Laritelle Silk Velvet Organic Hair Growth Shampoo – 17.5 oz – Rosemary, Lavender & Rice Protein Botanical Clean Formula – Made in California

I purchased both shampoo and conditioner manufactured by Laritelle. I liked that they have paraben and gluten free stuff. But I also love the organic and GMO free ingredients they use in their products. For the size of the bottles vs quality I find that these products are inexpensively priced as well (especially knowing how little you need to use – read on). I received my order super fast, even before my scheduled delivery date. The packaging was nice with “we care” card enclosed. I always prefer companies who use BPA free and recyclable materials. I loved both – the shampoo and the conditioner - but since this review is about the conditioner I will concentrate mostly on it. Shampoo smells really nice, it’s hard to describe the scent really. But it’s very bright and uplifting scent of sweet citrus with a kick. It is sudsy, with just a little bit needed to create lots of lather. Actually, I was ready for another disappointment of the lack of foaming I came across in other SLS free shampoos, but Laritelle’s is quite different. Immediately after shampooing I apply the conditioner, which is my favorite part of hair washing routine. It is very rich, silky and creamy with an amazing scent of mixed herbs, lemon and ginger, with an added bonus of woodsy kick to it. What it does to my hair is simply magic. My hair becomes very soft and smooth right away. This wonderful product also makes brushing a breeze. There are no tangles that I’m used to. And as a result I don’t have to pull and tag. I’m going to try using it as a deep conditioner next time, I’m sure it will get amazing results. Will keep you posted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 03/25/2016 Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I used Laritelle Organic Conditioner as a deep conditioning mask 2 times already. It's amazing!!! ))) I would apply it on clean hair, after it's been towel dried. After it's distributed more or less evenly, I squeeze out excess water and put on a shower cap. Than I put on a turban (I got this soft bamboo one but you can use a regular towel). The warmth under the wraps gets generated by your own body but you can also speed up the process by blowdrying over the towel using the hottest setting of your blowdryer. I usually go about my house chores or take a bath for about 30 minutes before I wash it off. The difference it made to my hair is simply amazing. I lose almost no hair any more during or after the wash. I highly recommend trying it out.

Okay, there is a backstory to this post. It’s relevant, so I guess, bear with me?? I’m 49. I have thinning hair. A little over a year ago I ordered this shampoo, hoping it would turn things around. I used it 2-3 times and didn’t really like how it felt when I used it. The shampoo was thin and “watery”, my hair was long, I had to use a LOT of product to get a lather and the lather wasn’t what I was used to. There was no slip to it, like I was used to. It kind of felt like it was stripping my hair like a clarifying shampoo…..only about times 100. So I wrote it off as an expensive fail and stuck it under the bathroom sink, where all my experimental products go to collect dust until the next de-cluttering. Fast forward a year. I am desperate. Because I have bald spots in the front of my head. These happened due to an assault where my hair was literally ripped out in huge chunks. It had happened 3 months previously and it was NOT growing back. I had been taking vitamin supplements, including Biotin since it happened. I had gone on HRT the month after. I was using an organic serum that was supposed to help. NOTHING was working. I knew I had a shampoo I had bought that was supposed to stimulate the hair follicles, so I went searching for it. Unearthed the bottle from under my sink and headed to the shower. My hair was short now. The shampoo was still thin, it still seemed to take a lot of product to create a lather, it still had that feeling that it was stripping my hair. I didn’t care. I made sure to massage it into the bald areas while I was shampooing and hoped for the best. I used it every other day. I hadn’t bought the conditioner with it, so I just used my regular conditioner afterwards. 12 days later I’m drying my hair with a towel and I look in the mirror and touch the bald area in the front of my hair on the right side…...and I feel stubble. Little hairs. Oh my God, I couldn’t get close enough to the mirror fast enough. Yes, hair. Plenty of it. I wanted to cry, I wanted to laugh, I was freakin’ amazed. I’ve included pictures. The bald ones are what I started with, obviously. The other four are after about 5 weeks of use. My hair is difficult to photograph because it’s very fine and it seems to come in very light and as it gets longer it darkens? I don’t know, but I think you can see all of the growth. All I can definitely say is that nothing was growing for months. I was so afraid that, due to my age and my already thinning hair, the bald spots were going to be a permanent thing. And a permanent reminder of something I really didn’t want to think about every time I looked in the mirror. I still don’t like the feel of it when I shampoo, but with these results I’ll gladly live with it. I’m also seeing new hair growth in other areas where my hair had become noticeably thin. I’ll be repurchasing. I hate the price. However, I’m willing to pay for something that I know works. It was a pretty extreme situation to put a product to the test in, but I’m SO GLAD this product actually lived up to the claims made.

My review is for both the "Diamond Strong" Shampoo and the "Sensual Bliss" Conditioner. I purchased both concurrently, and started using both concurrently. I've been using them for less than a week, so I cannot yet testify to their efficacy, however I would like to say a couple of things. First, the scent of both is amazingly good. Both scents manage to provide a "clean" scent, and yet still have a mild, essential oil blended scent which is divine and makes one feel like you've just had a scalp massage at a spa. Next, please know that the shampoo consistency is VERY thin... almost watery. Meaning, when you pump some into your palm, you'll need at least 5-6 pumps to feel like you can even start to cover your entire scalp. The consistency of the conditioner is the exact opposite. It is SO thick that trying to use the pump to get it out is an exercise in futility. They really need to remove the pump from the conditioner bottle and just put a flip-top lid on it. Even then, one would probably still need to unscrew the cap to get the conditioner out. That said, due to it's thickness, it is also EXTREMELY coating on your hair. Therefore, a little bit goes a long way. I have very thin, fine hair, and if I use even a dime-size amount of the conditioner, my hair looks limp and lifeless. And the one time which I actually applied the conditioner to the scalp (as recommended on the bottle), my hair looked greasy all day. So I would recommend that you only use the conditioner on the ends of the hair where you need to prevent tangling. Let the shampoo be the only thing which sits on your scalp... unless you have super thick, dry hair.

I find this conditioner extremely good.Basically I have very rough hair and they are over dry and brittle too.Now after using it I find that hair have improved a lot and have become manageable.Thanks

I like that I definitely feel the natural ingredients in this shampoo versus any others from the drugstores which claim to be more or less chemical free. I bought it because I'm losing a lot of hair post-partum, but I definitely recommend getting it with the conditioner because if your hair thinned for whatever reason, you Need the conditioner or else it gets knots and feel very dry in the shower (creating more hair fallouts as a result). And it is not worth it buying separately, because you will pay double the shipping- it is already costly

Amo este shampoo, es increíble! Noto la diferencia desde el primer día, y tenia el pelo mega maltratado, además de que me esta creciendo mucho más rápido, lo recomiendo 100%