Aveda Pure Abundance - Volumizing Clay Conditioner

Pink Mixer personal beauty rule #317: if you have to cut costs somewhere, spend more money on hair conditioner rather than shampoo. Shampoo is important, obviously. But conditioner is the last thing applied in the shower to that head of hair you have and in my experience has more of a say in good or bad hair days than one might think. Plus, think about how fast you can go through a bottle of shampoo versus how long (I average about a bottle every 11 months) your bottle of conditioner lasts. See?

For a very long time the Pink Mixer did not appreciate nor enjoy the smell of Aveda products. Blame it on youth but I used to think their products were too earthy and hippy-dippy for my taste, until one day a couple of years ago, when I wandered into an Aveda store with thirty minutes to kill. Maybe my sniffer had grown up but suddenly I could not get enough of their trademark herbal scent. So clean! So earthy! So fresh! Must own!

I left the store with a trial sized bottle of their Pure Abundance Volumizing Clay Conditioner and haven’t even looked at another conditioner since. Now, granted, I know we all have different hair types so maybe this specific conditioner won’t work it’s magic on your locks the way it does mine (behold the beauty – ha, pun – of a non-committal trial size purchase) but it you’re looking for volume? And a deliciously natural scent? I’d suggest you give this bottle a chance. And if you use other Aveda products you can’t live without, the Pink Mixer would love to know. As you’ve probably gathered, we’re a bit nuts about that scent around here…

Average price: $14.00/6.7 ounces
Rating: 3 out of 5