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3.0 out of 5 starsDisapointing
Reviewed in Canada on November 11, 2023
I must say that I had very high hopes for this product, I wanted to try it for some time but being so expensive I could never get myself to buy it. Well, I finally treated myself and bought a bottle. What a disapointment! My curl routine is: no poo wash, deep condition, bowl dip, plop, Denman brush, finger coil, diffuse to a cast and crunch when dry. I get high curl definition and when I sleep with a satin cap, I can keep it for 5-6 days. The appeal of the LUS was to NOT use as many different products to acheive the same look, and it made sense to replace gel+mousse+cream (and even maybe oil?) with only one, albeit more expensive, product. No way! When I 'uncasted', the hair lost all (and I mean ALL) definition, the curls were everywhere, no more clumps. I finally had to resort to putting MORE product (another curl cream) in the end to reform the curls... which means I'll have to wash again in 2-3 days. What a waste of money and time. So, I give it 3 stars because it does work, curls are nice and all, but I get that look with less effort and a 12$ mousse from the pharmacy. Bottom line; more expensive, more steps, more hassle to acheive a worst outcome. Also, although it doesn't actually smell bad, it certainly smells bottom-of-the-range. I would have considered normal for a pharmacy product to smell like that, not a high priced product. Luckily though, the smell doesn't stay. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
UPDATE***UPDATE***UPDATE
On the second day after using this product, my hair was so dry I had to put oil 5 times and it was still brittle and would not clump anymore. I ended up having to do a deep conditionning with heat and still my curl pattern is all off. My hair is so dry and frizzy I'm worried the product did permanent damage after only one use.