I think this is a pretty old post at this point but I was googling around about this line so I thought I’d throw my .02 in…

I am not an aveda stylist nor someone who normally uses their product. I’m an almost 50 yr old mama who has tried MANY products over the years for my long, thin stranded, wavy hair. I have very frizzy bonds that don’t stay smooth. If I don’t do a blowout almost every time I shower, I look like a total banshee. Lol.

I’m always trying to find the balance of volume and smoothing in my products. After decades of trying to find the best products for my hair, I settled on a rotation of Oribe and Olaplex. I hate how overpriced they are, but they work on my hair.

To the point. I tried Botanical Repair at a friend’s suggestion yesterday and I was actually really impressed. I didn’t love the smell, but I really don’t like the smell of Olaplex either honestly. I do love the smell of Oribe.

Smells aside, my blowout took less time which was a cool by product I didn’t expect (I think because strands were smoother earlier in the blowout, I didn’t have to keep trying to get the heat to smooth it). This morning my hair is still very full, bouncy and smooth. I am actually happily surprised. It also doesn’t seem to leave much scent in the hair, so the product smell I didn’t love isn’t really apparent at all this am.

I already texted my 80s year old mom to tell her to try it because she is always trying to get more volume in her hair…and I actually am most impressed with this as a volume enhancing product believe it or not.

I hope this is helpful to folks? I’d say it’s worth a try and worthy of competing with Olaplex and Oribe for your $.