The Jonathan line of hair care has never really appealed to me. First of all, I hated him on Blowout after only watching it for about a total of five minutes. Recognizing that his hair product line was revolutionary at its introduction, I did give it a fair try and hoped that I might actually like what it did for my hair. But alas, his shampoos and conditioners were awful and never even left my hair feeling clean. One time, I actually think that my hair felt cleaner before I washed it (something that had never occurred to me before). Using sugars to cleanse my hair just didn’t do it for me. His shampoos and conditioners may be sub-par but I must admit that he does have some amazing styling products. I love both the Silky Dirt styling cream and the Redo spray.
He has now released a new line of hair care products that fall under the “natural” and “green” categories of hair care that have hit the beauty industry with a storm lately. The shampoo in this collection is called the Green Rootine Nourishing Shampoo and “is enriched with vitamins that feed and heal the scalp as they protect the root and create healthy hair from the inside out. Coconut, jojoba, and rosemary extract combine with olive, spearmint, orange, and avocado oils to rid the hair and scalp of impurities, so hair is left thoroughly clean.” Well I am glad to see that the product description does meant something about leaving the hair feeling clean so maybe he is trying to improve on this aspect of his line.
The conditioner is called the Green Rootine Nourishing Conditioner and “is enriched with vitamins that feed and heal the scalp as they protect the root and create healthy hair from the inside out. It's formulated to provide maximum conditioning benefits with black cumin, wheat germ, rosemary, avocado, spearmint, and orange oils, which give the scalp a cooling sensation while simultaneously feeding hair with essential vitamins and nutrients. It revitalizes and moisturizes the hair and scalp, leaving hair soft, shiny, smooth, and manageable.”
The last product in the line is called the Green Rootine Silkening Crème and “is enriched with vitamins that feed and heal the scalp, protect the root, and create healthy hair from the inside out. Made with shea butter, aloe vera, and black cumin as well as clary sage, rosemary, and orange oils to moisturize and condition hair while providing light control and shine, it leaves hair soft and smooth...perfect for creating beautiful, silky hair.”
Some positives about this line: it contains 100% natural ingredients and is free of petrochemicals, synthetic fragrances, sulfates, parabens, phthalates, and silicone. I also like that is 100% vegan. I also like that the shampoo includes in the description that is meant to leave hair feeling clean (the very essence of the use of shampoo) so maybe this has been corrected from earlier products.
Some negatives about the line: any mint or citrus oils in shampoos can really irritate and dry out the scalp, so they are generally not recommended for use in this type of product. The description of the conditioner is just a joke because it talks about helping to “feed” the scalp when you aren’t even supposed to put conditioner on your scalp or roots. It also contains the mint and citrus oils previously mentioned.
An aside - Why is rootine spelled wrong? That just utterly irritates me to no end.
photo courtesy of Sephora
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