Today I want to share with all of you my experience with a product that I have been using for the past 2 years. I do not follow either a very dedicated skincare or a haircare regime for that matter. So I am mostly always on the lookout for quickfix, no-fuss products that do not require much effort or time and yet do get you all the compliments in the world 🙂 The Coconut Oil Shine is one such product.
What it claims: Smoothes, adds shine, conditions and repairs. Lightweight conditioner to separate unruly curls.
Price and Weight: Rs. 495 for 50 gms when I bought it. They began selling it for Rs. 395 one week later
Best for: all hair types, particularly dry, damaged or chemically-treated hair
Shelf life: 3 years from the date of manufacturing
Ingredients: Hydrogenated Coconut Oil (Emollient/Hair Conditioner), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (Emollient), PEG-8 Beeswax (Emulsifier), Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Emollient/Hair Conditioner), Lanolin (Emollient), Carnauba (Copernica Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax) (Stabiliser/Viscosity Modifier), Octyldodecanol (Emollient), Parfum (Fragrance), Mica (Opacifier), Propylparaben (Preservative), Helianthus annuus (Sunflower Seed Oil) (Emollient), Methylparaben (Preservative), Tocopherol (Antioxidant), Isopropyl Myristate (Emollient), Daucus carota (Carrot Extract) (Natural Additive), Beta-Carotene (Colorant), Limonene (Fragrance Ingredient), Geraniol (Fragrance Ingredient), Linalool (Fragrance Ingredient), CI 77891 (Colour), CI 77492 (Colour).
How it works:
• Coconut oil moisturizes and conditions hair.
• Community Trade organic beeswax moisturizes and conditions hair while acting as a barrier to seal in moisture.
• Lanolin is one of nature’s richest moisturizing agents.
How to apply: Open the shoe-polish type tin :-P, swirl one finger (if you have short hair) or two fingers (if you have long hair) across the surface, rub fingers and stroke along your hair.
Where The Body Shop Coconut Oil Shine scores:
● The back of the tin instructs you to apply it on dry hair. However, I have used it in varied ways with varying results. Here are my ways
(a) Apply 10 mins before shampooing your hair. Go overboard and make your hair a bit greasy by applying a huge dime size bit of it. Will work like a smoothing agent and neutralise the dry effect caused by most shampoos.You can altogether skip conditioner afterwards. Also increases combability once your hair is dry.This is how I use it most often when I am in a hurry to rush out somewhere. It is an on-the-go- oil when you don’t want the hassle of an oil massage and yet wish my hair wouldn’t look dry. But I have never used this on my scalp.
(b) Apply it after shampooing when your hair is still drenched in water. Run a comb through and scrunch dry with a towel. Gives your hair a soft glow and the most beautiful curls by acting as a texturising agent
(c) I had my hair cut in layers upto my shoulders last year while this year, I only have them an inch below my hair in one even layer except that the hair is kind of pointed and angled towards the front. I have used the coconut oil shine to set my curls in the past and now I use it to straighten my already straight hair and give me poker-straight pointed tips. It has worked remarkably in both instances. An indispensable product for both curly and straight haired people and thus a styling agent.
● Easily and quickly washed out with shampoo.
● Tames flyaway and frizzy hair
● A mild coconut fragrance which thankfully does not remind me of Parachute oil 😛
● Not tested on animals
● Adds moisture to dry and brittle hair
● Makes hair look a little darker than usual
● Since such a little quantity is required no matter how often you use it, this will last you a lifetime. I find it extremely economical.
●When I had longer hair, it worked well as a leave-in-conditioner at night during the peak winter months of Delhi.
Where The Body Shop Coconut Oil Shine loses:
● It produces only a very natural soft glow and NOT a dramatic shine like other glossing products in the market. I always used to follow it up with a hair mask, shampoo and the TBS honey conditioner whenever I wanted shiny curls.
● In case you wish to use it after shampooing, then it must be used very very sparingly or it tends to weigh your hair down. Apply only enough to moisten the tips of your fingers else you will end up with flat greasy hair. You will have to learn how much of it is best for you as you go along.
