Pantene Ultimate 10 BB Cream for Hair Review

I'll admit, when I first spotted Pantene's Ultimate 10 "BB Cream" for hair, I think the first words out of my mouth were, "Come on, really?" followed by a snicker and an eye roll.  The whole BB Craze is starting to seem a bit ridiculous and over-the-top to me, and now there's a hair product calling itself BB- why not just leave the name as "Ultimate 10?"  Needless to say, I almost didn't buy it because of the whole BB thing, but I ended up doing so out of sheer curiosity.  OMG, I am so glad I did.

This all-in-one, multitasking balm has 10 benefits for the hair: 

1. Repair for rough hair
2. Strength against damage
3. Silky Softness
4. Brilliant Shine
5. Smoothing
6. Moisture
7. Frizz Control
8. Heat Protection
9. Manageability
10. Tamed Fly-Aways

Zooey Deschanel, Pantene's spokesperson, (and whose hair is gorgeous by the way) recently said about the Ultimate 10 BB Cream, "This [product] is great because I'm lazy when I get home. I don't want to do anything special to my hair, so I can put this on and sleep on it, but it doesn't get anything on my pillow, and when I wake up my hair is nicer."  

Pantene Ultimate 10 BB Cream is a lightweight balm/cream that isn't heavy, like I thought it would be.  The consistency is lightweight and almost like a gel-serum.  The bottle says to use 1-2 pumps (1 was enough for my shoulder length hair).  

I applied it to damp hair and then got to blowdrying.  For real, my hair has never looked better in my life.  It had body (even my fine hair wasn't weighed down by this), tons and tons of shine, and my split ends were pretty much non-existent. I've been growing out a chin-length bob since the fall, and have been avoiding haircuts so that it'll grow out faster, so my ends were not in the greatest of shape to begin with. By the time I was done drying my hair, I was like, "what split ends?"  Seriously.  My hair looked freshly cut, swingy and shiny- and AMAZING. 

So I take back all my skepticism, and I no longer care what this product is called...I'm calling it my "miracle cream".   See how it works for you- I think you're going to love it- really. 

Pantene Aqua Light Review

I was recently given a bottle of Pantene's new Aqua Light Shampoo and a bottle of the Conditioner to try, and since I have fine hair, I'm always excited to try products that promise to not weigh the hair down.  

According to the packaging, the Aqua Light line contains no silicone, which can coat the hair, and is also dye and paraben free.  Here are the ingredients/instruction labels: 

Shampoo:

 Conditioner:

This has the classic Pantene scent, very fresh and clean.  The shampoo lathers nicely and rinses very clean without making the hair feel too dry. 

 The conditioner is light, and not super thick, but it's not runny either- I would say it's a medium weight conditioner.  One thing I noticed when rinsing it out was that my hair didn't feel slick like it does with other conditioners, so it definitely felt like it rinsed all the way out, and it came out easily, without much effort.  

Since my hair is extremely dry and damaged, I was worried that the conditioner wouldn't be enough, especially since it washed out without leaving anything behind.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that my hair was easy to comb through and it felt way more conditioned than I thought it would.  But, when I was blow-drying, I realized that I needed a little more because my hair was looking dry.  So I added a light leave in spray, and everything was fine.  

In my opinion, I think that this will work really well for those with oily, normal and even normal to dry hair.  But for those of you that have a lot of damage due to bleaching like I do, this probably won't be enough.  

So has anyone else tried this, and if so, what did you think? 

The New Pantene- Review

Ok, so I've never been a huge fan of Pantene, despite it's huge popularity.  I just never saw great results from any of the products I've tried.  They have just re-launched their products, and some changes were made.  So I was in Walgreens the other day, and bought two of the four product lines I saw there.  The four lines I saw were Fine Hair, Medium-Thick Hair, Curly Hair, and Colored-Treated Hair. 
I purchased the Shampoo and Conditioner for both the Fine Hair and Color-Treated Hair lines.  The first one I tried was for color treated hair, which mine definitely is.  Right in the shower I was already impressed.  The Pantene shampoo was creamy (it almost looked like lotion) and moisturizing and my hair felt conditioned even after I rinsed it out.  Then, the conditioner- in a word, Wow!  You know those little tubes of conditioner they give you inside a box of hair color, and you're like, "why don't they sell conditioner like this?", well, now they do.  My hair felt like pure silk when I rinsed out the conditioner, and by the time I was done blowdrying, my hair was sleek and shiny!

Very impressed, I used the Fine Hair shampoo and conditioner the next day.  This shampoo wasn't a creamy formula- it was a clear gel which rinsed very clean, and left my hair feeling moisturized, but not as much as the previous one I tried.  Same with the conditioner- it was a little thinner, not quite as moisturizing, but still did a good job.  I definitely noticed some more bounciness in my hair, vs. the day before, which left my hair a little sleeker.  I loved both products and today I went out and bought the heat protection spray for fine hair, and I'm so excited to try it!  I'll let you know tomorrow!  In the meantime, head over to Pantene.com to read all about the new technology they've put into their new line, and also to get free samples, so you can try before you buy!