I’ve not had the best week so far with products. After my easy-read review of Diesel Bad, I was hoping that would be the only blip. However, this ‘hot oil treatment’ from LUSH Ltd deserves a very special mention for being spectacularly awful.
The principle behind it is cool, very cool (or hot). Sporting longer hair at the moment (it’s about down to my chin, which I wear slicked back), I needed something to restore lost moisture and revive my scalp after all the products and heat I’d been using.
Making it
I loved the process of mixing it. Designed to avoid wasting the packaging, transport and everything else that comes with manufacturing larger, water-filled products, it’s good fun to make. Slowly add boiling water into whatever you want to mix it in (I used an old LUSH pot), then keep stirring until it’s melted. You’re left with a thick, rich cream.
So in principle, it looks and smells absolutely gorgeous. I was really excited to use it. You just work it into the hair and scalp and leave it on for 20 minutes. I used only around half a pot, as it comes with enough product for very long hair.
Rinsing it out
Once the 20 minutes was up, it was time to jump in the shower and rinse it out. Or so I thought.
I had to shampoo my hair four or five times, using obscene amounts, to get this to shift. It turned into a sort of sticky, stringy gloop that clung to me, my hair and the shower. My whole back and face were left absolutely coated, and I had to get every scrub brush I owned out and strip it from my skin with a load of shower gel and face wash. I eventually got it all out, and used what felt like half a bottle of conditioner.
The verdict
Afterwards, my hair and scalp felt drier and far more damaged than before I used it. Yes, it left a lovely smell, but that’s about it. So what’s the point in going through all this fuss to make what is clearly a subpar product that, at £6.50 for a single use, is certainly not cheap.
All I can say is that this is yet another ‘innovation’ from the brand that doesn’t seem thought through or worth its hefty price tag. But at least for once it’s not full of glitter.
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