Garnier Fructis Hair Food Banana Shampoo

Thanks BR for the opportunity to be part of another awesome trial team!

I'm a big fan of the Garnier Fructis Hair Food treatment range, so I was super excited to try this new product out. The bottle itself is a cute yellow with a fantastic lid that is easy to open and clicks shut with a solid click. I hate when bottles are impossible to open with wet hands, or don't shut properly and leak everywhere so this was an instant win for me.

The product itself is clear and quick a thick consistency so doesn't drip everywhere, and it lathers up really beautifully. The bottle doesn't suggest washing twice, but this is something I do regularly as per hairdresser instructions, so I only needed such a small amount to get a really great lather and clean. The scent of the shampoo is meant to be banana, but doesn't really smell like that to me at all. I guess banana is quite a hard scent to recreate - it's not a bad scent, just not banana-ey.

The shampoo doesn't leave my hair feeling stripped or dry, and rinsed out beautifully. Overall, this is a real winner for me

I was really excited to try this as I have been loving the banana hair mask/treatment for the past few years.

This shampoo is great! A little goes a long way and it cleans beautifully. I often need to double shampoo due to product build-up but not with this. It left my hair feeling clean but not stripped of the protective oils our hair needs to stay healthy and glossy.

I'm currently on day three and my hair does not look or feel like it needs washing again! A total bonus as I have bright red hair and the less I need to wash it the longer my colour lasts! On that note, I did not feel this shampoo stripped my colour any more than my salon brand shampoo.

I will 100% continue to use this shampoo!

I received the Garnier Fructis Hair Food Banana Shampoo and the first thing that caught my attention was the yellow bottle - such a great size for travelling or small showers. The colour and image were so inviting my husband thought it was a smoothie!

The bottle is easy to pop open at the top, and the scent is exceptional. I honestly was taken to a tropical island while the banana scent filled the shower and my hair was cleansed with the goodness of this product. Easy to lather and it left my hair feeling clean and nourished.

I love that this a vegan product (which I'm not even sure if other shampoo's are not vegan) but it is stated so that makes people who are vegan feel good about the ingredients. The bottle itself is 100% recyclable and is made from 50% recycled plastic.

My children loved the scent and enjoyed their hair smelling like fruit, which was pretty cute. Definitely a product I will carry on using for the scent, the result and that the ingredients are 96% natural.

The most amazing thing about this shampoo is the smell, you feel like you are somewhere tropical. The shampoo has a good lather and the smell lasts a long time. A good treat for my hair and it felt well nourished after using it.

I really enjoy this shampoo, the smell is like banana fruit bursts! I have dry hair and I am also prone to scalp build up, and this shampoo works quite well. I like that it's vegan and silicone free. The container is a good size (small enough for travel) and you just squeeze the bottle to get the shampoo out rather than a pump, so there's no wastage. Garnier is usually quite affordable so I would definitely recommend!

I was excited to try this Garnier Fructis hair food shampoo with banana, especially because it claims to be able to target ‘dry’ hair, and my hair is a bit like the Sahara right now! So anything nourishing and hydrating appeals to me at the moment…

It comes in a cute, little bottle that looks good enough to drink from (but don’t! And leave it out of reach of little kiddies too!).

The first thing I noticed once I’d squeezed this product from the cute bottle was the colour of the formula (or lack thereof). It is not creamy-looking like I expected. It’s just kind of pale and opaque, with perhaps a very light yellowy/orangey tint… So the almost-colourless formula was a bit of a surprise to me, but not offputting. I don’t necessarily need my shampoo to be a certain colour. It was just not what I’d been expecting.

The scent is also a bit non-descript. It could be a bit more fragrant if I was to be super picky. I wasn’t that enamoured with the scent, to be honest, but at least it’s not overpowering or artificial-smelling.

The texture, however, is perfect - not too runny and not too thick. Just right! And squeezing it from a bottle is far easier than getting it from the tub that these Garnier Fructis hair food products have traditionally come in. I’ve decided that I much prefer squeezing hair products from a bottle in the shower rather than having to use my hand to get product out of a tub. Bottles are no fuss, especially when the formula is not too thick but just right - like this one is. It is easy to squeeze out and there are no hassles using this product in the shower.

This shampoo lathers up well too and it feels like it does a good job at washing my hair. It is sustainable, vegan and gentle, so it is kind on the hair and pleasant to use. It isn’t a problem to rinse it out either, so overall the texture and the formula is spot on, in my opinion.

But, unfortunately, I wouldn’t say I’ve been completely won over by the actual results... It doesn’t appear to have had any noticeable hydrating effect on my Sahara-dry hair. It hasn’t been a complete disappointment either, and because it is of 96% natural origin, it’s cruelty-free, kinder on the hair, and better for the environment. So I’d recommend it if you are looking for something reasonably natural and gentle... It’d also be good for children’s hair too, I’m sure. But overall this product didn’t have the ‘Wow factor’ for me in terms of being able to solve my dry-hair issue. Three kisses.

The shampoo from this range is definitely 5 stars for me, it is very hard to find something that won’t make my scalp itchy and flakey, usually supermarket shampoos are a no-no for my scalp, the old range of garnier shampoos years ago were disastrous for me, so I was a bit weary, but it managed to exceed my expectations for sure! It also didn’t strip too much moisture off my scalp, yet it felt really clean after just one wash. The scent I really love as I’m a huge fan of banana scented products, it is a really nice scent, not too artificial, strong enough to smell it while using it, yumm! Great pricing, great results, I will try other flavours in the future for sure!

This product comes in a funky but cute plastic bottle that looks like a juice bottle. It has a flip top with a perforation in the bottom of the cap to pour the product into your hand. That suits me because I like products that are simple to use, especially in the shower. It has very clear and neat labelling including the list of ingredients on the back.

The product itself is thick and clear, and has a lovely banana aroma. It doesn't take much to get a very foamy head of product that I can squeeze down my pony tail. It leaves my hair feeling very clean and it does not leave any residue, so doesn't weigh my hair down nor leave it looking dull. I can't smell the lovely scent afterwards sadly.

The product appears to cost around $11.50.This seems a little pricey but the product is vegan and comes in a recyclable bottle so I'd expect to have to pay a bit more. It is pretty much commensurate with any other good shampoo and is not exceptional, but I would use it again if I found it on special, and I do recommend it to others to try.

The packaging, as with the conditioner, looks more like a bottle of juice than shampoo. The texture was silky and it created an amazing lather with a tiny amount of shampoo. Very strong banana smell which was a little off putting but it did an amazing job and left my hair squeaky clean and silky soft. Definitely does the job and I will use again.