hair is soft so it goes from tight curls one day to enormous random waves the next. Unfortunately, her grandmother (the Italian one) decided to take her to one side and whisper in her ear that her hair would be lovely if she let it grow. Two long years later it is still in the growing down stage, and laughs off all my attempts to tame it with clips and hairbands.
But every morning I try again, starting with an attempt to comb out the night time tangles. She is not good with pain (!) so the slightest tug is met with cries of agony and major drama.
So, when I saw a bottle of the new L’Oreal Kids tangle tamer spray which promised ‘Quick Detangling! No Tears! No Knots!’ I decided to give it a go. There is just one type, which is ‘burst of sweet pear’ fragrance and suitable for all hair types. A 200ml bottle cost £1.47 from Tescos.
The bottle itself is quite funky – bright lime green, with a yellow manual spray button on the top, and vaguely shaped like a whale standing on its tail, with a big eye staring at you. The curvy shape of the bottle does make it a bit easier to hold. The spray is easy for me to use but my five year old daughter doesn’t have the strength to use it properly herself yet.
It does have a strong pear fragrance, which my daughter announced was ‘Yum’ although when she stuck it under her dad’s nose for him to smell, his reaction was ‘Yeuk! It is actually quite nice and fresh when you spray it onto the hair, and doesn’t seem to linger for too long.
The spray can be used on wet or dry hair, and does not need to be rinsed out. When it is sprayed on it wets the hair, and helps the brush to slide through much more easily. The hair dries again naturally quite quickly. It doesn’t seem to weigh down the hair, and I’ve sometimes used it on two mornings without washing her hair in-between with no problems.
As I said before, my own hair is fine - if over conditioned it goes limp and greasy, but without conditioner it can get dry and 'staticky'. A couple of times I’ve grabbed the bottle just before leaving the house and used it as a quick fix light conditioner on my hair. It’s helped make my hair a bit more manageable without leaving it heavy and greasy.
One more use – it is very good when playing hairdressers, and can be sprayed happily onto Mummy’s hair before attacking her with a hairbrush and leaving her with a hairstyle Tina Turner would have been proud of. Daddy fled the scene, carrying the baby who has very little hair just at the moment.
The L’Oreal Kids Tangle Tamer spray is not a household essential, by any means, but it does make life a bit easier and I think I will buy it again. It gets the thumbs up from my daughter who announced yesterday ‘I want you to use this every time you brush my hair from now on, Mummy’.
The bottle also suggests looking at their website at www.lorealkids.co.uk. I couldn’t find this site, but I did find www.lorealkids.com. This has some basic information about the products in the L’Oreal Kids range (‘Because we’re worth it too!’), a few hair care tips and a couple of games to try out. Not terribly exciting, so only visit if you are completely obsessed with children’s hair care products or very, very bored!
I was surprised to see that this has been categorised as a 'baby care' product. Personally, I would use this for children of toddler age upwards, although there is no mention of a minimum age on the bottle.
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My hair tangles very easily so I shall keep my eyes peeled for this next time I'm in town. Thanks. I just wish I'd had something like this when my girls were little. ~Sharon
Feb 14th, 2004
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