- Herbal Essences
Herbal Essences is a brand of
shampoo ,hair conditioner , andhair coloring products initially designed to appeal toholistic and natural products shoppers but eventually targeted almost exclusively at women, created byClairol and subsequently owned byProcter & Gamble . The original product was named "Clairol herbal essence shampoo" (all lower case), and in the 1960s and 1970s it was advertised with a mod, back-to-earth, almosthippie -like image. [cite web|url=http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/images/clairolherbal.jpg|title=Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo Ad|accessdate=2007-10-16]The brand is noted for its advertisements featuring women mimicking various states of
sexual arousal includingorgasm when washing their hair with the shampoo. The company no longer runs these ads in the US which previously aired them in the late 1990s and 2000s. The ads were/are also aired inCanada , theUnited Kingdom , theRepublic of Ireland ,Scandinavia ,Australia ,Greece ,Mexico ,Belgium ,Spain ,Singapore ,Portugal andHong Kong . Collections include Hello Hydration, Long Term Relationship, Body Envy, Totally Twisted, Dangerously Straight, Break's Over, Color me Happy, None of Your Frizzness, Drama Clean, Shimmery Nights, and Set Me Up Stylers. In July 2006, Herbal Essences released a line of hair styling products. These includehair straightening , curling, and shaping gels.Herbal Essences is also the sponsor of "
Desperate Housewives " in the United Kingdom. It was also shown in the TV show "What I Like About You". The episode was about how Holly wanted to win a contest to be in an Herbal Essences commercial.Herbal Essences (and its parent company Proctor and Gamble) is subject to an anti-
vivisection campaign byUncaged Campaigns [cite web|url=http://www.uncaged.co.uk/news/2008/herbal.htm |title=Uncaged Campaigns: Herbal Essence|accessdate=2008-07-10] .References
External links
* [http://www.herbalessences.com/ Official website]
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