Product Review: Argan Oil Shampoo and Conditioner

It's been a while since I reviewed a product on here and I thought I'd bring that back since I was just noticing how soft my hair feels today. I have mentioned before that I'm trying to get away from a lot of the dangerous chemicals found in normal beauty products, so I have been experimenting with different products to try to find the healthiest products that still really work. This week, I tried Argan Oil Shampoo and Conditioner, made my Maple Holistics. I purchased them on Amazon.

Argan Oil Shampoo by Maple Holistics

Argan Oil Conditioner by Maple Holistics

I really love these products. My main concern was to try to find a shampoo and conditioner that are sulfate-free. Generally sulfate-free shampoos don't lather very well. This one surprised me. The first later wasn't very sudsy, but the second lathered really well! The other thing that impressed me was the smell -- it is fragrance free, so I didn't expect much, but this has a very light, clean scent. It's really nice - a little bit vanilla-y. It does have vanilla and honey in it, so no wonder. The conditioner has a similar scent - light and clean. I let it sit in my hair for about 3-5 minutes, and rinsed. My hair immediately felt soft. After my shower I towel-dried, and then blow-dried my hair as I normally do. I noticed it dried nicely, but I didn't full realize until today how nice my hair feels. Today, while I'm sitting at work I happened to notice that my hair feels super soft and isn't as knotty or stringy as it can get my this time of day. I hope this continues working this well because right now I'm completely sold!

Walking All Over Me

I feel like I need to be a little less easygoing at work. Overall, everything has been fine, but every so often, I feel like I'm being taken advantage of. I know, that happens to pretty much everyone who works ever, but it gets to me sometimes. I am the only employee in my group who is non-exempt, so I have to clock in and out in order to track my time. The others in my group forget this sometimes, and just do their thing. Foe example, on a holiday weekend, a lot of times, my boss will let everyone go early. She forgets though, that if I leave early, I won't get paid for time time I don't work. I would have to make up the time. If she would tell us in advance, I could make up the time beforehand, but usually it's a spur of the moment thing. Everyone else gets to leave without worry and I have to decide between 2 hours less pay or 2 hours more time.

Last week, we had 1 co-worker on vacation, and there was a day when another had to leave early. I go home at lunch every day to walk the puppy, so I had to be sure my boss was around to cover the department before I could go to lunch. My co-worker left and my boss stopped by to say she just had to drop something off at someone else's desk and she's be right back. I told her I was going to go walk the puppy when she got back. It was around 11:40 and I had to be back at 1 for an interview, so I really had to leave at noon to get my full hour. My boss didn't return until 12:20....I lost 20 minutes of my lunch because of the 1:00 interview (that she scheduled). So I just had to take it.

Finally, my schedule is 8:30-5. My co-worker sometimes would schedule interviews at 8, and I would work 8-4:30. I don't mind doing that, in fact I prefer it; however my coworker just did this to me for tomorrow without asking me first. It's gotten harder to get here at 8 with puppy stuff to deal with in the morning, but I'll do it. I just wish I had been asked first. I feel like people just walk all over me and figure I will be flexible with whatever, so no need to even consult me. Anyway, just needed to get that all off my chest. Thanks, internet! Have a great day!