by Andrew H Brown

Created on: November 08, 2009   Last Updated: November 09, 2009

I have about as much interest in what shampoo I wash my hair with as I have hair to shampoo - my regular brand is whatever Mrs P strategically sites just out of arm's reach of the shower. Of course she's not any more loyal than me, she changes her hair-care products more often than I change my mind...wait, I'll rephrase that...oh, never mind.

Recently, we've been enjoying a soap from down under - no, not Neighbours - Aussie real Volume Shampoo. Now I haven't got a clue why anyone would want a shampoo that's really loud, but there you go. Perhaps the 'volume' refers to bulk and not audio, perhaps not.

Actually, looking at the very ordinary, off-white plastic bottle (very scientific-looking, I'd say, although why they'd have an image of a giant rodent on it is anyone's guess), it states that it "adds volume and body". So that clears that up then.

Apparently, it also contains Australian hops...HOPS? Maybe it's a beer shampoo, or are the Australian hops they refer to the result of a marsupial motion?

In fact, I had a little look at their website and here's what they say:
"Our revolutionary weightless formula, with AUSTRALIAN HOPS, leaves hair with body and fullness from roots to tips. For fine / limp hair. Leaves hair with volume and body. Also tames annoying fly-aways."
http://www.aussiehair.com

Hmm. "Weightless formula"? Now what the heck does that mean?
"For fine / limp hair"? I can categorically state that there's nothing... I said NOTHING, limp about me, thank you very much. And why would anyone want to tame flies?

But never mind the technical hooha, what we really want to know is whether it gets your hair clean and does it add volume.

Well, since it's essentially soap, I guess the cleanliness issue is a foregone conclusion. As for adding volume and/or body to your hair, far be it for me to debunk the scientific claims of a highly respectable company like Proctor&Gamble, but I wouldn't bet on it (d'ya see what I did there?). Flip's sake people, it's a shampoo. It's soap for washing yer napper, not some miracle cure for thinning locks.

Speaking of flips, the bottle has a nifty little flip-top which ensures that you don't overdo it while dispensing the stuff onto your nut. Very useful for conserving supplies - absolutely hopeless for an in-depth reviewer to thoroughly examine his/her product. Fortunately, the top also unscrews so you can get a really good whiff of the stuff, which I'm about to do.

Wowser! subtle it's not.
The aroma is like

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