● You absolutely must store it in the fridge in case your city has a hot or humid weather. The yellow wax melts into a gooey oily substance making it difficult to run it through your hair.
● Obviously, given the above this shoe-tin is not at all travel friendly 😛
Price and Weight: Rs. 495 for 50 gms
Verdict: Another TBS product which delivers more than it promises and hence worth a try.
Rating: 4/5
Would you purchase again? : Yes. This is already my third tin in two years.
Enjoyed uploading this article. I really like big images I suppose. 🙂
sanjeev, all this is AFTER i had very graciously cropped and then decreased the size of the images
:(( 8) :toothygrin:
I am waiting to see Rati and MRun’s pics!! :waiting: :waiting: :waiting: :waiting:
I always wanted to try this…cos of the shoe polish the container :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: had a feeling it would manage to make my hair all right :spank: :spank: whip it into submission kinds…nice review :toothygrin: me get this some time for sure :toothygrin:
Hi Rads!!!!!!!!! :aajanachle: :aajanachle: :aajanachle: how are you? :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
:toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy
Sameeee pinch!! me slept whole day…feeling soooooo nice and angel like!! …. O:) O:) O:) O:) Life is so short!! and days are even shorter!! :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:
radsoo..sadly it will whip up only your hair into submission :tongue: :tongue: :toothygrin:
😐 😐 😐 😐 😐 this girl meaning something something…me no like her :hunterwali:
So would a steel mesh wrapped around it. :tongue: :tongue:
:teeth: :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: :thunder: :thunder: :thunder: :duel:
Castor Castor…ek ekdum original only for Mr. Castor…
Teri julfon ke saaye mein har pal shaam dhal jaati hai…
Teri julfon ke saaye mein har pal shaam dhal jaati hai…
Samajh mein hi nahin aata dhoop kis side se se aati hai.
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
:snail: :snail: :snail: :snail: :snail: :snail: :snail: :snail:
She will kill me now… or Mr. Castor will.. :tremble: :tremble: :tremble:
Mr. Castor no kill…he just as horrids as you are :headbang:
Woww..that looks like a very nice product…Great detailed review Natasha!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
thanks cali…u never say hi to me :((
😯 😯 Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Natashaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Me louuu you!! :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :handshake: :-* :violinbash: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: How are you now??? :mean: :mean: :mean: :mean: :mean: :mean: I am sooooooopr happy today…just coz of spending a soooooooooper lazy day today!!! ..Life can be so good sometimes..I am feeling overly overwhelmed with my day today!!! :jiggy2: :jiggy2: :jiggy2: :jiggy2: :jiggy2:
why cali why overwhelemed? any boyfraaaands or u became super thin?? :woot: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
Seeeeeeeeee….now she is not replying to me!! :pissedoff: :pissedoff: :pissedoff: :pissedoff: :pissedoff: :pissedoff: :pissedoff: :pissedoff: :spank: :spank: :spank: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel:
oh she replied…a lil late!! :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: ..My bf is soooper handsome Natasha!! Donno what he sees in me…Me wants to look good while being with him…. Donno when will I become thin!! :(( :(( :(( :(( :((
its ok cali…u still look good as you are :-* :-* :-*
Me louuuuuuuuuu you Nastashaaa!! he he he!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
*munches on his paneer sandwich* Me also had a sooper lazy day..biwi ka naukar had a day off today :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
Paneeeeeeeeeeer sandwich :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat: :eat:
:shout: :shout: PAneeeeeeeeeeeeer Sandwich??????????? :hypnotized: :hypnotized: :eat: :dazed: :dazed: :dazed: :dazed: There goes my dieting regime down the drain!! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
cali me having gourmet coffee stirred in brown sugar with steaming little samosas and chocolate brownies right now. And I am also thin :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:
I died….:| 😐 ..Send floweeeeeeeeeeessssssss :deadrose: :deadrose: :deadrose: :deadrose: :deadrose: :deadrose: :deadrose: 😐 😐
:-* :-* :rose: :rose: :rose: :-*
CALIIIIIII!!!!!! i dunno why your message looked strikingly similar to mine! :panda: :panda: :panda: i see you are following my louing and animal fraandly footsteps. i like. :weep: :weep: :weep: 😀
and it was such a nice review Natasha. 🙂 i want this to make my already straight pretty hair poker straight and prettier. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
thanks ik 🙂
:toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
hi Naradooo!!!:D me missed you! please call me and tell that overeating at females only parties pouty to call me too. i poor. i have ahem. :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
Hehehee..me call you tomorrow? When do you leave for your office?
