Garnier Hair Food Shampoo Bar - Banana

Garnier Fructis Hair Food has developed its 1st shampoo bar which is very exciting to hear! There were elements in this shampoo bar that I loved and elements that I found challenging.

The packaging is bright and inviting. It smelled great and is a great way to reduce plastic waste. I tried the banana shampoo bar which is good if your hair is in need of some nourishment, which my hair definitely is in need of!

I have very fine, just below shoulder length hair so in theory, this shampoo should have been easy to apply. To use the bar you wet the bar and your hair and then rub the bar into your hair. I found that the bar foamed up really well but it was difficult to move the foam to cover all of my hair. I sectioned my hair and applied it, massaged it, and then repeated it to the next section to ensure all of my hair was covered. I found that some of my hair had heaps of shampoo while in other parts there was not enough. So overall I felt like I used much more shampoo than I would normally and spent much longer applying it than normal. The shampoo rinsed out really well and I liked the feel of my hair after.

Personally, I wouldn't use this shampoo bar again as I generally want to be in and out of the shower quickly. I haven't even attempted to wash my girl's hair with it as that would be a massive undertaking. In saying that if you have the time then this shampoo bar would be worth trying. I did enjoy using this shampoo bar and it is a lovely product.

This really exceeded my expectations! I have never used a shampoo bar before, and the first experience with this was pretty cool. Upon taking it out of the box, the scent of it straight away is gorgeous! I wet the bar, and straight away swiped it across my hair, twice on my part line, once on each side by my ears and once underneath. The creamy foam it produced was amazing, and heaps of foam for the tiny amount of product I use. Massaged into my hair and it really is a full lather of foam, its lovely. I found it made my hair really volumised the first day after a wash, but then on day 2 it turned quite oily, so I dont find the clean lasts as long as regular shampoo . I would definitely keep using this but may have to add an extra wash during the week to keep the oil at bay.

The packaging for this a simple cardboard box, which is exactly what is needed to reduce plastic waste. Although small, the box is full of information! How to use the product, all the ingredients, and where each ingredient comes from, what the product claims to do, even a little hole to give it the sniff test before you buy! The shampoo bar is shaped to fit comfortably in your hand. You wet your hair, and it says to rub the bar from roots to tips, but your really only need a couple of quick swipes to your scalp to get plenty of foam going to shampoo through the rest of your hair easily. It has a pleasant fragrance and rinses away cleanly. I always shampoo twice to wash away all product, and my hair felt clean and fresh. I followed with the Banana hair food conditioner and my hair was clean, nourished and smelling fabulous. I have used the shampoo for the 2 weeks and the bar has barely shrunk so I’m sure i will get the promised equivalent 2 bottles of shampoo worth plus more! I keep it in a container outside the shower so it doesn’t stay soggy between washes.

I absolutely love this hair bar soap! So many factors would make me repurchase this: amazing smell, surprising awesome lather leaving the hair soft, easy to use, cruelty free no animal testing. This will be good for kids too as they won’t be able to waste shampoo. It was surprisingly awesome not what I expected!

I received the Garnier Fructus nourishing shampoo bar - banana hair food as part of a trial team. The smell on opening the box invokes memories of a trip to the tropics. I was pleasantly surprised & pleased that it wasn't more ripe banana. The bar is tear shaped & easy to hold. The packaging is 100% recyclable & cardboard so reduces potential plastic waste. I've kept the box to store the bar in as the bar needs to dry out during washes to last longer. A slight downside as you need to remember to take it into the shower each time. The ingredients are 94% plant based & there don't appear to be any nasties in the remaining 6%. No irritations to my sensitive skin. I've used the bar 3 times over the trial period, and overall i'm reasonably happy with the results. My hair still feels a bit dry after washing but less so each time so probably it's a transition thing from using a liquid form. I've found a similar effect with other shampoo bars. It lathers well and claims are that it lasts up to the equivalent of 2x 250ml liquid shampoo. The cost is around $10.50 per bar. I'll continue using the bar but reserve final judgment for a few more washes.

I had never used a shampoo bar before and was keen to give it a go to try and minimise my plastic usage and being fast rinse, with no preservatives, artificial colourants and with many other benefits it is truly sounded like an amazing product.

For all of the reasons mentioned above I loved this shampoo bar. Not too sure about the banana smell, it was more like a sweet banana lolly but not offensive in any way. The packaging was simple and recyclable but then I had to find a storage case for the bar as it said to store it in a dry place and with a shampoo I want to store it in the shower for ease of use but the shower is not a dry place! So in a close-able container it went which I then had to make room in the shower to store. I needed to keep it in a storage container as I do not like keeping soap products on the soap holder in the shower - they get stuck, make a mess and it just doesn't work for me. I was a fan of the shape of the bar - very easy to hold. I think the shape was one of my favourite parts. I followed the instructions and not much happened - there was no foam but it did make my hair squeak. I did like the fact that when I washed it out there were no soapy bubbles in the bottom of the shower. The next time I used it I tried going from roots to ends with circular motions and this produced a much more foamy result and once again a super squeaky clean .. squeaky! It was quite a bit of effort to get the product all over my hair but when done in circular motions I ended up with much better coverage and felt like I got a better clean.

As a person with a lot of hair I probably will not continue using it despite loving everything this product stands for. I love and appreciate what Garnier are trying to do with this product and wish it was for me but for now I will be continuing to use flowing shampoo.

My mum also tried the shampoo bar. She has very short, thin hair and for her it was excellent and going forward she is 100% going to continue using the shampoo bar.

I’ve been lucky enough to have been given the Fructis Hair Food Nourishing Banana Shampoo to trial with the Mask. I have medium length dry and damaged hair and been using this shampoo for a couple of weeks now.

First thing is first... can we talk about the smell?! My gosh!! It smells amazing! It makes you want to eat lots of bananas!

It left a delicious scent on my hair, and it's not overpowering. My Nephew loved the smell and I have received numerous compliments.

Packaging is nice and a little bit goes a long way and it foams up quite nicely. I would purchase this product.

When I opened the box the smell was amazing. A beautiful banana fragrance that wasn't too overpowering or fake smelling. The bathroom smells of banana all the time now. The bar itself is a shape that makes it easy to hold but also stand up on its side. Wetting the hair it glides on smoothly and lathers well. Some shampoo bars I find pull the hair but this 1 doesnt, so really happy. I only need to glide over the head 3 - 4 times and that is enough to clean and lather so feel this will last a long time. It cleans the hair well and easy to rinse out. Hair feels soft and clean. I used the matching hair food conditioner afterwards and my hair feels soft.

This was the first time I have used a shampoo bar, so was interested to see what it does to my hair. The bar comes in a bright yellow cardboard box and has a distinctive fruity scent. I wet my hair and rubbed the bar through it, producing a light foam. Left my hair feeling clean and moisturised and shiny. The scent was too overpowering for me, I just prefer a light scent in shampoo and conditioner. Also with a bar shampoo, I had to find a container to keep it from going soft and there's not much room in my shower for extra stuff. The 94% natural plant ingredients are a plus though.

I really liked this product it smells sooo delicious and made my bathroom smell great, it does what it says it'll do and washed my hair and cleaned it well. The only thing I didn't like is how it dried, it started cracking so not sure how it'll stand the test of time and if I'm able to use it before it crumbles apart?