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I'll start with the bottle of Chere-Mere shampoo (the bottle you see on the left side). It's the Herbal Shampoo with extracts of rachette, aloe vera and tea tree oil. You guys have probably heard (or read) me rave about the benefits of aloe vera and tea tree oil. I've talked about using them for infection like yeast infection, for digestive problems (aloe) and even skin. However, did you know it was even amazing for your hair?! I have used pure tea tree oil in my hair for itching and such, but I've never used Rachette extract or Aloe Vera in my hair.
Chere-Mere's Herbal Shampoo is in one word: miraculous! I have never in my life used a shampoo that had such an impact (a good one anyways) on my hair!
I have used almost every single drug store hair shampoo available. I've used the expensive crap, I've used the cheap crap and everything in between. I've even used some natural shampoo. Some of them made my hair oily, some dry and some made it tremendously hard to work with and the natural shampoo comes to mind when I say that. However, I've never had my hair feel and look the way it does after using Chere-Mere's shampoo!
I know you're dying to know why I'm raving. I'll get to that. First I want to just state a few of the benefits of some of the ingredients in this herbal shampoo.
-Tea Tree Oil : It's amazing for about anything. My mom kept Tea Tree Oil in the house always while I was growing up. It's always on hand. It's great for bug bites, dandruff, infections, cuts, etc. So, having it in the herbal shampoo will also help fight the itching and flaking in the winter.
Rachette (Also known as prickly pear) I have heard (keep in mind, I heard this. I'm not 100% sure how accurate it is) that Rachette will help thicken hair and help growth. I'm not sure if that's true though. Quite frankly, my hair is amazing right now so I ain't one to question it!
The bottle says this:
" Cher Mere Herbal pH balanced shampoo is a scientific formulation of nature's herbs working together to clean and restore dry and damaged hair to its healthy state. Herbal extracts of rachette (cactus), aloe vera, sage, rosemary, nettle, tea tree oil, strengthen and condition hair to make it stronger and more beautiful."
DIRECTIONS
Wet hair and apply small amount of shampoo, lather gently and rinse thoroughly. Repeat. Avoid contact with eyes.
INGREDIENTS:
Aqua (water), decyl glucoside, cocoamidopropyl betaine, aloe barbadensis, salvia officinalis (sage) oil, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) oil, melaleuca, alternifolia (tea tree) oil, propylene glycol, diazolidinyl urea iodopropyynyl butylcarbamate, parfum (fragrance).
Pretty outstanding ingredients there! Fragrance can really be anything though, but this is a shampoo that's full of amazing ingredients!
It's clear in color, feels similar to a gel and won't lather as much as some shampoos like Herbal Essence, but it does a great job and lathers decently. I can say, it makes my hair feel cleaner than anything I've ever used on it.
I thought and thought about this and I honestly cannot think of any hair type that wouldn't benefit from Cher Mere's herbal shampoo. It may work better on some hair, but your hair, no matter the type, will reap some kind of benefit. If your hair is extremely damaged and dry and poofy, it may take a bit longer to see extremely great results, but with regular use, it will happen. I have medium damage. I use a curling iron sometimes and I flat iron my entire head every day as well as use bleach for highlighting every 3 months. My hair is extremely bad when I wash it every day so I have to skip an evening of washing in between to help with that. If your hair is about the same as mine in the damage department, I'd recommend using Cher-Mere herbal shampoo and skipping between days. This is like a miracle!
Before using Cher-Mere, I was using Herbal Essence smooth shampoo and alternating between that and Herbal Essence's Straighten shampoo and using a shampoo to lighten my highlights with every wash. I did see some smoothing, but it felt more like it was slicking it to my scalp whereas Cher Mere's shampoo doesn't weight your hair down, but does smooth things out wonderfully while leaving some volume! Like I said, I skip every other day washing my hair due to the dryness and damage. My hair tends to start getting oily by the end of the next evening and my highlights look nasty, dull and orange the day I skip. It always leaves me feeling bad, but I can't wash it every single day because it leaves it like horse hair! I didn't expect that to change when I started using the Herbal Shampoo, but today was one of the days I had to skip washing and I was feeling nice and pretty with my slinky, pretty hair! My highlights looked beautiful! No greasy hair and no orange, dull highlights! It was awesome.
As you'll notice in my photos, I'm in desperate need of a hair cut. It's been a few months since my last trim and it looks rough, but ignore that. I'll have it cut tomorrow and I thought tonight, right before washing again was the perfect time to take a photo.
My hair is naturally fluffy and curly, but not kinky. It's fine and sort of thick. If you have hair like mine, Cher-Mere will be a life saver! For kinky hair, I also think this would be great because after I straighten my hair, it seems so weightless! It feels light and silky, soft. Unlike anything I have ever felt my hair feeling like before... if that makes sense. Since I've been needing a trim, I've been wearing my hair up all the time because it looks awful at this strange length. It's right at that length where it gets kind of crinkled at the base of my neck and shoulders and even after straightening it, it gets this ugly... look. Not sure how to explain it, but it gets creases in it kind of. It starts flipping in all kinds of crazy directions from where it gets caught at my shoulders and neck. That's how to explain my situation. That's mostly why I wear it up. Since I started using Cher-Mere, I've worn it down every day! It hasn't been getting that weird flippin'-in-all-different-directions-style going on. I've no clue how this shampoo does this to me, but I love it!
Another major plus? The time it takes to flat iron my puff has been cut in half! It's so much easier to iron and quicker. It glides right through my hair and straightens well. Usually it takes an hour. Lately, I can get it totally ironed in less than 30 minutes. Sometimes only 15!
Would I recommend the Herbal Shampoo? Abso-freaking-lutely! Not a doubt! I'd say this would work well for any hair type. I told B today that I don't know what I'd do without the shampoo now that I've had such wonderful hair. Going back to the other stuff wouldn't even cut for me! It's wonderful! A rave-worthy hair product that will be in my shower for as long as I can get my hands on it! There are very few hair products I've ever liked, much less raved about!
Check out the Herbal Shampoo, body and skin products at Cher-Mere.
*Next up: Cher-Mere's Body Oil!*
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