First ever first impressions- Lushs Superbalm scalp treatment.

These last few months have been a living nightmare for my scalp. It's been dry and flaky (gross, I know) and down right depressing to look at. I had tried all the anti-dandruff shampoos I could get my hands on and nothing was helping me. 

So in desperate times I reached for lush. Now, like any sane person, I love Lush. Who doesn't love a good fragrance and rainbow coloured bath? I know I do for sure. What I don't love is the prices, but like I said desperate times! 

So I went browsing their website for a product that would save my scalp, which is how I came across their Superbalm product. The description for the product is 'If you've got scale that no shampoo has managed to banish, then try this balm'. Perfect, It's like they wrote that just for me. 

The product itself comes in a 45g pot (as pictured) and costs £12. It is preservative free and suitable for vegans. Brilliant! 

 

I would say the main smell of this is lavender with a hint of something that reminds me of Christmas. With that description you are better off going to smell it yourself. 

Now I had no idea what to except from the Superbalm, I'd read the reviews on-line and as expected they were mixed. But nevertheless I hopped into the shower with hope that this would be the answer to all my problems (or at least my scalp ones). All it says on the tin is 'massage into scalp before shampooing'. what does that mean? do I need to wet my hair first or not? do I wash it out or do I use the shampoo to wash it out? so many questions and very little answers on the tin. I decided to have wet hair to apply it and to use the shampoo to wash it out. 

This was defiantly not the right thing to do! It left my roots greasier than before and my mood was just as bad. It took two full washes to get the product out of my hair and after a while the smell became unbearable. and the flakiness? its better but not completely gone :( 

Since that first shower I have watched a YouTube video made by Lush that explains exactly how to use Superbalm and it states that you should apply it to dry hair and leave it for 20 minutes before washing it out. With this new knowledge I am keen (yet apprehensive) to try it again. 

Would I recommend it to a friend?  maybe once I've tried it again. 

Is it worth the money?  So far, not really. Although it's made some improvement. 

Rating out of ten: 4