Garnier Hair Food Shampoo Bar - Watermelon

I like that this solid shampoo bar comes in a simple cardboard packaging. The ‘watermelon’ scent is quite strong and I wasn’t entirely convinced I liked it at first. The first time I used this bar I was quite disappointed - I felt like by lunchtime the next day I needed to wash my hair again! Not a good look. But second time I used a bit more to get a good lather. Combined with the conditioner it dies leave your hair smelling nice and gives a bit of body to fine hair. Will probably use for travel as it’s nice and compact and easy to pop in a little container.

I was excited to receive this. Although I was sadly disappointed. After washing my hair as directed, my hair afterwards felt very tangled and there was hardly no smell at all. On getting up the following morning my hair felt greasy, dull and very knotted and unruly. I love the convenience of the bar and it might just be my hair (mid length, thick) but I felt like I needed to wash my hair with normal shampoo afterwards.

'I was soo excited to use this product! Loved the way it arrived and smelt so amazing. Packaging was minimal and it really just looked like a nicely shaped bar of soap. It lathered up wonderfully in the shower and foamed yo in my hair great too. Silky type of formula which rubbed into the hair and scalp easily. I didn’t have to rub the soap much to get enough product lathered up in my hands so long term this bar would last ages! I have thin stranded hair but a lot of it. The first time I used the bar I found that after my hair dried it was frizzy and had not washed out properly at the roots. I wondered if I hadn’t used enough product so I trialed different amounts over the two weeks and again found it just did not wash my hair properly at the roots. I ended up with horrible dry ends and greasy roots that just wouldn’t budge. For someone with dry hair they may not have the same problem or for someone else they may not experience the level of build up from the product I ended up with. For the price and as a one off for travelling I would probably use again as transportation wise it’s much easier than carrying a bottle of shampoo around. I absolutely love the concept but the product just did not work for me regardless of how I tried to use it. Such a shame as everything else about the product is great.

I will start with the smell. It is amazing! You want to eat it. First off I was surprised at how sudsy it is. It is more bubbly than regular shampoo. It is a surprise that they claim it can equate to a 500ml bottle of shampoo. Really not sure how they could measure that…? But it’s a nice theory. I like that it is literally applied to the roots as hairdressers tell us shampoo should be. It also claims to be fast rinse formula, and I agree.

Being on this trial, and obviously needing to do adequate testing, I did wash my hair every 2 days. It didn’t bother me too much as this product implies that it is “good” for hair. It didn’t feel like it was stripping my hair too much, even though I did 2 round of shampoo bar washing.

because of the price, I wouldn’t use this product on my self again. I did use it on my son as hoped it might not sting his eyes when I wash it out. But the jury is still out on that one.

I've seen these around and was interested to try it. I love the idea of natural products with no plastic and no animal testing. Well it says it's approved by Cruelty free International, so I hope that means no animal testing.

The product is tear shaped and a pinky-brown (watermelon) color.

I really don't like the smell which is probably supposed to be watermelon but is just unpleasant.

It takes very little to foam the soap and you only need a little of it on your hair as it is very foamy. I don't like that my hair feels squeaky when it's wet, but it does feel soft and hydrated once it's dry, but in my case it also leaves my hair quite limp. I have fine hair so it is the recommended bar for my hair type.

I really wanted to love it but it sadly it isn't for me.

I really like the idea of a solid bar shampoo, the sustainability, cruelty free, and no nasty chemicals aspects, I was hyped to try this. Packaged simply in a cardboard carton with a hole punched out in the corner so you can smell the product, I was really disappointed with the smell, I thought it might improve once it was wet but it actually got worse. But that is where the buck stopped for me. The bar is a creamy pink colour shaped in a teardrop style, it lathered up and rinsed off really well, but ugh that smell! When I have a shower and wash my hair after a long arduous day at work I want to feel clean, fresh, and invigorated, this is an experience that did not deliver that at all. I can only say this bar shampoo reminded me of spoilt milk and cucumber, not watermelon-y at all, it is really off putting, and didn't leave my hair feeling fresh and invigorated, quite the let down. I simply cannot see myself using this again, and I would not purchase this.

To be very honest in my review, I did not rate this shampoo bar. I am unsure why, maybe my hair just doesn’t like it. I really liked the shape of the bar, it made applying it to my hair easy. I love the smell of watermelon but found the smell of this shampoo bar to be overpowering. I found the day after using it, my scalp was very itchy and my roots became oily and rest of hair looked dull and flat. My usually shampoo bar is ethique and I wash my hair every 5-6 days and my hair still looks good during this period of time, I found with this shampoo bar it was only 2 days until I feel like I really needed to wash my hair because it felt and looked horrible.

I absolutely love the idea of shampoo bars! Less environmental waste is always good, right? The product's packaging is spot on, a nice cardboard box with no plastic <3 While this product presumably represents these values I'm not sold on the formula. The shampoo bar is super easy to use, a few swipes over your hair and you get a nice lather, however, my hair felt rather "squeaky" clean after use, which is something I do not like. I really disliked the scent, it's advertised as watermelon, yet the main scent I could smell was an artificial coconut smell which I really do not like. There are undertones of watermelon, but they should be stronger in my opinion. I also didn't like the result after use - my hair had a lot more dry flyaways and a distinct lack of shine and while I have fine hair, it still felt weighed down by this product. Overall, I can honestly say I would not use this brand again

I've never used a bar shampoo so was very interested to see how this would work. The scent is strong and I could smell the product before I even took it out of the box. But it's a refreshing watermelon scent which I didn't mind. The bar is smaller then a thought it would be but it was easy to hold in my hand. In total I used it on three seperate occasions. The instructions stated that I needed to rub the bar from roots to tips of hair until it lathered. This didn't take long and the lather felt rich. But once I rinsed it off my hair felt dry. I'm a 'double shampoo' gal so washed my hair one more time and still it felt dry. I noticed the scent doesn't last in your hair which was a plus but I didn't like the strawy type feel it had left behind. It was like it had stripped my hair completely clean. I do colour my hair but it's in very good condition. I wouldn't use it again. Also, it said to store it in a dry area but I didn't have anywhere that would be totally dry in the shower so between washes I kept it outside the shower on a little plate.