Hydrating Tea Tree Mint Shampoo by Organix Review

I like to take the opportunity to try out different shampoos. It is not so much that I have never found one that I am happy with, but rather I just look at it as a way to have some variety in life for a small price. In general I find that at Christmas time and my birthday that someone gives me a bath set that includes shampoo so I rarely have to actually buy it. However, recently I was low on shampoo and with both the holidays and my birthday months away I decided that I would get some shampoo. I had been using a Tree Tea Calming Shampoo, which I was quite pleased with so I decided to stay with that theme. I ended up selecting Hydrating Tea Tree Mint Shampoo by Organix.

I was unfamiliar with the Organix brand but I thought that they sounded nice. I liked that the tea tree shampoo they made was also mint, which I assumed would help with the aroma that comes from tea tree shampoos. Although I enjoy tea tree shampoos, I do think that they have a distinct smell that does not exactly translate in to a fragrance that you are dying to smell like. I mainly choose them because I have heard that they defer lice, which was something very important to me when I worked at a daycare. Sure enough the mint made for an absolute wonderful smell and I was very pleased that I had decided to get this instead of just regular tea tree shampoo. The 13 fluid ounce bottle was about $6, and rather short so I hoped that it would be well worth the money.

After I got home from the store I examined the bottle to see what it had to say about Hydrating Tea Tree Mint Shampoo by Organix. It claimed to have an ultra hydrating blend of Australian tea tree oils, which are suppose to add both strength and moisture to your hair. Additionally, the shampoo claimed to have milk proteins and micro-infused peppermint oils, which together would replenish moisture for hydrating and balance. I could really use hydration in my hair so I was excited about this. Also, the shampoo was said to be sulfate free and the Australian tea tree oils were said to be organic. As an added bonus it was not tested on animals and made in the United States.

The ingredients of the Hydrating Tea Tree Mint Shampoo by Organix were water, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, cocamidopropyl betaine, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, parfum, glycol distearate, dimethicone copolyol, cetyl alcohol, cocamide DEA, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, polyquatemium-11, DMDM hydantoin, silk amino complex, panthenol, melaleuca alternifolia leaf oil, hydrolyzed milk protein, glycine soja oil, menthe piperita oil, butyrospermum parkii, tocopheryl acetate, limonene, and citronellol. Melaleuca alternifolia leaf oil is tea tree oil, glycine soja oil is soybean oil, menthe piperita oil is peppermint oil, butyrospermum parkii is shae butter, and tocopheryl acetate is vitamin E. I was surprised that the word organic did not come up once. I was a little disappointed in the ingredients, but the real test would be using it.

Unfortunately I was disappointed after using the shampoo as well. I did not feel as though my hair was hydrated and it took a lot of shampoo, more than I usually need to use, to get my hair even clean. I have just below shoulder length hair, and I felt that I had to use more than twice as much as I normally do to get the shampoo to clean properly and even that clean was disappointing. My hair was far from hydrated and actually felt kind of greasy, or that it had a thin coat of shampoo that would not wash off. The directions for Hydrating Tea Tree Mint Shampoo by Organix were to lather up and rinse until your hair is rejuvenated. My hair never felt rejuvenated. Conditioner was also recommended in the directions but me not using it was not the problem. Even when I did use conditioner I did not find that it made any significant difference. I would not recommend this shampoo and am looking forward to when I am done with it so I can try something else out.