Burt's Bees Rosemary mint Review

Sometime last year my husband bought me a kit that included several Burt's Bees products.  Not being a huge fan of Burt's Bees stuff, I stuck most of the kit into a drawer and forgot about it.  Well a few days ago when I was cleaning out that drawer I found the kit and noticed that one of the products was a shampoo bar.  "How could I have not noticed that before???", I asked myself.  I'm a huge fan of shampoo bars.  I love the convenience, their longevity and economy.  I love the lack of packaging.

So the next morning I brought that bar of Burt's Bees Rosemary Mint shampoo into the shower with me and washed my hair.  I am a HUGE fan of Aveda's rosemary mint shampoo so I was hoping that the Burt's product would be similar. 

Unfortunately it was absolutely horrible and I threw it away after only one use.

For starters the shampoo is really gross looking.  It's pure brown.  Yep, ugly dark brown like it's made from coffee or something.  But in the name of cleanliness I used it anyway as it smelled pretty good.

I rinsed my hair and then swiped the bar around my head in a circular motion like I do with my LUSH shampoo bars.  Only with LUSH shampoo bars all it takes is 3 to 4 swipes and I've got tons of lather.  This Burt's shampoo wouldnot lather at all.  Now I know lather or lack thereof is not always a sign that a shampoo is working, however I was not really able to work up any sort of cleansing feeling with this shampoo.  I swiped it again and again.  Probably 20 times before I felt like my hair was coated and it was being cleansed. 

When this shampoo was on my head it didn't smell like anything at all which was disappointing.  When I rinsed it out it left my hair feeling very tangled and out of control so I used an every day conditioner, let it sit, then rinsed it out.

When I dried my hair it felt dirtier than before I had washed it and all day long it just felt gross.  As if that were not bad enough my hair was so dull looking and lacked any kind of shine or manageability.  It was just awful!  I threw the bar in the garbage and never looked back.  Highly NOT recommended.  Ugh.