Sometimes I feel everything is tangled up. My washing, my sheets at night, my headphones, my network cables…and especially children’s hair. Each morning when I brushed Weasel’s hair she would cry and scream Ow OwOwOW OWWWW You’re hurting me!

Hair profile

Weasel: Long and thick, coarse and intermittently wavy. Refuses to get it cut, even while in tears from being tortured. Hates washing it.

Bubba: Perversely straight hair that has no shape or flair, incapable of knotting unless caked with lollipop. Cut super short because she refuses to leave any hairbands or clips in.

Me: Shoulder length and swings between curly, straight, frizzy and frump.

Despite Bubba never having any knots, she cries and screams ow ow ow ow because that’s apparently what you do. Then she backs up and asks for more because she actually likes it. She’s been trained to complain, it’s quite sad really!

I’d like to say doing Weasel’s hair in the morning only takes a few minutes, but I’d be lying. Honestly, sometimes I just scoop it up and mash it into a bobble-bun and pretend the knots left of their own accord. To do it properly requires we both get comfortable for at least 15 minutes.

So when Johnson’s came out with No More Tangles and offered me some, well duh, yes please! There’s a no tears shampoo, a complimentary conditioner, and a detangling spray that can be used on wet or dry hair.

It actually worked. It would work even better if Weasel would comb the conditioner through in the shower, but I’ll take whatever success I can get when it comes to her hair. I was able to get a brush through with minimal complaints, and like Bubba, I’m sure half of those were from habit. Even on my temperamental hair it was good, and gentle enough that I bet I could continue using it even though I colour. Bubba was most impressed with how squirty the conditioner was, right down the drain, but she’s helpful like that. Her hair was at least clean and soft while she did it.

My only concern was the lack of perfumes, which you’d think was a good thing being that I’m anti perfumes, but it smelled a bit wrong. I didn’t feel pretty while I was using it. Just a tiny hint of a ‘clean’ scent would have been lovely.

Available from the usual shampoo stocking places for $6.99 each. Grab a set and try it for your tangley self.

There’s also a set up for grabs, and golly did mine come in a pretty gift box. It had ribbon and everything. I don’t even get ribbon gift boxes on my birthday!

For your chance to win a set of Johnson’s No More Tangles range, just leave a comment below telling me

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