Let’s be real – wash day is no one’s favourite day of the week. If I had endless amounts of money, I would never wash my own hair again! But, unfortunately, that isn’t the case, so in the meantime, I’ll be using St. Louis Says.
St. Louis Says is a new haircare brand created by Adrian Mezzina and Tim Persley, who own an established barber shop in Brisbane.
In creating St. Louis Says, the owners said they wanted to produce a line that’s salon quality, and provides transformative solutions at home, and I think they’ve done just that with their Volumising and Moisture Repair Shampoo and Conditioner Duos.
The packaging of the products alone is very luxurious. It’s high quality, soft to the touch, and looks great in your bathroom. My only note is that the bottles in each set are quite matchy, being the same shape and size, which raises some accessibility concerns. Just make sure you check which one you’re grabbing!
The first of the two sets, the Volumising Duo, aims to add strength and fullness to thin, fine hair. It uses ingredients like amaranth extract and hydrolysed rice protein to create this bounce and body, without any nasties like parabens and SLS.
Right off the bat, I would say that the shampoo had a great lather to it. After two washes, my hair felt almost squeaky clean. And, incredibly smooth after backing it up with the conditioner.
As someone who does have quite fine hair, I do feel as though it added some volume, and I’m excited to continue using it! However, the Moisture Repair Duo was definitely my favourite.
Like the Volumising Duo, these products are free of parabens and SLS, and are also vegan and cruelty free.
Whilst the shampoo didn’t lather as much as the Volumising version, my hair felt more hydrated. After conditioning and drying, my ends stayed feeling moisturised for days!
I have very dry, curly, and damaged hair, so I had high expectations, and this Duo definitely met them.
In terms of price, each bottle retails for $23, with Duos $42. They’re 350mL each, bringing it down to about $6.50 per 100mL. Comparing this to my normal shampoo and conditioner, Redken All Soft, it is about half the price.
For the higher end side of haircare, I would definitely recommend giving these a go!
Cassidy Pearce
Cassidy Pearce is a news and entertainment journalist with The Western Weekender. A graduate of the University of Technology Sydney, she has previously worked with Good Morning Macarthur and joined the Weekender in 2022.