I broke down and purchased Monat after trying a sample, I do have to say what prompted my order of the product was day after the sample I went back to my name brand salon shampoo and instantly hated my hair.
This Thread will serve as my 10 day, 30 day and 90 day review (Check back often!)
I have purchased these below products (the links do NOT take you to my page, its the corporate info page of each product. I DO NOT sell Monat, nor do I have a website for it)
Links only serve as info for you. I want you to know what products I used and what's in them.
Monat Black Shampoo & Conditioner
Monat Revitalize Conditioner
Monat Blow Out Cream
Monat Curl Cream - For Some Reason this isn't on the website.....hmmmmmm interesting!
For Starters I have Oily, Frizzy, Wavy Hair. I have to shampoo twice, condition only the ends, use leave in spray conditioner, blow dry my hair and flat iron to get it to my crowning glory status. I have to wash my hair daily, in the summer twice daily! Oh and yes its true I color my hair.... have you met my kids? LOL They will give you gray hair too.
I am not too happy with the prices of the product BUT if it works I am willing to spend this much...well semi willing! LOL
Day 1 Review
With using all but the Curl Cream (that's only on days where I am going curly)
I will say my scalp itched a lot, I am told this is normal BUT I only had to blow dry my hair. No need for flat iron. I also was still oily at end of the day. The shampoo has conditioner in it, so I think me using the Revitalizing Conditioner all over my hair wasn't the best idea to get non greasy hair.
10 Day Review
Itching stopped by day 2, I do feel my hair is cleaner than its ever been.
That being said....... the shampoo is stripping everything from my hair which means by 5pm its super oily. Even using the conditioner my hair lacks moisture that it has static cling.
When I don't use the conditioner my hair is soo dry because the shampoo (its actually a shampoo and conditioner) strips it of EVERYTHING! I cant get a brush through my hair with out the conditioner.
Day 1 was great by day 2 im back to using a flat iron. The blow out cream is a waste of your money. All it did was dry the ends of my hair out (contains alcohol) and I still had to use a flat iron. Even using the special brush they have. Blow out cream is a joke and I would skip it.
My hair responds badly to alcohol, I had to get a hair cut to due to blow out cream ruining it.
So I got a hair cut, I go to a fancy salon that uses high end shampoo. When I left there my hair felt sooooo much better!!!
Also at Day 10 I am almost out of shampoo, I might have enough for another 10 days, Conditioner I might make it the month. I am using the super small amounts they told me to. I have thin hair but I have ALOT of it. Little irritated that the 85.00 didn't last me the month.
If I purchased the high end shampoo at my salon for 95.00 (Shampoo and Conditioner, separate bottles with a pump) I would have about half a gallon of each. Enough to last me 2-3 Months.
Monat reps keep telling me I need to just wait it out, wait the 90 days for my hair to detox so I can see the full benefits. Detox from what? One use of the shampoo stripped about 10 years of products off my head!! I only used high end shampoo and conditioner before, no other products and I had healthy hair. So what needs to Detox?
At this point I will finish the products (with the exception of the blow out cream) but I will not repurchase them again. Its a joke...I can purchase all natural products with no harmful anything for much less and get the same results.
I am so foolish for falling for this trap.
I do realize that yes some people it does help, I am not one of those people. I have average, normal healthy hair that isn't over processed, not full of products so this product to me wasn't for me.
If you have average hair...skip this product line. If you have problem hair...I would say give it a try.
07/30/2017 *** UPDATE***
I tried to cancel the Flex Ship that was coming up in August because I was simply unhappy with my hair. My hair was getting very oily by 11am-2pm. I simply couldn't keep it "clean" as I had with my Redkin shampoo.
I couldn't figure out how to cancel the flex ship so I sent an email to the company. Below is the response I received. I get the feeling that Monat is like a gang...blood in blood out, Except its $19.00 In and $28.00 out if you don't send back the products in 30 days. WHILE I will get my money back...I can say I was a little disillusioned by all this. If I had kept up with the "90 day detox" I would have to pay $28.00 to stop the shipments but because I had simply inquired about stopping a flex ship I found out about it in time. I am sending the products back, with tracking and insurance. LOL I wanna make sure they get it.
*** I DID WHITE OUT OR MARK OUT MY PERSONAL INFO***
08/15/2017 **** UPDATE****
Packing was received on time, no word from the company so I sent a message. Apparently all refunds are issued AFTER the 15th day of each month and that is something I wasn't told in earlier messages.
Below is a picture of my tracking from USPS and my latest convo with them. As of 08/15/2017 at 1:33pm cst No refund has been received
10 Day Review
Itching stopped by day 2, I do feel my hair is cleaner than its ever been.
That being said....... the shampoo is stripping everything from my hair which means by 5pm its super oily. Even using the conditioner my hair lacks moisture that it has static cling.
