Minty fresh and manly

The only high point during my last hair fiasco was the salon scalp treatment I got during one of the salon shampoos. The minty-cool-hot Biolage scalptherapie conditioner the shampoo girl slathered on my crown tingled so much it was almost like a drug trip. True, I've never tried crystal meth, but I imagine this is what it makes the inside of the head feel like.  I don't know if this is good for the scalp or irritating--tingling can go either way in my experience. But it was spectacularly pleasant, and reminded me of the good old days when I wore nothing but stilettos and carried a bottle of minty-cool-hot Absorbine Jr. in my purse to soothe away the resultant damage throughout the day.

I get the same effect from Redken for Men's Chill Blast anti-dandruff leave-in treatment. I had been using the whole suite of minty Go Clean products for a week before I even noticed the "For Men" subtitle on the label. Product labels have too much information lately, and I'm tired of locating designations such as "sugar free" "nonfat" and "seizure inducing" only after I've consumed a product. It's too much like dating.

But the Redken Chill Blast gives me the same experience as the Biolage product, and seems not to have negatively impacted my estrogen levels, so what the heck.

Comments

[Adriana]

"the good old days when I wore nothing but stilettos"

Hilary, methinks it would take a lot more than a bottle of minty-cool-hot Absorbine Jr. to undo/overcome the effects of that!!! ;-)

[Helena Handbasket]

Hey Hill, (see? I got it right this time!!), I love Malin+ Goetz Peppermint Shampoo for the same reason... nice little tingle in the morning to wake up the ol' brain. Philosophy makes a mint body wash for the same result, but keep it away from your unmentionable parts.

[Johnny]

I tried the Redken products but they just aren't minty enough for me. I get no tingle from them. I'm going back to my MUCH cheaper Original Source mint range - now, that's some tingly stuff.

I love your blog, btw!