My Pillow Smells Like Rosemary Mint

I'm a huge sucker for salon products and even salon-quality products at drugstore prices. However, I've made a point over the last year or so to really get focused and stop buying all sorts of hair products that I know I won't really use. My favorite go-to styling products are now Redken as seen here and Pantene's Texture & Shining Defining Pomade.

That name may sound complicated, but this stuff is super simple to use. In fact, I stopped using hairspray when I moved to Florida and replaced it with this product. All you do is put a little bit of the pomade between your palms, rub together so you coat your hands, and then carefully smooth down your hair to calm any fly aways or scrunch to give your hair more oomph and control. I focus particularly on the hair that sweeps across my forehead {my bangs, basically} because this part of my hair doesn't like to cooperate so I use the pomade to set it in place. The cool thing is that you can find Pantene anywhere and this jar of pomade is inexpensive.

And speaking of inexpensive, let's get to the point of this post: Salon shampoos and conditioners! For years I used to buy Biolage from ULTA or my salon in those enormous containers with the pumps. Then I switched to Rusk's Sensories line a year or two ago because I liked their shampoo for color treated hair. When I relocated to Florida I went through a handful of hair stylists before I found one I liked. One of the salons I visited sold the Loreal Kertase line....LOVE THAT STUFF. But seriously, I had to take out a small loan for the shampoo and conditioner after paying for highlights, a haircut and a blow dry. I had buyer's remorse but I was seriously in love with the scent and my hair smelled so awesome. Then last year, my latest hair stylist introduced me to the Matrix's Phyto Organics. Once again, I found myself buying the largest size with the pump...and you know what I realized? You tend to get tired of the products after a while since it's like shampoo and conditioner overload.

Recently I've started reading how bad sulfates can be for your hair. All these years I've been using products WITH sulfates and now I'm learning how bad they are! I still can't believe it! {And the Phyto Organics contains sulfates, go figure.} Since I was nearing the very end of my salon shampoo, I decided to go on a mission to find a more natural product for colored hair, especially since I've started coloring my hair at home and, let's be honest, with a DIY project who knows how long my color will last!

Well, it turns out I didn't have to look far. I recently noticed an advertisement on the back of my InStyle Magazine for Everpure, Loreal's newest line Sulfate-free hair products. They are also running ads on TV now for this...

I couldn't find Everpure at my local Target, but I did find it last weekend at Walgreens, and it's currently $1 off the shampoo and conditioner through April 25th. I paid $6.99 for each...a pretty good deal in my mind considering I've been known to drop at least $25 on just a bottle of conditioner alone!

So here's my official review of the products: I FREAKING LOVE THEM!!!

I have to admit that I've never been a fan of Rosemary. I don't know what it is but I don't like the way it tastes on food, and because of that the smell sort of turns me off. That's why I was a little hesitant when I saw the shampoo and conditioner is Rosemary Mint scented...but all I had to do was sniff it there in Walgreens and suddenly I felt like rushing home so I could have a pretend spa session in my bathroom. That scent is heavenly.

Even better, if you wash your hair in the evening like I've been lately, the bonus is that your pillow case suddenly smells minty fresh.

If they start making an Everpure Body Wash, I may never come out of the shower!

{Sorry it took forever to get to the point of this post, guys. As you can see, I could talk about hair products all day long!}