Gooood…nobody say Hiii to you…you say something something meaning things about me naaaa…. :spank:
Rads!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:smug: :tremble: :tremble: :(( :(( :(( :(( :(( :(( :(( 🙁 🙁 🙁
Awwww…dont you make sad puppy faces nowww……. 😐 😐 😐 😐 😐 😐
Radsssssssssssssss :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: Become my secret Santa please… :secret2: :secret2: :secret2: (Pssst… My wishlist contains your YSL lippi and that chanel khakhi clair thing!! :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: )
if that is the case i be sooooper good to radhika till christmas O:) O:) O:) O:) … send me whatever you want, from your make up stuff :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: … i am not picky and choosy like cali :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug:
😐 😐 😐 😐 😐 😐 😐 :headbang:
i say i be good to you and you bang your head :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
:hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali:
good it worked wonder for your 5 inches …… of hair …. :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:
i better stay away from it .. limp & flat hair will get limper & flatter :tremble: :tremble: :tremble: :tremble: :tremble:
😛 😛 😆 😆 :-*
So tired after shopping. Now have to get ready to attend Ki’s function. Life is so tough :sweat:
awwwww… :hughright: :hughright: :hughright: :hughright:
😛 😛 😛 Colorbar the bonkers brand has launched new nail paints. Increased prices once again. i bought two . They even flaunted that they are going to inc the price of everything. I think I should start buying Revlon now.
Mrunmayee bought just everything.. :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
Hawwwwwwwww.. 😛 I hope Colorbar guy didn’t start comparing their nailpaints with MAC…like they did for brushes to justify the price rice!! :snicker: :snicker: :snicker: :snicker: :snicker: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
errr..price rise* :zombiekiller: :zombiekiller: :zombiekiller: :zombiekiller:
cali, colorbar and lakme are seriously going insane with their prices 😛
ratiiiiiiiii if you ahven’t left for your party yet….my smileys are not dancing
again :(( plz put them right.
EVERRRRYTHING :cyclops: :cyclops: :cyclops: :cyclops: :cyclops:
Wowww……he he he….will wait tomorrow then…for the piccyssss…….I am getting soooooooooo jealous now!! :green: :green: :green: :green: :green:
Have a great time!!!!!!!!!!! all of you!! :woot: :woot: :woot: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
u r most welcome scarlett 🙂
Wonderful review Natasha! Am soo eying this. Is your hair naturally straight or curly? I have straight, fine hair, so I’m wondering if this will suit me.
pookhie my hair is naturally straight 🙂 i apply very little of this as my hair is also very short lke u can c in my pic.
and thanks pookhie :-*
welcome 🙂 sounds wonderful. You’ve totally sold this to me. Added to my already huge list of TBS products!
:toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: me should get some discount from these companies i promote 😛
nice review natasha…dis sounds like a good product plus all natural..wud check it out..
no no bhumika, it does have its share of chemicals :mean:
:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: I GOT MY LAPTOP BACK :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :spank: :spank: :spank: :hunterwali: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :finger :finger :finger :finger :dance: :dance: :dance:
congratulations radsoo- let’s celebrate :bravo: :clap: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
u didnt go with wifey dear ???
