Hotel Soap Project No. 6

Manufacturer: Gilchrist & Soames

Product Name: Chamomile Conditioning Shampoo

Source: Unknown

What's hot?: It's big! Really, this is the biggest bottle of shampoo schwag I've yet seen.

What's not?: Wishy washy scent; wishy-washy product; website plays music

Comments: I've already given one Gilchrist & Soames product a tepid review, so it's no surprise that I'm lukewarm about this one, too. The bottle is huge (4 oz.), but the scent is nothing special. I'm also not sold on the benefits of conditioning shampoo. Lance Arthur seems to think that it's fine. As he notes

So what about those shampoos with conditioner built-in? Well, when you think about it, you’re going to dump it all on your head and work it around anyway, so doing both at the same time doesn’t hurt anything. The shampoo cleans your scalp, the conditioner soaks into your hair, your scalp doesn't care about being conditioned, your hair doesn’t care about being shampooed, all set!

To my mind, at any rate, shampoo cleans whatever it touches and conditioner moisturizes whatever it touches. Thus, the shampoo and conditioner in a bottle of conditioning shampoo are forever duking it out on your head.

Not that I care anymore, now that I've got a buzz cut.

One last word: To whoever at Gilchrist & Soames thought that playing music on the website was a good idea...1997 is calling. They want their website back.