Herbal Essences Long Term Relationship Shampoo & Conditioner (each $2.99 for 12 oz.) is part of Herbal Essences line of new products devoted to protecting and caring for long hair. Me? Yes, totally long hair, and I have always been a fan of the Herbal Essences line (really, I think from the beginning nearly!). I switch shampoo/conditioner often, but it was good to try their newest release.
I love the scent, which is red raspberries, because I am a raspberry addict. You know what’s great? I use these products, and I find myself compelled to match with philosophy’s raspberry sorbet shower gel! I digress… the scent is subtle, not overwhelming, and I found my hair was soft smelling throughout the day. It isn’t an overly sweet or cloying scent, so I think most people will enjoy it.
While my hair is far from fussy, I did notice that I could go longer between washes before my hair would seem oily (3 days versus usual 2). And these products do not do anything for drying time, I swear my hair dried faster since starting to use these (10 minutes versus 15, with a regular, aging blow dryer). I even asked the PR rep about the drying time, and she said it doesn’t–but it did for me!
Herbal Essences, while smelling great, is absolutely awful for your hair. Tons of chemicals & WAX. It’s about the equivalent of Pantene.
I’ve used Herbal Essences on and off for years, and I’ve been using these two products in particular for nearly a month. My hair was in the past, and is currently, incredibly healthy and great-looking.
I will look into it, so thanks for sharing!
Hi Cody! After doing some research, silicones (the “wax”) often are added to create a barrier and give “shine.” Some people may experience problems because of silicones, but not everyone. In fact, many people use products like Pantene and Herbal Essences on a regular basis. Silicones may build up on the hair shaft, but using a clarifying treatment/shampoo every couple of weeks is all one would need to do.
I looked at the ingredient list, and it doesn’t seem any more Greek than other shampoos I’ve tried in the past. It’s definitely not an organic or natural solution, but I don’t think it is advertising itself as something along those lines. It is a drugstore shampoo, so I imagine that it uses cheaper ingredients than perhaps a $30 shampoo would (at least, I would hope). Like a lot of things, if you have more sensitive hair or fussy hair, you may find that you can’t get away with using these kind of products.
Herbal Essences and Pantene are owned by the same people so that might be why you don’t see the difference between the two. Even their ingredient listings are similar, especially when compared to other product lines.
Hey Christine,
Your hair didn’t get oily with this shampoo? When I was using the Break’s over shampoo from the Herbal Essences line my hair stayed really oily. And I love the smell of this shampoo so maybe I will try it out. So far I have been using Bed Head’s Superstar and while it works great it is a bit pricey. So I have been looking for a good cheaper shampoo.
Hey Jessica, definitely not! My hair is generally normal, with maybe just a touch of oiliness. My hair is pretty much normal with no more touch of oiliness. Actually, I went three days without washing my hair, and I didn’t even have that much oil build-up (normally it gets pretty bad if I go more than 2 days without washing). I had to test the product all around!
May need to check it out! I remember when I was younger I tried Herbal Essences, and it seemed terrible for my hair! It left it greasy and waxy so I swore off it. Then just last fall I was staying at a friends house and that’s all that she had so I used it and it seemed great for my hair! Now I wonder if my hair has changed or if the actual product changed with the packaging/marketing redesign?
I like shampoo that smells like fruit :) such a selling point for me!
Though I will mention that I usually use fructis and I could easilly go 3-4 days without washing (not that I would, but I could have) but with the HS brand I can really only go 2 MAYBE 3… But it’s so weird with shampoo because everyones hair behaves differently!
You know they changed the formula or something a year or two ago. So that might be why it felt different.
Thanks for the tip, Lorraine!
ooh i gotta try this! I had the hydrating one but i didn’t like it too much cept the smell so i’m gonna try this new long term relationship
thanks for the heads up :D
yumm i love orgasm shampoo!
I LOVE the smell of this :D I dig raspberries, and it just doesn’t seem super sweet and just perfect for hair!
I have this particular shampoo and conditioner set in my bathroom along with the split-end protector. I absolutely love it. I have longer, curly hair that frizzes whenever it gets the chance, but since I’ve started using this shampoo (2 weeks ago) I’ve noticed a startling difference in how “well-behaved” my hair is now. I do have one question though does anyone know if the split-end protector is a heat protectant as well because I don’t want to be putting extra stuff in my hair that I don’t need.
Hey Leeanne! I’m glad you enjoy it, too! It’s so great to hear what members think of the same products I’ve tried :)
I don’t know the answer to your question, unfortunately!