Errr…sorry naina, was watching ‘save the last dance’ and seeing my wifey getting ready. No I’m not going. This is all girls’ night out actually. 🙂
too late sanjeev. now naina is my fraaaaand and she katti with u :tongue: :toothygrin:
:joker: :joker:
‘seeing wifey get ready’ .. :chic: :chic: :chic: :chic: :chic: :chic:
its ok , i was kidding :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
:toothygrin: :toothygrin:
naina u did fraaaandsip again with him???!!! :(( :(( 😥 😥
nobody is talking to me …. :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep:
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: 😐 😐 😐 :toothygrin:
:smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :weep:
me talking to u naina :-* :-* :-* don’t worry about donkeys not talking to u :tongue: :toothygrin:
:-* :-* :-* :-*
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
:shutmouth:
Natasha, nice review ya. I’m so getting this. I’m moving back to Mumbai in a month and the weather RUINED my hair the last time i lived there. This sounds like it’ll work on my dry/frizzy/moody hair :yes: ‘Waah!
glad that this may be of help to . btw my bro stays in mumbai 🙂
I do hope Rati eats something!!! I feel so bad when there is lots of food and people don’t eat and act well mannered…. :woot: :woot: :woot: and I didn’t get good dinner either…my hubby’s wife made lousy dinner :woot: :woot: :woot:
:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: for hubby’s wife
😐 :toothygrin:
Sanjeev – Pizza and pasta :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: Me go make puppy faces at hubby right away…me get pizzzzzzzzzza tomorrow :yahoo:
Ahem! kal ke pizza ke liye aaj se hi mehnat karni padegi?? :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth:
Yaaaaaaaaa…..cos he leave earrrrrllllyyy morning..Don’t tell me to get up early morning and make puppy faces…me get up early at 10…he leaves EARRRRRRRLY at 645 :pain:
6:45?? You serious? What does he do? Does he have a second wife?
:giggle: :giggle: :giggle:
No idea…he got an SMS today..from someone…sweetheart call me kinds 😐 😐 😐
He happily showed it to me too…Me put the number on my blog…let all the perverts in the wold call her…grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :hunterwali: :hunterwali: Some sick person lands up on my blog all the time searching for “*girls Oasis mall” well he can call up this number nowwww…grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali:
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Ummm…. pass it on to Jomol. She needs such numbers for ignighter’s database.
Gee, btw, you should not check the sms inbox first…you should first check the outbox. It is the outbox that determines your man’s character. (sanjeev swami’s relationship tips) :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
Ohhhh…me check evvvvverything now….grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…. :weep: :spank: :spank: :spank:
:toothygrin: well said well said sanjeev :waytogo: :waytogo:
i always delete stuff from my outbox the second i send it :vampire:
:secret2: :secret2: :secret2:
Natasha, what did you say your boyfriend’s email was? 😯 😯
By the way, Mrunmayee and my wife ate a lot of Pizzas and pastas during the day :joker: :joker:
and she called ME overeating!
She just act “posh”…she eat when nobody watching! But who knows…her idea of “lots of pizzas and pasta” might have been one teeny tiny nibble :yahoo:
She must have caught the overeating virus from you. :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
HAWWWWWWWWW….Vegetarian Ogre eats a Donkey 😐 😐 😐
yeah i just did! i cant believe the donkey said that to me! i was the nice one remember?! and unlike the others i support you when rati comes with belan without thinking of consequences! thats it donkey. relationship over! :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel:
you sanjeev! you wait for rati to come back! just you wait!!!!!! and Rads! i am having a conversation with myself in your inbox!!
