Garnier Fructis Hair Food Banana Review

This. Is. My. Fave. I will never live without this product from this day forward. BR sent me this bundle of absolute banana coconut joy and I was so excited to try it that I opened it up and popped a small amount on my ends straight away in the office. I also walked around my entire time begging everyone to smell the tropical banana delight - much to their excitement.

The smell is simply delicious. Like banana fruit bursts - sweet and yummy. You have to remind yourself not to eat it. The glossiness is great. It doesn't feel oily or heavy but my ends feel healthier than they have in a very long time. My hair is also looking shiner and healthier as well, which just has to happen from shea butter and coconut oil.

This is a true winner for me and I'm so glad I got the opportunity to try it. It's one that I will continue to buy for sure - and maybe even try out the Goji or Papaya scents if they smell as incredible as this one.

It does feel a little bit off scooping it out of the container because it feels like you're whacking on a handful of Body Shop Body Butter but you get used to that.

I have used it in all three formats suggested - as a conditioner, as a mask and as a leave in. And over the course of a week my hair is feeling glossy, healthy and smelling incredible.

It was love at first wash! This is a seriously good hair mask or one-wash treatment, and it smells good enough to eat. I adore the container, as it means no scrabbling to get the last of the product (I have wasted the last part of so many expensive hair products due to the packaging and it really annoys me - not so with this product). I only left it in for about 30 seconds on both washes, and yet my hair has been much silkier and softer. And all for a much more reasonable price compared to other hair mask brands! And trust me, my hair is dry and brittle, due to being fine and bleached blonde at the hairdresser's every 5-6 weeks. I'm really impressed. I'd like to buy again, I just want to clarify Garnier's cruelty-free stance as there seems to be mixed information on the interwebs. But this really is a great product.

I've really enjoyed trying out this new product from Garnier Fructis. What struck me first was the 98% natural origin, no parabens, and no silicones. I feel this is quite a different product for the brand and I'd love to see more of this! The 3-in-1 nature of the product was also really appealing. I started out using it as a leave-in conditioner and then moved on to using it as a treatment/mask and conditioner. My preferred use is definitely as a leave-in. I find it a bit too rich as a regular conditioner. The packaging doesn't lend itself to easy use in the shower as a normal conditioner, but I can forgive it for that ;). It does everything it claims, my hair feels so healthy and soft. Plus it leaves a delicious banana scent, almost caramelled bananas!

I was lucky enough to be sent this product to be trialed. Overall, I like it but I don't love it.

Things I liked: I love the packaging and that it comes in a large container as it lasts AGES. I feel like I have hardly made a dent in it yet I have been using it every time I wash my hair! I also like the scent - the banana one is not overpowering (think almost banana fruit burst but not so intense). I LOVE that it is free of many nasties and that they explain on the side of the container what the ingredients mean (in actual English - not science-y English). Also love that you can use it as a conditioner, hair mask or styling product (helps to smooth down the frizziness a tad).

I also did like how it made my hair feel. It definitely kept it feeling soft. It didn't do anything noticeably amazing to the look of my hair though (not shiny and super smooth).

What I didn't like: I didn't dislike anything so much, simply it didn't make my hair look any different (despite feeling a little softer). No amazing curls (just my usual) or shiny-celebrity hair.

Overall, would buy again as it smells good, doesn't include a whole heap of nasty ingredients and is good value!

This is a delightful hydrating conditioner and if you like the smell of bananas you will love it.

You can use it 3 ways as a conditioner, mask or a leave-in treatment. I left it in for a minute or so and my hair felt oh so soft. The smell is so yummy and lasted till the next wash. It felt as good as going to the hairdresser for a treatment. My girls have long hair and was easy to comb afterwards and they both loved it.

The added bonus is that it is 98% naturally derived.

This has now become a staple in our household!

I loved this product, anything that says hair conditioning, mask or food for my hair I’m a sucker for. I get my hair bleached so no matter how much you take care of it it will always be dry, the life of it is sucked out. I used this product after shampooing, i shampoo twice than am quite generous with anything that will make my hair smooth and sleek, so i was generous with this. I used it as a conditioner but left it in my hair a good five minutes while showering. Washed it out and my hair immediately felt smoother and sleeker. I blow dry every time and straighten, now this is where I really noticed the difference, my hair was super easy to straighten, it was sleek and no fly away. I had so many compliments that day people saying, “your hair looks amazing” and that was the only different thing I did. I was abit worried about the scent, as delicious as it was I didn’t really want to smell like a walking banana, but it wasn’t too intense, once washed out and hair done you couldn’t really smell any banana scent. Only down side to it was my hair got greasier a lot faster, I would say probably two days earlier than normal. As mentioned I bleach my hair so try not to wash it too much. I would use this again and buy it again as well as for the price I don’t think it’s any worse than my high-end masks I spend a lot more money on.

I enjoyed using the Banana Hair Food Mask, it felt like a treat for my hair and smelt amazing and I don't even like banana's! I should also add the smell lasts in your hair until the next wash, it is really quite fragrant so possibly not for you if you do not like strong fragrance.

My hair is long and is quite dry on the ends which are prone to splitting. I can see from using this product a few times now how much my hair has improved. It is much softer, and the ends definitely have more moisture. However I did not like this mask as a leave in conditioner and preferred to use it after conditioning my hair. I found the length of time I left it in without rinsing it out did not make a lot of difference to how my hair felt afterward. I used it more like an additional step in my regular shampooing and conditioning.

I like the large tub the product comes in, its different and enjoyable to scoop out a big dollop with your fingers and loving the main ingredients of banana, shea butter and coconut oil. All trending at the moment.

The product is of generous size and of 98% natural origin, I would recommend trying this if you have dry hair and in need of some hydration.

The mask comes in other flavors, aimed at doing different things. I am keen to try the Papaya Mask next!

The ingredients list has ‘banana juice’ amongst the top half of the list. I’m not sure if this is from real bananas or a not.

The hair food comes in a generous sized tub, it’s really easy to scoop it a nice decent chunk of product. Admittedly, when using a cream product in the shower, I wish it was in a pulp or squeeze bottle for ease of use and to avoid getting shower water in the container.

The banana flavour is very sweet, almost like a banana bubblegum flavour; it’s a very pleasant smell that I really enjoy.

There are 3 possible uses of the hair food; hair conditioner, hair mask or leave in conditioner. I have tried all three. In all honesty I have a tendency to let conditioners sit in my hair for a minute or so anyway, so I found the use as a mask and conditioner much the same. It did make my hair visibly soft and shiny which I really like. I also loved that I could occasionally get a ‘whiff’ of the banana smell during the day.

When I used it as a leave in conditioner I did not like the results. I have dry, coloured ends but my roots can get greasy. I applied a small amount of product to the ends of my hair when towel dried. My hair looked really dirty and greasy within hours of drying. I wouldn’t use this as a leave in conditioner again.

Overall I really liked the banana hair food, it smells delicious an it works well as a wash out conditioner. I will continue to enjoy using the rest of my tub!