When I don't use the conditioner my hair is soo dry because the shampoo (its actually a shampoo and conditioner) strips it of EVERYTHING! I cant get a brush through my hair with out the conditioner.
Day 1 was great by day 2 im back to using a flat iron. The blow out cream is a waste of your money. All it did was dry the ends of my hair out (contains alcohol) and I still had to use a flat iron. Even using the special brush they have. Blow out cream is a joke and I would skip it.
My hair responds badly to alcohol, I had to get a hair cut to due to blow out cream ruining it.
So I got a hair cut, I go to a fancy salon that uses high end shampoo. When I left there my hair felt sooooo much better!!!
Also at Day 10 I am almost out of shampoo, I might have enough for another 10 days, Conditioner I might make it the month. I am using the super small amounts they told me to. I have thin hair but I have ALOT of it. Little irritated that the 85.00 didn't last me the month.
If I purchased the high end shampoo at my salon for 95.00 (Shampoo and Conditioner, separate bottles with a pump) I would have about half a gallon of each. Enough to last me 2-3 Months.
Monat reps keep telling me I need to just wait it out, wait the 90 days for my hair to detox so I can see the full benefits. Detox from what? One use of the shampoo stripped about 10 years of products off my head!! I only used high end shampoo and conditioner before, no other products and I had healthy hair. So what needs to Detox?
At this point I will finish the products (with the exception of the blow out cream) but I will not repurchase them again. Its a joke...I can purchase all natural products with no harmful anything for much less and get the same results.
I am so foolish for falling for this trap.
I do realize that yes some people it does help, I am not one of those people. I have average, normal healthy hair that isn't over processed, not full of products so this product to me wasn't for me.
If you have average hair...skip this product line. If you have problem hair...I would say give it a try.
07/30/2017 *** UPDATE***
I tried to cancel the Flex Ship that was coming up in August because I was simply unhappy with my hair. My hair was getting very oily by 11am-2pm. I simply couldn't keep it "clean" as I had with my Redkin shampoo.
I couldn't figure out how to cancel the flex ship so I sent an email to the company. Below is the response I received. I get the feeling that Monat is like a gang...blood in blood out, Except its $19.00 In and $28.00 out if you don't send back the products in 30 days. WHILE I will get my money back...I can say I was a little disillusioned by all this. If I had kept up with the "90 day detox" I would have to pay $28.00 to stop the shipments but because I had simply inquired about stopping a flex ship I found out about it in time. I am sending the products back, with tracking and insurance. LOL I wanna make sure they get it.
*** I DID WHITE OUT OR MARK OUT MY PERSONAL INFO***
08/15/2017 **** UPDATE****
Packing was received on time, no word from the company so I sent a message. Apparently all refunds are issued AFTER the 15th day of each month and that is something I wasn't told in earlier messages.
Below is a picture of my tracking from USPS and my latest convo with them. As of 08/15/2017 at 1:33pm cst No refund has been received
08/20/2017 ***UPDATE***
In July I paid 129.80 for my membership and products, when they mentioned a refund I fully expected to get only like 75-85 dollars back. That was the base cost of the products.
Today and I have my refund at the tune of $127.30 I was surprised, they refunded everything!
Now an update on my hair, I use Pureology, Paul Mitchell, Redkin and BIG hair products normally, I can safely say my hair is finally back to normal AND my oiliness is back under control. I can actually go 24-30hrs with out it being noticeable. YAY! Monat was making it quite oily with in 4hrs of use.
While I understand this product works for a lot of people it simply didn't work for me, I have average type of hair so I would say for a great many of people I would skip this product.
I regret the time I spent trying this product honestly, I feel as if I hurt my hair in some way.
09/12/2017 Update
Well its been over 30 days since I stopped using Monat, I can say with out a doubt that my hair is healthier now than before. I got a good cut, purchased good shampoo and finally I have normal hair back! I do not think Monat helped me in any way.
I do still have frizzy oily hair but its my crowing glory right? So my hair is a little oily in the mornings...oh well. Frizzy? Well that's why we have a flat iron.
1/2018 Update
It took some time, few hair cuts with a style shorter than im use to get the Monat experience cut off my hair. Yes my hair is still oily but only when I wake up in the AM, still frizzy but thats how I was made.
2/2019 Final Update
Only thing I miss about Monat is the smell. Lol I'm guilty of buying shampoos for smell only.
Hair is back to normal! Long, almost down to my rear.
How did I grow this beautiful hair? Not Monat! Instead I put collegen in my morning coffee, Vitamin B complex, Vitamin D3 with K2.
No I don't have a brand to mention, just visit your local store.
Sometimes I will go back and try a MLM product again..lol not this one!!
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