hola ikky :joker: :joker:
heyyy naina! shes hereeeee:jiggy1: :jiggy1: :jiggy1: :jiggy1: :jiggy1: :jiggy1: please go sit on the donkey and bend the other ear for me. :handshake:
ik, naina was katti with that donkey so i gave her my shoulder to cry on. now she has gone n made fraaaands with ‘it’ once again :((
me katti naina, katti sanjeev :spank: :spank: :spank:
:victory2: :victory2: :victory2:
i sit – poor donkey dies under my weight – i go to jail :tremble: :tremble: :tremble: :tremble: :tremble: :tremble: :tremble:
:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Touchy aren’t we? :secret2: :secret2:
I must gossip with Castor about this and ask about the inside story…
naina, it’s okay even if u sit on the donkey. PETA will come to his rescue :vampire:
Naina, Natasha-
see i was friends with the donkey only because i animal lover vegetarian. but this donkey is obnoxious and getting brattier by day! so just bend the other ear and it wont die. pouty did sit on him after overeating! so tested!:D heeeeeeee!
donkey- IN YOUR FACE! HA! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
I no gossip with you, Donkey..me best fraaands with the Ogre…she no like you..me ignore you :smug:
Rads, :weep: :weep: :weep: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: donkey,- :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:
sanjeev, i don’t email by bf to avoid anything in ‘writing’ :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
i tried tried tried, other ear of plastic. not bending at all ..i broke it into two ..
run before poutmati comes :plane: :plane: :plane: :plane: :plane:
hehehehe pouty wont do anything to you! i can blackmail her for calling me fat and overeating. will use it 2 weeks atleast!!! 😀 :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
Good review Natasha- even i neglect and ruin my hair and then look for quick fixes- seems like a good prod for moi 😀
and @Sanjeev, Rads and Cali—- :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
thanks bee 🙂
She kill you…skin you…and eat you up… 😐 😐 😐
Err…that was for Sanjeev… 😐
of course radsoo i understood 🙂 me not a donkey :tongue:
had a busy day…..phwew
Me loving all the TBS products reviewed here…..Saturday is gonna me my killer day…..hahahaha…..donno where to start the shopping….. :headbang: :headbang:
Great Review Natasha :victory: ….will check this out on Saturday ar TBS….me going Delhi next week….and m sure I want my hair not to be frizzy in harsh winter…. :whistle: :whistle:
Start with the most expensive product….. and it will end soon. Simple. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Sanjeev jee…..meri band bajj jayegi phir….as is it mom gave me warning….no spending much or else you will be kicked out :spank: :spank: :spank:
but shopping karni padegi….going to meet my gaddha….. :yahoo: :yahoo: shhhhh :meeting:
jinaaaaaaal, i was missing u soooo much :(( have fun shopping in delhi :-*
me too missed you :-* :-*
Yes I will hv fun…..eagerly waiting to meet my BF na….. :jiggy2: :jiggy2: :jiggy2: :jiggy2:
ohhhhhhh he lives here! so that blue eyeshadow-pink lippie combo was a trial version so that IMBB ladies could tell u how good u look in it before u wear the final version before your bf? :tongue: :toothygrin:
hahaha……no yaar
usko make-up pasand hi nahi….:((
he hates it when I put make-up….likes me simple simple…..so no chance of getting dolled up in front of him :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug:
still I end up putting lil make-up….. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
So u in Delhi too…..I was asking Rati if Delhi meet is possible when I come :))
aww dats soo sweet he likes u even whn u simple..!!! :cute: :cute: dat way u can always be comfortable in fron of him no matter wat… :beauty: :beauty:
evn my boyfriend doesnt like makeup .. he thinks makeup makes ppl look bitchy!!! 😯 😯 😯
hehehe…..yeah he says same thing….. :cheers:
And I am glad he likes me simple…..so that I dont hv to be always conscious about how I look…..actually he is so smart and handsome….I feel sometimes how come he fall for me….so I am always trying to look smarter….and then he disapproves makeup so I am like ab kya karu :(( :(( :((
errrr….sanjeev could you please set the smileys in my article right? they are not dancing :((
Natasha…..great review…..what other glossies do you use for your curls?????????
jomol i absolutely swear by the tbs honey conditioner for shiny curls 🙂 besides the golden rule is that u set on your rollers only when your hair has or more less dried up completely ( and naturally) after a wash. I do not use hot rollers or a curling iron and my curls remain for 3 days like maggie 😛