I had my first taste of gelato in Italy. Before I went, I read up on everything I had to eat and do there and gelato stood out. I was warned repeatedly about taking a banana flavoured gelato.
The general rule is that if you want to check if the store sells gelato that is really freshly made from fruits, look at the Banana one. If its yellow, its colouring – stay away because the other flavours may be colouring too. If its grey, go for it! It made sense. If you have ever mashed up a banana, you’d realize that its not yellow – its grey. I’m not sure if gelato stores started colouring their banana flavoured ice creams grey LOL…
Anyway you are probably wondering what my story about Italian gelato has to do with shampoo and conditioner. I should have borne my banana gelato in mind when I bought The Body Shop Originals Banana Shampoo and Conditioner.
They are bright yellow in the bottle.
I don’t recall the original version and I’d never used it so I have no basis for comparison unlike the Passionfruit gel cleanser.
My initial reaction when I took a sniff was that the shampoo and conditioner smells strongly of coconut overlaying banana. Quite a strange smell albeit not unpleasant.
When I wash my hair, I end up smelling like a fruity dessert. Again, not quite unpleasant. The shampoo isn’t anything to shout about. My hair felt a little dry and tangled upon washing. The conditioner works to detangle hair but does not leave it super soft if that’s what you like.
I did however run into 1 major problem.