Fair Trade Honey Shampoo by Lush
Prices: 3.3 fl. oz - $9.95 US | 8.8 fl. oz - $19.95 US | 16.9 fl. oz - $29.95 US

From the site: Over half of this shampoo consists of Fair Trade honey, which is beautifully moisturizing and gives hair shine and luster. All that honey has allowed us to make this one preservative-free, too! While 50% is honey, 20% is linseed mucilage, which has a lovely texture and is moisturizing and conditioning. Fair Trade Honey is suitable for almost everyone, but with all these moisturizing ingredients, it is specifically lovely on hair in need of moisture.

Features:
- Hard water? No problem! This shampoo softens and cleanses in a perfect balance for hard water areas, where calcium build-up can be harsh on your hair.
- Preservative-free! All that honey allows us to make this one preservative free. What an excellent invention! Use it fresh!
- Fairly Traded Honey: We're working with a supplier in Zambia at the moment, but we'll need so much honey that we may also buy from other Fair Trade suppliers around the world, too.

Ingredients: (Note: Natural Ingredients shown in italics, Safe Synthetics are Underlined)
Sunflower Lecithin (Lecithin) , Fairly Traded Honey , Linseed Mucilage (Linum usitatissimum) , Sodium Laureth Sulfate , Cocamide DEA , Lauryl Betaine , Geranium Oil (Pelargonium graveolens) , Beeswax Absolute , Neroli Oil (Citrus Aurantium amara) , Rose Absolute (Rosa damascena) , Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia) , *Citral , *Geraniol , Citronellol , *Limonene , *Linalool , *Benzyl Salicylate , *Eugenol , Benzyl Benzoate , *Farnesol , Hydroxycitronellol , Fragrance

I just tried this for the first time today. My love is such that I have to review it on the Lush site and on my blogs both.

So first, I'll put in the basic info I did for the Lush site (hair type, pros, cons, etc) so you know where I'm coming from. I'll put in some more detail here, since I can.

Hair Type: Straight Hair | Dry Hair | Tends Towards Some Frizz | Generally Washed in Hard Water
Pros: Improves Hair Health | Gentle | Great Smell | Moisturizing | Adds Shine | Cleans Thoroughly | Lathers Well | Rinses Easily
Cons: I honestly couldn't think of any, though it's a little higher in cost than I generally like. ($30 US for the largest size bottle, that being 16.9 fl. oz.) That said, I'd rather have a shampoo that works and doesn't give me a headache and pay maybe $5 more than thrills me than pay $25 for something that gives me a headache all the time. Plus, I save money by buying this as I don't need a conditioner nor a detangler with it.
Best Uses: I'm not including this one, because frankly, I think there are too many to list.
Describe Yourself: Beauty Conscious (Well, somewhat. I like to look nice and neat. I'm not obsessive.
When you survey your stash, you label this product: Life-Saver

So, that's that. Now the review!

Review of Lush's Fair Trade Honey Shampoo
I have extremely sensitive skin, so I buy all of my products from Lush. Since I started to do so, I have not had rashes or a breakout even once.

The only problem I've had is finding a shampoo. I'm extremely scent-sensitive, so once I find products that work on my hair type (thick, tends towards dry, and washed in hard water) I have to sort through them to find one that has a scent I can tolerate.

This? Has not been easy. For several years, my only option has been to use Snow Fairy on my hair, which means buying 4-5 of the largest size bottles at Christmas...and spending a fair amount of cash at once. I wasn't happy with the situation, but I didn't have any other options.

Now I do! (I will still buy some Snow Fairy, as I adore it, but 1 or 2 bottles is all I'll be purchasing instead of enough for a year.) I was nervous in buying this, given that I did not have a way to smell it (I'm away from home for a few months, and there's no store nearby). But I didn't see anything in the ingredients that stood out as likely to irritate me, so I gave it a go.

Thank heavens I did! Fair Trade Honey Shampoo (after this, I'll just call it Honey Shampoo) is a godsend. Even used with the soft water I have at my current residence, it both lathered up and rinsed out easily. The scent is delicious--honey, of course, dominates, but it has elements of something minty and something else that I can only describe as fresh and green. The latter two elements keep the honey from being overpowering.

I was thrilled to feel how soft my hair was after I rinsed all of the Honey Shampoo out; I didn't even bother with a conditioner, and I'm not going to ever bother with one when using Honey Shampoo! I simply rinsed again with cool water. My brush went through my hair as if I'd deep-conditioned it. As it dries, my hair not only feels silky to the touch, but it also has less frizz to it than it has with other shampoos (used WITH conditioners and other products).

I'll still buy Snow Fairy at Christmas, yes, because I love the smell and it IS nice on my hair--with a conditioner. But Fair Trade Honey Shampoo is my new default, and quite possibly tied with Sakura (a bath bomb) for Overall Favorite Lush Product.

I will note that I have not tested it with actual hard water yet, though I will when I return to my home in June. Given how it's interacted with soft water, though, I'm really not worried in the slightest.

ETA: I meant to put this and forgot: I bought both the medium bottle and the small bottle of this shampoo.  If you would like to try a sample, I can pour enough for, like, 2-3 washes into a container and mail it to you.  Let's say $0.75 plus s/h?  If that seems unreasonable and you really want to try it, just let me know.  We'll work something out.