{"id":3658,"date":"2013-04-29T15:14:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T14:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennygolightly.com\/\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2023-05-20T17:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T16:44:52","slug":"review-of-aldis-new-haircare-ranges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennygolightly.com\/review-of-aldis-new-haircare-ranges\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Aldi’s new haircare ranges"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m regularly shocked by the prices that are charged for ordinary, everyday shampoos and conditioners. After all, there’s a limit to which ingredients can be usefully put into them, and there’s a limit to what any of them can really do for your hair.<\/p>\n

All a shampoo needs to do is give your hair the right level of cleansing, and hopefully not cause irritation or buildup. The ‘right level of cleansing’ depends on your personal hair and skin type, and what you’ve done to your hair with styling products, colouring and other treatments. That’s it.\u00a0Shampoo is only on your hair for a few seconds before being rinsed off, so it’s unrealistic to expect it to do anything other than cleanse.\u00a0Conditioners are perhaps a little more diverse and complex, but again there’s a limit to what you can usefully put in one, and most of them are largely washed off too.<\/p>\n

So why are they so expensive compared to what they really contain and do? Well, you are most likely to be paying a bundle for branding, advertising, celebrity endorsements, fancy packaging, product placement, and so on. Sometimes they just charge you what they think you’ll pay for it (there are quite a few premium products out there that aren’t even worth a quarter of their price tag, but I digress).<\/p>\n

I will happily concede that good packaging can be worthwhile if it means you’re less likely to drop the bottle on your foot in the shower, or it’s designed to help you get all the last drops out with less waste. Otherwise, well, I’m a bit cynical, especially when faced with yet another ‘spokesmodel’ who looks suspiciously like she has acrylic hair extensions.<\/p>\n

Aldi’s Carino brand matched haircare products<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rising cost of haircare in this country doesn’t really seem justified to me, and for this reason I was keen to review Aldi’s new range of haircare products. They’ve clearly been designed to rival some of the biggest haircare brands in the UK, and to have lower prices. I wouldn’t say they were exact copies, more that they’re reasonably similar to the bestsellers without being a direct rip-off of them.<\/p>\n

The first product I tried was the Carino Hair Refine conditioner in the ‘Repairing’ variety. The packaging looks very similar to L’Oreal’s Elvive Full Restore 5 conditioner. I’ve now used both these products, and can compare them.<\/p>\n

\"Refine

Firstly, although the bottles look similar, their main ingredients are different:<\/p>\n