Amika

I have thick, wavy, graying hair that I blow dry to be straight. Since it takes so long for my hair to dry (I use a 2000 watt hair dryer!), I need effective heat protection. I believe this product delivers, and does it well. For one thing, the sprayer on the bottle is very good and delivers a wide mist that covers large sections of my hair at a time. Second, my hair always looks smooth and shiny when I use this. I have repurchased 4 times already and I hope they don't discontinue it.

I didn't even think it was possible to dislike a shampoo and conditioner so much. I have naturally fine hair, but a good amount of it. I got this as a sample so thankfully I didn't spend money on it but it's awful! It left my hair with the grossest, most tangled texture of all time. It gives your hair that almost dry-sticky feeling you get on spots if you fail to wash product out all of the way, but all of this product was definitely rinsed out so I have no idea why it felt so horribly. It also managed to stay weirdly tangled no matter how many times I brushed it, like I had been stuck in a permanent wind storm or something. I just hate it.

Within the range of hair masks that are available, this is priced on the low end. But this mask really punches above its weight. I left this in for 3 hours this afternoon, then rinsed and blow dried as usual. My hair was deeply hydrated, smooth and fluffy. I've been using a lot of heat styling and related products over the holidays and my hair has become distressed and dried out. I was really positively surprised by how great this worked. I've been testing a wide range of hair masks, and this fell within the top two of the ones I've tried (compared to Christophe Robin, Ouai, Kompari, Aveda and Living Proof).