Review: H'Suan Wen Hua | Lush Hair Mask

LUSH H'Suan Wen Hua £8.95/225g

 

H'Suan Wen Hua is a pre-shampoo deep conditioning mask for 'out of condition' hair from Lush, described on the American site as a 'hair moisturizer'. Once upon a time, my hair was in a really bad way from heat and bleach damage with general frizz and split ends, but now after taking a lot of care and giving my hair some TLC it's in pretty good shape, but that doesn't mean that I can't treat myself to a weekly deep treatment to keep it up.

 

Pronounciation troubles aside, this 225g pot full of fresh and natural ingredients will set you back just less than £9.00 and is intended to 'improve the condition, lustre and combability of hair'.

 

What's In It and What Do They Do?

• Bay and watercress infusions, balsamic vingegar and rosemary oil for shine.
• Fresh free range eggs and soya lecithin for protein to restructure the hair.
• Lanolin, from sheep’s wool, moisturises as it's similar to human sebum.
• Olive oil to improve the tensile strength of the hair shaft.
• Cinammon leaf oil for its antiseptic qualities.
• Bay leaf infusion is stimulating, toning and clarifying for the scalp.
• Fresh organic bananas and avocados for their rich oily moisturising properties

Pretty unique range of ingredients mixed into this one - vinegar egg and banana?! This is to be used on dry hair prior to washing, with a generous amount of this creamy concoction is slapped all over the hair and left for 20-30 minutes (longer if you have time) before shampooing and rinsing away to reveal soft, shiny and flowing locks of wonder.

 

I do like this mask, I think it does work at conditioning the hair, but it's just not the best out there and didn't blow me away in awe. For a start, the smell is something that I really do not like about this, it's pretty strong and not at all pleasant, but it is something that I can get around and doesn't bother me enough not to use this, but it does receive a lot of criticism from people. And I find the application a bit weird because putting conditioner all over dry hair just seems a bit unnatural, but other than those two points about it I found the results to be quite impressive. After rinsing away, my hair does feel much softer and smoother and in general a lot healthier and in better condition, even if the results are only temporary until the next wash. It's not something that I would bother to buy again, but it's been fun to try out and wasn't a wasted purchse.

 

Pros

- A fancy name no one can pronounce

- Full of natural and beneficial ingredients

- Has dual purposes: conditions and moisturises the ends but the bay leaf infusion also stimulates the roots

- Actually works at conditioning the hair, leaving it soft and nourished

- Leaves the hair smooth and untangled. Hair dries sleek and free from frizz but not weighed down at the roots

 

Cons

- The smell ..eggs vinegar and cinnamon

- It won't last forever due to the natural ingredients (mine goes out of date a week from now but I did buy it at Christmas)

- It is jam packed full of goodness and natural ingredients, but still contains parabens (methylparaben and propylparaben) ..sense?!

- A generous amount is needed (directed to use 1/2 a tub each time on long hair), making it not very cost effective - £4.50 per use!

- There are more intensive conditioning treatments out there for a more reasonable price