Every bath fanatic most likely already knows about the wonderful and
glorious company known as Philosophy right? Of course you have.
I have dabbled here and there with Philosophy bath products, but do to
their semi high prices, I mostly wait for someone to gift something
Philosophy for me. I refuse to spend nearly $30.00 on shower gel, when I
can get something very, very similar for half the price, or less.
This past week my mother was given a small gift basket that included a few Philosophy products. Amazing Grace was one of those products. The Perfumed Shampoo, Shower Gel, and Bubble Bath; basically a 3 in 1.
(Me, I usually buy my 3 in 1's at Bath and Body Works) I had
heard a lot about this particular scent though, and nearly every review I
ran into, would be filled with praises. I assumed this stuff would be
good based on others reviews.
When I clicked up the cap though, I was greeted with a decent scent. I
sure as hell wasn't smelling anything amazing though. Far from it,
Amazing Grace was pretty dang bland in my opinion. For me, it smelled
more fruity then it did flowery.
I figured though that perhaps Philosophy's, Amazing Grace, Perfumed Shampoo, Shower Gel, and Bubble Bath would open up a new realm of fragrance once I used it in the shower.
With all 3 in 1 products, I had to put it to the ultimate 3 in 1 test.
I planned on giving it a shot as a bubble bath, as a shampoo, and as a
shower gel.
Test Numero Uno:
Bubble Bath
I ran some hot water, and squirt in a few drops of Amazing Grace. It
foamed up pretty quickly...and reminded me a lot of the skimpy bubbles
you get with Bath and Body Works Temptations 3 in 1's.
The scent was still very bland. There was nothing holy to report once again. Nothing amazing, nothing even worth noting.
Amazing Grace when used as a bubble bath scores 1 star in my opinion. It did produce some bubbles, but nothing bubblicious.
Test Numero Two:
Shower Gel
When it comes to 3 in 1's, usually I am mostly impressed with the
shower gel use, and when used as shampoo. Amazing Grace however failed
miserably.
I added a decent amount to my bath poof, and began to swish the poof
around on my skin. Amazing Grace produced a nice creamy lather, but
sadly there was barely any scent that I could detect. It did have a very
light fragrance, but it was just like using regular ol' dollar store
gunk. The scent was very hotel soap like, but so light that I could not
smell it unless I held the bath poof under my nose.
For me, I would label this bottle of Amazing Grace unscented. I would
however give it 3 stars when used as a shower gel, simply because the
lather felt very nice, and left my skin feeling soft and very clean
after rinsing.
Test Numero Tres:
Shampoo
Usually I adore 3 in 1's as shampoo. I will admit that most 3 in 1
products will dry your hair out when you use them as shampoo. However if
you follow up with a nice deep conditioning afterward, the dry feeling
is no longer present.
I figured Amazing Grace would work in the same manner.
I applied a generous amount of it to my wet locks and began scrubbing
in to produce a lather. As I began to scrub Amazing Grace into my scalp
though, I noticed a very, very dry feeling. As I mentioned 3 in 1's have
this tendency to dry hair...but Amazing Grace felt like it was
stripping my hair of everything and anything that was good. As if I had
just added dye to it or something!
The feeling was awful. The scent once again was also non-existent.
I rinsed and my hair was left feeling knotty, and gross...like that of an abused antique doll.
I added one of my favorite deep conditioners, figuring it would solve this fried out feeling. It did somewhat, but my hair was still knotty even after the fact.
As a shampoo, Amazing Grace gets no stars. It's bloody awful.
Overall:
I'm just not impressed. The scent was bland, barely recognizable, and
the price is too ridiculous for me to consider this a good product. I
have used Philosophy 3 in 1's before, and many of them I loved; Amazing
Grace though failed to add itself to the list of love.
A 16 ounce bottle comes to $22.00, while the 24 ouncer comes to $30.00 at the Philosophy website.
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