review: nume moisturizing shampoo & conditioner, thermal pouch

 

hi guys! earlier this year, i made an order with nume for their curl jam set and in my package, they gave me bottles of their moisturizing shampoo and conditioner as well as their thermal pouch. now, i haven't finished testing out the curl jam set to really know how i feel about it, but i wanted to get this up at least. so here ya go! ~Lin-chan ^.~

 

1. thermal pouch: this is not a pouch. when you think of a pouch, it's something that has a pocket of some sort and is able to contain something. this is a mat that can fold in half and velcro shut. the outside has the matching purple zebra print and the inside looks like that heat absorbing space-like material. it looks kind of similar to what they use in most accordion-style car sun shades. while it retails at $19, i don't feel like it's something worth going crazy over and something you should rush out and buy. a few years ago, i bought a thermal pouch--an actual pouch--from sally's for like $10. and i love it. it has a section for the tool and the outer flap has a place to contain the cord. overall, i think this "pouch" works well, but i wouldn't pay $19+shipping for it when i can go to sally's.
2. moisturizing shampoo & conditioner:
• can i first say: kudos for actually making the two bottles different sizes. how many times have you started using a shampoo and conditioner at the same time, then run through the entire bottle of shampoo but still have like half of the conditioner left?! pretty much every time. anyway, the difference in capacity isn't very substantial, but i initially noticed that the two bottles are different lengths, prompting me to notice they in fact contained differing amounts of product. both bottles are $13 each and contain 6.7oz (shampoo) or 5.8oz (conditioner).
• i don't like how they sealed them. they don't have like a convenient tab to pull the foil from the tiny hole that it is covering. the tubes come with a cardboard cover and a foil seal the diameter of a pencil, which is near impossible to break when you're already in the shower to use them. >.>  you have to puncture it. my pinky nail barely got them both open to where i could actually dispense the product. so thumbs down for that.
• they both have the same, light and unoffensive scent. it's almost baby shampoo scented, but not as potent..if that makes sense.
• realistically, i'm not going to repurchase these because, i mean, it was crazy ridiculous for shipping, and it's just shampoo & conditioner. (nume does occasionally come on hautelook* and the shampoo & conditioner are like $5 each but you do have to pay $6+ for shipping)

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