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Written By: Sandhya Raghavan | Published : July 25, 2017 5:44 PM IST
Very often in your life, you come across a product that does wonders for you. You swear your eternal allegiance to it. BUT you have to turn our pockets inside out to afford it. This happens to me quite often and the latest instance is when I bought the OGX Moisture + Vitamin B5 Shampoo. It belongs to the very covet-able range of OGX or Organix hair products which have lately mushroomed in most beauty stores these days. And if you are anything like me (obsessive ingredient-reading, paraben phobiac), the range of premium hair products is a blessing! Apart from smelling great and working well, these products claim to have no sulphate or parabens.
After careful consideration, debating with my rational side for a full five minutes, I decided to buy a bottle of this shampoo along with OGX's Intensely Invigorating Eucalyptus Mint conditioner.
The packaging
Most shampoos of the OGX range comes in a translucent bottle. This one is in a cherry-red, see-through bottle with golden lettering. The container is the same, trademark stout plastic bottle with a golden flip top.
The ingredients
Water (Aqua), Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, PPG 2 Hydroxyethyl Coco/Isostearamide, Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5), Amodimethicone, Polyquaternium 10, PEG 6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, PEG 150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, Trideceth 12, Cetrimonium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Tetrasodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Diazolidinyl Urea, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Fragrance (Parfum).
Again, no sulphate no parabens!
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The price
It is as pricey as all of OGX's products. For a 385ml bottle, you will have to shell out Rs 725.
The review
On the website, it says, "Say hello to beautiful, healthy hair. This blend, infused with Vitamin B5 and ProVitamin B, helps nourish the inner layer of every strand with moisture, while rebuilding damaged areas to give your hair a healthy, vibrant glow." I have always been suspicious of products claiming to rebuild damaged hair. How is that supposed to happen? Hair is 80-90% keratin. Unless the shampoo is pumping hair strands with keratin, acting like a cement, filling out its dents, I don't think they can claim to "rebuild" hair. So that's nonsense I am sure. The best they can do is clean the hair efficiently without stripping too much of the moisture, which I am glad the shampoo does. The thrust of the product, after all, is its moisture content and vitamins. And it smells great!
The verdict
To be honest, I don't know how much of its vitamin magic is working on my hair, but I don't have much to complain. It is a good product. It smells great, keeps my hair hydrated and lathers easily. And I know for a fact that I am not loading my system with parabens or sulphates. But the price is a bit too dear and I am not sure whether I'd be buying it again, unlike the mint eucalyptus condition from the OGX range.
Image source: OGX
