This submit is sponsored by Garnier. All opinions are my very own. You already know I hold it actual with you guys!
Hopefully, by now you’ve heard the massive information! Garnier is now authorized as cruelty free underneath the
Cruelty Free International Leaping Bunny program! Garnier has formally joined the cruelty free household! Garnier is without doubt one of the greatest international manufacturers CFI has ever authorized underneath the Leaping Bunny program, so this can be a big deal!
I spoke to the groups at Cruelty Free Worldwide and Garnier to get the inside track. After 2 years of working with 500+ completely different suppliers to get signed deadline declarations, the favored hair care, shade, and skincare model was in a position to safe that coveted cruelty free badge of honor. Garnier is a part of a provider monitoring system and will probably be audited periodically by Cruelty Free Worldwide. The model remains to be owned by L’Oreal (which isn’t 100% cruelty free however owns different cruelty free manufacturers like NYX, City Decay and It Cosmetics). Garnier is NOT bought in China and the model has no present plans to promote there.
Since I posted about this again in early March, I’ve been attempting out among the Garnier hair and skincare merchandise. I purchased a number of hair care merchandise and their micellar water (loving all of them thus far), and the model despatched me just a few merchandise from the Fructis Sleek & Shine line. I’m actually thrilled that I can advocate an reasonably priced drugstore model, as a result of that’s often what I get requested about essentially the most!
As a lot of you understand, a pair months in the past, I moved from Los Angeles to my hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. My husband, our two pets, and I wished more room so we moved to the South the place we had been in a position to lease a home with a yard. We had been dwelling in a small 2-bedroom condo in a 4-plex, surrounded by just a few palm timber and… a number of concrete. We didn’t have a yard or balcony, so through the pandemic, we began to get actually claustrophobic. Now we’re really gardening (by no means thought I’d be into that!), and our canine, Riley, has someplace to run round and sniff all of the issues! We nonetheless plan to go to Los Angeles typically, since our pals and Gregg’s facet of the household are there. We’re actually having fun with being so near my facet of the household in Louisiana. For the previous 19 years, I’ve solely been in a position to see them a couple of times a yr, so that is very nice!
Anyway, Louisiana is understood for a lot of issues – some good and a few dangerous. One of many dangerous issues is HUMIDITY! The autumn and winter will not be so dangerous, however spring and summer season are FRIZZ CITY, particularly for my fantastic, wavy hair. So, I used to be excited to strive Garnier Fructis Smooth & Shine to see if it could assist. I attempted the Fortifying Shampoo, Fortifying Conditioner and Intensely Clean Go away-In Conditioning Cream.
First let me say, the value is RIGHT! Every of the merchandise is lower than $5. The merchandise are cruelty free, vegan, and paraben-free. The shampoo and conditioner bottles are created from 100% recycled plastic, and the components are pretty traded and sustainably sourced.
The declare is that the Smooth & Shine merchandise will work in as much as 97% humidity and hold your hair smooth for as much as 3 days while you use all three (shampoo, conditioner, leave-in). They’re really useful for straight and curly/wavy hair sorts. The merchandise are made with fruit proteins, B3, B6, Vitamin E, argan oil, and different fruit and plant extracts. The lively smoothing ingredient is dimethicone. I discover that my hair loves “cones” and it’s the one factor that can hold it from being frizzy and uncontrolled.
After I examined these merchandise, I used to be fearful that they’d make my hair so relaxed that I wouldn’t be capable of hold my hair curly/wavy. Fortunately, there was no drawback with that! I washed, conditioned, after which added the leave-in from mid-shaft to the ends. I don’t often add leave-in conditioner to my crown, so I can hold some quantity on high. I completed by scrunching with my traditional hair gel and I let it air dry. I used to be impressed to see that my curls had been shiny and outlined. My hair was not weighed down in any respect. I road-tested the merchandise and so they work very nicely for a typical Louisiana day, however on wet days, all bets are off. To be truthful, I don’t assume any merchandise will help my tremendous fantastic, curly hair on wet days. All I can do is throw my hair in a ponytail or bun, or simply let it do what it needs to do!
Total, I’m impressed with these merchandise! The photograph above was taken after the rain on a really overcast, muggy day (pardon the squinting – it was brilliant!). Contemplating the excessive humidity that day, I feel my waves look fairly nice! Additionally discover that there’s tons of physique – my hair wasn’t weighed down by the merchandise in any respect.
Garnier additionally has many different frizz-busting styling merchandise like a serum, humidity smoothing milk, frizz cream, spray oil, hairspray, and plenty of extra. There are SO many merchandise – you may cocktail them to seek out the correct mix in your hair. The costs are so good, so I’ve been experimenting with many of those. I’m actually loving the trio I discussed above, plus the Brilliantine Shine Glossing Spray as a strategy to clean frizz all through the day when it’s raining out!
Which Garnier merchandise have you ever tried, and which ought to I evaluate subsequent?