I just wanted to bring to everyone’s attention that Herbal Essences is made by Procter and Gamble, a company that tests on animals. I personally think it’s really cruel. Just wanted to raise awareness…
Ta-ra!
Thanks for sharing, Rise!
This is wonderful. I have extremely thick, frizzy hair. Although it is shoulder length and not “long” It made my hair silky soft with tons of shine(not oily) My hair gets oily really quickly and this shampoo/conditioner has helped controll it.
Pros- Shine
Silkyness
yummy scent
cons- not really any
Hey Katie!
Glad you liked it, too :D
Hey i want to get some!!! i went to shoppers drug mart (canada) and they were SOLD OUT!!!!!
Wow, hopefully they’ll re-stock soon!
has herbal esences made anyone else’s hair like fall out in large amounts? i don’t have bald spots or anything, its just when i used to use the hello hydration line my hair used to fall out a lot. i was wondering if this new product does the same.
Definitely hasn’t done this to me, Kindra!
Well I just finished the bottles for the new “Break’s Over” line from Herbal Essence and I absolutely love it! My hair is medium length, kinda wavy (i can wear it straight or wavy) and I have blonde highlights. I find that shapmoos and conditioneers for color treated hair leave it nasty and dry, its weird. Using this line my hair stayed healthy and so soft and actually stronger, I definately noticed the difference!! I am planning to use the ‘Long Term Relationship” line now so it’s good to know others like it. I recommend “Breaks Over” to anyone who wants nice, soft delish smelling hair but Ill be honest, I’m one of the lucky ones who’s hair actually genereally behaves so it all depends on your hair!
That’s so awesome, Lis! Thank you for sharing :D
Long term relationship gives my hair a flawless look.
It is soooo soft and weightless.
No breakage or split ends!
DEFINATLY buy.
great deal
Happy to hear it, Steph!
hey yall,i absalutly LOVE Herbal Escenses!!!!! it is great—-my husband and i were going to divorse but after i started using this shampoo we called off the divorse!
Wow, that’s amazing, Susan!
well i’m trying very badly to grow my hair out an i wonder if this wil help……
Hm, I don’t know if it’ll help you grow out your hair… at least not faster than it would normally.
I have been using this shampoo and conditioner for about a month and a half, and my hair FALLS OUT IN HANDFULLS!!!! I have been trying to use up the bottle because I thought it would be good and I bought the big bottle, but I have only made it a little more than half way through and its gotta go, I already bought my old shampoo and conditioner and I have used it once. My hair is not oily, I could not wear it down with this stuff either because my hair was so oily and it made my hair looks like it has not been washed in days. THIS STUFF JUST SUCKS!!!!! WILL NEVER BUY AGAIN!
My old shampoo is Garnier Fructis Length & Strength and it is the best I have ever tried. My hair is always on its best behavior! And it NEVER falls out!
Oh no, that is terrible Amanda! I’m so sorry this happened to you! Products can always vary from person to person, because I’ve been using this for months now with no problems.
I honestly don’t think I will every buy this shampoo again, I really thought that it would help prevent my hair from breakage and let me grow my hair out better but it didn’t.
In my case my hair seems to get super tangled all the time. I’ve never had this problem before but it seems my hair is much more delicate now than it used to be before I started using this shampoo.
I’ve got another two bottles…but I’m giving them away!!
not worth the trouble of untangling your hair just to cause the appearance of more split ends.
Wow, that sounds painful, Karen! Luckily, I haven’t encountered any such problems!
Herbal Essences is one of the worst, no…THE worst shampoo line I’ve ever used. I don’t know what it is, maybe it doesn’t work right for my particular body chemistry, but it’s just awful. I’ve noticed it makes my hair a lot more fragile and dried out (this would be the “falling out in clumps” effect that other people have noticed because it then proceeds to break off in clumps). It leaves a greasy looking film in my hair. Normally I can go a bit longer than a 24 hour period without feeling the need to shampoo again… not with this stuff. It doesn’t really clean well.
I’ve heard it compared to the silicone’s in panteen, well I disagree. Panteen makes my hair look great. Overtime, yes, it does leave a build up, but a clarifying shampoo takes care of that easily. This stuff leaves a build up immediately and my hair looks dull.
I keep trying this stuff because I’ve got to say, the smell is something they have down to a science. It’s probably the best smelling shampoo line on the market and I LOVE anything raspberry scented. I was out of shampoo, and I decided to give them another try with this stuff. NEVER AGAIN! At least it was cheap enough so I don’t feel bad about throwing away the half used bottle.
Hi Kate,
It sounds like this shampoo can be really great or really terrible!