Shampoo? Or real…
There are things I don’t know about hair products. Lots of things.
I don’t use them. They’re not applicable, in my case.
But still, I have questions. I’m interested.
If you actually listen to the voice-overs on hair commercials on TV (I guess I’ve never heard a radio ad…) you hear a lot about what’s in them. All manner of fruits and vegetables and exotic oils.
I saw one last night that has avocado, shea butter and …something else that made me think of salad.
It seems to me that things are getting just a little out of hand.
Is avocado really good for your hair? Has anyone out there tried this? If so, why not just smear some on while making guacamole?
And what is Shea butter?
I did look this up. Apparently, it’s an extract from tree nuts in Africa. Really? Don’t we have butter here?
We’ve got almond butter, cashew butter, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter… all manner of exotic butters here.
And in another commercial, –and I’m not sure I really heard this correctly– but is there really silicone in conditioner? Wouldn’t that tend to make you waterproof you and make it hard to get stuff off your hair next shower? They don’t advertize that as a feature.
I dunno. I really don’t envy the majority of people who have to spend time in the hair products aisle at the store. It seems like a jungle filled with sweet-scented, colorful flowers and such. Each one a trap waiting to clamp down on your hand until you give up the contents of your wallet.
Immune, I pass through these aisles if I think I see band-aids at the other end that have cartoon characters on them. (my kids run through those things like they’re candy or something. But that’s another post, maybe)
I really do feel like most of my friends are being taken for a ride by all the commercials that show smiling women flipping their thick hair around.
Don’t get me wrong. I love to watch those commercials. Ironically, I have a thing for hair. And apparently I’m not the only one. There are a LOT of those commercials.
I do get that advertising ingredients like ammonium stearate probably won’t bring a lot of people in. But advertizing for stuff you can find in Produce? Won’t that make someone just pick up a little extra there?
