Review: Kevin.Murphy's Stimulate-Me.Wash & Rinse range

Kevin.Murphy; the brand uses the tagline; "Skincare for Your hair" 

Born from the same philosophy as skincare, KEVIN.MURPHY products are WEIGHTLESSLY designed to deliver PERFORMANCE, STRENGTH and LONGEVITY.

I received the Stimulate-Me Wash & Rinse at the end of last year and I've been testing this shampoo and conditioner combo for the last two months to enable me to properly review it. 
This is the first men's range to join the Kevin.Murphy line. 

STIMULATE-ME.WASH IS A STIMULATING AND REFRESHING SHAMPOO FOR YOUR HAIR AND SCALP. CAMPHOR CRYSTALS STIMULATES CIRCULATION TO THE SCALP AND HELPS RESTORE A NATURAL SHINE AND STRENGTH TO THE HAIR. THE COMBINATION OF BERGAMOT MINT & BLACK PEPPER WORK AS STIMULATING INGREDIENTS FOR ADDED CIRCULATION AND CELLULAR STRENGTH. 

STIMULATE-ME.RINSE SOOTHES AND COOLS THE HAIR AND SCALP. IT CONTAINS WHEAT AMINO ACIDS THAT PROMOTE HAIR GROWTH AND CELLULAR REGENERATION, AND SHEA BUTTER, WHICH ABSORBS QUICKLY AND COMPLETELY INTO THE HAIR AND SCALP TO RE-HYDRATE WITHOUT CLOGGING THE PORES.

My CONCLUSION: 
After using both products for the last two months; my hair growth has increased and the hair is noticeably stronger! I already have thick hair - which is one of the benefits of this range - so I suppose this would help me in retaining this. The scent of the products is masculine but fresh; soothing and cooling. When I get out the shower after using the products, I feel alive and ready to take on the day ahead. Not a bad way to start your morning - thanks Kevin.Murphy!   

STIMULATE-ME WASH & RINSE USES A COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS TO AWAKEN AND CLARIFY THE HAIR AND SCALP, PREPARING IT TO RECEIVE THE HAIR THICKENING AND THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF THICK.AGAIN. 
More about Thick.Again in an upcoming review. 

The Kevin.Murphy range is unique, cutting edge and modern. 
In their ingredients (all KEVIN.MURPHY hair products are sulphate free, paraben free and cruelty free.) as well as in their design; 
the packaging is eye-catching, recyclable and biodegradable. I display my products proudly in my bathroom.

Stocked at all major salons in South Africa. I get my Kevin.Murphy fix from Gerald Wells Salon in Durban. Gerald Wells Splush stores, located throughout South Africa also stock the full range. 

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Brad Pitt for Chanel No. 5

Celebrity has always been the answer to great advertising, whether it is good or not, simply because putting the face of a star on a brand makes the product that much more desirable. Chanel’s decision to use Brad Pitt for their new Chanel No. 5 campaign is nothing short of creative genius. Its innovation is simply proved by using a man for one of the most prominent female fragrances in the world.

The ads themselves are not good and Brad has received a lot of backlash for them. They consist of nonsensical ravings about the journeys of life and love and Brad ends up looking awkward reciting a monologue it is clear he doesn’t quite understand. But it manages to somehow work. Brad Pitt – with that husky badboy voice, etched in black and white – will sell the fragrance simply because it is Brad Pitt with his husky badboy voice filmed in black and white.

The ads are shot by Oscar-nominated director Joe Wright but it fails to live up to the standards that Chanel has managed to keep alive for all these years. But search for Brad Pitt on YouTube and the first search result will be the Chanel No. 5 ads – so people are talking and watching and it is “inevitable” – as Brad inexplicably ends the ad by saying – that the fragrance will sell.