I gave organic certified hair products a try — and those sucked — so I moved on to Miessence hair products, which are greener than most and quite safe and eco — but not organic certified.

I’m now sad to report that Aubrey Organics isn’t the only green company selling products that separate into weird components.

While I wasn’t a huge fan of Miessence Organics’ skin care products, those were at least passable. Not so Miessence’s hair products. The shampoo wasn’t horrible — I tried both the Desert Flower and Lemon Myrtle varieties — but both of them had that same oily residue problem I reported about the face stuff. In addition, both shampoos were both so thin that I had to use an inordinately large amount — which seemed wasteful.

The conditioner was worse. When I opened the Miessence Shine Herbal Hair Conditioner, I discovered the ingredients separated. What I saw was a watery substance with lumpy, um, lumps, floating on a more conditioner-like, somewhat less watery whitish substance. The stuff smelled vaguely sour. All of it was very thin and didn’t work very well as a detangler.

Let me emphasize: Not all green hair products are bad. I’ve just been trying out a lot of products, some of which don’t work, just as some conventional hair products also don’t work. I’ll do a roundup of all of this soon, so enviro people will know what to avoid and what to embrace.

Anyone used Miessence hair products and actually liked it?

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