Aside from its slippery tendencies when freshly washed, my hair is relatively well-behaved. As such, the main thing I look for in a shampoo is its ability to ‘smooth’, or just any shampoo at the grocery store that isn’t the very cheapest one. I picked a side long ago: I’m much more concerned about face jams than I am hair gunk.
Imagine, then, my surprise at discovering not one but three shampoos that had I feel feelings for! From the one whose ingredients are as customisable as a sandwich, to the one that smells exactly like my favourite perfume, these are worth your consideration.
Cuvée Shampoo
The brand Cuvée has no Byredo affiliation that I am aware of. Weird, because it’s a certifiable scent dupe for my main summertime squeeze, a confident, staunchly sticky Byredo fragrance called Pulp. And so it earns the #1 position on this list.
On being gifted Cuvée, I noted its package bears no promises of ‘nourishing’ or ‘strengthening’. In fact, the austere bottle is so claim-less, the total word count on the front is 3. One of those words is ‘shampoo’, as Cuvée’s shampoo is called simply ’SHAMPOO’. Don’t hate them for being classy and French.
Mystery prevails with a website that reveals nothing about the fantastic scent of the shampoo, which is FINE because I can explain it for you using words developed for Byredo’s website: “A compilation of exotic and Swedish influencers create an international fruit basket. A dramatic composition focused on the idea of ripe, sweet, shapeless mass of fruit, an unruly and intense savour.” And so you see, my hair and skin are cut from the same international fruit basket.
It also makes my hair soft, and looks posh in the bathroom.
View this post on InstagramDo you like the sound of glitter face masks, unicorn fruit whipped body butter and a sugar scrub made of moon rocks? Yes, they exist.
Image credit: Timothy Paul Smith.